Good evening Maniacs

I've been thinking about doing something like this for a little while now. I don't know if anyone has ever done this in the past, (I've yet to see it)

So looking back at records, old fights and so on I've started compiling a hypothetical "Hall of Fame" for some of the sports fighters. Many aren't that well known, and I'm sure some of you will raise a questioning brow at my picks. My criteria is simple:

THESE ARE NOW CONSIDERED NOMINATIONS, IF SOMEONE CAN SHOW GOOD CAUSE WHY A FIGHTER SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE FINAL LIST. FEEL FREE TO STATE REASONS WHY A FIGHTER SHOULD NOT BE INDUCTED INTO A HYPOTHETICAL HALL OF FAME.

Be 35 years of age of older
Have an impact on the sport ( titles held, tournaments won, other contributing factors: exciting fights), Minimum of 10 professional fights.

Enjoy, I'll have part II out tomorrow I hope and 3 on Sunday.

Biggest wins, Accomplishments, titles held, Promotions, Weight classes, status:

41) Kenny Florian--Age: 35--Height: 5'10"--Weight Classes: 145lbs, 155lbs, 170lbs, 185lbs--Status: Active
Record: 14-6 (3 KO/TKO, 9 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC
Biggest Wins: Takanori Gomi, Clay Guida, Joe Stevenson, Roger Huerta
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: 3x title challenger, UFC Fight of the Night award, UFC Submission of the Night award, TUF 1 Finalist.

42) Marcus Davis--Age: 38--Height: 5'10"--Weight Classes: 155lbs, 170lbs--Status: Active
Record: 20-9 (6 KO/TKO, 9 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC, MFC
Biggest Wins: Chris Lytle, Paul Kelly, Paul Taylor
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: 3x UFC Fight of the Night awards, UFC Knockout of the Night award, 2x UFC Submission of the Night award.

43) Anderson Silva--Age: 36--Height: 6'2"--Weight Classes: 170lbs, 185lbs, 205lbs--Status: Active
Record: 31-4 (18 KO/TKO, 6 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC, PRIDE, Cage Rage
Biggest Wins: Rich Franklin(2x), Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen, Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt
Titles Held: UFC Middleweight Champion, Cage Rage Middleweight Champion, Shooto Middleweight Champion(168lbs)
Other Accomplishments: 3x UFC Fight of the Night, 3x UFC Knockout of the Night, 2x UFC Submission of the Night, 2009 ESPY Fighter of the Year Nomination, 2010 MMA Live/ World MMA Awards Fight of the Year (vs. Chael Sonnen), 2011 World MMA Awards Knockout of the Year

44) Mirko Filipovic--Age: 37--Height: 6'2"--Weight Classes: 265lbs--Status: Semi-Retired
Record: 27-10-2 (1 No Contest) (20 KO/TKO, 4 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, UFC, DREAM, K-1(Kickboxing)
Biggest Wins: Wanderlei Silva, Josh Barnett, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Igor Vovchanchyn, Kazushi Sakuraba
Titles Held: 2006 PRIDE World Openweight Grand Prix Champion
Other Accomplishments: UFC Submission of the Night award, Sherdog 2006 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated/ Yahoo Sports 2000's Fight of the Decade(vs. Fedor Emelianenko), 1999 K-1 World Grand Prix Runner Up, 2000 K-1 World Grand Prix Runner Up

45) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira--Age: 35--Height: 6'3"--Weight Classes: 265lbs--Status: Active
Record: 33-7-1 (1 No Contest) (3 KO/TKO, 20 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, UFC, RINGS
Biggest Wins: Mark Coleman, Dan Henderson, Mirko Filipovic, Fabricio Werdum, Josh Barnett, Tim Sylvia, Randy Couture,
Titles Held: PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, PRIDE Interim Heavyweight Champion, UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, WEF Heavyweight Superfight Champion
Other Accomplishments: 2000 RINGS King of Kings Tournament Champion, 2004 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Runner Up, 2006 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Semi-Finalist, 2002 WON Fighter of the Year, 2009 Inside Fights Fight of the Year (vs. Randy Couture), UFC 2x Fight of the Night award, UFC Knockout of the Night award

46) Akihiro Gono--Age: 37--Height: 5'7"--Weight Classes: 155lbs, 170lbs--Status: Active
Record: 32-17-7 (7 KO/TKO, 8 SUBS)
Major Promotions: Shooto, Pancrase, PRIDE, DEEP, UFC
Biggest Wins: Hector Lombard, Yuki Kondo, Gegard Mousasi
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: UFC Submission of the Night award, PRIDE 2006 Welterweight Semi-Finalist, PRIDE 2005 Welterweight Semi-Finalist

47) Ryo Chonan--Age: 35--Height: 5'9"--Weight Classes: 185lbs, 170lbs--Status: Active
Record: 20-13 (7 KO/TKO, 2 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, UFC, DREAM, DEEP
Biggest Wins: Anderson Silva, Carlos Newton, Daijiro Matsui
Titles Held: DEEP Middleweight Champion
Other Accomplishments: 2005 Sherdog Submission of the Year (vs. Anderson Silva), Bleacher Report/ Sports Illustrated 2000's Submission of the Decade (vs. Anderson Silva)

48) Shane Carwin--Age: 37--Height: 6'2"--Weight Classes: 265lbs--Status: Active
Record: 12-2 (12 KO/TKO)
Major Promotions: UFC, Ring of Fire, WEC, Art of War
Biggest Wins: Frank Mir, Gabriel Gonzaga
Titles Held: UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, Ring of Fire Heavyweight Champion
Other Accomplishments: UFC Knockout of the Night award

