Renan Barao was 32-1 (32 win streak) BW champ at one point

[TR1]

Khabib has wins over Colon, Dustin, Justin, RDA, Barboza, Johnson, Raging Al.

Barao's top wins are....Faber, Picket, McDonald, Jorgensen, Wineland.

Lmao at anyone who thinks that is equivalent.

 

[uled]

February 2014
32-1
32 fight win streak
Undisputed BW champion
3 title defenses
Considered p4p #1 at the time

Had he retired after knocking out Faber, would he have been a GOAT candidate?

That was impressive but once he lost he was never the same again.

 

[moreorless87]

Interesting question is what happens if Barao fights Cruz rather than Dillashaw?

I think thats a better style matchup for him personally, Dillashaw I think exposed his boxing defence but Cruz likely wouldnt pressure him that way and I could see his kicks being effective on Dom

 

[Morris88]

Is he retired now?

 

[wh4tttt]

Got hurt real bad 3 times in a span of a year or so TJ/head butted sink during a weight cut/TJ.

The ending of the 2nd TJ fight was fucking brutal like 5 car accidents in a couple of blinks. Whatever was left of him as a fighter died that night.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

That was impressive but once he lost he was never the same again.

What's with all the fucking bumps, my guy?

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

He was considered unbeatable, and was a 10-1 favorite over Dillashaw.

People act like Rousey fell off a cliff for losing to Holm and Nunes. Barao's fall is only rivaled by Hendricks'.

"Barao's fall is only rivaled by Hendricks"

BJ and Tony say hi.

 

[LeBron]

Was TJ on EPO then? He may be a bigger victim than Cody

 

[uled]

What's with all the fucking bumps, my guy?

To honor legends! Periode.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

To honor legends! Periode.

But you very explicitly weren't honoring Barao here..

 

[Tnellie30]

Spoiler

 

[ticho123]

Not to sound like a complete casual but his record against "guys with wikipedia pages" was always far less impressive

 

[jitzmonkey]

At BW, maybe

At that point he had 9 fights in the UFC/WEC.

So that's unlikely.

Khabib only had 3-4 more fights in the UFC and many consider him the LW GOAT.

According to Khabib fans yeah

Was the first thing that came to mind.

Why do people bring up the goat into every thread on sherdog.

Give it a rest.

It’s due to their similar early dominance.
Remember that until facing a later “disgraced” Dillashaw, that besides a NC (not his fault) all of his wins came after his debut loss.

While it’s not necessarily apples and oranges, the narrative would have been extremely similar had Barao retired after the 2nd Faber bout.

 

[uled]

But you very explicitly weren't honoring Barao here..

Barao was perfect. Please do not spoil this beautiful thread .

 

[Harlekin]

Extremely padded record, won via size and weight cutting
Green McDonald, journeyman Wineland and Faber are his best wins.
And the second Faber fight ended on punches to the shoulder and a thumbs up from Faber

He's 2-9 for a reason at the end of his career with a 6 fight losing streak

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Barao was perfect. Please do not spoil this beautiful thread .

Go fuck yourself

That was impressive but once he lost he was never the same again.