The Fighter We'd Most Like to Lead Our Zombie Apocalypse Survival Team

Happy New Year! Welcome to another edition of "The Fighter We'd Most Like To...". Thanks to everyone who voted last week in our "The Fighter We'd Most Like to Accidentally Swap Suitcases With at Baggage Claim" poll. The winner with 22% of the vote was Georges St. Pierre! He was actually tied with "These choices are terrible" but I'm going to give the nod to Georges on this one. Congrats!

As we usher in the new year and try to stick to our new resolutions, it's probably a good time to start planning for the zombie apocalypse, too. Is there ever really a bad time to start planning for it? I think not. Fortunately, zombies are sort of fashionable right now so we can all probably get some ideas from a multitude of sources out there but it's still important to choose the leader of our team. Naturally, tough and resourceful MMA fighters would seem to make excellent zombie fighters but which fighter would be the absolute best? Check out our thoughts on this topic and let us know what you think, too!

Beth: Anyone who doesn't pick Bas Rutten is insane! What we have with Bas is someone with a proven track record of ass kickery. I want a leader who's not afraid to make the hard choices and can be creative if necessary to get us out of sticky situations. Plus, if the unthinkable does happen and Bas gets taken out, ‘Godspeed and party on' would probably be the most awesome last words ever.

Lizzie: Yuck zombies, the most annoying of all monsters. Of course Jung Chan-Sung, the Korean Zombie comes to mind first, his nickname definitely fits him. I would imagine he would keep coming forward in the same manner as the zombies do. But after Shogun Rua-Dan Henderson fight, I think I'll take my chances with Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua. He's in it till the bitter bloody end.

Keren: I"m 100% with Beth on this one. Plus, Bas Rutten would probably make cool sound effects while he's killing zombies. Boom! Psh!

Kat: An obvious choice here would seem to be Nate Quarry because he loves zombies so could probably figure out how to deal with them, but he might turn on his own team. And, Bas Rutten has also had some success against zombies in the cage. But, I'm going to pick Brian Stann for this one. He has tremendous experience leading troops in seriously dangerous situations so I believe he could mobilize us humans to defend ourselves and survive. Stann would handle the adversity with ease, would motivate the living and would lead us all to freedom and happiness.

Midge: At first, I thought Bas Rutten was the sure fire best choice just like Beth did. But then I got to thinking... despite some major ass kickery, Bas eventually succumbed to the jaws of a muppet zombie prior to the apocalypse. How do I know that he isn't already turning, but his super Bas Rutten powers are just slowing down the process? Trusting Bas Rutten may seem like the most likely choice, but would eventually be my downfall. So instead, I just the least likely choice: McLovin. Dustin Hazelett. "But Midge" you say "His grappling skills won't work against Zombies!" Exactly. That's what a zombie would think too.

Knitty Ninja: I'm going with Forrest Griffin. I've watched the movie Zombieland several times, and read half of Forrest's book about surviving the apocalypse. The guy has cardio and knows how to shoot weapons, and we know that's all we need to survive the zombie invasion. Along with NOT KILLING BILL MURRAY!

What do you think? Who would you choose to have with you if you were trying to survive the zombie apocalypse? We'd love to hear about it!