Who's The GOAT Gatekeeper?

[bogeyj]

Derek Brunson has occupied the gatekeeper role successfully for years now. if you can beat Brunson, you're ready for a shot. He plays that role perfectly.

 

[Luthien]

Derek Brunson has occupied the gatekeeper role successfully for years now. if you can beat Brunson, you're ready for a shot. He plays that role perfectly.

 

[awymore]

Nobody can take that title from Fitch

 

[fortheo]

Neil Magny is up there. He's been gatekeeping the top ten for what seems like ages.

Answers will vary, though, because nobody seems to agree on what a gatekeeper is. For me, if a guy has fought for a title, he's not a gatekeeper.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Nate Diaz has been a pretty effective gate keeper for his career. Good fighters beat him and get a small bump in recognition

Edit: both the Diaz bros really

 

[jx820]

Fitch or Cowboy. For a while Bisping was looking to be the king but then he went and ruined it by winning a damn belt.

 

[balkanbomber85]

Dustin Poirier… he is like the gatekeeper for the Top3 for a long time, if you beat him you might get the title, maybe not, but he himself will never become the undisputed ufc champion of any division.

 

[BFoe]

Nate Diaz has been a pretty effective gate keeper for his career. Good fighters beat him and get a small bump in recognition

Edit: both the Diaz bros really

Eh, I don’t know that I agree with Nick being called a gatekeeper. Nick is a former Strikeforce and WEC champ, not really a gatekeeper to me.

 

[BFoe]

This is a good answer. I was gonna say Fitch, but Fitch isn’t really a gatekeeper. He’d have been champ—probably for awhile—if GSP hadn’t been fighting in the same division.

 

[DotaDos]

Clay Guida or Faber? I know ill get some hate for Faber but the dude never got UFC gold.

 

[DOMMA]

It used to be Bisping. A few others that come to mind

1. Overeem
2. Benavidez
3. Cerrone
4. Magny
5. Dan Hooker
6. Derrick Lewis
7. James Krause
8. Darren Till
9. Sean O'Malley - will be in about 2 years
10. Jeremy Stephens

 

[CTYankee]

For HW I am going to say Ben Rothwell who has been a gatekeeper for 13 years.

 

[Fight Professor]

Big Country

 

[DotaDos]

It used to be Bisping. A few others that come to mind

1. Overeem
2. Benavidez
3. Cerrone
4. Magny
5. Dan Hooker
6. Derrick Lewis
7. James Krause
8. Darren Till
9. Sean O'Malley - will be in about 2 years
10. Jeremy Stephens

Bisping eventually broke that status but other than that decent list

 

[Sweater of AV]

Clay Guida

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Current gatekeepers:

HW: Volkov
LHW: Smith
MW: Brunson, Hermansson
WW: Magny
LW: RDA
FW: Ige
BW: Moraes, Munhoz
FlyW: Elliott, Royval

 

[Luthien]

I was gonna say Fitch, but Fitch isn’t really a gatekeeper.

Weird that I used to think Fitch was kinda hot ??

 

[AmericanMMA]

Clay Guida or Faber? I know ill get some hate for Faber but the dude never got UFC gold.

Clay Guida is the correct answer

Faber was the best at his weight at the WEC, so I don’t count him. If the ufc had his weight class he would’ve been champ.

 

[surrealworlds]

The only right answer. The man who fought the most, fought the best and came so close to gold without getting it.

 

[Sure Dawg]

Derek Brunson has occupied the gatekeeper role successfully for years now. if you can beat Brunson, you're ready for a shot. He plays that role perfectly.

We are talking about GOAT gatekeeper here, in which case there was one true answer, the real ones, those in the know, will know