Has there ever been a better top four in any division than...

[fedoriswar37]

Prides holy trinity during the golden era of hw

Fedor
Big nog
Cro cop
Barnett


They were the Most dominant and talked about fighters for like 4 years. If you take into account their top notch resumes plus longevity of dominance, then hands down this is the right answer.

Really though. In the real world where these HWs would probably beat any other group of 4 fighters in MMA History

 

[cck311**]

Perhaps on a “all four can beat each other” metric, but certainly not on a best 4 metric.

Not even that way. There's a pretty well established pecking order. Jones, Cormier, Rumble, Gus

 

[thehighking]

Welcome to ignore list. Might be a retard?

Thanks I forgot about the ignore button, can't deal with cheater supporters

 

[Fox2twenty]

Yeah maybe DC should consider taking steroids so it could be competitive next time.

This. Lol! <45>

 

[Gilday]

All capable of beating each other??

Jones beat DC twice convincingly
DC beat Rumble twice convincingly
Gus lost to all 3

 

[GiSP]

Not the same thing but did anyone notice the graphic they put up after GSP beat Bisping at 217? It’s something I thought was pretty cool.

The top 6 fighters at MW after the fight were.

C - GSP Canada
IC - Whittaker New Zealand/Australia
2 - Bisping England
3 - Rockhold USA
4 - Romero Cuba
5 - Souza Brazil

The top 6 guys were all from different countries. That’s gotta be pretty rare right?

 

[Deleted member 510653]

No contest...clearly these four:

Sammy Shlitz right on the bottom?

 

[gevoudane]

Barnett, Fedor, Crocop and Nog

 

[LetThemBleed]

who would you substitute mousassi for when he was here

I wouldn't. He'd be ranked 5th.

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Rumble still fights?

 

[ncboy]

He beat Alvarez when he was champ.

That is better than any win that Poirier or Tony has in the LW division.

And he is currently ranked no. 2 in the LW rankings even though UFC rankings are pretty bad.

Fuck just realised Poirier beat Eddie. But Conor was more convincing.

Eddie being champ was a fluke. Khabib and tony are the 2 best LW. Have to be blind not to see that. Then there’s like 4 guys clumped behind them. Conor is clearly top 5 though.

 

[GSP_37]

I don't believe AJ could beat DC. He had two chances and laid an egg in each time.

 

[John makfresshi]

who would you substitute mousassi for when he was here

Not a single one. He loses to all four, as Jacare proved, luke would maul, Romero is a nightmare matchup, and Whittaker has dispatched 2 out of the 3(except he didn't actually ever beat Romero, on the contrary actually, Yoel changed his life)

 

[MilkSteak]

Thanks I forgot about the ignore button, can't deal with cheater supporters

Lmao when have I ever supported jones? Check my history I openly criticize him regularly. I think I misinterpreted your post toward me instead of the poster I was responding to, my bad.

 

[Lay N Pray 101]

DC was barely competitive with Jones

Soundly beaten in the 1st fight (49-46)
Brutally finished in the 2nd

2nd doesn't count because Jones was juiced to the gills.

 

[Lay N Pray 101]

Yeah?

Chuck
Wanderlei
Shogun
Rampage

Nope. When Silva, Rua and Rampage came over, Liddell was about to lose his belt.


Machida
Evans
Rua
Rampage

 

[Evangelion]

Khabib
Tony
Conor
Poirier

Your list doesn't count because Jones is a serial habitual liar and cheat.

Fw
Max
Ortega
Aldo
Moicano

BW
Dillashaw
Garbrandt
Cruz
Moraes

MW
Whittaker
Yoel
Jacare
Stylebender

There are a lot of great top 4s in the ufc

 

[moreorless87]

I think you could argue as well its as much the case that LHW besides those 4 has been very thin talent wise in recent years, you have guys in the top 10 and even the top 5 today who would have struggled to be top 20 a decade ago.

Around then you had....

Shogun
Wanderlei
Chuck
Rampage
Hendo
Machida
Lil Nog
Arona
Overeem
Forrest
Rashad
etc

 

[Hotora86]

I think you could argue as well its as much the case that LHW besides those 4 has been very thin talent wise in recent years, you have guys in the top 10 and even the top 5 today who would have struggled to be top 20 a decade ago.

Around then you had....

Shogun
Wanderlei
Chuck
Rampage
Hendo
Machida
Lil Nog
Arona
Overeem
Forrest
Rashad
etc

Terrifying shark tank. The LHW belt was passed around like a hot potato back then.

 

[BoD 2.0]

I think you could argue as well its as much the case that LHW besides those 4 has been very thin talent wise in recent years, you have guys in the top 10 and even the top 5 today who would have struggled to be top 20 a decade ago.

Around then you had....

Shogun
Wanderlei
Chuck
Rampage
Hendo
Machida
Lil Nog
Arona
Overeem
Forrest
Rashad
etc

Good point. It’s possible that Rumble has so much success, because he was fighting in a weak division.