Who are the 2nd GOATs of each weight class?

[RiotWyatt]

FlW - Benividez
BW - Faber
FW - Faber
LW - Gomi
WW - Hughes
MW - Henderson
LHW - Liddell/Couture/Tito/Shogun/Machida/Frank Shamrock
HW - ?

This is off the top of my head.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Heavyweight - Nogueira, Couture... Cro Cop may be a stretch

Honourable mention to Frank Mir who could've been up there had he not missed out on his prime

 

[Bokelj]

In what organization or overall?

FlW - Benavidez
BW - Faber
FW - Faber
LW - Henderson-Pettis-Gomi
WW - Hughes
MW - Belfort
LHW - Shogun
HW - Nog or Couture

 

[ShreddinMMA]

If Weidman beats Vitor, I think it's reasonable to put him at #2 as far as MWs go.

 

[Jukai]

FlW - Urushitani
BW - Torres
FW - Faber
LW - Gomi
WW - Hughes
MW - Franklin (Weidman closing in shortly)
LHW - Liddell... or Silva...
HW - Nogueira


Guys like Hendo and Couture will always never have a place because they jumped weight so much.

 

[Xuh]

HW is obviously Nog. That should have been the easiest pick rather than the one unsure one.

 

[moreorless87]

I would say the case for Weidman is already pretty strong, the reality is that none of the older big names(Hendo, Filho, Franklin, Lindland) ever built up that amazing a record at MW, the best argument against him would actually be Vitor who has wins over Franklin, Bislpng, Rockhold, AJ, Akiyama, Hendo and Lindland, the last two were maybe on the decline but still good wins at that point.

At LHW its either Shogun, Wanderlei or Chuck, personally I would say they rank in that order, Rua didn't have as long at the top but picked up more quality wins(if you include Machida 1 especially) whilst he was there.

HW I think its very clearly Nog, whilst Cain can argue he's never been below anyone in this era I don't think he has the record to justity it. Werdum I spose you could argue is building up a win list similar to Nogs but also has definitive loses to multiple opponents during his prime years.

Hughes does seem the obvious name for WW although I think that unlike Nog theres a strong case that the division has advanced a great deal since his era. Really though I'm not sure anyone else has put together a strong enough run, Sheilds I spose you could argue although a good deal of it was at MW.

LW doesn't really work since there's no consensus on the #1 and the #2 would be equally unclear anyway.

 

[sampuncher]

HW - Nogueira or Couture
LHW - Wanderlei
MW - Hendo
WW - Hughes
LW - Gomi but Pettis is closing in.
FW - Faber
BW - Barao
FLW - Benavidez

 

[wilKO]

HW: Nog
LHW: Shogun
MW: Weidman/Hendo
WW: Hughes
LW: Edgar/Gomi
FW: Faber
BW: Torres

 

[bloodyknuck]

FlW - 2nd Dodson 1st MM
BW - Renan Cruz
FW - McGregor Aldo
LW - Pettis Penn
WW - Hughes
MW - Weidman
LHW - Rashad/ Machida
HW - Cain

 

[sampuncher]

FlW - 2nd Dodson 1st MM
BW - Renan Cruz
FW - McGregor Aldo
LW - Pettis Penn
WW - Hughes
MW - Weidman
LHW - Rashad/ Machida
HW - Cain

Seriously? You'd have Rashad and Machida over Chuck, Tito, Shogun, Wanderlei etc?

I'm not even going to take the bait with Conor being in there either.

 

[countswagula]

HW: Nogueira
LHW: Shogun
MW: Weidman
WW: Hughes
LW: Pettis
FW: Faber
BW: Barao
FLW: Didn't follow the weight class before it was added to the UFC, hard to make fair judgement

 

[Moneymma]

Fw:benevidez will always be n2 guy,so i'll go with dodson(would beat joe in title fight)
Bw:barao is goat,n2 is cruz or faber
Fw:n2 is mendes
Lw:hard one,bj looks bad in most of his defeats and frankie only lose via close dec
And beat him x3. Bj is second best,n3 is bendo and frankie is goat
Ww:hughes,n3 is bj
Mw:franklin,n3 is the chris
Lhw:tito or chuck
Hw:randy,cain,big nog,cro cop,reem,jds,werdum,hunt

 

[psyops]

Fw:benevidez will always be n2 guy,so i'll go with dodson(would beat joe in title fight)
Bw:barao is goat,n2 is cruz or faber
Fw:n2 is mendes
Lw:hard one,bj looks bad in most of his defeats and frankie only lose via close dec
And beat him x3. Bj is second best,n3 is bendo and frankie is goat
Ww:hughes,n3 is bj
Mw:franklin,n3 is the chris
Lhw:tito or chuck
Hw:randy,cain,big nog,cro cop,reem,jds,werdum,hunt

No number 3 at ww is not Bj. No way no.how

 

[sampuncher]

No number 3 at ww is not Bj. No way no.how

I'd have to say Fitch, although Robbie is a good contender these days.

 

[Philtard]

How is it possible to have a second greatest of all time?

 

[Moneymma]

No number 3 at ww is not Bj. No way no.how

Beat hughes 2 times and fought gsp for a chanse to be only two division champ at the same time
Also i couldnt think of anybody better. Hendricks is up there too

 

[vasililiev]

HW: 1.Fedor Emelianenko 2. Cain
LHW: 1.Jon Jones 2. Daniel Cormier
MW: 1.Anderson Silva 2. Wandarlei silva

The others weight classes are not important... who cares about them.

 

[surgeyou1]

HW: Fedor Emelianenko (the most dominant fighter in that devision ever)
LHW: Jon Jones
MW: Anderson Silva
WW: GSP
LW: Jose Aldo

The others weight classes are not important... who cares about them.

Reading thread titles are also not important for you I guess.

 

[XCuTioNeR]

How is it possible to have a second greatest of all time?

It's Sherdog, you can have 10 GOATS in each division.