Alex Pereira has the same amount of title defenses (3) as Khabib, Islam and Cormier

[AldoStillGoat]

Let that sink in a little.

Let's be real, there is levels to this GOAT game and none of the 3 mentioned are in the discussion. We had true champions that defended their belts against all comers for years.

 

[KoalaBear]

Chama

 

[Nobru]

and yet the man is hungry to move up again and face people who might fk him up pretty bad

how can some ppl not like the dude

 

[Reach4theSky]

and yet the man is hungry to move up again

Alex vs Aspinal is now on my dream list..

 

[Squintz]

Yet your funky ass stays hating on him.

 

[treelo]

3 title defences....LOL

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

All in 2024

 

[13Seconds]

Yet your funky ass stays hating on him.

To be fair i've seen much less hate on him recently. They are most likely in hiding though.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Yet your funky ass stays hating on him.

I can't hate on your avatar though.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I can see Alex quite easily hitting 6 title defenses by the end of next year if he can get past Ank

 

[Nobru]

Alex vs Aspinal is now on my dream list..

that makes two of us

I mean, WHO wouldnt watch this fight?

Tom may retire Alex but what if he lands a big one?

Maybe hes gonna have another fight pre Tom to build it even more, lets see how it goes. Hopefully just not Almeida lol

 

[The Siege]

Poatan's a beast, but you are leaving context out.

DC fought at LHW during the toughest era of LHW. Islam and Khabib fight at LW that has better fighters than the current LHW division.

Still pretty impressive to rack up 3 defenses in a short time. I think his best bet to separate himself from all others would be to go for a 3rd belt at HW. No one is breaking Jones record at LHW.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Title defences are not the be all end all for judging how great someone is. Poatans wins are not on the level of Khabibs or DCs yet.

 

[RockyLockridge]

he's higher in the all time goat rankings than all 3

 

[RockyLockridge]

how can some ppl not like the dude

Derangement.

The man is the pure definition of shut up and fight.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Khabib and Islam had better competition for their defenses.

DC has 4 title defenses when you include HW. Also, his competition before he became champ was elite. He was a grandprix champion.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Title defences are not the be all end all for judging how great someone is. Poatans wins are not on the level of Khabibs or DCs yet.

Khabib won the title off a part time real estate agent and all of his 3 defenses were against strikers, despite being lauded as the greatest MMA grappler of all time.

 

[MarioLemieux]

Not remotely comparable and I like Alex.

He never had to win 15 fights fights a title shot, he's in a weak division, and the UFC is giving him #8 contenders as his title defences.

Khabib won the title off a part time real estate agent and all of his 3 defenses were against strikers, despite being lauded as the greatest MMA grappler of all time.

Khabib's title defences were finishes against Conor, Dustin and Gaethje who is a D1 wrestler and was supposed to stuff Khabib's td's.

All of them were p4p top 10 when he beat them. Not remotely comparable to Rountee, Hill and Jiri.

 

[The Siege]

Khabib won the title off a part time real estate agent and all of his 3 defenses were against strikers, despite being lauded as the greatest MMA grappler of all time.

Dustin, Gaethje, and 2018 Conor are better than Jiri, Hill, and Rountree.

Edit: for some reason my mind is locked into Poatans LHW run only.

Izzy is the best win out of all these fighters. Plus 2 belts, I can agree he is above Khabib and Islam(for now), but disagree about DC.

 

[HHJ]

People are really fuckin bored today !