toughest competition in UFC history?

[Unfinished Sentenc]

Who, in your opinion, has faced the toughest competition in UFC history? Personally, I believe it’s RDA and Brad Tavares

 

[Koala]

Brunson had a tougher opposition than Tavares

 

[OldBoy91]

RDA was my first thought as well. Fought every top contender at both 155 and 170 pretty much. Multiple champions over both weightclasses too.

Even now at well past his best he still wants to fight all the top guys, and while he doesn't win them all he still competes really well against top of the food chain fighters.

 

[Paladin]

It’s a toss up between Edson Barbosa, Michael Johnson and RDA.

 

[Daelh]

Jon Jones had a pretty sick run where he ran through all the all time greats at LHW. Like Mashida, Shogun, Rampage, Evans, Bader, Gustafsson, Glover and DC.

I'd say he has the best strength of schedule of all time.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Chael Sonnen fought a list of killers and even 3 GOAT candidates, although some were out their primes

Lyoto Machida, Fedor, Rampage, Wanderlei Silva, Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evans, Shogun, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping are some impressive names, but he lost to most and they were old

Dan Henderson also deserves a mention imo

 

[Number 8]

Jones easy, and won all of them.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

jones year 2011

 

[Rationality]

W-L records of opponents is probably the most subjective measure.
Somewhere there was a list of the then won-loss records of opponents fought in championship bouts and GSP's was at the top by a comfortable margin. Hughes, Penn, Shields, Fitch, Hendricks all had championship-caliber W-L records and some had very long win streaks when Georges fought them.
I'm sure JBJ has something similar and he is the GOAT anyway.

 

[RonDante]

Ryan Bader if all context is stripped from the fights

 

[ferrisjso]

Jon Jones.

Bader is in the post before mine was a good answer.

 

[aali14]

Jon Jones and GSP

 

[RockyLockridge]

Jessica andrade
Joanna
RDA
GSP
Cerrone
Micheal Johnson
Alexander Gustuffson
Chris Weidman
Kelvin Gastelum
Neil Magny
Brad Tavares

All these come to mind.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Jones, his resume is amazing

 

[CashMoney1991]

Jon Jones had a pretty sick run where he ran through all the all time greats at LHW. Like Mashida, Shogun, Rampage, Evans, Bader, Gustafsson, Glover and DC.

I'd say he has the best strength of schedule of all time.

out of any champ, I would agree that Jones had the hardest schedule and made it look easy most of the time

 

[Necrocrawler]

Vitor Belfort for sure

Chuck
Tito
Spider
Weidman
Jones
Randy couture
Rockhold
Bisping

Those are some of the names of people he fought in UFC

 

[Cucumber Slice]

Dan Henderson

 

[Nobru]

Vitor Belfort for sure

Chuck
Tito
Spider
Weidman
Jones
Randy couture
Rockhold
Bisping

Those are some of the names of people he fought in UFC

This. And he fought some of these multiple times

Still, plenty of good names to this list

Hendo
Wand
Sakuraba
Machida
Mousasi
Jacare
Rumble
Rich Franklin

I dont think theres a lost with bigger names than Vitor's

 

[Jackonfire]

Seems like everyone has forgotten about Junior Dos Santos

Werdum
Struve
Cro Cop
Yvel
Gonzaga
Nelson
Carwin
Cain
Mir
Hunt
Stipe
Overeem
Tuivasa
Lewis
Ngannou
Blaydes
Gane

 

[Clark Rogers]

If you consider UFC fights only, and his experience ratio compared to his opponents, Lesnar has to be at least on the list. Run was short lived but dude went straight to the deep end having had only 1 fight prior to coming in.