Media Bisping questioning whether Alex Pereira is Top 5 all time at LHW
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Poatan in the top 3 oat? Hold your horses. He’s great but I wouldn’t put him there yet.
Definitely think Chuck, Wandy, Tito and Rampage would trail Jones and DC above him.
Definitely think Chuck, Wandy, Tito and Rampage would trail Jones and DC above him.
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Looks like he quite literally put him in his top 5 though, number 3 to be exact.
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He’s not questioning it. He put him at number 3. He’s asking the readers/listeners their opinion.
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Why would DC be above him?
DC only has 7 LHw wins, to alex 6. Alex is 5-0 in LHW title fights. DC is 4-2
One more LHW win and they are tied on wins with alex having more defenses and no losses.
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Bro this meat riding is insane…
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It has a question mark next to it...
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Rumble and Gustaffson are way superior to anybody that Poatan has stepped into the cage with at LHW. Also, holding DC back over his loss to Jones at LHW is petty. Poatan hasn’t shown to handle anyone with genuine wrestling capability yet so it’s clumsy to say he wouldn’t get dismantled. Not to mention, LHW is in its weakest state ever. People like Glover that couldn’t crack it as champ in prior years were able to crack it in this era despite being geriatric.
So yes, context is everything. By your logic that means Bendo is better than Khabib if he retired after Gilbert….
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I do kinda think bendo is better than khabib and would give him lots of trouble if they fought.
also not sure about gus. hard to say if he's better than Jiri or jan.
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Jan was 40 when he fought Poatan and it was quite competetive lol.
Jiri is too easy to hit. I don’t think he’d do too hot against gus or rumble because of it. It took a lot of damage out of him to beat Rakic and Glover.
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That's quite generous of you to credit him with 5 LHW title victories, given that he's only ever fought 4 times in the weight class altogether.
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Most-to-least Top 10 Ranked Wins at LHW for UFC/Pride Champions:
(11) Jones
(8) Shogun
(8) Liddell
(7) Rampage
(7) Rashad
(7) Machida
(7) Ortiz
(6) Wanderlei
(6) Henderson
(6) Glover
Pereira isn't even in the top ten, let alone in the top five.
UFC/Pride Light Heavyweight Champions with least-to-most Top 10 ranked wins at Light Heavyweight.
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Anyone who considers Alex an all time GOAT right now, is either biased or doesn't really watch MMA.
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bro we have khabib goat threats all the time and he's done marginally less in the sport of mma than Alex.
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he's one win from tied with wande glover and henderson, I think the amount of time he did it in, and the fact that every LHW win is against a former UFC LHW champion also counts for somethingMost-to-least Top 10 Ranked Wins at LHW for UFC/Pride Champions:
(11) Jones
(8) Shogun
(8) Liddell
(7) Rampage
(7) Rashad
(7) Machida
(7) Ortiz
(6) Wanderlei
(6) Henderson
(6) Glover
Pereira isn't even in the top ten, let alone in the top five.
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One more win he's top 10, 2 more hes top 4, 3 more he's number 2
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Yes I would say so. I go by what I see in performances, I couldn’t give a crap about records, that’s why Jones has been able to stake a claim by beating up old past their prime legends using eye pokes and knee stops roided up
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As he should. Sports I. General has become 'hes the goat' after doing barely anything. The guy was out cold on his back a handful of fights ago. And no I don't think getting KOed one time will make you not the greatest or the greatest ... But how about we let this guy actually have a career or actually let anybody have a career before we start calling them the goat or even one of the goats. This is also a big reason why I share dog has devolved into b******* topics and little actual Mma discussion
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Greatest or best? Because these are wildly different things. Wanderlei Silva was one of the all time greatest, but his brawling style against most top LHW in history would have not gone so well.
If he says BEST, in their PRIME
Id say
Jones
Shogun
Machida
Lil Nog
DC
shit im old and biased
If he says BEST, in their PRIME
Id say
Jones
Shogun
Machida
Lil Nog
DC
shit im old and biased
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Why does it matter if pereira might lose to DC in a fantasy match up? It means absolutely nothing for whose legacy is greater.
And Gus? I mean…. did he really beat him though?
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