MMAPinkBelt
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Yeah, he should not fight Edgar again.
Beating Hughes was huge. But it was ONE fight, that's it. Doesn't make you a true champion. And who did he beat to get the lw title again? Stevenson and Pulver? Again, nothing legendary.
I Don't hate him. I actually like him. I like his "let's just fight" attitude. I just know he is overrated and his fans are the worst.
The fact is BJ returned to lightweight, beat Sherk and held onto the title a second time but then lost twice to Frankie Edgar, an undersized lightweight himself.
He's then challenged guys he shouldn't have such as Rory Mac, and Nick Diaz and looked bad in his losses.
BJ is a legend and there is no doubt about that. But the more he takes stupid fights outside of his weight division, the more it hurts his legacy. He's probably the most iconic lightweight of all time but I doubt he'll retain that title in ten years from now.
shrug. don't feel like giving a history lesson now. but the fact you think his career from 2001-2009 had 1 good win, says enough.
he was never as good as GSP. that's where his biggest fans get lost. know what? most people aren't. "not as good as GSP" is a very, very, very big umbrella.
I think his standup is slightly overrated. He should take a cue from Maia and start focusing more on his wrestling and submissions.
Maybe you should read up on the conversation if you wanna chime in.
Gsp has nothing to do with this conversation
you brought up his fans. "I just know he is overrated and his fans are the worst." i'm just saying that's where his fans lose perspective.
it's like this. some think BJ was a great fighter for 8+ years. let's draw a line and put those people in the middle. you can even call that dot "SFF". now put people who think he was the BEST FIGHTER EVA far to the right of that first dot. those people think he was better than GSP. they are the fans you hate. now put people like you who think he had ONE GOOD WIN on the far left of that dot.
that's the spectrum. just because some fans get overzealous doesn't mean you HAVE TO go to the other extreme. if someone calls luke warm water "boiling hot", you don't have to counter with "nu uh, it's ICE COLD!!!" you can just recognize that it's luke warm.
i invite you to the middle, sir. to call the luke warm water luke warm. he wasn't the best eva, and he didn't have "one good win".
Again, I never said he only had one good win
Beating Hughes was huge. But it was ONE fight, that's it. Doesn't make you a true champion.
One of the most overrated of all time. He only has 1 win in the last 4 years, and that was over a 40 year old, washed up, chin-shot Matt Hughes. He's been nothing but a walking punching bag the last few fights. He is starting to venture into Tito Ortiz territory with his record.
Big fucking deal. It isn't that big of an accomplishment when you're just given title shots left and right. Especially during his time.
He's not even close to top ten