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Has anybody been removed from any Hall of Fame?
All fighters decline with age but he's been declining since he was 31 years old! So that fact that he's "old" now (though not that old) is not an excuse for his decline earlier on.
I was a MMA fan when BJ was in his prime and even back then, I did not see what the big deal was about him. Sure he was a decent fighter but that's all he was.
HE WAS NOT A GREAT FIGHTER.
By virtue of being champion, he was the best LW by default not in a heads and shoulders above all else sense. Similar to Chris Weidman. He won the belt (from Anderson of all people) and defended it a few times. But no one thinks Weidman is an all time great.
BJ is Weidman and Tim Sylvia with much better PR. A bunch of dumb marks fell for it.
All fighters decline with age but he's been declining since he was 31 years old! So that fact that he's "old" now (though not that old) is not an excuse for his decline earlier on.
I was a MMA fan when BJ was in his prime and even back then, I did not see what the big deal was about him. Sure he was a decent fighter but that's all he was.
HE WAS NOT A GREAT FIGHTER.
By virtue of being champion, he was the best LW by default not in a heads and shoulders above all else sense. Similar to Chris Weidman. He won the belt (from Anderson of all people) and defended it a few times. But no one thinks Weidman is an all time great.
BJ is Weidman and Tim Sylvia with much better PR. A bunch of dumb marks fell for it.