Jones would have if he had retired at the same amount of title defences as Khabib. That would have been after his victory vs Rashad Evans at that point he had only lost a round to Rashad and maybe a round to Lyoto as well which is akin to Khabib losing a round to Justin/Conor. They also had one competitive bout when they were both still green with Jones vs Stephan and Khabib vs Tibau.
Nope. We just have men who are still in their primes fighting . That’s all .
Exactly. Jon never faced real adversity until his 6th title defense against Gus.
Which shows if Khabib has stayed in the game for at the very least 10 more bouts more than likely back and forth fights or losses may have occurred.
He does not get credit for other people's accomplishments.
Or, more likely, he would have lost at some point.
Gaethje and Poirier are 4 years older than Fiziev and 2 years older than Gamrot. BSD is a prospect from a regional scene.
No he retired becuase his dad and mentor and coach died
We will never know, because Khabib retired without facing much in the way of serious opposition.
His prime was characterized by sitting out for a year or so at a time and fighting very few actual contenders.
Lol those two weren't even ranked when Khabib was champ. Time, how does it work?
Of course in reality he actually both signed to and did fight Justin after his dad died, not before.
He also wouldn't have been undefeated in the first place if he were in title fights since the age of 23 like Jon was.
