Media D Johnson: I'm a greater fighter than GSP and Silva



Lmao, I have completely missed this delusional take from the mouse. This is his reasoning why:

"For me to have 11 consecutive title defences and always look for the finish against my opponents, the list goes on. To be able to go to a different organisation where I’m fighting at 135lb against bigger opponents in a different rule set. I was able to win a world grand prix which is a tournament-style, three fights in one year, and then turn around and fight for the belt. I go do an IBJJF Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament. My first time in the gi, brown belt masters at 37 years old and I go out there and I win it. Not one point got scored on me, not any one of those fighters, not even fucking Jon Jones himself would do that and be able to pass with flying colours, so I think the ability for me to be able to transition into different things is what puts me above those guys."

Really? That shit doesn't make any sense. Anderson Silva fought at WW in Shooto and HW in Pride, and took several LHW bouts in the UFC for that matter. It's funny how he doesn't mention that him fighting for a belt after the GP, happened fucking 1.5 years later so there's absolutely nothing special about it, and he LOST that fight! Seriously?



He failed to beat 135 guys who are not goats, so his point is mute, plus Omar Nurmagomedov is better than him, imo, only time will tell.
 
everything you said about MM and his weight class is also true of HW, but we all still act like HW is the pinnacle.
The possible career opportunities for a large athletic person in professional sports is really good. If you are small & athletic not so much. I suspect this leads to more competition at heavy weight compared to flyweight, but not still not as much as lightweight to middle weight.
 
DJ is for sure in contention for GOAT if not the GOAT. DJ bless.
 
isnt IBJJF the one that the no gi guys make fun of becuase of how weak it is? I know gordon ryan has said something similar to that. Anyone know?
No IBJJF is the peak lol. Even with ADCC for no gi. Many ADCC champs have lost NoGi worlds at IBJJF. It's all the sane bodybof competition at that level
 
The possible career opportunities for a large athletic person in professional sports is really good. If you are small & athletic not so much. I suspect this leads to more competition at heavy weight compared to flyweight, but not still not as much as lightweight to middle weight.

why would having more opportunities for sports = more competition at HW? you're spreading an already miniscule amount of humans over a bigger area of opportunity. a lot less will pick MMA before they pick anything else simply because the prestige, the money, the fame, and the status all come from being a BALL PLAYER over any fighter.
 
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Dude is 4’11” and fights a veritable list of nobodies in the UFC compared to GSP and Silva. Then wants to use some 3rd rate organization and their list of nobodies to bolster his absurd claim?
I like Mighty Mouse but he’s delusional at best with this take.
 
If you wanted to show someone an MMA fighter who's the best in all areas, it would be DJ. If you could only learn MMA from watching one fighter (and training, obviously) DJ would be your best bet. If you wanted to show some insane movie-type shit, it would be DJ, Jones and Anderson (out of the GOATs).
 
I agree.

GSP couldn’t sub Dan Hardy and got KO’d by Serra.

Silva had no wrestling.

DJ can do it all.
 
why would having more opportunities for sports = more competition at HW? you're spreading an already miniscule amount of humans over a bigger area of opportunity. a lot less will pick MMA before they pick anything else simply because the prestige, the money, the fame, and the status all come from being a BALL PLAYER over any fighter.
I've never seen any actual statistics on this so its mostly speculation.

A lot of pro level/Olympic athletes don't have an outlet or aren't going to make it in their chosen sport & are going to look at transitioning to other professional sports.

We know there have been several pro level/Olympic athletes that have transitioned to the UFC in HW.
 
I'm conflicted...

Mighty Mouse
+ Better wrestling than Silva
+ Better Striking than GSP
+ Has won at bigger size disadvantages more often than either of them
+ Fought more "modern MMA"
+ More title defenses

But

- no way talent pool of guys that small is as deep as closer to average sized men in WW.
- Doesnt quite have Silvas Striking
- Less potent wrestling than GSP

I reluctantly want to say he may be right purely skill vs skill but the big picture at 135/125 is so incredibly different than 170/185

Edit: If I had to absolutely pick though, GSP > MM > Silva
 
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No IBJJF is the peak lol. Even with ADCC for no gi. Many ADCC champs have lost NoGi worlds at IBJJF. It's all the sane bodybof competition at that level
What is masters? What’s the difference between masters and the normal one?
 
everything you said about MM and his weight class is also true of HW, but we all still act like HW is the pinnacle.
I don’t act like that, I agree with you that heavyweight is overhyped, I think it’s becuase it was the first division and 90% of all the fighters were in HW and LHW for the first 10 years of mma
 
i mean he never got absolutely annihilated like gsp and silva did. his one loss by KO is due to some weird rule confusion and he fucking annihilated the guy (who was two weight classes larger) in a rematch.
Mate being tall doesn’t mean you’re two weight classes above someone. DJ was 142 in the ufc, and at least officially you’re meant to be 135 in one so they were close in weight
 
DJ is great but should be humble and say it is hard to compare. He can boast about his impressive accomplishments , no need to downplay others. Cejudo has a Gold medal and 2 belts plus last head to head win even though it should have been a draw.
 
I don’t act like that, I agree with you that heavyweight is overhyped, I think it’s becuase it was the first division and 90% of all the fighters were in HW and LHW for the first 10 years of mma

it's because historically society as a whole accepts the HW champion as "The Man". even fighters accept that because they choose to fight in weight divisions. to some extent it's true, but there is definitely people who aren't HWs who could beat ranked HWs even the top HW.
 
it's because historically society as a whole accepts the HW champion as "The Man". even fighters accept that because they choose to fight in weight divisions. to some extent it's true, but there is definitely people who aren't HWs who could beat ranked HWs even the top HW.
That makes sense, I’ve definitely seen some mma fans arguing that the heavyweight champ is The best champ cause they could beat all the other champs
 
I've never seen any actual statistics on this so its mostly speculation.

A lot of pro level/Olympic athletes don't have an outlet or aren't going to make it in their chosen sport & are going to look at transitioning to other professional sports.

We know there have been several pro level/Olympic athletes that have transitioned to the UFC in HW.

which is like what? a handful of guys over the course of 2 decades? my point was, HW is just as shallow as FLW in MMA and in real life, yet it gets regarded with more respect than FLW does. i'd argue there's probably more FLW sized human beings than there are HW sized human beings. being tall is one thing, but being tall AND big is another and that's even rarer.
 
If Khabib is considered this shouldn’t be controversial at all.
 
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