Is Islam Makhachev the #1 P4P fighter after 1 title defense?

[Cooliox]

Islam just had his first title defense, that too fighting someone from 145 - albeit the dominant champ.

All things considered, is Islam Makhachev now the #1 P4P fighter in the UFC?

What say you Sherbros

 

[Platinum]

 

[daPROFESSOR]

Yes. He just proved it

 

[removeinfo001]

You take the spot of the person you beat, he beat back to back p4p guys

 

[Get_that_yayo]

They're both great fighters, but P4P has to finish a guy who he outweighs by 20+ pounds.

 

[Pious Augustus]

lol, who else? Leon? or a guy on 1 fight skid? if you say Islam who's on a 12-fight win streak the most active right now isn't then who is? he just snapped Volk's 20 something win streak

 

[Cooliox]

lol, who else? Leon? or a guy on 1 fight skid? if you say Islam who's on a 12-fight win streak the most active right now isn't then who is? he just snapped Volk's 20 something win streak

If Jones wins it’s him without a doubt.

but at this point, I still have Volk up on top.

lost a close fight to the bigger guy after moving up. The is is P4P #1 after all

 

[GearSolidMetal]

He's the #1 P4P Champ now.

But Volk shouldn't be lowered in the rankings far.

 

[Pious Augustus]

If Jones wins it’s him without a doubt.

but at this point, I still have Volk up on top.

lost a close fight to the bigger guy after moving up. The is is P4P #1 after all

P4P #1 has never been a guy on loss never happened in any combat sport you guys are ridicules

 

[Asahi]

Not even close.

 

[The XL]

I don't see how a bigger guy barely beats a smaller guy, arguably loses the fight, and then gets his spot. It goes against the concept of P4P

 

[Cooliox]

I don't see how a bigger guy barely beats a smaller guy, arguably loses the fight, and then gets his spot. It goes against the concept of P4P

Exactly

please explain this to @Pious Augustus

 

[big franklin]

I don't see how a bigger guy barely beats a smaller guy, arguably loses the fight, and then gets his spot. It goes against the concept of P4P

It's simple. One guy lost, the other won. Stop rewarding failure. Volk lost so his #1 PFP status has to go.

 

[Nightwish]

 

[Cooliox]

It's simple. One guy lost, the other won. Stop rewarding failure. Volk lost so his #1 PFP status has to go.

Yea, let’s see the rematch at 145 if we’re gonna measure them heads-up like that

 

[Snake_bite]

beat P4P#4 Oliveira

beat P4P#1 Volkanovski

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

He is #1 P4P until Jones fights next month.

 

[Cooliox]

beat P4P#4 Oliveira

beat P4P#1 Volkanovski

arguably beat P4P #1 Volkanovski

from a P4P point of view, Volk came out on top because he moved up a weight class and fought the bigger guy to a very close decision.

Honestly, a lot of people thought Volk won one of those first 2 rounds

 

[2004 account]

Absolutely. Why stop there..Islam is the goat of mma after that performance. Fr fr

 

[dominion]

It's simple. One guy lost, the other won. Stop rewarding failure. Volk lost so his #1 PFP status has to go.

One guy lost technically due to a flawed criteria of "control" over damage taken, the other won while thoroughly getting his ass kicked by a 145er. Yup sounds like p4p material.