Who makes the "Fight IQ" Mount Rushmore?

codfather said:
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.
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hes the only one who has no memes of getting ko'd or strangled
he also is the only one who has won 17 titles

only beaten via re arranging another mans face

🤡

gsp fedor mm and many more are more stupid based on your logic
they only not lost
but they lost via humiliation
example gsp tapping to strikes and submissiom🤡
 
codfather said:
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.
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Any silly reason to discredit the GOAT.

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Volk, DJ, GSP, Khabib

Honourable mentions
Cat Zingano, Kelvin Gastellum, Cody Garbrandt,
 
Unheralded Truth said:
Khabib
GSP
Topuria
Rakhmonov
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No disrespect, but you're naming great fighters who didn't have to do that many adjustments.

Randy Couture beat Vitor when Vitor was a god because he had the perfect plan. I feel it's different from the fighters you named.
 
Jon Jones' Fight IQ was unmatched when he made his car fight that pregnant ladies car in the hit and run; and even more so when he beat up the hood of a cop car with his head.

Still, nothing demonstrates Jones' otherworldly Fight IQ like beating up his lady in front of his kids, and getting out of it; as well as snitching on fighters to avoid a possible lifetime ban for steroid use.

All fucking time IQ during any type of fight. Unreal.
 
Gsp
Merab
Khabib
Jon minus dumb what should be 2 dqs but smith is a tough guy with at least a million less dollars
 
Jones, GSP, Fedor, Volk and NOT Michael Chandler.

And DJ ! Maybe the best of them all..
 
not jones. He's just a reach bully. if u brain transplanted his fighting mind in a 6 foot 2. 70 suma inch reach average build LHW, he wouldn't make it out of the jobber regional leagues.

not being the most steroid busted fighter in history is also an aspect of fight IQ, something Jon Jones fails hard at.
 
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1. Mighty Mouse
2. GSP
3. Volk

MM is underappreciated by so many fans. Dude's ability to make reads and exploit openings is incredible. MM had such good awareness, e.g. that walk-off left knee KO against Moraes in the rematch because he set it up and timed it perfectly. His training videos with other fighters is such a great series, e.g. that recent one where Arman called him a genius.

GSP fought smart and very consistently, was a master at utilizing the jab and takedowns to control fights. I do wish he took more risks, but he had a long reign because he rarely made mistakes.

Only reason I listed Volk 3rd instead of higher - and I think his game is so well-rounded and frustrates opponents - is his lack of patience in taking the big fights at the right time. He could have had an argument for all-time GOAT had he not gotten TKO'd in 2 straight fights.

I don't have eye-poker on my list because the constant fouls / threat of eyepokes and testing positive for PEDs so many times shows he didn't mentally believe he could win without cheating.
 
What fight changing adjustment did Khabib ever have to make?
I call BS
 
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