Fighters that have a 50/50 shot at beating the best or losing to the worst

[koa pomaikai]

What are some fighters that can beat the best but also lose to the worst?

What are fighters that have styles which could allow them to beat anyone but also lose to anyone?

Terrence McKinley comes to mind.
Johnny Walker.
Werdum.
Brock Lesnar.
Tony Ferguson (in his prime)
Derrick Lewis
Tai Tuivasa
Michael Johnson
Mark Hunt
Alex Pereira ( yes he hasn’t really lost to anyone bad but he just feels like a coin flip against so many people )

Wild crazy powerful fighters come to mind or highly inconsistent fighters/one style dominant fighters.

 

[loisestrad]

"Lose to the worst"?

Werdum and Brock i.e. has never lost to anyone but great fighters.

 

[blaseblase]

Derrick Lewis is the best example of this, has multiple wins above his weight class in Volkov, Blaydes, and Ngannou. Not really anyone else you mentioned. Don't know what you are smoking by bringing up Tony, he literally never lost to anyone in his prime.

 

[koa pomaikai]

"Lose to the worst"?

Werdum and Brock i.e. has never lost to anyone but great fighters.

You can’t see some fat heavyweight landing a punch on Lesnar and he just turtles up?

Werdum got all wild and one shot by Stipe, could have been anyone that did that, not just Stipe. Werdum has had a very inconsistent career.

The worst is an exaggeration but you get what I mean.

 

[HHJ]

"Lose to the worst"?

Werdum and Brock i.e. has never lost to anyone but great fighters.

That means more for Werdum than it does for Brock

Brock didnt have that many fights

 

[koa pomaikai]

Derrick Lewis is the best example of this, has multiple wins above his weight class in Volkov, Blaydes, and Ngannou. Not really anyone else you mentioned. Don't know what you are smoking by bringing up Tony, he literally never lost to anyone in his prime.

Tony almost lost to a lot of people in his prime. He never lost but all those fights were close as hell and he easily could have been out cold.

Kevin Lee controlled him, Petitis almost put him out, fought very close against a old Cerrone.

Tony Ferguson has never looked dominant, he won but he was always in trouble.

 

[blaseblase]

Tony almost lost to a lot of people in his prime. He never lost but all those fights were close as hell and he easily could have been out cold.

Kevin Lee controlled him, Petitis almost put him out, fought very close against a old Cerrone.

Tony Ferguson has never looked dominant, he won but he was always in trouble.

You think he went on an 8 year insane winning streak because he could lose to anyone and every fight was 50/50? Put the crack pipe down.

 

[Iroh]

Paul Graig

 

[Lawrence]

What are some fighters that can beat the best but also lose to the worst?

What are fighters that have styles which could allow them to beat anyone but also lose to anyone?

Terrence McKinley comes to mind.
Johnny Walker.
Werdum.
Brock Lesnar.
Tony Ferguson (in his prime)
Derrick Lewis
Tai Tuivasa
Michael Johnson
Mark Hunt
Alex Pereira ( yes he hasn’t really lost to anyone bad but he just feels like a coin flip against so many people )

Wild crazy powerful fighters come to mind or highly inconsistent fighters/one style dominant fighters.

Clay Guida.

He has a large number of Elite scalps and some unexplainable losses.

 

[loisestrad]

Werdum got all wild and one shot by Stipe, could have been anyone that did that

Sure, it could have been anyone. Just so happened that it was the UFC GOAT HW that did it, and it just so happened that no one else did it.

Pure coincidence. Anyone could beat Werdum.

 

[loisestrad]

That means more for Werdum than it does for Brock

Brock didnt have that many fights

No, brock didn't have many fights. He never lost to "the worst" though, and he beat some of the best. Which makes the assumption that he could beat the best reasonable (as he did), but makes the assumption that he could lose to "the worst" unfounded.

 

[Krimzon]

didnt check the record, but i think Gastelum took it to dudes like Bisping, Israel, Hendricks with lots of random losses in between (old Weidman etc)

 

[EndlessCritic]

Renan Ferreira got completely dominated by Klidson Abreu, so I'd put him kind of high on the list.

 

[Noveltymortar]

Paul Craig fits this definition to a t. He does one thing so well that even world class fighters have been caught by it. Everything else he does is pretty horrible so he can also lose to almost anyone.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Anthony Smith???

Dude beat Petrino, Gus, Volkan and Shogun, but also got subbed by 155 lbs Josh Neer.

 

[sonofjay817]

"Lose to the worst"?

Werdum and Brock i.e. has never lost to anyone but great fighters.

A little hyperbole in the wording of the question, but I say, let's go with the spirit of the question rather than be overly literal. Its an interesting one.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Prime Keith Jardine

 

[Thy]

bob

 

[Chubi]

Michael Johnson is the first pick.

 

[Rationality]

You can’t see some fat heavyweight landing a punch on Lesnar and he just turtles up?

Werdum got all wild and one shot by Stipe, could have been anyone that did that, not just Stipe. Werdum has had a very inconsistent career.

The worst is an exaggeration but you get what I mean.

Well you can't even provide an example of Brock losing to "the worst" so I'd also say he doesn't belong on your list.