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Anderson vs GSP's father - Jean Claude Van Damme
You need to do a little more than dominating the MW division to be the GOAT.
Who do you consider the best ever?
GSP? Dominating opponents but never finishing.
Fedor? Possibly the greatest HW ever but he didn't fight too many elite HWs.
Henderson/Couture/Shogun? Elite names on your resume make you great but the numerous losses stop them from being the GOATs.
Chuck/Wandy? Dominated LHW for years but didn't know when to call it quits.
BJ? I'm not even going to bother.
Jones? He COULD be but you can't say that until he's approaching the end of his career to know for sure.
Anderson Silva? 4 losses, 1 which he got caught, and 1 which he got DQ'd in a fight he was winning. He has destroyed numerous elite fighters (Just because they aren't elite or top 10 now doesn't mean they weren't then)
1st and only person to KO vitor
1st and only person to stop Bonnar
3rd person to submit Henderson
1st and only person to TKO Marquardt
1st and only person to KO Forrest with a JAB
1st person to KO Leben
Only person to beat and KO prime Franklin 2 times
How can you not say he is the greatest? Whether you hate him or not it's not arguable, he's the greatest, Henderson and Fedor are the only ones who come close but in the 10 years Fedor went undefeated he should have fought more top guys than just Cro Cop and Nog. Henderson's record has losses to fighters in different weights along with fights he should have won, he came back to the UFC and lost 2 straight to the #1 LHW and #1 MW at the time (Rampage and Anderson) and then went to Strikeforce and lost to Jake Shields...
Who is the greatest?
Fedor? Possibly the greatest HW ever but he didn't fight too many elite HWs.
Anderson Silva? 4 losses, 1 which he got caught, and 1 which he got DQ'd in a fight he was winning. He has destroyed numerous elite fighters (Just because they aren't elite or top 10 now doesn't mean they weren't then)
1st and only person to KO vitor
1st and only person to stop Bonnar
3rd person to submit Henderson
1st and only person to TKO Marquardt
1st and only person to KO Forrest with a JAB
1st person to KO Leben
Only person to beat and KO prime Franklin 2 times
How can you not say he is the greatest? Whether you hate him or not it's not arguable, he's the greatest, Henderson and Fedor are the only ones who come close but in the 10 years Fedor went undefeated he should have fought more top guys than just Cro Cop and Nog. Henderson's record has losses to fighters in different weights along with fights he should have won, he came back to the UFC and lost 2 straight to the #1 LHW and #1 MW at the time (Rampage and Anderson) and then went to Strikeforce and lost to Jake Shields...
Who is the greatest?
For the following reasons: he fights in a division in which guys are given title shots for free, guys with no top wins, with no fights at 185 and coming off losses fought Anderson for the title. Anderson is a great fighter but competition matters. Still to this day, he hasn't tested himself in deep waters.