Vitaly Minakov Consensus #1 Ranked HW. Agree?

It doesn't seem like he's ever going to fight outside of Russia again so I doubt we'll ever see him against any top 10 heavyweights.
 
No but he's top 10 for sure

Volkov was around top 15 when Minakov starched him. Kongo was top 20 and still prolly is. Martinez was top 25ish.

No one else he beat is really worth mentioning.

Skillwise he's a problem for alot of the top 10 tho but saying he's #1 or even top 5 isn't a case that can reasonably be made ATM.
 
Stipe recently loss to JDS, just because he has a title are people supposed to act like that fight didn't happen and that Stipe is the best?
 
"But they didn't beat anyone good" is a myth. This line was trotted out time and time again about strikeforce fighters, because they weren't beating "ULTIMAT FYTURRSS" . Then lo and behold, they join the ufc and clean house.

An educated fight fan actualls watches fights and can tell if a fighter is goos by, you know, watching them fight.

Minakov #1 goat 4eva
 
I'm just glad to be a part of a minakov thread....seems like nobody says peep about him, since he got stripped
 
Arlovski and Hunt are out of prime. fact.
Hunt has looked better in the last couple years than he ever has. Fact.

Hunt, Werdum, and Arlovski are better and higher ranked fighters than anyone Vitaly has beaten. Fact

Cheick Kongo was far past his prime when he fought Minakov. Fact.
 
Black beast is not undefeated and his better wins are Gonzaga and Roy.. both olds and out of prime.
Being undefeated does not mean you are the best. Fact

There are guys in dozens of organizations that are undefeated. Does that mean they are all the number one guy in the world? It also depends on WHO you beat. Any educated MMA fan knows this
 
Black beast is not undefeated and his better wins are Gonzaga and Roy.. both olds and out of prime.
When Jason Reinhardt came to the UFC, before fighting Lauzon, he was 18-0. So Im guessing you thought he was the best LW in the world at that time? Fucking lol

Again, it depends on WHO you beat.
 
This statement is as innacurate as a drunken pirate drawing a map of the dark side of the moon during the 17h century.
 
Hunt has looked better in the last couple years than he ever has. Fact.
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No way, Hunt back in K1 and PRIDE was faster and used to kick. UFC Hunt is a slow boxer.

That "Hunt is better now because he is in UFC" is delusional, if you watch all his fight his prime days were years ago.
 
When Jason Reinhardt came to the UFC, before fighting Lauzon, he was 18-0. So Im guessing you thought he was the best LW in the world at that time? Fucking lol

Again, it depends on WHO you beat.

You like examples? what about Lando Vannata? a totally can who fought nobodys in unknows organization and he dropped Tony Fergunson (#3 ranked, UFC tittle contender) 4 times.
 
No. But Minakov definitely belongs in the UFC. With his record and the fact he is only 32 he should have been signed quite a while ago.
 
No but he's top 10 for sure

Volkov was around top 15 when Minakov starched him. Kongo was top 20 and still prolly is. Martinez was top 25ish.

No one else he beat is really worth mentioning.

Skillwise he's a problem for alot of the top 10 tho but saying he's #1 or even top 5 isn't a case that can reasonably be made ATM.

Yeah I agree with all of this.

Would love to see him in the UFC. Way too premature to call him #1, however, the potential could very well be there in my opinion. Hopefully time will tell.
 
lol @ saying Hunt is better now than in PRIDE.

PRIDE Hunt wouldn't have gotten KO'd by Fabricio Werdum....or JDS for that matter.
 
You like examples? what about Lando Vannata? a totally can who fought nobodys in unknows organization and he dropped Tony Fergunson (#3 ranked, UFC tittle contender) 4 times.
Lol buddy, they both got dropped once by each other in the first round.
 
You like examples? what about Lando Vannata? a totally can who fought nobodys in unknows organization and he dropped Tony Fergunson (#3 ranked, UFC tittle contender) 4 times.
And then lost, and was finished. Exactly what would happen to Minatov if he fought someone in the UFC top 3.

Good example.
 
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