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I said GOAT from an entertainment/hype/fan opinion point of view. Yeah, everyone wanted to see Mirko fight because he could take someone's head off but he could also get KTFO himself. He had heart, was tough as hell.
I look at fighters in two ways:
#1-Results/Achievements/Skill
#2- Entertainment/Likeability
Hunt and CC are both GOATs under #2 but only Average to Good in #1.
I never saw anyone talking Mirko as GOAT of any kind other than left high-kicker...until you.
You look at fighters in some weird ways except the one that matters the most: their actual performaces. I mean the actual fights, not the W/L on paper.
Mirko's performances vs Fedor, Barnett, Herring, Aleks, Wand, Hunt, Igor, Fujita or Yoshida show a level of skill that could give just about any man of any weight from any time and especially back then big problems.
He was actually top ranked for a good amount of time in case you are the classic ratnerd who judge by numbers/stats/results instead of assessing the actual fights.
None of that is average to good. I personally think he is fringe top10 heavyweight of all time which considering the sport has already three decades is definitely much more than average of good, so definitely GREAT going by the last shertard BAD-AVERAGE-GREAT standards you just improvised
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