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Beating someone up does not equate finishing, some people do not get finished except by freak injury .. ala Condit.IMO You're a perfect fighter when you win all your fight by finishing them.
Winning by decision makes you a perfect athlete, but not a perfect fighter..
The perfect fighter is the one that can beat the shit of anyone no matter what the rules are. Would Cormier be undefeated if there was no rounds or decisions and the fight were going until one is down or submitted? Maybe, but not sure..
Same goes for guys like GSP, would he have been the champ that long if the one to win was last man standing, I doubt it..
i think that is one of the biggest problem with wrestlers, most of them (or course not all of them), are scoring points, not fighting. They are athletes (you can even say great fighting athletes though) but not fighters !
Anyway I still see Cormier beating Jones by decision (even if he's first title in the ufc will be against Gus ), but he'll probably lose the 1st round as it usually go to the champ in the UFC
Your definition of perfect fighter has a huge flaw.