Help me settle an argument: Who’s the Best Striker in UFC History? Silva, Jones, Izzy, or Pereira?

Who is the best striker?

  • Anderson Silva

    Votes: 106 65.4%
  • Jon Jones

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Israel Adesanya

    Votes: 9 5.6%
  • Alex Pereira

    Votes: 53 32.7%

  • Total voters
    162
Anderson. He went toe to toe at 79 years old vs prime Gynosanya.

Pereira 2nd.

Izzy 3rd.

Jones 4th. His striking worked because eyepokes and the wrestling being there.
 
Pereira if you count combat sports as a whole.

GLORY
2021 Light Heavyweight Champion
2019 Interim Light Heavyweight Champion
2017 Middleweight Champion (5 title defenses)
2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament Champion

Notable Kickboxing wins:
- Artem Vakhitov
- Simon Marcus
- Jason Wilnis
- Israel Adesanya
- Ertugrul Bayrak
- Sahak Parparyan

UFC
2023 Light Heavyweight Champion (3 title defenses)
2022 Middleweight Champion

Notable MMA wins:
- Sean Strickland
- Israel Adesanya
- Jan Blachowicz
- Jamahal Hill
- Jiri Prochazka x2

giphy.webp

^this gif is outdated, he has 5 ufc belts.
 
For longevity it has got to be Silva, but if we talking the highest of the peaks, it has to be Alex. If Alex could have started in the UFC at 26 instead of mid 30's, I think he would be the only answer and it wouldn't be close.

Jon shouldn't even be on the list.
 
Poatan is too accomplished of a kickboxer for me to not pick him, helps that he's absolutely schooling UFC champions on the feet.
Poatan > Silva > Izzy > Jones

Not sure why Jones is here, he's not even in the top 20 best strikers in UFC history imo.
 
Silva's defensive attributes more than makes up for the power difference between him and Alex. Strictly offensively speaking, Overeem would be up there too, but we have to give a nod to the ability to not get hit, and Silva's distancing, head movement, and control of the action was usually damn near perfect.
 
Imo the best striker to ever fight in the ufc was James Toney, that’s why Randy didn’t want to stand and bang with him
 
Izzy and Jones are an easy no for me, Izzy being ahead of Jones. Off the top of my head I would actually put Vitor over Jones and somewhere around Izzy's level. I'm going by pure striking including talent. Between Poatan and Silva...I think Silva is clearly more talented, effectiveness I give slight edge to Poatan..Poatan has better physical gifts imo including power..I voted for Silva but it's a biased pick. I think you can make a good argument for either.
 
Jones isn’t a striker. He’s more of an all around fighter that uses Greco Roman style wrestling to control his opponents.
 
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