Who was better, Randy or Dan?

[BowserJr]

Both from the legendary Team Quest, absolute legends and beasts. Both fought at LHW. Hendo at MW and Randy at HW

Lets look at their common opponents

Dan actually has a win over big Nog. Randy lost to him. Both lost to Machida but Randy was KOed. Randy went 2-1 vs Vitor. Dan went 1-2.

Now lets look at their best opponents (non common)

Randy
Lost to Ricco
Lost to Barnett
Beat Tim
Lost to Brock
1-2 vs Chuck
Beat Tito
Beat Rizzo
Beat Mo Smith
Beat Randleman
Beat Coleman
Beat Gonzaga

Hendo
1-1 vs Wand
Beat Shogun
Lost to DC
Lost to Mousasi
Lost to Rashad
Beat Babalu
Beat Bustamante
Lost to Lil Nog
Beat Feijao
Beat Fedor
Lost to Arona
Lost to Silva
Lost to Rampage
1-1 v Bisping
Beat Lombard
Beat Franklin

Randy has 3 bad losses to non legends
Hendo has 2

I think its clear Hendo has a better resume/strength of schedule but alot of people put more weight on UFC belt. Hemdo only won a tournament UFC belt.

Who was more skilled though?

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

Randy was more skilled. takes more skill and thinking to fight with his style, since he lacked dans power

 

[Dorkman]

Both Greats, but Randy. His ability to gameplan, and execute a fight on a strategy level was truly elite.

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

Both legends but my pick is Randi. Hendo was also on the supplements during the latter part of his career which allowed him to get some *wins* he may not have otherwise been able to pull off.

 

[djacobox372]

Dan had more ways to win

 

[OldBoy91]

Dan had wins all the way from 183 pounds to beating legit HWs like Fedor and Nog as an average sized middleweight.

He also lost to guys who fought as low as 170 pounds which could be a mark against him.

Randy spent most of his career as a small HW fighting bigger men, but actually had more success than when he was fighting more skilled fighters of his own size at 205.

Dan has the better resume, having been a lot more active and fighting in multiple major organisations, so I guess I'd have to say him, though I think Randy wins a head to head matchup handily.

Not taking losses to "non legends" into account, it means nothing as it's clearly subjective. Most would consider everybody who beat Hendo a legend except maybe Misaki, and Misaki may be the most underrated MMA fighter of all time.

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Dan

More fights

Bigger wins over all time greats

More finishes

Never got KOd in his prime, Randy did.

I hespect of Handy though he's still an all time great.

BTW, Hendos "win" over Nog should have been a loss just like Randy's win over Rizzo.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Tough comparison that I don't usually enjoy making. Both men have legendary careers. However, I'd have to side with Hendo. He competed from 170 to HW and won championships at every level, through the toughest divisions, during their strongest eras

 

[Flower2dPeople]

When you don't have a nuclear option, you tend to develop other areas of your game. Randy is better, imo but I like Dan more.

 

[NoSmilez]

I think it is Randy. He had very high ring IQ. Dan at the height of his career was just spamming inner low kick and overhand rights.

 

[Trabaho]

Dan times 3

 

[Bullitt68]

Randy. "Decision Dan" as he used to be known has too many asterisks on his resume with bad decisions. He straight-up lost to Nogueira and he shouldn't have gotten the decision against Goes to even put him in a position to win the UFC 17 tournament, plus he could've/should've lost to Ninja, Kondo, Bustamante, and Franklin. Randy's only close victories were against Rizzo the first time, and I think he very clearly won on points anyway (and then definitively pounded Rizzo out in the rematch to prove that the first fight was only close because he punched himself out and gassed), and Brandon Vera after he'd already won and defended all of his titles and cemented his legacy, and even that fight he won by UD. Randy and it's not close IMO.

 

[Preston broadus]

Randy

 

[pick999]

Friendly reminder jake shields dominated hendo

 

[HHJ]

They both had rather unique, unconventional careers. It's really hard to compare them.

 

[Koro_11]

Hendo > Randy imo

And he did win the UFC title as far as I’m concerned, ping just got a hometown decision as usual.

 

[Rank Squatter]

Dont forget that Dan was THE very first Simultaneous Double Champ in the UFC .. not McGregor.. which in my opinion boost Dan up above Randy for sure

 

[Pierced7681]

Friendly reminder jake shields dominated hendo

Eh Hendo almost ktfo Shields in the first round, and Hendo always gasses at 185

 

[Bullitt68]

Dont forget that Dan was THE very first Simultaneous Double Champ in the UFC .. not McGregor.. which in my opinion boost Dan up above Randy for sure

The UFC bought PRIDE while Dan was their double champ, but Dan never won the UFC belts. He lost both UFC title unification fights, to Rampage who was the LHW champ and to Anderson who was the MW champ. So no.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Dont forget that Dan was THE very first Simultaneous Double Champ in the UFC .. not McGregor.. which in my opinion boost Dan up above Randy for sure

and Randy was the first double champion in the UFC. So what?