Who fought in a tougher era/weight class? Jones, Silva or GSP?

Jones had the toughest competition. Dominated the best era of LHW. I would say GSP fought in the best era of WW, Anderson fought in a very good era of MW towards the end, but missed the 2014 to 2018 MWs.
 
pankrat said:
Plenty of the alleged "weak" contenders at MW dropped to WW and they made a run to the top of the alleged shark tank WW division right away.
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Yup, well after GSP left the division, when the WW division stalled.

The ones who moved during the stacked GSP era, they lost badly (example Marquardt).

You lose again.
 
ThunderStruck said:
Yup, well after GSP left the division, when the WW division stalled.

The ones who moved during the stacked GSP era, they lost badly (example Marquardt).

You lose again.
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Nope.

Kampmann or Swick failed to make it to a tittle eliminator at MW, dropped to WW and right away made it to a tittle eliminator.

Maia is not even a top5 win at MW for Silva. He was allegedly one mediocre contender in a weak division, according to this pathetic fangirls of your kind.
The reality? Maia dropped and right away absolutely dominated in his own game the long time #2 of the alleged "shark tank" division, Fitch

<{Heymansnicker}>

Etc, etc....

Marquard became WW champion right away, KOing the all-time great WW Woodley. Even though Marquardt was already on his way out after a decade plus in the elite..
....And this is the best example you brought. Holly shit if you are desperate

The revisionism of GSP fangirls in these boards is a sick phenomenon, seriously
 
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I am a huge Anderson fan, but the answer is Jon Jones. Jones fought Shogun, Rampage, Machida, Belford, Sonnen, DC, Glover, Alexander. Evans... These guys were the most prominent stars/ best fighters in the game at that time.
 
hard to say, but I'd go with Jones by a hair, the fact that Glover is a champ years later and Jones beat him 50-45 was impressive, also him beating DC is better than any win GSP or Andy had imo
 
pankrat said:
Nope.

Kampmann or Swick failed to make it to a tittle eliminator at MW, dropped to WW and right away made it to a tittle eliminator.

Maia is not even a top5 win at MW for Silva. He was allegedly one mediocre contender in a weak division, according to this pathetic fangirls of your kind.
The reality? Maia dropped and right away absolutely dominated in his own game the long time #2 of the alleged "shark tank" division, Fitch

<{Heymansnicker}>

Etc, etc....

Marquard became WW champion right away, KOing the all-time great WW Woodley. Even though Marquardt was already on his way out after a decade plus in the elite..
....And this is the best example you brought. Holly shit if you are desperate

The revisionism of GSP fangirls in these boards is a sick phenomenon, seriously
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LOL Kampman and Swick absolutely tiny MW. They never belonged there. Do you know that weigh classes exists for a reason? Probably not.

Kampman had 6 WW fights before his title eliminator. You are soooo full of shit.

Maia.... Same thing. He always had a WW frame, yet got a title shot at MW. Thats how weak Silva's competition was.

Cote? Another WW that got a title shot at MW but never got close to one at WW.

Maquardt? Exact same thing.

You lose. Again.
 
Midget Boxer said:
look at gsp record. He fought wrestlers
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Diaz, Condit, Alves, BJ, Swick, Bisping. All wrestlers right?

Silva, on the other hand, didn't fight nearly enough wrestlers.

Hendo? TRT hendo doesn't wrestle.
Sonnen? was 1 min and a half from totally dominating Silva 50-45.
Weidman? Ended Silva's reign brutally.

So you tell me whats so easy about GSP having a lot of world class wrestlers on his resume again?
 
ThunderStruck said:
LOL Kampman and Swick absolutely tiny MW. They never belonged there. Do you know that weigh classes exists for a reason? Probably not.
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They were above MW limit just about as much as Colby or Masvidal are at WW.
Swick and Kampman failed at MW yet went to a #1 contender bout in the alleged shark tank WW. Stop being a kiddo in denial.

Okami and Marquardt in their prime could certainly be favourites over Alves or Kos, in less weight/size advantage than Chimaev had vs Burns, or GSP had vs BJ Penn. They were closer to avg WW than MW by current standards.
Okami would certainly be a favourite vs Shields in a rematch according to everybody who saw ther WW fight in 2006.
An aging Marquard KTFO Woodley, who is above Hughes in all-time WW ranks according to many,
Do not forget also that Silva is a legitimate WW champion by beating Sakurai, who at the time was more of a consensus #1 WW than anybody Hughes ever beat. Get educated.
 
pankrat said:
They were above MW limit just about as much as Colby or Masvidal are at WW.
Swick and Kampman failed at MW yet went to a #1 contender bout in the alleged shark tank WW. Stop being a kiddo in denial.

