Sherdog Terms: Which is higher

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Journeyman or Gatekeeper?


Gatekeeper typically means someone who ensures non-champion men never fight for the championship.


So, does a gatekeeper garner more respect than a journeyman?
 
It’s:

Champion
Contender
Gatekeeper
Journeyman
Can
Bellator material
 
Gatekeeper looks better to me !
Gatekeeper is overrate ;)
 
Gatekeeper

It leaves open the possibility that you were once good
 
Volador said:
It’s:

Champion
Contender
Gatekeeper
Journeyman
Can
Bellator material
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pretty damn spot on.
i would break gate keeper into 3 subs.
the gatekeepers of the belts (joe b)
top 5 gate keepers (cowboy aka not donald)
and top 10 gate keepers. (mike perry)

so champ
champ gate keeper
contender
top 5 gate keeper
top 10
journeyman
washed (pfl)
old and washed (bellator)
 
Gatekeeper > Journeyman

Gatekeeper = Still Relevant
Journeyman = Best days are behind you
 
Nightwish said:
Champion
Contender
Gatekeeper
Journeyman
Can
Bellator material
WWE material
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I think we should add BKFC below bellator probably. And below that you gain the title of “conor training partner”.
 
Gatekeeper is more consistent but journeyman can probably surprise some top fighters just on experience, which is something that gatekeeper can't otherwise he wouldn't be a gatekeeper.
 
Volador said:
It’s:

Champion
Contender
Gatekeeper
Journeyman
Can
Bellator material
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Fixed a bit

Champion
Contender
Gatekeeper
Journeyman
Can
Guy my least favorite fighter just beat
Bellator material
CM Punk
 
Gatekeeper means a top 5-15 fighter IMO, while a journeyman is a just bleed type with a slight winning record. E.G. Chris Leben was a journeyman.
 
champ
contender
gatekeeper
prospect
journeyman
can
novelty act (CM Punk, James Toney, etc)
Bellator contender
 
Undefeated Champion
Can

The rest are just variants on Can
 
FireKidWS said:
Journeyman or Gatekeeper?


Gatekeeper typically means someone who ensures non-champion men never fight for the championship.


So, does a gatekeeper garner more respect than a journeyman?
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To me they have different connotations. I consider someone a journeyman if they have been in the game a long time but are not really a contender. A gatekeeper is almost a contender, but not quite there.

Journeyman doesn't really indicate if they are good or bad, just that they are reliable. A gatekeeper, by definition is very good.

So gatekeeper is higher praise.
 
theleerygoose said:
Gatekeeper means a top 5-15 fighter IMO, while a journeyman is a just bleed type with a slight winning record. E.G. Chris Leben was a journeyman.
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Leben was both a journeyman and a gatekeeper at various points in his career.
 
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