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

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

In terms of the actual results and level of domination its gotta be Anderson. He barely got touched for years on end.

 

[Gregoire1]

Perreira
Andy
Jones
Izzy

 

[joy2day]

CC was by far the greatest, he just wasn't great by the time he got to the UFC.

 

[Mind Mine]

Izzy was outstruck several times in his prime and appears to be unable to adapt mid-fight when his opponents are having success…. That takes him out of “greatest” and leaves him as one of the best ever.

Jones never got his man strength and in all his fights lacks a 1 punch KO…. He walks with kings but is not the greatest.

Leaving Anderson and Alex and I wish Alex had a longer MMA career, because I think he has tricks up his sleeve that we haven’t seen…. and also his opponents have had only a couple years to try to figure him out….

So today I say Anderson with Alex a little behind but with great momentum for tomorrow

Saying Jones never got his man strength is hilarious and honest but irrelevant in a world that Money Mayweather reigned on top of boxing for over a decade. The fact is although Pereira has more exciting KO’s he has also been KO’ed and nowhere near half the striking hi lights of Jones. I FULLY understand people see the potential for him to have as many legendary moments as a Jones or a Silva in mma but that would be a fucking lie. Izzy has had bad monents but far more fights and highlights as well. This is a reason I look at the top comments on sherdog and it is consistent in bias

 

[Mind Mine]

People are so biased it is unreal. Pereira has not half the mma highlight moments of anyone on the ist and been KO’ed stiff in less than a quarter of the time as anyone on the list. Silva has more highlight moments of insane skill in mma than anyone. His only knock is competition. Jones has the most impressive highlight reel under Silva. His only knock is power. Izzy is about tied or a little under Jones and his only knock is inconsistency. Pereira has absolutely not done enough to be in that even though he did great

 

[Hog-train]

Silva beats out Adesanya because he has more power and an OFFENSIVE striking package he can turn to.

He completely overwhelmed Dan Henderson when they fought.

He can counterstrike as well as Adesanya, but also had a much deadlier clinch game PLUS power.

 

[Lawrence]

Saying Jones never got his man strength is hilarious and honest but irrelevant in a world that Money Mayweather reigned on top of boxing for over a decade. The fact is although Pereira has more exciting KO’s he has also been KO’ed and nowhere near half the striking hi lights of Jones. I FULLY understand people see the potential for him to have as many legendary moments as a Jones or a Silva in mma but that would be a fucking lie. Izzy has had bad monents but far more fights and highlights as well. This is a reason I look at the top comments on sherdog and it is consistent in bias

It’s more like a semi-relevant observation about the “man strength”

Even during his 205 title run, I was always expecting Jones to acquire the one shot KO, and strangely it never happened.

He destroyed a lot of “men” so yeah he had plenty of strength…..

His lack of a one shot KO doesn’t even diminish his greatness in the cage….. just an interesting fact.

 

[Fedorgasm]

You're wrong for including Izzy in your top two and you buddy is wrong for including Jon Jones in his top two.

This is between Anderson and Poatan. Personally I give it to Anderson but Poatan is getting close.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Jones is a great striker but IMO, he benefits from the fact that he's also such a great wrestler that his oponents are afraid of his takedowns and let their guards down, a la GSP/Khabib

I'd say it's either Prime Silva or Pereira, followed by Izzy and Prime Wonderboy

 

[Mind Mine]

It’s more like a semi-relevant observation about the “man strength”

Even during his 205 title run, I was always expecting Jones to acquire the one shot KO, and strangely it never happened.

He destroyed a lot of “men” so yeah he had plenty of strength…..

His lack of a one shot KO doesn’t even diminish his greatness in the cage….. just an interesting fact.

It’s funny nonetheless

 

[p4pfighters]

A guy with pillow fists who can't box shouldn't even be on that list,

 

[Kevin Sorbo]

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

I think had he faced Poatan in his prime, he would probably get knocked out. He was a great fighter, but those antics/clowning he used in fights would possibly be his downfall against someone like Poatan. It's easy to showboat and look good against strikers who aren't that great, like Forrest Griffin.