So, Thiago Santos is currently the best LHW in the world?

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In his last two fights he has split decisioned Jones with one leg and knocked out the current champion.

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How is he not the best LHW currently, regardless of who happens to hold the belt at the moment? Poor Glover.
 
Melas Chasma said:
In his last two fights he has split decisioned Jones with one leg and knocked out the current champion.

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How is he not the best LHW currently, regardless of who happens to hold the belt at the moment? Poor Glover.
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He probably is until Jan fights him should he get past Glover
 
It's certainly fair for he and his fans to claim. He'll still need to do it again in the rematch to get the full recognition. The injuries also put a big ? in it.
 
Melas Chasma said:
In his last two fights he has split decisioned Jones with one leg and knocked out the current champion.

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How is he not the best LHW currently, regardless of who happens to hold the belt at the moment? Poor Glover.
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He knocked out Jan before, but that doesn't mean he does it again if they fight again. He's not the best until he dethrones him as champion.
 
Kyojiro Kagenuma said:
He's not the best until he dethrones him as champion.
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That's a silly way to think. The belt doesn't change the fact that Thiago knocked Jan out not that long ago. Jan has to prove in a rematch he is now better than Thiago, not the other way around, obviously.
 
Fighters evolve. Struve kicked Miocics' ass some years ago. And dominating fighters decline with age or 5 round wars fighting the best. One bad day at the "office" can be life changing. This is not like any other sport or career. We should understand that. It's just easier to conclude with the best fighter in the division is the man with the belt. Even if potentially better fighters get bypassed because they are not a PPV draw. Tony Ferguson was on a mad tear with winning streak. But we never got to see if he was better than Khabib. Instead he fought the best of the best and now Gaethje is on paper the better fighter. Who lost to Alvarez, Poirier etc. They're all good. And it's a crazy sport.
 
Melas Chasma said:
That's a silly way to think. The belt doesn't change the fact that Thiago knocked Jan out not that long ago. Jan has to prove in a rematch he is now better than Thiago, not the other way around, obviously.
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Your way is the silly way to think. Jan's champion. Not Santos. If Santos goes around thinking he's the best, uncrowned champion and all that jazz, he winds up just like Reyes did. On the floor with no fucking idea where he is getting his ass kicked by someone people expected him to beat.
 
A lot has changed in a year and a half. Jan looks totally different. I remember watching probably 10 of his fights before he even came to the UFC and always thought he was boring and middle of the road. Thought the same in the UFC but he started to pick up the intensity. The last few years he has really turned the corner in many ways which is crazy at his age and after such a long career while Santos' knees were destroyed. It's really f'ing stupid to assume the fight would go down the same now and just assume Thiago is better. Jan is the one with the belt around his waist looking super improved while Thiago has been out getting surgeries. Sometimes things just come together for fighters. You look at guys like Drew Dober who was an absolute decision machine losing to anyone good and now he's crushing guys. Things have been coming together for Jan and it shows big time.

Kyojiro Kagenuma said:
Your way is the silly way to think. Jan's champion. Not Santos. If Santos goes around thinking he's the best, uncrowned champion and all that jazz, he winds up just like Reyes did. On the floor with no fucking idea where he is getting his ass kicked by someone people expected him to beat.
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TS is pretty thick imo.
 
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Jiri is number one Bellator's Nemkov is number 2. Just wait you will see!
 
Melas Chasma said:
That's a silly way to think. The belt doesn't change the fact that Thiago knocked Jan out not that long ago. Jan has to prove in a rematch he is now better than Thiago, not the other way around, obviously.
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That's a very basic way of thinking. Things change. Thiago failed at his chance to be crowned at as the best, meanwhile Jan put in work, racked up wins, and won his opportunity at the belt.
 
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