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I found it hard to believe too until I looked at some of these facts and numbers. Take a look:
Aldo had 5 fights in WEC before going for his TS.
All 5 fights ended in KO/TKO... 3 of them in the 1st round... 3 KO of the night. One of them was the most incredible knee KO ever imo, in 7 seconds over Swanson.
Got his TS and became FW champ in the biggest org for small fighters, WEC.
In WEC, Aldo had 3 successful title fights before the WEC - UFC merge. Then he had another 7 successful title fights including wins over Florian, Edgar, Korean Zombie, and a fight of the year against Mendes.
Before the Conor loss, Aldo was on a 15 fight winning streak considering only WEC - UFC. 10 sucessful title fights (or 9 successful title defenses, if you prefer).
After the devastating loss, he bounced back and became FW champ again.
That´s a total of 11 wins in 12 title fights. Plus the fact he never popped for steroids.
Now let´s compare all the goat candidates numbers of championship fights:
Aldo: Total of 12 fights. He is 11 - 1. (loss to McGregor)
Demetrious Johnson: 11 - 1 (loss to Dominick)
GSP is currently 12 - 2 (losses to Hughes and Serra)
Silva is currently 11 - 2. (2 losses to Weidman)
Bottom line is, opinions apart, the fact remains: if Aldo beats Holloway, he will have 12 wins with only 1 loss in championship fights. And that´s better than Silva and GSP.
#Aldo Bless
Thoughts?
How can you say " fact" on an "if" ? You have to base facts at the moment. Right now Aldo IS 11-1. You are counting his last fight with Edgar in there which was for an interm title. OK fair enough. If you are doing that why are you not counting the interm title of GSP vs Matt Hughes ( their third fight). Happened because Serra was injured for a long time and couldn't do the rematch with GSP at the time. You also miscalculated, with the numbers being equal of adding interm title fights and all title fights of each fighter.
GSP'S record in the UFC is 14-2. Avenging both losses
Which IS better than Aldo's 11-1
You are using Aldo defeating Max to make your point. The big flaw there is GSP also has an upcoming fight too. So what if he wins that (and it's in a heavier weight class)?
The entire problem with your claim is:
Jones and GSP are still in the title running and like Aldo can add to their totals. Especially Jones who is still young for his division and can possibly add many more
Your theory is based on "IF's" . Not the here and now, miscalculations. Not at all on FACT.
Aldo is an amazing fighter ,def one of the top five of all time. He IS still going and perhaps one day his record will show he is number one. As of right now, today , he isn't based on the numbers game your are showing.
It would also help Aldo greatly if he defended his title a couple of times, moved up to 155 and fought Mac for that belt and won. Then all doubt would be put to rest by some.