Who’s winning the champs of today or a decade ago

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

HW Jon Jones (1) VS Cain Velasquez (2)

HW Tom Aspinall (1) VS Fabrício Werdum

LHW Alex Pereira (3) VS Jon Jones (7)

MW Dricus Du Plessis (1) VS Chris Weidman (2)

WW Belal Muhammad VS Robbie Lawler

LW Islam Makhachev (3) VS Anthony Pettis (1)

FW Ilia Topuria (1) VS José Aldo (7)

BW Merab Dvalishvili VS T.J. Dillashaw (1)

FLW Alexandre Pantoja (3) VS Demetrious Johnson (5)

Women’s

BW Juilanna Peña VS Ronda Rousey (4)

SW Zhang Weili (2) VS Carla Esparza


Cain likely beats the Jones of today Cain was recovering from surgery but I still think the current version of Jones loses

Tom would probably destroy Werdum, would be a fun grappling match but Tom would likely KO Werdum

Alex is getting submitted by Jones of a decade ago and gets subbed by modern Jones as well

I feel like Dricus would beat Chris but it would a super close fight

Robbie Lawler likely beats Belal

Islam beats Pettis

Ilia I feel would eventually ko Aldo of a decade ago, Aldo was already out of his time when he reached his last defence

TJ koes Merab

DJ beats Pantoja

Ronda would submit Peña in under a minute

Zhang is beating Esparza

 

[sanguinius]

I agree with your picks. I’d give weidman a good chance, though. What are the numbers in parentheses?

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

I generally do think Peña beat Rousey. In fact, Peña was active when Ronda was champion and a lot of people were picking her as someone who could beat Rousey.


I think Peña would dominate Rhonda in the stand-up. I think a lot of people would be surprised at how close that fight would be.

 

[gspieler]

Cain, JDS, Werdum, Reem, DC, or Stipe, from 10 years ago, would all have the belt today.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Cain
Tom
Jones
DDP
Lawler
Islam
Topuria
TJ
DJ


So Topuria, Tom, and possibly DDP from today, although young Chris was pretty mighty in his own right

 

[loisestrad]

I generally do think Peña beat Rousey. In fact, Peña was active when Ronda was champion and a lot of people were picking her as someone who could beat Rousey.


I think Peña would dominate Rhonda in the stand-up. I think a lot of people would be surprised at how close that fight would be.

Nobody thought Pena would beat Rousey.

Well, except for the ones who always assumed that Rousey was gonna lose her next fight so that they could say "CALLED IT!"

 

[VinceArch]

I'd pick a lot of champions from a decade ago to win. The ones TS chose, match up well stylistically with the current champions.

 

[kingmob6]

Where is valentina

 

[El Panteron]

Where is valentina

They didn't have women's flyweight 10 years ago brother.

 

[Marko Polo]

Cain
Tom
Jones
DDP
Lawler
Islam
Topuria
TJ
DJ


So Topuria, Tom, and possibly DDP from today, although young Chris was pretty mighty in his own right

My list is the same but with Weidman over DDP and Belal over Lawler

 

[Meathead Jock]

HW Jon Jones (1) VS Cain Velasquez (2) - Cain
HW Tom Aspinall (1) VS Fabrício Werdum - Tom
LHW Alex Pereira (3) VS Jon Jones (7) -Jones
MW Dricus Du Plessis (1) VS Chris Weidman (2) - Weidman
WW Belal Muhammad VS Robbie Lawler - Robbie
LW Islam Makhachev (3) VS Anthony Pettis (1) - Islam
FW Ilia Topuria (1) VS José Aldo (7) -Topuria (hardest one)
BW Merab Dvalishvili VS T.J. Dillashaw (1) - Merab
FLW Alexandre Pantoja (3) VS Demetrious Johnson (5) - Mighty Mouse

Women’s
BW Juilanna Peña VS Ronda Rousey (4) - Pena
SW Zhang Weili (2) VS Carla Esparza - Zhang


Scored it 6-5 for the current champs Merab, Topuria, and Weidman all feel like coin flips. The other picks I feel confident on.
Score it 5-4 for the old timers if you remove WMMA though.

