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

[SalvadorAllende]

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.

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Ngannou

 

[Hdfi]

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

^this gif is outdated, he has 5 ufc belts.

 

[checktheknuckles]

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.

 

[Subline]

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.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

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.

 

[LeBron]

Poatan beats all of them

 

[Jackonfire]

I mean Anderson Silva literally has knockouts with his hands, elbows, knees, and kicks. All 8 points of striking used with deadly precision.

 

[UppercutFromHades]

Primes - Anderson Silva. He was a phenom at MW.

 

[JKS]

Anderson Silva. There is no debate.

 

[Pierced7681]

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

 

[Glove]

I voted Anderson Silva. But best pure striker i ever seen was Pedro Rizzo.

 

[OmegaRugal]

Silva. Old man Silva still won a round vs Izzy.

 

[Señor Dudu Bird]

Checks highlight reels...


Yup, it's the spider.

 

[LNwolf87]

My buddy is big fan on his. I tried to argue logic but he wasn’t having it. So here we are

You need to find yourself a new buddy who knows better

 

[Thug Rose]

Jones' strking was never his biggest asset. He shouldnt be in best striker discussions.

Izzy got schooled by DDP, Strickland, Pereira and looked mid against many others.

Anderson the clear winner.

 

[lowlife]

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.

 

[lowlife]

I'm glad to see people speaking up on Jones, he doesn't belong in this conversation.

 

[Ube]

Jones isn’t a striker. He’s more of an all around fighter that uses Greco Roman style wrestling to control his opponents.

 

[Söze Aldo]

I'm glad to see people speaking up on Jones, he doesn't belong in this conversation.

Always had subpar boxing, he made up for that by extending fingers into eyeballs.