THe Fitch fight was a gift draw, he lost that fight badly.Personally, I thought he beat Fitch in Bellator, and you cant really give him shit for losing to Gegard. Nobody with eyes believes he lost to Tibau. Really he should be 6-3 since leaving the UFC.
GSP was in the same boat as a champ for a long time, he told everything in a recent interview, right until the second BJ Penn fight he was fighting for peanuts.Rory had one of the worst contracts ever. He was very good in his prime and also very young. He was making peanuts when he was involved in some great fights. Lawler and Condit come to mind. Making pennies while notching notable wins over Woodley (prime Woodley), Maia and Nate (he absolutely destroyed Nate).
Cooper is pretty good. Very powerful striker with very good wrestling and top control, the wrestling also makes him tough to take down if you want to go that route against him.
I think he'd likely be ranked if he was in the UFC, potentially top 10.
Cooper is pretty good but I dont think he is top10 material.
Mamomedkerimov beats him again in the rematch, and not sure he would get the W on Saidbou Sy, who already took Cooper to a draw and has evolved a lot from there. Kunchenko with his style could give him problems too.
Another underrated WW in PFL is Zeferino imo.
What we saw this weekend is a completely washed up Rory imo, just went out there trying to hug as much as possible and gave up very soon, just trying to go the distance without taking any chances. Cooper is good but Rory looked done
Now that settles it. I am sure he even has a better highscore at Street Fighter. Numbers dont lie. Some of the shittiest title defenses alltime but hey its all about points![]()
Maybe some of these guys from other orgs are pretty good?
He just lost to a top 30 ranked Ray Cooper III. Rory got dominated on the ground for 3 rounds, couldn't get of his back. He also didn't win the striking exchange. It was a comfortable win for Ray.
Rory is now 1:2 in PFL. He was 3:2:1 in Bellator.
Rory is only 32 years of age and can't seem to find his rhythm outside the ufc, he is losing against lower ranked fighters.
He should strongly consider going back to UFC. Where the competition's a little easier.Rory is finally facing top competition after leaving the UFC.
This PFL season has been interesting. Lots of good fights.