Was anyone in UFC history statistically as dominant as Khabib?

[Ares Black]

That's just how good Khabib was, I agree.

He was certainly good at padding his record.

GOAT record padder.

 

[VinceArch]

He was certainly good at padding his record.

GOAT record padder.

And still made it to the belt and only gave it up on his own terms.

 

[Ares Black]

And still made it to the belt and only gave it up on his own terms.

Yep, he had a pretty good career.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

I feel like these numbers don't mean too much anyway cos you get guys like Hughes x 2 on GSPs list who's record was something mad like 40 wins which then get added Highlander styler to GSPs accomplishments.

I think it's just good for showing they weren't all cans but you only need one or two guys like that on your resume to really boost the figures.

Yes but it does show if you fought experienced guys or just cans.
But there is a saying: Figures can lie and liars can figure.

 

[VinceArch]

Yep, he had a pretty good career.

Indeed.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Olives was on a 7 fight win streak at the time Kabeeber fought Justin and was ranked #5 and later destroyed both, Justin and Dustin, faster than Kabeeber did.


One who is not biased could very well argue that Charlie could have challenged him.

Destroyed Dustin and Justin? Didn't he get dropped by both of them? Charles could just as easily been finished in those fights.

 

[Ares Black]

Indeed.

Not bad at all. Definitely on the top 20 UFC fighters of all time.

Quite an accomplishment!

 

[VinceArch]

Not bad at all. Definitely on the top 20 UFC fighters of all time.

Quite an accomplishment!

I'd give you likes if I could.

 

[FriskyRandy]

Khabib was clearly the best LW of his time. Clearly. Lets see!

He beat everyone on his way up, like #8 RDA, #6 MJ, #4 Barboza and some who didn’t deserve to fight Khabib, like Horcher who only was brought in to replace injured Tony Ferguson.

Khabib was supposed to fight Tony again, but Tony tore his knee apart tripping on a cable (while wearing sunglasses inside, yea?). #12 Iaquinta replaced Tony and got beaten to hamburger meat standing while offering nothing in return. For some reason this wasn’t impressive to Rogan, lol

Then he finished Poirier and Gaethje who had beaten up everybody in the division. Who else was Khabib supposed to fight? He smashed his way to the title and defended against the best guys available. His father dying unexpectedly had an effect on him retiring early, so who knows what would’ve happened of he didn’t. But… Who would have challenged him? Oliveira was just climbing his way up and finished #7 ranked Kevin Lee when Khabib easily finished Gaethje and vacated.

Being the best LW on earth during his "brief" time is undeniable.
It doesnt put him on the GOAT list though.

 

[hbombbisping]

Being the best LW on earth during his "brief" time is undeniable.
It doesnt put him on the GOAT list though.

But he is still better than everyone on the GOAT list on a round per round basis,

and let's not pretend 13 straight wins in the UFC is any easy accomplishment, that's tied with GSP

 

[FriskyRandy]

But he is still better than everyone on the GOAT list on a round per round basis,

and let's not pretend 13 straight wins in the UFC is any easy accomplishment, that's tied with GSP

What the fuck does that even mean?

 

[hbombbisping]

What the fuck does that even mean?

What are you confused about?

Khabib has the highest winning round %

most 10-8 rounds

most statistically dominant

 

[Söze Aldo]

What are you confused about?

Khabib has the highest winning round %

most 10-8 rounds

most statistically dominant

There should be a 15 UFC fights minimum, for a fighter’s career records to count officially.

 

[hbombbisping]

There should be a 15 UFC fights minimum, for a fighter’s career records to count officially.

That's 13 straight UFC wins though,

same streak as GSP

 

[Söze Aldo]

That's 13 straight UFC wins though,

same streak as GSP

That's irrelevant, GSP had 22 fights purely in the UFC. That's 22 fights at the highest level of MMA competition.

 

[Trabaho]

-Khamzat lost rounds to Usman, DDP and Burns

 

[hbombbisping]

That's irrelevant, GSP had 22 fights purely in the UFC. That's 22 fights at the highest level of MMA competition.

Khabib having on of the longest ufc winstreaks ever is irrelevant?

1Anderson Silva16Middleweight
2Islam Makhachev15Lightweight
2Kamaru Usman15Welterweight
4Merab Dvalishvili14Bantamweight
5Khabib Nurmagomedov13Lightweight
5Georges St-Pierre13Welterweigt
5Demetrious Johnson13Flyweight
5Max Holloway13Featherweight
5Jon Jones13Light Heavyweight/Heavyweight

 

[hbombbisping]

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Good catch on that but Khamzat only has a 9 fight ufc winstreak, nearly lost to Burns and Usman, not even really in the discussion with Jon and Khabib per round

 

[Trabaho]

Good catch on that but Khamzat only has a 9 fight ufc winstreak, nearly lost to Burns and Usman, not even really in the discussion with Jon and Khabib per round

Did you watch that fight. Nowhere close to lose a round. Did Khabib get the nod for all rounds vs Tibau ?

 

[hbombbisping]

Did you watch that fight. Nowhere close to lose a round. Did Khabib get the nod for all rounds vs Tibau ?

Dude... no... Khamzat took more damage against a former LW Burns than Khabib took in his entire career and he only has 9 UFC wins,

worse stats

worse fighter