Bench-clearers, sucker-punches, cheap shots, and more! In the entire sport's world, who is the best brawler?

There are too many for me to do an eight player tournament, so I will do my analysis of all of the best brawlers I can think of and then narrow down the best to eight for the finals.

 

Qualifiers: 

 

Chris Young: For his fight with Derrek Lee earlier this year. At 6'10 and 260 pounds, Young has the potential to brawl with numerous players, and maybe even win. He reminds me of white, baseball-playing Joe Frazier, with his strong right hook as his go-to punch.  

 

Derrek Lee: For his fight with Chris Young. His prowess is outstanding, and he only gets tougher every year after battling numerous injuries. The only thing I don't like about him is his aggressiveness out of the dugout if it was a teammate in a brawl. It will be a close one. 

 

Carlos Zambrano: For his fight with teammate (at the time) Michael Barrett. Big, strong dude and it only is a bonus that the fight was with his catcher.  

 Michael Barrett: For fight with Carlos Zambrano and scuffle with A.J. Pierzynski. This guy isn't afraid of anyone, except for maybe Derrek Lee. I don't know, it just always looked he was kind of scared of him. Anyway, he even got traded for being such a ****. Word up, Michael!

 Stephen Jackson: Wow. Not only was he in the infamous Pacer/Piston brawl, but he has been in various melees outside the lines. Strip clubs, bars, you name it, he's fought there.

 Ron Artest: How can I not put this guy on the list? He started possibly the biggest fight in sport's history. And not only did he start it, but he definitely didn't stop it, either. He had to be held back from trainers, teammates, and even coaches.

 Carmelo Anthony: For giving the biggest sucker-punch since I have been alive. And then running away like a little kid. You can count on him not making it to the finals.

 Joe Blanton: For starting a fight with a half-pint. And he started it without really a reason at all.  

John Lackey: For his headlock against division-rival Jason Kendall. In fact, his pitch didn't even bean Kendall, Kendall was just taking out some blind rage from the A's poor start last season, or something. But no matter, Lackey had his headlock ready.

The 2006-07 Miami Hurricanes Football Team: They must have really hated playing football, because it seemed whenever I would switch to them on the TV, someone would be throwing punches. There fight with FIU was classic, though. They were so in to the fight that they had a guy come off the injured reserve just to hit someone with his crutches.

 

Billy Martin: He had so much blind rage that he took it out on his players. I know it was a little retro, but when ESPN is making a show just for an excuse to make a remake of the scuffle, you know it was a classic bout. Reggie didn't stand a chance...

 

Jermaine O'Neal: Do I need to even say why? I loved that part of the brawl when he was on the court and he just walked up and smacked a fan. I didn't see it, but there was probably a nod or something between the fan and Jermaine, it just looked too casual.

 

Final tournament:

 

QUARTERFINALS-

 

No. 1 Ron Artest vs. No. 8 Jermaine O'Neal-There really is no competition here. Ron was just too good in this fight. Jermaine, for once, was just supporting cast to one of his teammates. 

 

No. 2 Michael Barrett vs. No. 7 Billy Martin-It seems that the only coach in this tournament is going home. Barrett, like Martin, was born pissed off at someone. Now it is finally biting him in the rear-fighting with his catcher, getting traded for it, and then being written about by a 14-year-old. That isn't the life.

 

No. 3 Stephen Jackson vs. No. 6 Carlos Zambrano-This is a close one. The fact that Zambrano bounced back after his bout will be his downfall. After Jackson's fight, it didn't take long for him to get arrested. 

 

No. 4 Miami Hurricanes vs. No. 5 Chris Young-On paper it looks close. But this isn't even a contest even before the game starts. Someone on the Hurricanes got mad that Young was breathing their air. "Someone get the crutches!"

 

SEMIFINALS-

 

No. 1 Ron Artest vs. No. 4 Miami Hurricanes-Coming off their suspensions from their last brawl with Chris Young, the 'Canes are hungry. Hungry enough to pull off the upset, in fact. But, what the heck, Ron figured it would give him some more time to work on his album.

 

No. 2 Michael Barrett vs. No. 3 Stephen Jackson-Came down to the last round, but Barrett wins by DQ. Jackson got too mad at the constant one-two's that he pulled out his gun. Nobody was surprised, though, hence the "First 10,000 get a bullet-proof vest" promo.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP-

 

No. 2 Michael Barrett vs. No. 4 Miami Hurricanes-Again, a close one for Barrett. But, again, Barrett wins it down the wire. Turns out that half of the Miami team had to leave with two minutes left-they had meetings with their parole officers. 

 

Well, there you have it. Barrett comes out on top. And then is traded again for even attending this tournament.

 

I'm sure there are going to disagreements, so comment!