Leon Edwards should be higher on the P4P list than Alex Pereira

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

He has longer streak
He has more title defenses
He is the more skilled, more well rounded athlete
He is in a harder division
He has better wins
Hasn't lost a fight in almost ten years while Alex lost last year
Never been finished; Alex has been finished twice

In what what world does it make sense that Leon Edwards isn't P4P #2???????

 

[chinarice]

Marketing. Nothing more, nothing less.

Pereira is more marketable than Leon.

 

[BangBang]

I love Leon, but no.

But I hope he finishes his career as one of the p5p best. I believe he can achieve that. Now is the time for work.

 

[El Panteron]

I actually agree he's more skilled but his resume is really not all that besides Usman.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

I have to respectfully disagree

In Leon's last fight, he took mid 30s Colby to a decision
Alex Pereira just knocked out one of the baddest fkers in the division in his last fight

 

[flektarn]

Their title defenses are equal.
Better wins...not at all.
He's happy to coast a decision in every single fight. Zero killer instinct.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

I have to respectfully disagree

In Leon's last fight, he took mid 30s Colby to a decision
Alex Pereira just knocked out one of the baddest fkers in the division in his last fight

Their title defenses are equal.
Better wins...not at all.
He's happy to coast a decision in every single fight. Zero killer instinct.

How exciting or entertaining someone is shouldn’t factor into P4P. Leon has the better resume

 

[sdpdude9]

It’s a made up list based on subjective interpretations. People care too much about p4p and goat talks, they’re meaningless.

 

[flektarn]

How exciting or entertaining someone is shouldn’t factor into P4P. Leon has the better resume

Why shouldn't it? Fighters who get finishes are rated higher. They FINISHED their opponent instead of waiting out the clock and maintaining a tip tappy significant strike lead.
How is Leon's better? Because it's longer? Count quality wins. Belal*, Kamaru, and RDA. Everyone else isn't that impressive.

 

[arcadeperfect]

How exciting or entertaining someone is shouldn’t factor into P4P. Leon has the better resume

Finishing your opponent means there's a risk involved. Alex is willing to take the risk to finish his opponent which displays dominance. Leon is content with killing the clock and winning a decision. He also nearly paid for it when he almost got KO'd by Nate Diaz of all people.

 

[RiskiestCookie]

OP is on drugs

 

[FlowchartRog]

 

[Vil7]

2 belts brah.

 

[gentel]

Beating a bum like Colby ain't worth that much towards P4P whereas Pereira made it look easy in his last two title defenses

 

[BJJ4Tone]

He has longer streak
He has more title defenses
He is the more skilled, more well rounded athlete
He is in a harder division
He has better wins
Hasn't lost a fight in almost ten years while Alex lost last year
Never been finished; Alex has been finished twice

In what what world does it make sense that Leon Edwards isn't P4P #2???????

AGREED.
I make so many enemies on this site saying this, but Poatan is a UFC creation.
Leon paid his dues. Pereira is a product of VERY FAVORABLE circumstances.

Flame away.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Finishing your opponent means there's a risk involved. Alex is willing to take the risk to finish his opponent which displays dominance. Leon is content with killing the clock and winning a decision. He also nearly paid for it when he almost got KO'd by Nate Diaz of all people.

It’s nothing by but fan bias. Casuals hate technical intelligent fighting and think being exciting is the same as being more skilled

 

[MDoza]

Leon the Peon is a bum.

He got a title shot off beating a bunch of lightweights. Landed a Hail Mary against Usman which destroyed Usman’s confidence. Colby is over the hill.

Leon’s best win is Luque, other than that, it’s lightweights and bum journeymen.

 

[Katsushyro]

even putting hype aside, as Pereira got all of it right now, the fact that he has beaten mostly champions and mostly by KO/TKO counts a lot to his ranking. Let’s not forget that Edward was losing 50-45 to Usman before the Ko and then coasted decisions in the subsequent fights.

 

[Carrotman23]

2 belts brah.

OP is on drugs

Yeah Leon Edwards is very talented but Alex has won two belts, traded a win and loss to probably the second greatest MW of all time, and has defended the LHW belt twice the same number as Leons defenses one of which was a boring fight against a timid and aging Colby Covington. Bizarre to say he's a P4P better especially when one guy has won high level fights in two weight classes, even that Strickland KO has aged very well.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Blame all the chamatards.

He literally got stone cold ko’d a few fights ago.

However, he has been knocking people out so he is very entertaining.