Best pressure and pace style fighter ever?

[Gregoire1]

Who was the best ever at his peak with putting the pace and pressuring guys?

Candidates: Cain, DC, Chimaev, Topuria, Khabib, Merab, peak Jones, Volk, Usman, Colby, Max, Tony, Yan, Stipe, Lesnar, Jiri, DDP.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Hands down... Sea Level Cain.

 

[VinceArch]

Cain, Khabib, Tony, Merab and Topuria stand out in that group of fighters. Special shoutout to Sean Sherk who also had relentless pressure.

 

[BFoe]

Hands down... Sea Level Cain.

Yup, either this or prime Nick Diaz.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Wand

 

[Kaiokenrye24]

TJ Dillashaw

 

[GOATtalks]

Yup, either this or prime Nick Diaz.

lol

 

[GOATtalks]

Merab and it ain’t even close

 

[VAfan]

either cain or khabib would be good choices, but neither fought long enough. merab is getting up there.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Frank Juarez Shamrock
Cain Valasquez
Nick Diaz
Fedor
GSP

 

[laleggenda27]

Merab and Cain are head and shoulders above everyone else in "pressure and pace."

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Mario Bautista

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Who was the best ever at his peak with putting the pace and pressuring guys?

Candidates: Cain, DC, Chimaev, Topuria, Khabib, Merab, peak Jones, Volk, Usman, Colby, Max, Tony, Yan, Stipe, Lesnar, Jiri, DDP.

Pressure and pace? Definitely. The best? Definitely not

 

[jsbx45]

Frankie, TJ.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Cain for sure, and it was even better with him because the UFC HWs just aren't used to that pace at all

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Pride Shogun’s style was all gas. Non stop vale tudo blitz until he got a finish

 

[Cecil Peeples]

each weight class?

 

[NoStoneUnturned]

My favorite pressure fighter stylistically was young Nick Diaz. I don't think he was ever the best guy, in the world, in his weight class, but damn if I didn't like his style.

Cain was obviously impressive, but his style or method of fighting just didn't work for me.

DC would probably be my second favorite just because he was fat guy who could get the job done with pressure. Great career, started a little late.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

EPO tj dillashaw

 

[Siver!]

There's another question here.

Which fighter best made use of pace and pressure despite being overall pretty shit?

Fighters that immediately spring to mind are Elkins and Guida.