Who makes the "Fight IQ" Mount Rushmore?

Jones stupidly got DQ'd against Matt Hamill. He also would've gotten DQ'd against Anthony Smith, if Lionheart had just said he couldn't continue.

Many people thought Volk came back too quickly to fight Topuria; which I'd argue is fight IQ.
 
Jones and GSP for sure.

Randy was a clear predecessor. I don't think I even considered the term "game plan" before Randy.

Volk for sure is a great tactician in there. Dude gets better in rematches. A clear example of someone capitalizing on superior tactics and skill when they're the older fighter at a power disadvantage.

Off the top of my head, that's four. Could be convinced otherwise on the latter two, but the former are irrefutable imo. Of course, some knucklehead will come in here and fling shit everywhere talking about how roids made Jon a better tactician 🥴
 
Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Greg Jackson, and Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.
 
Volk, Jones and GSP were my choices even before entering the thread. All super well rounded enough to fight their opponents at their weaknesses or change up their game plan mid fight.

Islam is a good choice as well imo.
 
Tom Aspinall - protected his status, secured potential boxing negotiations with max leverage, didn't "lose" against gane

Connor - richest MMA fighter of all time, secured the bag, paving the way for future nobodies to go into boxing and fade into an oblivion

Dana - made the UFC into what it is now today, a major conglomerate reminiscent of boxing minus 0 stars, except for some guy who says "chama."
 
I'm one of Khabib's biggest detractors on here....his career is heavily overrated. But he was obviously a ludicrously skilled fighter and from my perspective, most of that came from his always on fight IQ. Outside of a few moments, always one step ahead of his opponent. One of the smartest fighters I've seen in the cage, I'll give him that.
 
GSP
Mighty Mouse
Jon Jones
Alexander Volkanovski


All of these men made it a point to possess the skills which would allow them to dictate the fight to be on their terms and exploit their opponents weaknesses.

I think of it like "Rocks Paper Scissor" strategy, where you prepare to always have an answer which puts you at a tactical advantage
 
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