Are these the best fighters in history?

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125: Demetrious Johnson
135: Dominick Cruz
145: Jose Aldo
155: Khabib Nurmagomedov
170: Georges St-Pierre
185: Anderson Silva
205: Jon Jones
265: Fedor Emelianenko


(you know damn well not all match my personal opinion ;),
but i got blasted last time so i'm choosing these names)


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TRUE LIST (FUCK EVERYONE! JUST BLEED GODS)

125: IDK TOO SMALL
135: IDK TOO SMALL
145: TOPURIA
155: MAKHACHEV
170: RAKHMONOV (GENGHIS KHAN MODE, NOT IAN GAY-RY MODE)
185: CHIMAEV (WHITAKER MODE, NOT BURNS MODE)
205: PROCHAZKA (ULTRA INSTINCT HILL MODE, NOT SHAMAN FEARING MODE)
265: ASPINALL
 
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First off 'in history' you have to consider plenty of people on these lists. GSP at 170 is a lock, as well as Silva at 185. Anyone other than Jones and Fedor at those weights just shows you have no clue what you are talking about.
 
125: Demetrious Johnson
135: Dominick Cruz
145: Jose Aldo
155: Khabib Nurmagomedov
170: Georges St-Pierre
185: Anderson Silva
205: Jon Jones
265: Fedor Emelianenko

idk about Khabib, his time at the top was really too brief and Cruz is always difficult to rate properly since his career was too fragmented (even if he's always came back to silence his detractors).

The other candidates are all logical and rational, just put an * after Silva and Jones.
 
This forum is on its last legs.
LoL...
It's these god awful white belt threads...

so much disposable garbage created by alt accounts (Gee I Wonder Why?????) and clowns that got banned years ago but return to 'shower us" with their latest ill conceived dog shit... TS won't even post his real list because they are afraid of getting roasted.... that tells me all I need to know right there about this 'quality' post..
 
I love Aldo, but don't think you can put him above Volk or Holloway anymore.

Everything else looks decent
I think Prime Aldo would tear Max up for four rounds before dropping a 10-8 round 5. Volk is a toss-up for me. Hard to say because Aldo had clearly slowed down and was declining before he fought either.

Honestly, I think any of the three would be fine for a 145 GOAT.
 
LoL...
It's these god awful white belt threads...

so much disposable garbage created by alt accounts (Gee I Wonder Why?????) and clowns that got banned years ago but return to 'shower us" with their latest ill conceived dog shit... TS won't even post his real list because they are afraid of getting roasted.... that tells me all I need to know right there about this 'quality' post..
This is the least offensive white belt thread I've seen in weeks. If anything, it feels like Sherdog of a decade ago.
 
125: Demetrious Johnson
135: Dominick Cruz
145: Jose Aldo/Alexander Volk
155: Islam Makhachev
170: Georges St-Pierre
185: Anderson Silva
205: Jon Jones
265: Fedor Emelianenko/Jon Jones
 
I think Prime Aldo would tear Max up for four rounds before dropping a 10-8 round 5. Volk is a toss-up for me. Hard to say because Aldo had clearly slowed down and was declining before he fought either.

Honestly, I think any of the three would be fine for a 145 GOAT.

It's just such an unusual scenario for me

I can't even decide which of the three are my favorite.
 
It's just such an unusual scenario for me

I can't even decide which of the three are my favorite.
Mine is Aldo purely because of when I got into the sport. I started watching back when Anderson hit the UFC, so WEC was still a thing.
 
Mine is Aldo purely because of when I got into the sport. I started watching back when Anderson hit the UFC, so WEC was still a thing.

Totally.... I mean I had seen the UFC 1 & 2 on VHS or whatever... But late night cable TV WEC and Muay Thai back about 2003-4 got me into it.

Jose Aldo and Bunkerd Fairtex !
 
Pretty accurate list. Only divisions that are debatable are 135 and 145
 
The title Greatest mma fighters in history doesn’t really hold much weight when MMA as we know it is only about 30 years old.

This is what makes GOAT talk kinda pointless. Of all time? Lolll 30 years you mean?
 
125: Demetrious Johnson
135: Dominick Cruz
145: Jose Aldo
155: Khabib Nurmagomedov
170: Georges St-Pierre
185: Anderson Silva
205: Jon Jones
265: Fedor Emelianenko


(you know damn well not all match my personal opinion ;),
but i got blasted last time so i'm choosing these names)


-----------------

TRUE LIST (FUCK EVERYONE! JUST BLEED GODS)

125: IDK TOO SMALL
135: IDK TOO SMALL
145: TOPURIA
155: MAKHACHEV
170: RAKHMONOV (GENGHIS KHAN MODE, NOT IAN GAY-RY MODE)
185: CHIMAEV (WHITAKER MODE, NOT BURNS MODE)
205: PROCHAZKA (ULTRA INSTINCT HILL MODE, NOT SHAMAN FEARING MODE)
265: ASPINALL

I agree with your true picks for 125 and 135. For 145, I’d go with IDK TOO SMALL. For 265 gotta go with prime Stipe. For everyone else, it’s either IDK TOO SMALL or WHO GIVES A FUCK.
 

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