Most underrated GOATS ever

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3.Khabib: the fact he isn't easily mentioned in every GOAT discussion is ridiculous. Lost only 2 rounds in he's entire career and even them are questionable. Rarely ever showed weakness in a fight. Probably the most gifted and skilled MMA grappler ever. Many people blaming him for not having enough title defenses but forgetting the simple fact that quality is more important than quantity. You can as well get 200 wins against truck drivers like boxers do but it's really meaningless. Medals don't win you fights, skill does. Another complaint is that he's striking isn't good, but while it's not perfect it's super underrated as he manged to beat in standup the best UFC strikers. For the weight class, Gaethje is bigger than him. He would be a small welterweight.

2.Usman: it seems that he's personality is hes biggest weakness. The guy literally clearing the welterweight division twice in a row now. Many people say that a prime GSP would beat him but honestly if you do a deep analysis of them and their skills Usman most likely takes it. And again like i said before medals dont win you fights.

1.Demetrious: If the guy wasn't so short people would talk about him non stop. Maybe the most well rounded MMA fighter ever. Dangerous everywhere. Everything exactly by the book with extremely high fight IQ and much more skilled than other fighters who are regular on the GOAT discussions.
 
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Usman is the most underrated out of those 3 guys. He’s better than GSP. He’s top10 GOAT right now and needs a couple of wins to be really considered a GOAT.
 
13Seconds said:
Is it just me or is Bones name less relevant in the goat discussions these days? Im good with that tbh
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It's just you and people like you.

He's pretty relevant in the GOAT discussion, it's just that he hasn't been figjhting for a while, so people (like you) tend to forget how good he was, and that his least convincing wins were better than the other GOATs losses.
 
loisestrad said:
It's just you and people like you.

He's pretty relevant in the GOAT discussion, it's just that he hasn't been figjhting for a while, so people (like you) tend to forget how good he was, and that his least convincing wins were better than the other GOATs losses.
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Nah i haven't forgot. I just think people like me (reasonable people) take out repeated steroid offenders out of any goat list. Something people like you (spineless people) have no problems with.
 
13Seconds said:
Is it just me or is Bones name less relevant in the goat discussions these days? Im good with that tbh
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Since you asked...it's just you. Jones is more relevant today than before. Cormier was undefeated, and told Jones, "Don't think you're going to kick me in the head wich' your left leg."

And one of the GOAT moves by THE GOAT ensued after that stupid statement...


 
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Since you asked, no, Jones is more relevant today than before. Cormier was undefeated, and told Jones, "Don't think you're going to kick me in the head wich' your left leg."

And one of the GOAT moves by THE GOAT


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Jones wasn't even human in that fight. Motherfucker was enhanced to the moon.
 
JumJum said:
3.khabib: the fact he isn't easily mentioned in every GOAT discussion is ridiculous. Lost only 2 rounds in he's entire career and even them are questionable. Rarely ever showed weakness in a fight. Probably the most gifted and skilled MMA grappler ever. Many people blaming him for not having enough title defenses but forgetting the simple fact that quality is more important than quantity. You can as well get 200 wins against truck drivers like boxers do but it's really meaningless. Medals don't win you fights, skill does. Another complaint is that he's striking isn't good, but while it's not perfect it's super underrated as he manged to beat in standup the best UFC strikers. For the weight class, Gaethje is bigger than him. He would be a small welterweight.

2.Usman: it seems that he's personality is hes biggest weakness. The guy literally clearing the welterweight division twice in a row now. Many people say that a prime GSP would beat him but honestly if you do a deep analysis of them and their skills Usman most likely takes it. And again like i said before medals dont win you fights.

3.Demetrious: If the guy wasn't so short people would talk about him non stop. Maybe the most well rounded MMA fighter ever. Dangerous everywhere. Everything exactly by the book with extremely high fight IQ and much more skilled than other fighters who are regular on the GOAT discussions.
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Just Johnson but anyone worth their salt has him top 5 the other 2 are somewhere between 15-30 all time. I have Izzy higher than both
 
RENAN BARAO should be consider as well, his streak was insane
 
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13Seconds said:
Nah i haven't forgot. I just think people like me (reasonable people) take out repeated steroid offenders out of any goat list. Something people like you (spineless people) have no problems with.
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I was at the same place you're (seamingly) at regarding PED cheats like 10 years ago. Now I'm at a place where I give no fucks about PED's.

It.
Is.
Entertainment.
 
I'd say Demetrious Johnson. Dude did a lot work in his division, broke the title defense record, is extremely well-rounded fighter, and beat a decent amount of top-level competition.

Fedor. I know this one might sound stupid for sherdoggers, but many new fans on other platforms don't know much about Fedor and like to write him off the GOAT discussion completely without educating themselves about his career.

There's probably a few more, I disagree with Khabib and Usman being underrated GOATS.
They have plenty of support for that. I see Khabib as the current LW GOAT and I think GSP is still way ahead of Usman(That could change though).
 
Don't know if they are goats necessarily because that term is used too much for a sport too young but I feel some great fighters don't get appreciate as much as they deserve:

Dominick Cruz and Matt Hughes may not be the most likeable people on the planet but their accomplisments are incredible.

Cruz only has 3 losses in his entire career and all of them happened in title fights. If it weren't for his bad injuries he likely would have been a dominant champion for a long time.

Hughes has a bunch on title defenses and his record was like 41-4 until GSP beaten him and to be fair at that point he was probably starting to leave his physical prime. He was a great fighter in his era.
 
13Seconds said:
10 years ago was more of an even playfield regarding PEDS. Weird to give a fuck then and not care now with stricter drug testing.
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Aye the whole "iT's oNlY eNterTaiNmeNt"/ "I don't care, I just watch for the fights" mentality is. . . . brutally casual. If you really love the sport (lol or actually participate in it) and its players, . . . you probably don't think like that.
 
Demetrious is the best answer, he is so accomplished yet almost never gets mentioned in the discussion.

I think it's just because his division wasn't as historic at the time or didn't have much name value.

Usman is on his way.

Khabib is a tough one. He is easily the most dominant mma fighter ever when you look at just round scores, but he isn't close to the other candidates in accomplishments.

DC is kind of underrated in GOAT talks. I don't think he's the GOAT or even top 4, but what he did in LHW AND HW was very impressive.

I'll also catch some flak for even saying this one (if anyone reads this far down), but Royce deserves somewhat of a shoutout for being the original GOAT in the early years. Obviously he's nowhere near the level of anyone else on the list, and you can argue that the UFC was setup for Gracie BJJ to win, but I still think hes underrated
 
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