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There is no definitive answer as to who is the P4P best in the world. It is a purely speculative discussion when considering the different weight classes which makes for an apples and oranges comparison. The only way to know for sure who is the best is with an actual fight to prove it and many such determining fights will most likely never take place.
Both fighters showed warrior spirit. Gus never went down after taking some direct heavy shots and he stuffed almost all of the take-down attempts of Jones. In think he was also the first to take Jones down as well. I have no problems giving both fighters tremendous credit for what many are calling the fight of the year.
I am not saying that racism does not exist. All races are subjected to it and even including whites. What I am saying is that it is a hasty rush to judgment to automatically assume that criticisms about a fighter having certain obvious advantages must be race based. We know know from previously cited examples that it has happened to larger white fighters such as Carwin & Lesnar as well. That is the nature of being a professional athlete in the media spotlight and it is across the board.
Ok, but Silva and Jones are still the two best p4p. But you're right, that's subjective. But true. Riddle me that. P4P can't be settled with fights anyway, since Aldo can't fight Cigano to see who's p4p better.
As for Alex, he's an absolute beast!! No two ways about it, that man's a monster. I've never seen a man stumbling like him who STILL COULD NOT be taken down or finished! The man is an absolute monster with tons of heart, no question.
But the real question is "is he too big for LHW and should he move up?" - ha, I'm kidding.
As for racial bias, minorities, especially blacks (in North America anyway) will always see this differently than whites IN GENERAL. I get that whites often sound and seem genuinely confused when racial bias is cited just as blacks often seem genuinely confused that whites can't sense it.
It's just one of those thangs we live with. In MMA, it's magnified. I am not one to claim racial basis for everything, but I'm also not one to have on rose coloured glasses and believe that racial bias doesn't inform many decisions where it shouldn't. Especially among MMA fans.
Good convo. Let's return to fighting because we won't agree on the prevalence of racism in MMA fandom.
But good convo. Not being facetious.