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I think Prime Chuck could beat any of them if not necessarily all of them.
Honestly,alot of the guys he fought didnt have the tools to stand up with him in the ufc. They were scared.When he did fight good strikers,when he won its usually because he out "toughed" them. Like Alistair overeem and guy mezger.
Chuck is a horrible matchup for Machida,which was why he avoided that fight.
Chuck would get embarassed.
but over quickPrime Chuck vs rumble would be sick
That's very cute how you simply dismiss his wins against good strikers as "out toughing" them.
Yet disregard how he would adapt his timing and distance superbly after a round or so. He timed Mezger and Overeem coming in then walked them down into a corner and brutally finished them.
For those who question Chucks striking:
Only fighter in MMA history(besides Anderson) to out strike Vitor in his Prime.
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Do you mean that Machida is a bad match up for Chuck? It looks like you made a typo somewhere, the two sentences don't match up.
ut. He always had sloppy defense, but no one hit him hard enough.
The current era is overrated in the notion that they are light years ahead of the older generation.
Outside the hypotheticals of Jon Jones or Cormier at HW - The absolute best fighter in the world is from the old generation.
Today's fighters are not that much evolved at all. Jones, DC, and Rumble are the only guys I'd pick against Prime Chuck. And I think he'd stand a chance against those guys as well.
Prime chuck would do fine in this era. He knew the basic fundamentals of striking, so he could be trained differently as well. But seeing how his coaches are still
top striking coaches in the UFC I doubt he would need too.
Listen, prime chuck wasn't jabbing and circling, we know that. But he had an insane combination of having fast hands, hard hands, and decent accuracy.
his flurries were insane, and one of those would sneak there way through the guard.
He's no Jones Killer, but Prime Chuck takes out Gus, Bader, OSP pretty easily imo
yah i meant machida would have ate him up.
Rampage be wand 1 and 2 are still amazing to me, no matter how many times I see them! I agree that rampage was legit and his chin was godly in the 1st fight.Top 5 for sure.
On another note, I was watching Rampage Wanderlei 2 yesterday and daaaaaamn Rampage looked good in that fight in the first round. It's funny how your views on some fighters distort over the years. That Rampage would also easily be top 5 these days.
All i know is, Chuck got knocked out by Rampage and Rampage was way past his prime at that point.
I mean, he was still tough, but very slow compared to his best days in PRIDE.
Chuck was always good, but he was a lot of hype also, he rarely faced fighters with much power and when he finally did, he got knocked out. He always had sloppy defense, but no one hit him hard enough.