49) Vladimir Matyushenko--Age: 41--Height: 6'1"--Weight Classes: 205lbs, 265lbs--Status: Active
Record: 26-6 (9 KO/TKO, 7 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC, IFL, Jungle Fights, Affliction
Biggest Wins: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Yuki Kondo, Igor Pokrajac, Tim Boetsch
Titles Held: IFL Light Heavyweight Champion
Other Accomplishments: UFC Light Heavyweight Title challenger, Soviet National Wrestling Champion

50) Oleg Taktarov--Age: 44--Height: 6'0"--Weight Classes: 265lbs--Status: Retired
Record: 17-5-2 (2 KO/TKO, 17 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC, PRIDE
Biggest Wins: Tank Abbot, Marco Ruas, Mark Kerr
Titles Held: UFC 6 Tournament Champion
Other Accomplishments: UFC 5 Tournament Semi-Finalist, Ultimate Ultimate 1 Tournament Runner Up, UFC Superfight Challenger

51) Akira Shoji--Age: 38--Height: 5'8"--Weight Classes: 265lbs, 205lbs, 185lbs--Status: Retired
Record: 14-17-5 (2 KO/TKO, 5 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, DEEP, KOTC
Biggest Wins: Guy Mezger
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: Draw with Renzo Gracie, 2000 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Quarter-Finalist

52) Renzo Gracie--Age: 44--Height: 5'10"--Weight Classes: 185lbs, 170lbs--Status: Semi-Retired
Record: 13-7-1 (1 No Contest) (1 KO/TKO, 8 SUBS)
Major Promotions: UFC, PRIDE, EliteXC, K-1, IFL, RINGS
Biggest Wins: Pat Miletich, Frank Shamrock, Carlos Newton, Oleg Taktarov
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: 1999 RINGS King of Kings Runner Up

53) Igor Vovchanchyn--Age: 38--Height: 5'8"--Weight Classes: 205lbs, 265lbs--Status: Retired
Record: 55-10 (1 No Contest) (29 KO/TKO, 17 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, RINGS
Biggest Wins: Yuki Kondo, Valentjin Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, Mark Kerr, Gary Goodridge (2x), Kazushi Sakuraba
Titles Held: IFC 1 Tournament Champion, World Vale Tudo 5 Tournament Champion, AFC 3 Tournament Champion
Other Accomplishments: 2000 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Runner Up, 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Quarter-Finalist

54) Hayato Sakurai--Age: 36--Height: 5'8"--Weight Classes: PRIDE Lightweight (161lbs), 170lbs--Status: Active
Record: 36-12-2 (11 KO/TKO, 10 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, UFC, DREAM, Shooto, DEEP
Biggest Wins: Ryo Chonan, Shinya Aoki, Mac Danzig, Jens Pulver, Frank Trigg, Caol Uno
Titles Held: Shooto Middleweight (168lbs) Champion
Other Accomplishments: 2009 DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix Semi-Finalist, 2005 PRIDE Lightweight Grand Prix Runner Up

55) Kiyoshi Tamura--Age: 42--Height: 5'11"--Weight Classes: 185lbs, 205lbs--Status: Retired
Record: 32-13-3 (5 KO/TKO, 13 SUBS)
Major Promotions: RINGS, PRIDE, DREAM, DEEP, K-1 HEROES
Biggest Wins: Kazushi Sakuraba, Ikuhisa Minowa(2x), Jeremy Horn, Pat Miletich, Renzo Gracie, Masakatsu Funaki
Titles Held: 1997 RING BD Tournament Champion
Other Accomplishments: 1999 RINGS King of Kings Tournament Runner Up, 1996 RINGS BD Tournament Runner Up

56) Mark Hunt--Age: 37--Height: 5'10"--Weight Classes: 265lbs, 265+--Status: Active
Record: 8-7 (5 KO/TKO)
Major Promotions: UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, K-1 (Kickboxing)
Biggest Wins: Mirko Filipovic, Wanderlei Silva, Ben Rothwell
Titles Held: None
Other Accomplishments: UFC Knockout of the Night award, Fight Matrix 2004 Upset of the Year (vs. Wanderlei Silva), 2000 K-1 Kickboxing Oceania Grand Prix Champion, 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd Place.

57) Kazuo Misaki--Age: 35--Height: 5'10"--Weight Classes: 185lbs--Status: Active
Record: 24-11-2 (1 No Contest) (6 KO/TKO, 9 SUBS)
Major Promotions: PRIDE, Pancrase, DEEP, Sengoku, StrikeForce
Biggest Wins: Joe Riggs, Denis Kang, Dan Henderson, Phil Baroni
Titles Held: 2006 PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Champion
Other Accomplishments: 2010 Sherdog Fight of the Year (vs. Jorge Santiago)

58) Masakatsu Funaki--Age: 42--Height: 6'0"--Weight Class: 205lbs, 185lbs--Status: Retired
Record: 39-13-1 (4 KO/TKO, 34 SUBS)
Major Promotions: Pancrase, K-1 Dynamite, DREAM
Biggest Wins: Semmy Schilt (2x), Yuki Kondo (2x), Bas Rutten, Ken Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger (2x)
Titles Held: King of Pancrase (2x), 1996 King of Pancrase Tournament Champion
Other Accomplishments: 1994 King of Pancrase Semi-Finalist