Their fights were very close, but Amanda is a lot bigger.
Depends on what you value more? Peak or longevity.
Cat Zingano threw Nunes around like a ragdoll, then beat her into a bloody mess at UFC 178.
Zingano was undefeated at that time. Her victory over Meisha Tate was the best display of MMA in women's history. Joanna vs Weili was essentially just a striking match. Zingano vs Tate was complete MMA.
Zingano is a GOAT in the same sense as Aldo. She was absolutely dominant early in her career, then made a huge tactical error that resulted in a 14-second defeat and was never the same afterwards. But if you look at her fights before that, she was dominant, including against elite competition like Nunes.
Nunes has been able to sustain dominance over a longer period of time, but Zingano reached a higher peak, although it was pretty short.
I think it minimizes what happened to just call Cat’s loss to Ronda a “tactical error.” Ronda smoked most everyone in seconds.
I think Valentina is technically better in most aspects of MMA, but I don't think her resume is or the division she fights in(Maybe it is i'm not sure on this), so don't know if i'd put her P4P higher just on technical ability.... I think GDR has technically better hands than both of them(And by quite a distance).
If Shevchenko was the same size, she'd obviously have more power in her shots, speed (carrying less fat), longer reach, and there'd be a lot more of this:
If Shevchenko was the same size, she'd obviously have more power in her shots, speed (carrying less fat), longer reach, and there'd be a lot more of this:
That actually qualifies as MMAth. If Amanda is smaller, she would be another matchup as she might be quicker; she would have a different physique. This is meaningless conjecture, kind of like "If my aunt had testicles, she would be my uncle."
If Shevchenko was the same size, she'd obviously have more power in her shots, speed (carrying less fat), longer reach, and there'd be a lot more of this:
Depends on what you value more? Peak or longevity.
Cat Zingano threw Nunes around like a ragdoll, then beat her into a bloody mess at UFC 178.
Zingano was undefeated at that time. Her victory over Meisha Tate was the best display of MMA in women's history. Joanna vs Weili was essentially just a striking match. Zingano vs Tate was complete MMA.
Zingano is a GOAT in the same sense as Aldo. She was absolutely dominant early in her career, then made a huge tactical error that resulted in a 14-second defeat and was never the same afterwards. But if you look at her fights before that, she was dominant, including against elite competition like Nunes.
Nunes has been able to sustain dominance over a longer period of time, but Zingano reached a higher peak, although it was pretty short.
That's very fair. Agreed mate.
That point abut Amanda being faster is actually quite good.
Depends on what you value more? Peak or longevity.
Cat Zingano threw Nunes around like a ragdoll, then beat her into a bloody mess at UFC 178.
Zingano was undefeated at that time. Her victory over Meisha Tate was the best display of MMA in women's history. Joanna vs Weili was essentially just a striking match. Zingano vs Tate was complete MMA.
Zingano is a GOAT in the same sense as Aldo. She was absolutely dominant early in her career, then made a huge tactical error that resulted in a 14-second defeat and was never the same afterwards. But if you look at her fights before that, she was dominant, including against elite competition like Nunes.
Nunes has been able to sustain dominance over a longer period of time, but Zingano reached a higher peak, although it was pretty short.
Shevchenko is so boring in there though.
Not for me, but that's very subjective.
