Has MMA really evolved?

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Current WW Champ: Usman

More skilled than Prime GSP? That GSP had a much more diverse skill set.
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Current MW Champ: Adensanya

More skilled that Prime Andy? Laughable.

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Current LHW Champ: Jan

Prime Randy(bad stylistic matchup for Jan) or Prime Liddell(think of the Liddell that beat Overeem in Japan) would both have a great chance at beating Jan.
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Current HW Champ: Francis

There are about 5 HWs (at least) from the Pride glory days I could see taking Francis down and beating him.

Rogan is fried out.

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Thinly veiled Usman hate thread :rolleyes:
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Only some divisions have evolved. Welterweight has not. But others have and Anderson wouldn't be able to compete in today's Middleweight division
 
Only some divisions have evolved. Welterweight has not. But others have and Anderson wouldn't be able to compete in today's Middleweight division
GTFO here….OLD, WASHED UP Andy was knocking off “contenders” and looked evenly matched vs Adensanya at 40+.

@TheSpider are you seeing this comment by a guy named “GOAT St. Pierre”…lol.
 
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MMA has clearly evolved. I watch old fights on fight pass all the time. There's no question.

Just 10-15 years ago we saw fighters get LnP'd or wall and stalled waay more often than we see now. Fighters seems to be more aware and less willing to chill in a position that won't give points.
Fighters are also way more well rounded today than ever before. Fighters used to come from a discipline and stuck to that discipline.

As a matter of fact, Buffer should stop introducing fighting styles. That shit is old school.

Techniques that are standard today were rare to see not too long ago. Front kicks, jabs, calf kicks and even side to side movement was a rare thing when Machida was tearing up the LHW division for example.

This shit is evolving.
 
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