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I only see 4 great wins in a row
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The run from Rua to Vitor is a legendary top 5.
Chuck Liddell won 10 fights in a row between his losses to Jeremy Horn at UFC 19 and Randy Couture at UFC 43, including in order Jeff Monson, Kevin Randleman, Guy Mezger, Murilo Bustamante, Amar Suloev, Vitor Belfort, and Babalu. Then between losing to Rampage in the PRIDE 2003 MWGP and at UFC 71, he won another 7 fights in a row, against Tito Ortiz, Vernon White, Randy (avenging his loss), Jeremy Horn (avenging his loss), Randy again (taking the rubber match), Babalu again, and Tito again.
Shogun's run in 2005 is also still the stuff of legend. He started off knocking out Hiromitsu Kanehara in a minute and a half, which is impressive when you consider that Cro Cop couldn't finish him in 15 minutes, and then he decimated Rampage, won a war against Rogerio Nogueira, and to cap it off knocked out Alistair Overeem and Ricardo Arona in one night.
Not a fan of Jones but Shogun, Rampage, Lyoto, Rashad & Vitor would be better IMO. His next 5 Chael, Gus, Glover, DC & OPS is also better.
GSP: Hughes, Serra, Fitch, BJ & Alves is better. Then his next 5 Hardy, Kos, Shields, Condit, Diaz is better.
Anderson: Forest, Maia, Sonnen, Vitor, Okami is up there.
Bader wasn't UFC eliteJones:
Glover
DC 1
Gus
Sonnen
Belfort
or
Evans
Machida
Rampage
Rua
Bader
Only 1 title defense is fucking bizarre for how insane Merab's resume is.
Goes to show why title defenses aren't that good of a stat at the end of the day. Let's really look at Cruz's resume vs Merab's, the TJ fight (which really could have went either way) and a youngling green DJ are no doubt there, but there's no depth at all to his resume compared to Merab.
Aldo - past prime 36 year old, retired afterwards
Yan - went 1 - 4 at that time
Cejudo - 37 year old, came out of retirement
O’ Malley - had him hurt in the 5th, Merab avoided a fight for 15minutes
Umar - Close 48-47
This. Ending Hondas career n the total squash of Cyborg . With 3 other former champs in there as well.
No way is that a better 5 fights. DC is an amazing win. But Merab's 2-5 crush 2-5 here.
So pretending like Aldo and cejudo were in prime shapes when merab fought them.
Merab isn't beating either of those guys in their prime.
Jon beat Vitor, Chael, Gus, Glover and DC each in peak versions of themselves.
Most importantly they were clear victories and not contraversial decisions.
Yeah, but look at the Cejudo and Aldo version he beat. Both retired and came back. Cejudo lost the fight before Merab and Aldo even had a 3 fight losing streak and was 5-5 before facing him. This is like Jones facing a retired Stipe, the name is there but they were far from their peaks. Jake Paul beat Anderson Silva and Mike Tyson, by that defitnion he's the greatest fighter of all time in combat sports since he defeated an mma goat and boxing goat...Merab doesn’t get the credit he deserves & I think he’s undoubtedly the bantamweight goat. Look at these names bro in his last 5,
Aldo, Yan, Cejudo, O’ Malley, Umar
That surely has to be the best 5 wins in a row any fighter has ever had? I’ve been trying to think of a fighter that’s had a better 5 in a row than this but can’t think of anyone.
Who said anything about chael?Chael. Lol
Gtfo
You make some good points sprinkled with some ridiculous nonsense
Not a single fighter on this list other than Hughes does anyone rate as highly as anyone Jones Merab or even GSP fought in their runs. Talk about a victim of nostalgia lolIf UFC 41 had competent judging, BJ Penn would have had:
Caol Uno (UFC LW title fight)
Prime Gomi (14-1)
Peak Hughes (UFC WW title, Hughes arguably p4p no1 in the world at the time)
Peak Bang Ludwig
Peak Rodrigo at MW (Rodrigo had just beaten Mach Sakurai and was considered one of the best MW on the planet at the time)
That stacks up nicely against anything Merab, Jones, GSP or anyone else has to offer.
Your salty tears are delicious
Merab's success has you in absolute turmoil
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lol at comparing the cejudo and Aldo that Merab fought to Stipe and Jake Paul’s boxing matches.Yeah, but look at the Cejudo and Aldo version he beat. Both retired and came back. Cejudo lost the fight before Merab and Aldo even had a 3 fight losing streak and was 5-5 before facing him. This is like Jones facing a retired Stipe, the name is there but they were far from their peaks. Jake Paul beat Anderson Silva and Mike Tyson, by that defitnion he's the greatest fighter of all time in combat sports since he defeated an mma goat and boxing goat...
Also prime Aldo is a nightmare for Merab and would've killed him. What can Merab do? He's a much worse striker, much worse grappler, everything he does Aldo did it 1000000times better and he would never take Aldo down or keep him pinned against the wall. Aldo wasnt this gunshy asleep olrd version of him now. He was too explosive and would have slaughtered Merab on the feet.
Quoted wrong post. Fixed nowWho said anything about chael?
I’m not a Merab nuthugger. I don’t care who won that bout and would have given props to both fighters. I’m a big fan of team Khabib.Na, it's just his nuthuggers like you that are annoying.
- Merab only has 1 finish and that via Cardio Tko.
- He has no power.
- Tries to avoid engagement by hopping around.
- His takedowns often lead to nothing.
That makes him an all around boring fighter to me.
Topuria on the other hand is awesome in the cage.