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You should make this argument at least 3 more timesit's not the guy who at any point of his career, sounded entitled enough to demand cherry picking fights against non-wrestlers.
You should make this argument at least 3 more timesit's not the guy who at any point of his career, sounded entitled enough to demand cherry picking fights against non-wrestlers.
Also, this is a bit misleading. You are talking about Hendo on the downside of his career, but he wasn't. He was on a four fight winning streak with wins over Fedor and Shogun.
On the other hand, though you don't mention it, Ellenberger and Hendricks were arguably the most washed up fighters in the history of MMA, which is like 1/3 of his wins listed.
I do like them both, followed them from the start, Machida even before UFC, but it's clear who is a better fighter with better accomplishments, wins and skills, and it's not the guy who at any point of his career, sounded entitled enough to demand cherry picking fights against non-wrestlers.
I agree with everything you said, Machida definitely has the better resume easily but in defence of the Hendricks win, I believe Hendricks was the number ranked contender going into the WB fight. Hendricks had lost a controversial split dec to Lawler to lose his belt (MMA media scores had 12-4 media members scoring it for Hendricks) & followed that up with a win over Brown (Brown was ranked at the time, he had lost to Lawler in a title eliminator fight). I actually think the devastating 1 sided beatdown by WB was the beginning of the end for Hendricks, he was never the same afterwards. No one had ever so convincingly destroy Hendricks like that, it was like a video game beatdown
You should make this argument at least 3 more times
You are missing one very important thing about that Hendricks win.
The DATE of the WB fight.
Feb 6th 2016.
The date of iv ban. Oct 1st 2015.
Ellenberger and Hendricks he fought, to this very date, are two of the most washed up fighters in the history of MMA.
To compare WB to Machida as if they are in any shape or form in an equal footing is ridiculous in a way, just as ridiculous it is to single out Hendo for being old when he was on 4 fight winning streak with wins over shogun and fedor, but not say nothing about those two wins.