Did woodley really turn goat status?

[Suzpect]

how can you go from losing a striking match to shields

To Dominating Thompson

IF he wanted he could just bash thompson with his wrestling for a 2nd round finish.

 

[chitoortiz]

You mean dominate as in fight to a draw?

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

A draw in your first defense is an interesting way to earn GOAT status.

 

[Team83]

Yeah, a draw for your first title defense = GOAT. Sometimes I really love Sherdog.

 

[BigMuffler]

Shields is actually one of the best WWs ever.

Even standing he's much better than people admit. I mean, he's only been KOed once in many fights against killers and won fights that stayed standing against high level guys, ugly fighting =/= poor fighting.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

he's not the greatest of anything, except maybe mediocrity

He'll lose soon, he'll be forgotten quicker

 

[Threetrees]

Even he doesn't think he has GOAT status by resume

 

[Threetrees]

he's not the greatest of anything, except maybe mediocrity

He'll lose soon, he'll be forgotten quicker

Welterweight Champion

Mediocre


I wonder what you think of Brutal Bob.

 

[Suzpect]

ya if you wanna pretent it was a draw. Woodley left with the belt and beat the breaks off him.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

 

[LilChuckLil]

how can you go from losing a striking match to shields

To Dominating Thompson

IF he wanted he could just bash thompson with his wrestling for a 2nd round finish.

Rewatch the fight, Woodley dropped him, but Thompson was dominating the stand up for the most part

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Welterweight Champion

Mediocre


I wonder what you think of Brutal Bob.

Yep, I stand by it. He's an OK fighter in the right place at the right time

 

[Suzpect]

Rewatch the fight, Woodley dropped him, but Thompson was dominating the stand up for the most part

THompson didn't dominate anything. Clearly white privilage, woodley was right.

 

[Threetrees]

Yep, I stand by it. He's an OK fighter in the right place at the right time

Oh okay. That's just a dumb opinion then.

If your definition of mediocrity is at worst being the 4th or 5th best fighter in your weight class, then I don't know what you think of the vast majority of fighters who are below that, not to mention the guys he beat.

 

[BigMuffler]

Yep, I stand by it. He's an OK fighter in the right place at the right time

Name 5 fighters who are not GOAT candidates who qualify as "good" fighters?

 

[Suzpect]

Oh okay. That's just a dumb opinion then.

If your definition of mediocrity is at worst being the 4th or 5th best fighter in your weight class, then I don't know what you think of the vast majority of fighters who are below that, not to mention the guys he beat.

Yep and after he defends the belt a few more times they will remember this thread.

 

[Threetrees]

Name 5 fighters who are not GOAT candidates who qualify as "good" fighters?

It's the reverse lake wobegon effect on Sherdog
Where all the prospects are cans, the contenders are overrated and the champions are below average.

 

[THRP45]

Everyone and their mum is GOAT nowadays.

 

[accolyte1022]

Most overused word on this forum.

 

[evensteven]

Woodley does not do well moving backwards. Rory made him look really bad.