He's top 5 without question. Any list with him even flirting with being bottom 10 let alone outside is a bad list. The Chandler and Pettis decisions are the only real controversial ones. He clearly beat Giblert 2-1. That was an easy fight to score and he took the 3rd with 1 eye. The judge that made it split was retarded.
Benson has way more controversial decision wins than Eddie and is nowhere near top 5.
Eddie's wins
Amade
Hellboy
Kawajiri
Kikuno
Curran
Aoki
Patricky
Chandler
Giblert
Pettis
RDA
Gaethje
Folayang
He finished Imada right after he choked Masvidal unconscious as well.
For his losses, he was only blown out against Conor and Aoki in his purime (I think he's clearly been past it the past couple years but Timofey did as well - and he avenged the Aoki win his just decisively). He was competitive with Cowboy and won the first round and first 7 or so minutes but got beaten up late and lost a clear 2-1. Chandler 1 is one of the GOAT LW fights and was back and forth with both guys nearly finishing the other multiple times. Both Poirier fights were back and forth wars where Eddie had moments of dominant positions and close attempts to finish it.
He's beaten champs from UFC, ONE, StrikeForce, WEC, Bellator, Shooto, DREAM, and WSOF. No other fighter in history can say that they've beaten that many champs from that many top promotions.
