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KJ had beaten Nick 5 years prior to that fight, and Nick had since avenged the loss.
Nick Diaz was consensus the top WW outside of the UFC, and was consensus top ten in the division. He had also just beaten BJ (who had snuck into the WW ranks with his close draw against Fitch, when Fitch was thought by nearly everyone to be the champ who never was just because GSP existed despite being incredibly boring).
Nick was a great win, and was legtimately a top contender at WW.
I'll actually buy the argument that Condit lacks real signature wins.... except that he's beaten or fought nearly everyone at WW who is worth mentioning. Rory, Thiago, Kampmann, Nick at his peak, DHK, Hardy one fight removed from title contention (BS I know), and Ellenberger during his reign of terror. He also only narrowly lost to Robbie (A fight tons thought he won, not me, but tons did) and Hendricks (a fight he would have dominated had it been 5 rounds).
Condit is easily a top ten WW of all time, but he's arguably top 5. Who do you put infront of him?
You've got Hughes, GSP, then....??? Pat Militech perhaps if you're being romantic? BJ? It gets real thin after that. Only other dudes who deserve to be mentioned in a top five are Hayato Sakurai, Fitch and Shields - and Carlos probably had more success in terms of accomplishments than Fitch. So yu've honestly probably got only Georges,Hughes, Sakurai, Miletic and maybe Shields infront of him. Oh and Brutal Bob. Forgot about him.
Nick is not consistent enough I would think. too many loses to low ranked fighters at the time they beat him. . kj sticks out.
KJ had beaten Nick 5 years prior to that fight, and Nick had since avenged the loss.
Nick Diaz was consensus the top WW outside of the UFC, and was consensus top ten in the division. He had also just beaten BJ (who had snuck into the WW ranks with his close draw against Fitch, when Fitch was thought by nearly everyone to be the champ who never was just because GSP existed despite being incredibly boring).
Nick was a great win, and was legtimately a top contender at WW.
I'll actually buy the argument that Condit lacks real signature wins.... except that he's beaten or fought nearly everyone at WW who is worth mentioning. Rory, Thiago, Kampmann, Nick at his peak, DHK, Hardy one fight removed from title contention (BS I know), and Ellenberger during his reign of terror. He also only narrowly lost to Robbie (A fight tons thought he won, not me, but tons did) and Hendricks (a fight he would have dominated had it been 5 rounds).
Condit is easily a top ten WW of all time, but he's arguably top 5. Who do you put infront of him?
You've got Hughes, GSP, then....??? Pat Militech perhaps if you're being romantic? BJ? It gets real thin after that. Only other dudes who deserve to be mentioned in a top five are Hayato Sakurai, Fitch and Shields - and Carlos probably had more success in terms of accomplishments than Fitch. So yu've honestly probably got only Georges,Hughes, Sakurai, Miletic and maybe Shields infront of him. Oh and Brutal Bob. Forgot about him.