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Oliveira
Porier
Gathje
vs
Gomi
Sakurai - If you don't know, the only guy to have fought Hughes AND Android Silva.
BJ
I really, truly, wholeheartedly, entirely, undoubtedly believe Gomi would have fucking run through Gaethje and dead him. I really think Gomi runs through Poirier too. I know this won't be popular idea, but in 2005 Gomi, the peak Gomi, was pound for pound best fighter on Sherdog alongside Shogun and Fedor.
And BJ is probably the worst style match up you could write up for someone like Oliveira.
BJ is one thing, but if you've actually rewatched the fights of the other 5 fighters recently, and still sincerely believe Gomi and Sakurai would "run through" Poirier, Gaethje, or even Oliviera, you're fucking insane.
The difference in pace, footwork, feinting, head movement, combinations, variety of attacks, etc. between the 2021 fighters and their 2005 counterparts is very clearly significantly superior in favor of the modern fighters.