How would a Prime Fabio Maldonado do in the LHW division today?

[BC]

I would say top 10 for sure, maybe even a dark horse top 5 with the current state of the division.

 

[iNoScopedJFK]

Probably top 10 but that isnt saying much.

 

[Power!]

 

[Njmma209]

Who knows, he was past his prime when he sent fedor stumbling around the cage so I guess in his prime he’d do well with the current LHWs.

 

[ortizgnp]

Prime Brawldonado would make a fool out of DC and expose Gus' boxing.

Stop sleeping on this guy!

 

[BC]

Prime Brawldonado would make a fool out of DC and expose Gus' boxing.

That durability and boxing and deceptive conditioning and genetics would take him far no doubt, he would take the fight to Volkan and Manuwa and Latifi that’s for sure.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Dude got as far as he did by being tough. He'd never beat guys like Gus, DC, Volkan, Latifi, OSP, etc. His best asset was his toughness, and that's just not enough these days.

 

[Frankie Baby!]

GOAT

 

[ortizgnp]

That durability and boxing and deceptive conditioning and genetics would take him far no doubt, he would take the fight to Volkan and Manuwa and Latifi that’s for sure.

Maybe I got a bit carried away there but this guy definitely had the best hands in the division.

100%

 

[BC]

Maybe I got a bit carried away there but this guy definitely had the best hands in the division.

100%

No he’d give DC and Gus that work. Agreed 100%

 

[SHAZAM]

He matches up well with a lot of the top 10 now that Bader and Davis are gone.

 

[Clippy]

Context is everything

 

[Mixfight]

Good box, good chin, good toughness and decent camp where hes a brown belt under Minotauro and where he did thousands of hours of sparring with guy like Nog, JDS, Anderson etc.

Still throwing a hard left hook and rocking a juiced up, prime Glover badly after taking insane punishment on the ground. Id say he could be a top 15 LHW either with a good camp.

 

[ZombieXIV]

He had a prime?

 

[mkt]

Dude got as far as he did by being tough. He'd never beat guys like Gus, DC, Volkan, Latifi, OSP, etc. His best asset was his toughness, and that's just not enough these days.

Yep. Tough but mediocre fighter. Nothing more, nothing less. He went 5-6 in the UFC. Take away the Stipe fight at HW and he went 5-5, but that was against poor-to-average LHW competition. Glover was the best guy he fought--and Glover absolutely mauled him. His wins were against guys like Joey Beltran, Roger Hollett, etc.

He may be fringe Top 10 now, but that's only because Jones, Rumble, Davis, Bader, etc. aren't in the UFC right now. Prime Bonnar (another mediocre fighter from like 2004-2008) would be Top 10 as well...that tells you something about the current LHW division.

 

[WinZip]

Maldonado had good boxing and was deceptively accurate with his hands. But for whatever reason he couldn't always find success even in fights where he could have won.

 

[ortizgnp]

Maldonado had good boxing and was deceptively accurate with his hands. But for whatever reason he couldn't always find success even in fights where he could have won.

Fluke losses.

 

[HHJ]

Fun guy to have on the roster. Tough enough to make shit interesting sometimes.

 

[ortizgnp]

I think the scoring system is fucking a fighter like Maldonado.

 

[Soul On Ice]

Prime Mababalbo never lost