Okami and Marquardt in their prime could certainly be favourites over Alves or Kos, in less weight/size advantage than Chimaev had vs Burns, or GSP had vs BJ Penn. They were closer to avg WW than MW by current standards.
Okami would certainly be a favourite vs Shields in a rematch according to everybody who saw ther WW fight in 2006.
An aging Marquard KTFO Woodley, who is above Hughes in all-time WW ranks according to many,
Do not forget also that Silva is a legitimate WW champion by beating Sakurai, who at the time was more of a consensus #1 WW than anybody Hughes ever beat. Get educated.
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Yup, just like Colby and Masvidal, they were able to be competitive because the weight class is weak. MW was weak back then. Current WW is weak.

About your "could easily be favourite". I strongly disagree and thats just speculation, which is all you have and do. I sure as hell would favor prime Shields vs prime Okami. Prime Alves destroys them without breaking a sweat.

"Woodley, who is above Hughes in all-time WW ranks according to many" According to whom exactly? How many exactly? One thing that is a FACT, is that according to MOST, Hughes >>>> Woodley.

And you realize that Woodley never got close to a title shot during GSP's era?

Marquardt is 0-3 at WW in the ufc during GSP's era. He was 8-4 at MW in the ufc during Silva's era. You do the math what division was stronger.

Want some more?

Silva's best win is MW Hendo. Shields, a WW, embarassed Hendo at MW.
 
Gsp hands down. Anderson fought in a thin division, and Jones fought in a top heavy one where many of his contenders were past their prime or at the tail end of it.
 
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bjpenngoat said:
Gsp fought the weakest line up of pedestrian title contenders.

Matt serra was a journyman lw when gsp immortalized him by getting kod in his very first title defense.
Hardy, alves and kos are the very definition of average.
Alves went 6-11 to end his career after the title fight.
Kos went 0-6 4 by ko.
Matt hughes was almost 40 when georges finally beat him.
Bj legit won the first fight and put him in the hospital.
Bj was a bonafide lw when they fought again.
Carlos condot went 2-8 to finish his career after the title fight.
Wont shit on shields of fitch both were great wins.
Nick diaz...idk what to think of that win.
Hendricks beat the piss out of him.
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This should be stickied on the site
 
ThunderStruck said:
Diaz, Condit, Alves, BJ, Swick, Bisping. All wrestlers right?

Silva, on the other hand, didn't fight nearly enough wrestlers.

Hendo? TRT hendo doesn't wrestle.
Sonnen? was 1 min and a half from totally dominating Silva 50-45.
Weidman? Ended Silva's reign brutally.

So you tell me whats so easy about GSP having a lot of world class wrestlers on his resume again?
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dipstickjimmy said:
I have looked so who are the one dimensional wrestlers
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One dimensional grappelrs like
Karo
Hughes
Koscheck
Hendricks
Shields
 
ThunderStruck said:
Yup, just like Colby and Masvidal, they were able to be competitive because the weight class is weak. MW was weak back then. Current WW is weak.

About your "could easily be favourite". I strongly disagree and thats just speculation, which is all you have and do. I sure as hell would favor prime Shields vs prime Okami. Prime Alves destroys them without breaking a sweat.

"Woodley, who is above Hughes in all-time WW ranks according to many" According to whom exactly? How many exactly? One thing that is a FACT, is that according to MOST, Hughes >>>> Woodley.

And you realize that Woodley never got close to a title shot during GSP's era?

Marquardt is 0-3 at WW in the ufc during GSP's era. He was 8-4 at MW in the ufc during Silva's era. You do the math what division was stronger.

Want some more?

Silva's best win is MW Hendo. Shields, a WW, embarassed Hendo at MW.
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Kampman and Swick came into UFC as MW and LHW respectively. Failed to make it to a tittle eliminator at MW, dropped to WW and inmediately make a run to a #1 contender bout in the alleged "shark tank" :eek:

Maia loses to a gatekeeper at MW (Muñoz, who got dominated by Okami btw), and then 30-27 the long time #1 contender in the alleged "shark tank":eek::eek:

Marquardt fails in 3 separate tittle eliminators at MW...yet an aging version of him becomes WW champion right away KOing champion Woodley.

Wake up from your dellusion dude. You got to a point of saying Colby is not better than Alves or Koscheck. Its sick
 
pankrat said:
Kampman and Swick came into UFC as MW and LHW respectively. Failed to make it to a tittle eliminator at MW, dropped to WW and inmediately make a run to a #1 contender bout in the alleged "shark tank" :eek:

Maia loses to a gatekeeper at MW (Muñoz, who got dominated by Okami btw), and then 30-27 the long time #1 contender in the alleged "shark tank":eek::eek:

Marquardt fails in 3 separate tittle eliminators at MW...yet an aging version of him becomes WW champion right away KOing champion Woodley.

Wake up from your dellusion dude. You got to a point of saying Colby is not better than Alves or Koscheck. Its sick
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1. Maia beat a far past his prime Fitch and it was a perfect matchup for him.
2. WW is Maia's natural weight class.
3. Maia was severely undersized at MW and as a very green mma fighter he still earned a title shot there, by beating the perrenial number 2 MW there.
3. Marquardt became strikeforce WW champion. A division so deep he got an insta title shot in.
Only a dumbass would try to use Marquardt failed 1-3 WW run as proof that MW was more competitive.
 
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