What does Islam need to achieve to sit on the table with GSP, Jones, DJ, Silva?

[Rubios]

I'm excluding Fedor because I'm keeping it strictly in the UFC. Obviously ,Fedor belongs to the Mt Rushmore of MMA.

#1 Two more finishes/convincing victories vs two top contenders at LW (let's say Hooker/Gaethje winner or Charles rematch + Arman). This would mean best win streak ever (17) and x2 as many defenses at LW (6) than any other champion.

#2 The former, but adding a second belt at 170.

I am the biggest Volk fan, and I thought it was legit keeping him as 1 P4P after the 1st loss to Islam.
But Islam won that fight.
I don't see any asterisk (a-la-Santos or Reyes) in his resume.

And, right now, how do you compare Islam with Volk, Aldo and Khabib?

Thks for the insight.

 

[jko1355]

Hmm.. I haven't thought about it... honestly, if he has a couple more defenses he is probably up there... it is weird for me to think of him competing with anyone in that stratosphere...

He is obviously way below Jon Jones... in all reality Jon Jones should have the record for longest win steak at 24... He has a NC to DC and a DQ to Matt Hammill... but he never lost in the ufc..

Anderson Silvas run was more exciting and had way more ranked opponents...

The biggest issue Islam has in comparing to GSP, Jones, and Silva is his winning streak has 10 unranked opponents.... GSP silva and Jones have similar winning streak where every single opponent was ranked... so 16 ranked wins for Silva(maybe 14 or 15) vs 5 for Islam...

I would say he needs 3 to 4 more defenses to be considered in the goat talks..... he is likely already LW Goat.

right now he is tied with Khabib... I would put him about equal or slightly behind Volk and Aldo all time... they both have more ranked wins than him.. but he beat volk twice... Aldo is hard for me because he was still very young when he started losing... like 28-29... his dominance in his 20s was ridiculous though 10 title wins in a row...

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Just keep the dominant performances up and maybe move up and become double champ

 

[VAfan]

a hell of a lot more. years of defending. what makes the mount rushmore guys so special is how long they were able to do it for.

 

[DanDragon Machi]

He's better than DJ and probably than GSP too

JJ
Silva
Makhachev

Khabib, Topuria and GSP are very close to him

 

[tritestill]

He's better than DJ and probably GSP too

JJ
Silva
Makhachev

Khabib, Topuria and GSP are very close to him

He's better than Mighty Mouse and GSP? Lol, man you typed some nonsense.

 

[Joinho10]

Just keep doing what he is doing. Winning in impressive fashion and if he manages to break Anderson Silva's record there's no denying him then.

Double champ is impressive but staying in your division and breaking records is even more impressive IMO.

 

[DanDragon Machi]

DJ's resume is not even close to be as good as Islams. The only lenged he faced in his prime he lost lol. I'm not considering his loss by Cruz because he wasn't in his proper division and the size difference was too much. But Benavidez was as small as DJ and gave a warr to Cruz

DJ was just so massively dominant due to a lack of major challengers

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

10 + title defenses... Double Champ.

Less if he somehow moves up and becomes 185 champ

 

[fightfan70]

to me the only real legit contenders at lightweight are charles and arman, dustin a close third,

i would like to see him beat those two again convincingly then move up.

justin gets off a couple leg kicks, gets taken down and strangled rd 1

same with hooker. there isn't many other interesting matchups at 155.

if he is going to avoid the charles and arman rematch he should move up.

its not like he just fought with either one of those guys.

he says he is not interested in rematches, but also says he will fight anyone put in front of him.

fight the top ranked guys or leave the division.

hooker or justin would be entertaining but just holding up the rightful challengers

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Become the dual 185/205 champ like he says he can easily do.