Some fighters have no style and just go at an opponent with abandon. Others are more tactical and work like technicians working out a problem. This feature deals with a group in the middle. These folks may have had intense formal training or just a lot of street experience. We'll call them brawlers, men and women who love to play rough whether out of revenge or wicked personality. We celebrate the roughest 25 in no particular order.



1) Character: Blanka
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter IV
Qualification: Anyone willing to hurl themselves in a ball at an opponent and send jolts of electricity through their own body definitely is not a delicate flower. His propensity to chew on faces really seals Blanka's place among this group.



2) Character: Sarah Bryant
Most recent appearance: Virtua Fighter 5
Qualification: Sarah is all about keeping things simple and doing big damage from simple moves. Her devastating piston punches tenderize bodies, but it's her absolutely lethal legs that destroys the competition.



3) Character: Ivy
Most recent appearance: Soul Calibur IV
Qualification: She has a vicious sword that turns into a bladed whip. Ouch! If that's not enough, she'll wrap it around opponents, literally bringing them to their knees, as she sits on their back cackling away.



4) Character: Billy Lee
Most recent appearance: Double Dragon Advance
Qualification: When a man's main squeeze is stolen, there's no question he's gonna unleash some serious fury. Billy's roughest move was the skull crushing reverse elbow that could knock down the largest enemy with one blow.



5) Character: Mike Haggar
Most recent appearance: Final fight Streetwise
Qualification: Speaking of abduction, the one thing worse than losing your lady is having your daughter kidnapped. That's why Haggar breaks out the truly nasty wrestling moves that drive the hapless thug's brain into the cold pavement.



6) Character: George St-Pierre
Most recent appearance: UFC Undisputed 2009
Qualification: George St-Pierre is one of the most popular characters in the recent UFC Undisputed 2009 title in online matches. Why? His power ranking is among the highest, but his incredible wrestling moves are easy to do and look spectacular.



7) Character: Jack 1-6
Most recent appearance: Tekken 6
Qualification: The latest version of Jack (Jack 6) is yet another upgraded robot sent on a mission of destruction. Featuring massive metal arms that are as big as its entire body, Jack simply and unemotionally crushes the competition.



8) Character: Sub-Zero
Most recent appearance: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Qualification: This chilling character likes to bust apart his opponents into a million little pieces. Luckily they are frozen and can't feel anything, or at least we hope that's the case.



9) Character: Jubei Yagyu
Most recent appearance: Samurai Shodown Edge of Destiny
Qualification: While this samurai lives by a code of honor, that doesn't mean he takes it easy on anyone. His trademark two sword technique will have opponents seeing double until they can't see anything at all.



10) Character: Gilius Thunderhead
Most recent appearance: Golden Axe III/ Sega Superstars Tennis
Qualification: You can't have a brawler list without a dwarf! The most ornery of the Golden Axe trio, if Gilius couldn't get the job done with his mighty axe, he has a very hard head that he torpedoed at human and dragon alike.



11) Character: Tina Armstrong
Most recent appearance: Dead or Alive Extreme 2
Qualification: With a pro wrestler as a father, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. She may be a lady, but she can pick up men three times her size and drive them into the side of a building or the ground in a flash.



12) Character: Akuma
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter IV
Qualification: Shrouded in mystery, this demon of fighting appears out of nowhere and lays down a beating like no other. His most devastating move is so brutal, they don't even show it to you in the game!



13) Character: Kuma
Most recent appearance: Tekken 6
Qualification: This one is simple – Kuma is a bear. An actual bear. A wild animal.



14) Character: Jeffry McWild
Most recent appearance: Virtua Fighter 5
Qualification: Jeffry certainly lives up to his last name with an all out attack that sends shivers down anyone facing him. He has a big frame and knows exactly how to leverage it to deliver maximum damage.



15) Character: Pikachu
Most recent appearance: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Qualification: Don't let his squeaky voice, rosy red cheeks, and cute tail fool you – this rodent will fry you like a cheap egg on asphalt and not think twice about it. That's how he rolls.


16) Character: Sodom
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter Alpha 3
Qualification: How would you feel if you got stuck by two sai knives, dragged around by them, lifted in the air, and finally unstuck from the sai knives when you are flung back to the ground? See Sodom if you want to give that a go.


17) Character: Bayman
Most recent appearance: Dead or Alive 4
Qualification: His military training and moves are deadly efficient, but that doesn't mean Bayman doesn't add something extra into every pounding just to show you he isn't a softy. His neck break move is a perfect example of this.


18) Character: E-Honda
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter IV
Qualification: His gravity defying torpedo and sumo drop use E-Honda's massive frame like an asteroid hurtling to earth. The result is equally devastating and kinda gross too.


19) Character: Jimmy Lee
Most recent appearance: Double Dragon Advance
Qualification: We're just going to assume that Jimmy is really tight with his brother Billy and that he got just as worked up over the kidnapping.


20) Character: Ganryu
Most recent appearance: Tekken 6
Qualification: Ganryu is more of a tragic character as his unrequited love for fellow fighter Julie fuels his brutality.


21) Character: Andore
Most recent appearance: Final Fight Streetwise
Qualification: You would take out your aggression in terrible ways too if you had to wear a leopard print wife beater and wait around to get beaten up all day.


22) Character: Rufus
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter IV
Qualification: What's worse? Getting wacked with something manly like a chair or getting walloped by 300 pounds of wobbling stomach? Yeah we thought so.


23) Character: Craig Marduk
Most recent appearance: Tekken 6
Qualification: If it seems like there are a lot of wrestlers on this list, that's because there are. Believe it or not, a piledriver is far more spine shattering when the person delivering it is a mean SOB.


24) Character: Jean Claude Van Damme
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter The Movie (Game)
Qualification: There was a time when getting handed a beating by Jean Claude would have been an honor. That time is long gone if there ever was such a time.


25) Character: Sagat
Most recent appearance: Street Fighter The Movie (Game)
Qualification: We're pretty sure if Wes Studi was forced to shave his head again he'd go ballistic. He might just do that seeing this picture printed again.




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