 

[gentel]

Robbie Lawler likely beats Belal

GOATlal destroys Lawler (by unanimous decision)

 

[nonoob]

I generally do think Peña beat Rousey. In fact, Peña was active when Ronda was champion and a lot of people were picking her as someone who could beat Rousey.


I think Peña would dominate Rhonda in the stand-up. I think a lot of people would be surprised at how close that fight would be.

Rhonda's downfall in part was her coach allowing her to EVER stand and bang.

Kat Zangano's fight showed where Rowdy Rousey seemed invincible.

If ya got a minute, watch it...I mean if ya got 15 seconds because that's all RR needed.

 

[nonoob]

GOATlal destroys Lawler

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[Koala]

I think only three 10years ago champs will beat the current champ. Skillsets are evolved too much
Jones
Spinall
Jones
Dricus
Belal
Islam
Tapuria
Dillashaw
Johnson
Pena
Zhang

 

[TriangleMonkey]

My list is the same but with Weidman over DDP and Belal over Lawler

I can easily see young prime Wieiman making DDP look like he doesn’t belong in the same cage but DDP is a tank so there is that variable

Belal vs Lawler I went back & forth with but man, when Lawler absolutely put all his skill-set together, along with the power he had (soul-snatcher). I’d have to favor him a bit

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Aspinall isn't a champion

 

[Harlekin]

Interesting, got the same list as TS.

Lawler vs Belal would be difficult.
Pro Lawler: Belal fights at Robbies prefered range and Robbie is the bigger man with power and better defense.
Pro Belal: Lawler's takedown defense was solid, but not great. Belal gets him down at times.

This fight depends on when Belal gets his takedowns. Early in the rounds? Especially 1+2 then Belal takes it via punch output.
No early takedowns? Robbie cuts him and bloodies him up

Also, Robbie just has to win 2 rounds to get the decision, as we know with the Hendricks and Condit fights. Because he is such a cool cat, hrhrhrhr
With nobody knowing Belul's name, maybe he just has to win 1 round

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

MMA has evolved so much in the last 10 years, I don't think-

Nope, can't type that with a straight face.

 

[KhabibPink]

HW Jon Jones (1) VS Cain Velasquez (2)

HW Tom Aspinall (1) VS Fabrício Werdum

LHW Alex Pereira (3) VS Jon Jones (7)

MW Dricus Du Plessis (1) VS Chris Weidman (2)

WW Belal Muhammad VS Robbie Lawler

LW Islam Makhachev (3) VS Anthony Pettis (1)

FW Ilia Topuria (1) VS José Aldo (7)

BW Merab Dvalishvili VS T.J. Dillashaw (1)

FLW Alexandre Pantoja (3) VS Demetrious Johnson (5)

Women’s

BW Juilanna Peña VS Ronda Rousey (4)

SW Zhang Weili (2) VS Carla Esparza


Cain likely beats the Jones of today Cain was recovering from surgery but I still think the current version of Jones loses

Tom would probably destroy Werdum, would be a fun grappling match but Tom would likely KO Werdum

Alex is getting submitted by Jones of a decade ago and gets subbed by modern Jones as well

I feel like Dricus would beat Chris but it would a super close fight

Robbie Lawler likely beats Belal

Islam beats Pettis

Ilia I feel would eventually ko Aldo of a decade ago, Aldo was already out of his time when he reached his last defence

TJ koes Merab

DJ beats Pantoja

Ronda would submit Peña in under a minute

Zhang is beating Esparza

DDP is just this generations Romero except actually winning when it matters, he’d beat Weidman and so would Izzy, Whittaker and probably Strickland. Most if not all modern champs would beat the older champs. Guys like TJ Dillashaw stood out because everyone else on average wasn’t anything special, he wouldn’t really be that special against the average ranked Bantamweight nowadays.