Is Rumble the third greatest LHW of all time?

[TR1]

His 'win' against Machida was one of the worst robberies.

Not at all. Machida did nothing in the first two rounds, and rightfully lost the fight.

Machida did get robbed vs Davis however.

 

[Pierced7681]

Wins over Chuck are valid. Hendo was close and Machida was iffy.


His “win” over Wand was hardly impressive, he got annihilated twice when it mattered and only beat him after he went on a losing streak.

he beat wand twice, once in the ufc and then when both were fat heavyweights in Bellator

 

[Fact Checker]

he beat wand twice, once in the ufc and then when both were fat heavyweights in Bellator

Yeah I’m aware, Wandy was well over the hill when they met in the UFC though. Dude was 1-3 going into that fight with two brutal KO losses to Cropcop and DC.

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

No, and he is not even close to that spot. Sure he some good wins, and I hate this term, but he chokes during the championship fights. It is hard to be no. 3 all time if you never tasted the gold.

I don't even have him top 10.

Wandy, Shogun, Jones, Rampage, Chuck, Machida, DC, Couture, lil Nog, Arona, Nemkov and Mousasi, Gustafson.

All are ahead of him I'd say.

 

[the ambush]

Shogun >>> Rampage.

It's possible. Jones would be number one, next would be Rampage or Shogun in my mind.

And I know who I would go with

 

[Dr. Rose]

I don't even have him top 10.

Wandy, Shogun, Jones, Rampage, Chuck, Machida, DC, Couture, lil Nog, Arona, Nemkov and Mousasi, Gustafson.

All are ahead of him I'd say.

Nice list, but no Hendo (who I will admit is hard to place because of his bouncing around in weight classes). Heck, even Tito might be higher than Rumble.

 

[Asahi]

Non on that list looses to Josh Koscheck.

 

[ferrisjso]

Not at all. Machida did nothing in the first two rounds, and rightfully lost the fight.

Machida did get robbed vs Davis however.

It was not a robbery. The people screaming robbery do not believe fighters should get rounds for takedowns even if the takedown was the most notable thing that happened in the round.

 

[Nathan LaMontagne]

Nice list, but no Hendo (who I will admit is hard to place because of his bouncing around in weight classes). Heck, even Tito might be higher than Rumble.

Oh I agree completely on both fronts.

Honestly I just blanked on them.

I do not like Tito (minus unintentional hilarity) but he easily is higher ranked than rumble for me. Tito was a dominant champion for a quite while.

Hendo easily outranks rumble at LHW

Honestly I'd rank rumble around just above Babalu or there arounds for actual accomplishments.

I forget if Babalu had the strikeforce title or just fought for it.

That's the thing, accomplishments,
I will instantly concede that Rumble was more about potential and his matchups. That's his main value to me.

 

[ElZid]

Third greatest absolutely not even tho he had a run for the ages when he came back to the UFC.

Now third best maybe.
I mean prime vs prime i dont know who other than Jones and DC I would pick in a fight against Rumble ...

 

[NoSmilez]

Maybe modern era of the UFC around 2015-2018. There were many really good LHWs in the history of MMA. It used to be the premiere division of MMA. Rumble never won a title. I might have to rank guys like Chuck, Wanderlei maybe even Tito or Rampage over him. You can even argue that Glover is ranked higher than him based on accomplishments. I think Rumble gives LHWs outside of Jones or DC a really hard fight. I think he can beat anybody if he lands but he hasn't accomplished that much. The issue with Rumble has always been his will to win. He couldn't dig deep against DC.