Fighters who have beaten the P4P #1 fighter in the world since 2000

[ExitLUPin]

- [March 25, 2001] Wanderlei Silva TKO Kazushi Sakuraba (PRIDE 13)

- [March 16, 2003] Fedor Emelianenko UD3 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (PRIDE 25)

- [August 10, 2003] Rampage Jackson SD Murilo Bustamante (PRIDE Total Elimination 2003) - this one is more iffy, especially considering the decision, following Nog's loss there wasn't much of a consensus. Fedor, Wanderlei and Hughes had the strongest cases; Barnett, Pequeno, Tito, and Liddell had weaker cases. Gomi on the outside.

^ Fedor was recognized as the p4p best for a long time and obviously wasn't beaten. Circa '09 onwards, GSP and Anderson were being ranking as the p4p #1 more often. There seemed to be a consensus circa 2013 that Anderson was the p4p best, though there were some who had Bones in that spot.

- [July 6, 2013] Chris Weidman KO Anderson Silva (UFC 162)

For the next period following GSP's retirement, almost everyone had either Aldo or Bones as the p4p #1. Bones following the off-cage issues and inactivity was removed from the rankings and suspended [late April 2015]. From there Aldo was generally accepted as the p4p #1.

- [December 12, 2015] Conor McGregor KO Jose Aldo (UFC 194)

 

[Frank Kain]

Great fuckin thread!

 

[Redhawks100]

Silva beat Sakurai in 2001 and Sakurai was considered to be #1 p4p

 

[anthony stark]

Uhm... /thread?

 

[Jermei]

TJ Dillashaw beat the #1 P4P Renan Barao according to Dana White.

 

[Benoco]

Silva beat Sakurai in 2001 and Sakurai was considered to be #1 p4p

Yeah! Good catch.

 

[Gavster]

I like it. Good effort.

 

[Frank Kain]

Uhm... /thread?

. Good point, give it a bit, fighter bashing is right around the corner.

 

[Ryan McGizzle]

I would argue Jon Jones was P4P best, not Aldo.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Was Fedor not #1 when he was submitted by Werdum?

 

[FadeLess]

Cruz by defeating Demetrious ... not a "fair" fight tho imo

 

[NightwingBJJ]

. Good point, give it a bit, fighter bashing is right around the corner.

Haaaaa. We shall see.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I would argue Jon Jones was P4P best, not Aldo.

I disagree, but I do agree that he was likely ranked ahead of Aldo on most sites.

 

[matrat103]

Did Fedor lose his pound-for-pound status before losing to Werdum?

 

[ExitLUPin]

Silva beat Sakurai in 2001 and Sakurai was considered to be #1 p4p

Their fight was in August. Tito was seen by the majority as the #1 at that time from the summer, circa June on. Mach was in the running, but Wand, Saku and Coleman were seen at least as high prolly more so.

 

[BC]

Pretty dope post dude. I thought Fedor was ranked number one before the Werdum fight.

 

[kenCs]

TS came, saw, conquered his own thread. Lets wrap it up here guys.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Was Fedor not #1 when he was submitted by Werdum?

Did Fedor lose his pound-for-pound status before losing to Werdum?

Pretty dope post dude. I thought Fedor was ranked number one before the Werdum fight.

Most rankings I have, have either GSP or Anderson as the p4p #1 in 09/10. Some even had Aldo over Fedor at that time frame. But at that point Fedor lost his unanimous p4p #1 title he held for a very long time (with arguments for select few fighters like Shogun as the p4p #1 in 05, which was still the minority however).

 

[ARONAbeetFEDOR]

Was Fedor not #1 when he was submitted by Werdum?

Anderson (rightly) was.

 

[TheRassler]