Poatan: GOAT Material Or King of a Weak Division?

[deadshot138]

The guy is awesome but I think LHW is as weak as it's been in the last decade or two. Suffice to say if DC was still fighting LHW he'd demolish Poatan. And obviously Jones would smoke him. I think he landed in the perfect storm of being a big fish in a small pond.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

King of a weak division

We all saw what Adesanya did to him in the ground. We all know Izzy sucks grappling.

Ryan Bader, Corey Anderson, Daniel Cormier, Prime Gus, Phil Davis, would all be well rounded enough to take him to the ground a dominate him there

 

[AldoStillGoat]

I think he's a Conor type of fighter. Doesn't really belong in the lower division he won a title in and won another title in a higher division at the right time. He's great but not a GOAT. If he can beat Ankalaev and get the HW title too, I will call him a GOAT.

 

[HNIC215]

Everyone is the GOAT after every PPV.

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Pereira would abuse DC with calf kicks and finish him in the later rounds. Sure DC would likely land a takedown or two, but I don't see him finishing Poatan there.

A guy like Gus gave DC everything he could handle...

 

[Poatan Power]

Can you salty fucks just enjoy the gift from the just bleed gods?

You're letting greatness pass you by instead of just enjoying it.

 

[Domitian]

Only a very small handful of people think he's actually a GOAT. People just like to have fun.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

He can’t become the GOAT of any division. Unless he defends the LHW belt about 8 more times.

But if he could win the HW Title. That would be a huge accomplishment, imo. And people will say he’s the GOAT. And people will say he’s not.

I just have my own lists. But Alex has already accomplished so much in so little time. It’s extraordinary even with the golden ticket to the MW Title Shot.

So he will probably have an honoured spot on my lists somewhere. But he just doesn’t have the time. And a third belt would require beating the HW Champ. I’d like to see him try at some point when a free TS at HW makes sense. But I’m probably picking the HW Champ to win.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Somewhere in between.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Pereira would abuse DC with calf kicks and finish him in the later rounds. Sure DC would likely land a takedown or two, but I don't see him finishing Poatan there.

A guy like Gus gave DC everything he could handle...

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

The LHW division is the weakest it's been in 20 years.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

The most fan friendly fighter of all time. Stop it and just enjoy the run.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Pereira would abuse DC with calf kicks and finish him in the later rounds. Sure DC would likely land a takedown or two, but I don't see him finishing Poatan there.

A guy like Gus gave DC everything he could handle...

There it is. The dumbest post in this thread

 

[Brigfa2]

He is lucky just like Khabib, there were no wrestler in LW when Khabib fought and there are no wrestlers in LHW right now.
Stars aligned for them. Khabib avoided WW because it was full of wrestlers so i guess Alex is even luckier because HW only has couple of wrestlers

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

He can’t become the GOAT of any division. Unless he defends the LHW belt about 8 more times.

But if he could win the HW Title. That would be a huge accomplishment, imo. And people will say he’s the GOAT. And people will say he’s not.

I just have my own lists. But Alex has already accomplished so much in so little time. It’s extraordinary even with the golden ticket to the MW Title Shot.

So he will probably have an honoured spot on my lists somewhere. But he just doesn’t have the time. And a third belt would require beating the HW Champ. I’d like to see him try at some point when a free TS at HW makes sense. But I’m probably picking the HW Champ to win.

Where do you rank Jon Jones on the all time heavyweight list? Can he even be entered in contention in your opinion?

 

[blaseblase]

Pereira would abuse DC with calf kicks and finish him in the later rounds. Sure DC would likely land a takedown or two, but I don't see him finishing Poatan there.

A guy like Gus gave DC everything he could handle...

Gus is way better than you are giving him credit for. He outwrestled Jan who nearly submitted Pereira. There are levels to this.

 

[sdpdude9]

Great fighter and elite as they come in striking in mma. But also benefitting from a weaker division wherein most of the top dogs are stylistically favorable.

 

[sonhow]

Obv div as whole aint best but hes still beating good fighters.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Alex rehydrated himself back up to 230lbs in record time at 303 using only the electrolytes of his haters tears.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Where do you rank Jon Jones on the all time heavyweight list? Can he even be entered in contention in your opinion?

Jones? On the All-Time HW list? For cherry picking Gane?

Idk.

Where do you put GSP on the All-Time MW list? Undefeated at the weight, with a 100% finish rate in the division.

Now, I will never say Jones legacy is legit. But he did a lot at LHW, and if peds don’t matter. Call him the LHW GOAT. It doesn’t matter much to me.

But why would Jones be ANYWHERE on my All-Time HW list? He isn’t on it at all. Exactly like how GSP is not on my All-Time MW list, either.