Should we reconsider weight legacies...

[Dbreiden83080]

If Alvarez is a can then Gaethje just plain sucks

Justin doesn’t suck but he chokes in big fights that’s for sure. He almost never steps up to the plate.

 

[Murder_KickHC]

Never being wobbled, hurt, cut, finished or even remotely in trouble is more impressive than tapping out multiple times in your prime.

And? How does that have anything to do with what I said?

 

[Make MMA Great Again]

And? How does that have anything to do with what I said?

Khabib>Gsp

 

[Murder_KickHC]

Khabib>Gsp

Conor>Khabib

 

[Make MMA Great Again]

No. It means he was fighting a weight class below his natural one and two of his four good wins were against blown up FWs lmao

what if you’re a WW fighting FWs and real estate agents though?

Yea real estate agents and halfway fighters like Edson Barbosa or Justin Gathje. Maybe getting knocked out by a 155 bjj blackbelt part time fighter would bring Khabib up a couple spots on your list?

 

[Make MMA Great Again]

Conor>Khabib

Me>you

 

[HaulParris]

I don't think so. Fighters are always limited by their era. Twenty years from now, training science and nutrition might be at a level where a guy like Ngannou can cut to 170lbs. It's about what that fighter did during his own era, not what is relative to today.

I agree. It's easy to pick apart the legacy of athletes from the past. Babe Ruth / Jordan / Namath / Pele / Fedor, etc. competed and excelled in their own eras, amd were clearly better than most if not all of their peers. How they would fare today is fun to fantasize about, but it is impractical.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Justin doesn’t suck but he chokes in big fights that’s for sure. He almost never steps up to the plate.

I like Gaethje but I call it like I see it. He's a durable wrecking ball that sacrifices his head/torso in order to land damaging leg kicks. That's why for a decent amount of time I called him Homer Simpson. He was tougher than a rusty nail.

I believe Gaethje was literally saved by the bell against MJ. He definitely lost consciousness.. He fell stiff as a board and I think hitting the cage woke him back to.

Alvarez beat up his body. Masterful perform by Alvarez. I lost $675.23 on that fight. It's an odd number that's why I remember it.

Dustin treated his head like a speed bag.

Khabib proved the ground game is important to know.

He is what he is.