Did UFC 309 affect Stipe's all-time ranking?

[El Diego]

Putting Werdum over Nog is a crime against humanity.

Nog, at any point in his career, had better striking and grappling than peak Werdum. It’s not even comparable.

Nog perhaps peaked higher but Werdum's best wins > Nog's best

 

[TronJavolta]

Absolutely not but I still completely disagree with anyone ranking him in the top 3.

Stipe was old and way over the hill in this fight so this was a borderline exhibition bout but he himself got WAY overpraised for beating guys who were also past their primes during his run on top. If Werdum didn't run swinging at him with his chin out like a mongoloid on meth, I would be completely underwhelmed with Stipe's resume. That was his best performance BY FAR and it was much more the result of Werdum being an idiot (which he tends to be quite often) than it was Stipe being some world beater.

He was a decent, middle of the pack HW who was in the right place at the right time. Prime vs Prime, he'd struggle to stay in the HW top 10 IMHO

What is your top 10 then?

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Not really if it were like 5 years ago then yeah or if he fought Jones a year after being koed by Big Frank