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And AS didn't do the same, noob?
Dan Henderson and Chael Sonnen would wreck Izzy
And AS didn't do the same, noob?
you dont think adesanya could have beat chael sonnen? i dont see anything in silva's ufc run that adesanya couldn't have done too.Yeah. He would have tapped sonnen. Izzy is great on the ground.
While it's definitely disappointing how Anderson's career ended he still is the MW GOAT despite having an asterisk next to his record IMO.
None of us know how good a non-juiced Anderson was. I was a huge fan of Anderson, but seeing his decline after getting busted just proved how much steroids does for a fighter.Anderson had a fun competitive fight with Izzy when Izzy was 30 and he was a month or so away from his 44th birthday.
Now let's pretend the tables were turned and it was 44 year old Izzy fighting 30 year old Anderson.
End of debate
He was 40 when he got busted, and was also coming off a horrific injury. I'm of the opinion that those were the two biggest factors that contributed to his decline.None of us know how good a non-juiced Anderson was. I was a huge fan of Anderson, but seeing his decline after getting busted just proved how much steroids does for a fighter.
well, Ped user with double digit L's
+ Israel won when they fought each other.
Adesanya > Anderson
Come at me Anderoid Fans
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@pankrat how close would Izzy be to Anderson in this discussion, should he beat Whittaker again?
I remember you rating Whittaker highly (understandably so) that's why i ask, hombre.
It's 10 defenses vs 3, so of course.
Ali is fairly widely considered the greatest, so you start to look at an MMA equivalent to that. Then Jones comes up, usually rated higher than Anderson. But Ali had losses, too. It's how Anderson did it, the flair, elegance, style reliant on skill over physicality. So yes, Anderson is the closest in that sense. Shots out of nowhere, the matrix. Jones is too clumsy for the comparison to ring true.
None of us know how good a non-juiced Anderson was. I was a huge fan of Anderson, but seeing his decline after getting busted just proved how much steroids does for a fighter.