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This is NOT a khabib hate thread, I know how great he is, it’s just something to think about
this is partly subjective, as it just sort of comes down to how notable a win I think it is, so some wins are counted and others aren’t
NOTABLE is the key word, but SUBJECTIVE and POTENTIALLY BIASED are too
Khabib title fight wins
-Iaquinta
-Mcgregor
-Poirier
-Gaethje
Khabib 3 rounder wins
-RDA
-Johnson
-Barboza
Max Holloway title fight wins
-Pettis
-Aldo
-Aldo again
-Ortega
-Edgar
max non title fight 5 rounder wins
-Oliveira
-kattar
-yair
-allen
-tkz (quite a weak win to be honest)
max 3 rounder wins
-swanson
-stephens
-lamas
obviously, Khabib never lost, and only lost two rounds in his career, while max has 7 losses. However, when you look at who max lost to, it’s not the worst. He had 3 losses early in his career to poirier, Bermudez and mcgregor. Then he goes on his win streak, loses to poirier up a weight division. His other 3 losses are all to the same guy, which some may see as a bad style matchup, or volk just being that good (the greatest featherweight of all time in a lot of peoples eye, certainly the best)
so, how many more wins would holloway need to pass khabib? Does he have to become champion again in your eyes? Does picking off top ten guys for the next few years of the volk reign do enough? How about his upcoming fight against gaethje?
NOT a khabib hate thread, just a thought experiment
this is partly subjective, as it just sort of comes down to how notable a win I think it is, so some wins are counted and others aren’t
NOTABLE is the key word, but SUBJECTIVE and POTENTIALLY BIASED are too
Khabib title fight wins
-Iaquinta
-Mcgregor
-Poirier
-Gaethje
Khabib 3 rounder wins
-RDA
-Johnson
-Barboza
Max Holloway title fight wins
-Pettis
-Aldo
-Aldo again
-Ortega
-Edgar
max non title fight 5 rounder wins
-Oliveira
-kattar
-yair
-allen
-tkz (quite a weak win to be honest)
max 3 rounder wins
-swanson
-stephens
-lamas
obviously, Khabib never lost, and only lost two rounds in his career, while max has 7 losses. However, when you look at who max lost to, it’s not the worst. He had 3 losses early in his career to poirier, Bermudez and mcgregor. Then he goes on his win streak, loses to poirier up a weight division. His other 3 losses are all to the same guy, which some may see as a bad style matchup, or volk just being that good (the greatest featherweight of all time in a lot of peoples eye, certainly the best)
so, how many more wins would holloway need to pass khabib? Does he have to become champion again in your eyes? Does picking off top ten guys for the next few years of the volk reign do enough? How about his upcoming fight against gaethje?
NOT a khabib hate thread, just a thought experiment