Beneil Dariush - Most Overrated Fighter in the UFC

I think he's overrated because his record and accomplishments don't match the level that people talk about him being on. I think he's overrated precisely because I've watched all his ufc bouts and he's not very impressive even in victory. His career best win was a 3-2 UD over Gamrot...he's not exactly blowing dudes out of the water even though the dudes hes been fighting aren't top tier.
There's your problem. You're just looking at his record and not his skillset and performances. He very obviously looks like the toughest match up for Islam in the whole LW division.
 
This is the true title fight !!!

Go Dariush !

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How about Ishmael and his gift title shot. Then calls out the smallest of guys in a fw not a lw? And said fw drops him. Exposed.
 
I love that TS cropped out his wins over Tony and Gamrot.
1. It makes it look like his current streak is 6 instead of 8
2. Let’s just not discuss two of his best career wins when discussing “what has he done?”
I love this.

Those 2 fights not appearing in an image = those fights never happened or I'm trying to "hide" them. Real dumb guy shit.

It's not like I mentioned the Gamrot win directly in the op and said it's his best win. I must have imagined that. Nah nah. I intentionally cropped out those 2 fights to try and hide them. Lmaooo
 
I love this.

Those 2 fights not appearing in an image = those fights never happened or I'm trying to "hide" them. Real dumb guy shit.

It's not like I mentioned the Gamrot win directly in the op and said it's his best win. I must have imagined that. Nah nah. I intentionally cropped out those 2 fights to try and hide them. Lmaooo

Well you cropped the image, meaning you chose which fights would be included or left out. Are you suggesting that you left them out by accident?

The image comes right after your question that is the basis for the entire thread, “But what is that based on?” If for some reason you couldn’t fit all of his wins in one snip, wouldn’t it have made more sense, and been more genuine, to leave out his first two career fights?
 
I don't think he is overrated, he is a good fighter but reminds me of what people thought about Mousasi. Same vibes. But Mousasi is much more proven.
 
Well you cropped the image, meaning you chose which fights would be included or left out. Are you suggesting that you left them out by accident?

The image comes right after your question that is the basis for the entire thread, “But what is that based on?” If for some reason you couldn’t fit all of his wins in one snip, wouldn’t it have made more sense, and been more genuine, to leave out his first two career fights?
I didn't want to zoom out any further to squeeze those last two fights in because the text was already small enough.

Did I not mention both the Tony and Gamrot fights in the OP itself?

Did I say his record is 22 and 4 or did I say it is 20 and 4, also in the OP?

You're grasping desperately at an argument that doesn't exist. Stop being a weirdo. Notice how not a single other person itt has gone "you're trying to erase his last 2 wins by cropping them out of an image!!!" because everyone has eyes and can read.
 
I really don't understand where the hype and sentiment behind Benny comes from.

Who has this dude beat?

People talk about him like he's this real scary dark horse and like he's inevitable.

But what is that based on?

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At 22 and 4, if you just look at the numbers, you'd think he's an elite fighter.

But parse it out a bit -

He had a good start to his career. Can't fault him for a TKO loss to Nijem early in his run.
From 2009 to 2015 he only lost once, putting him at 12-1 entering 2016.

His best wins during this time were the always game Jim Miller and a split decision over a prime Michael Johnson. Both are middle of the pack fighters but solid wins over game opponents nonetheless.

Then he got subbed by gatekeeper Chiesa. Chiesa is the bigger dude though and hasn't looked bad at WW. The next year in 2017, Benny got KO'd by gatekeeper Edson Barboza. Finished twice, by two gatekeepers, in back to back years. In his next fight, also in 2017, he has a majority draw with a completely washed Evan Dunham. Then he gets KO'd in 42 seconds by the young Alex Hernandez. Clearly Benny was going through a real rough patch at this point.

After Beneil's rough 2017 & 2018, he began his unbeaten streak that he's on now. Winning 8 consecutive fights from 2018 to today. But again, these numbers only look impressive on the surface. Parse it out, who has he beaten from 2018 to today that warrants his hype as an elite fighter? Drakkar Klose? Carlos Diego Ferreira? Fucking Tony Ferguson in the middle of a 5 fight losing streak?

I'm being rhetorical and obviously his best win during this run has been his most recent one over Mateusz Gamrot and honestly it's probably the highest quality win in his career thus far. To me, that win is the first and only piece of evidence we've had that Beneil might be elite. If you look closely at who he's beaten and when he beat them, *as well as his losses*, his record is far less impressive than the 22-4 would suggest.

I'm looking forward to Charlie Olives reminding everyone that there's levels to this and sending Beneil back down the ladder and ending his silly grappling nerd hype train.
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and Charles was 1 - 3 in 2016 and 2017

He then went on a tear and became the undisputed champ of the world

Are you trying to convince us that you're fuckin retarded?
Because I'm convinced

Fighters are people
People lose sometimes
Some rise from those losses

Do Bronx and Dariush among others have shown to keep going, no matter the downfalls or hurdles.

Great match making, I'm excited for this one
 
Olive’s run prior to the title wasn’t that impressive either. Gotta give guys a chance to prove themselves.
 
Well tonight we will know if Dariush was ever worthy of a title shot.
 
I like Beneil but I never understood the crazy hype. Same guy who went to a split with CDF, was about to get chinned by Drakkar Klose and is sloppy as fuck on the feet. Yeah he’s a very good grappler, but come on lmao.
 
He's not overrated, he earned his spot, but how he was the betting favorite is beyond me.
 
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