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Yeah, but does that change much of my argument? Lentz and miller are still higher level grapplers and oliveira has still submitted more bjj black belts than tony. Tony has submitted better fighters, but oliveira has submitted more high level grapplers.
I don't really think you can debate this to be honest. Tony is the better fighter for sure, though, but he just hasn't shown the grappling dominance over the amount of high level grapplers that oliveira has shown. Then again, Tony hasn't been submitted three times either (only once for tony). Although, Oliveira has only been submitted by black belts, where as tony has been submitted by...some guy I can't even really find on google. you can say tony was young back then, but he was 26, the same age Do bronx was when he last got submitted.
Well...age is hardly as important as fight experience. I'm pretty sure you know that though.
And again, grappling is about so much more than subs. Tony gets put on his back and mounted by Lee and absorbs zero damage, regains guard, and ends the round fresh as a daisy while making his opponent expend a bunch of energy that later leads to him being subbed. Do Bronx is on his back vs Felder for barely any time and he has no clue how to defend himself and gets mauled and TKO'd. If we're talking about MMA grappling, that stuff matters. A lot.