Media George St. Pierre: Islam Makhachev is "P4P Best Fighter, Starting To Reach GOAT Status"

[Black9]

Seems Nobody except Bisping is on Dana's Side on Jon Jones huh?

 

[moosaev]

GSP has always been the smartest man in the game. No surprise.

 

[OldBoy91]

P4P#1? Sure.

Approaching GOAT status? Lmao. Not even close. He didn't even start fighting elite competition until about 5 fights ago.

 

[TerraRayzing]

Jones is probably screeching about this message as we speak.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

GOAT recognize GOAT

 

[HNIC215]

Everyone knows Islam is P4P #1

Only Dana White, Jon Jones and his delusional followers think otherwise.

 

[Cooliox]

GSP, Jones, Anderson, Fedor, DJ...

Islam with 1 title defense in his weight class comes nowhere near those names above

 

[AdamWarlock]

goatsp recognizes greatness

dana recognizes scum

so glad gsp said what he said. what a legend

 

[Black9]

GSP, Jones, Anderson, Fedor, DJ...

Islam with 1 title defense in his weight class comes nowhere near those names above

I know everyone descredits it cause he's from a weightclass below, but Volk was looking unstoppable when Islam beat him and P4P#1, So was Charles being p4p #3 and on a double digit win streak. Poirier was a cherry ontop. He already has 3 title defeneses and more than likely going for the WW belt.

LW and WW being historically the 2 of the toughest divisions in UFC ever. His GOAT case can be made pretty soon tbh.

 

[The Siege]

Seems Nobody except Bisping is on Dana's Side on Jon Jones huh?

Georges is only saying that because he's a Muslim

 

[The Siege]

GSP, Jones, Anderson, Fedor, DJ...

Islam with 1 title defense in his weight class comes nowhere near those names above

Of course he needs way more defenses, but I dont think GSP said he was already there. He said he has the potential to be.

If he beats Arman, then another top LW, then goes and gets the WW belt and defends at least once, I can see him being mentioned with those names.

The other route is to stack up defenses at LW, shatter the record and make sure no one ever gets close: take out Arman, Gamrot, Charles 2, Gaethje (if he is still around), Fiziev or BSD. That would put him at 8 LW defenses. No question about it then.

Both routes are hard.

 

[blaseblase]

I know everyone descredits it cause he's from a weightclass below, but Volk was looking unstoppable when Islam beat him and P4P#1, So was Charles being p4p #3 and on a double digit win streak. Poirier was a cherry ontop. He already has 3 title defeneses and more than likely going for the WW belt.

LW and WW being historically the 2 of the toughest divisions in UFC ever. His GOAT case can be made pretty soon tbh.

GSP had 9 title defenses. Islam has a few years until he is on that level.

 

[Jackonfire]

I know everyone descredits it cause he's from a weightclass below, but Volk was looking unstoppable when Islam beat him and P4P#1, So was Charles being p4p #3 and on a double digit win streak. Poirier was a cherry ontop. He already has 3 title defeneses and more than likely going for the WW belt.

LW and WW being historically the 2 of the toughest divisions in UFC ever. His GOAT case can be made pretty soon tbh.

I hope he takes at least one more fight at LW before moving up. He's tied the record for most defenses with 3. I want to see him break it.

 

[JustOnce]

I agree. Islam is the best p4p fighter right now.

And to this day

No love lost, I see

 

[Simple Southerner]

 

[Barteh]

Disagreed on Islam being #1 P4P atm.

Maybe 2 more defences and he's up there in the GOAT talks fighting for spot 4-5 or so.

 

[Timewarp]

Whoever doesn't think Islam is current #1 p4p either has an agenda or is just wrong.

 

[eddi]

P4P#1? Sure.

Approaching GOAT status? Lmao. Not even close. He didn't even start fighting elite competition until about 5 fights ago.

He was ducked and fought multiple future champs in a parallel universe, its just that after losing to islam they're never the same so they dont become champs like they normally should

 

[PeterGriffin]

Personally, I think prime-GSP would have smoked both Khabib and Islam (all three are about the same size).

That being said, when done Makhachev will almost certainly end up with a better career than Khabib had. If he continues to clean out LW, and manages to get the right WW opponents, his wins will certainly be worth more than the list Khabib piled up.

And as far as P4P goes... a "Jon Jones sized" Prime GSP would fucking destroy Prime Jones. If GSP was 6'4", 225lbs on fight night with an 84" wingspan he could superman p̶o̶k̶e̶ punch from the red corner to the blue corner.

 

[Bear Faced Liar]

And as far as P4P goes... a "Jon Jones sized" Prime GSP would fucking destroy Prime Jones. If GSP was 6'4", 225lbs on fight night with an 84" wingspan he could superman p̶o̶k̶e̶ punch from the red corner to the blue corner

 
Thank you for knowing the proper definition of p4p. Too many people here don't.