Thiago Alves is better than anyone conor or khabib has fought

[CerebralKnievel]

Well his location says Boston via Florida, so my guess is Florida, people are doing drugs down there we have never even heard of.

Bath salts will make you the man you were born to be.

 

[theblackknight]

Bath salts will make you the man you were born to be.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Aldo, Holloway, Mendes, Poirier, RDA, Barboza, Alvarez, Diaz, Ragin Al > any version of Thiago Alves

Na, 2007-2009 Alves whoops all of them but Alves hasn't been a top WW in a long time.

 

[chinarice]

Aldo, Holloway, Mendes, Poirier, RDA, Barboza, Alvarez, Diaz, Ragin Al > any version of Thiago Alves

A few of those guys are arguably not. Barboza, Al, Mendes and Diaz in particular.

At his peak, Alves beat a few really good/great fighters.

 

[BlackDanaWhite]

GSP will always have the advantage over Khabib and Conor because while all three are very close in size, GSP is the only one to be average size for his division. I'd definitely take Alves in his prime over Khabib or Conor at ww.

 

[Ballsagne]

Gonna go ahead and put alves back at #2 after aldo. The only context that matters is who the fighter was at the time of their respective fights (otherwise clay guida has wins against Penn, rda, Pettis, Diaz etc so better start putting him in lw goat talks).

All time of course lots of these guys are better than alves, but Eddie (when Conor beat him) was coming off a pretty lackluster title run (loss, some split decisions, then finished rda weight cut for him).

I can definitely see a case for mendes but I'm not 100% on that. Worst case alves is the 3rd best win here gtfo with some of the names coming up here who are either overrated to begin with or the guys with better overall careers that obviously happened way before or after their fights with conor/khabib y'all reaching harder than stretch armstrong

 

[bjpenngoat]

I agree. Furthermore, these were all number1 contenders at the time.

In turn, this proves that gsps record isn't as stellar as his fans tell us. The guy decisioned the worst division in the sport above 145lbs. Fitch condit and sheilds were all great wins. The rest were average at best. 40 year old Hughes and LW bj Penn are not all world wins at ww.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Not now he is not. The guy peaked really high and is massively underrated. Before GSP he was on a tear and the #8 P4P in the world. But after GSP he had brain surgery and a shit load of knee injuries and he has never been the same since. USADA probably didn't help

People on here in general haven't been watching the sport very long. They hear Joe Rogan say "new breed" once and assume everyone in the top 10 at WW is better than guys like Alves, Koscheck, Fitch, Shields etc ever were.

 

[imbossing]

RDA, Aldo.

Barboza is better than Alves imo. Mendes maybe?

Ur saying mendez would beat alvez?

 

[imbossing]

Aldo Poirier Mendes Holloway

Barboza Iaquinta RDA

All better than Thiago

Most of those fighters
Would not beat alvez.

 

[SimonNova]

Ur saying mendez would beat alvez?

This topic has nothing to do with who would beat Alves.

 

[imbossing]

This topic has nothing to do with who would beat Alves.

Well minides is not better then alvez

 

[SimonNova]

Well minides is not better then alvez

I think that p4p he is better than Alves. But thats just my opinion.

Its Alves btw not Alvez.

 

[Martialbeef]

Goat thread. Keep bumping.

 

[ThunderStruck]

RDA, Aldo.

Barboza is better than Alves imo. Mendes maybe?

No and no.

HAs these guys ever been ranked in the top 10 p4p? Thats how good Alves was on his run to the titleshot.

 

[imbossing]

I think that p4p he is better than Alves. But thats just my opinion.

Its Alves btw not Alvez.

Lol at p4p. Minidez is a cheater

 

[imbossing]

I think that p4p he is better than Alves. But thats just my opinion.

Its Alves btw not Alvez.

Ur new to mma

 

[SimonNova]

Lol at p4p. Minidez is a cheater

Wtf, I dont even. What does that even mean?

 

[SimonNova]

Ur new to mma

And you sound like Dana, aka a mentally challenged 13 years old kid.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Lol at p4p. Minidez is a cheater

Are you suggesting Alves was clean?