Originally posted by TheRickestRick:
Originally posted by 49erfeeeever808:
if you're gonna hold the liddel trilogy against couture you gotta do the same with Hughes considering he's 1-2 and BJ and 1-2 against GSP. JMHO.
GSP, Liddel, Silva, and Honorable mention Jones IMO is who this list should be limited to if we're just talking about UFC and include Fedor if we're talking about MMA in general. all 5 have absolutely dominated their divisions long term. the only reason i'm leaving Aldo off is because he really played it safe after he won the belt...... (but i guess you could say the same about GSP.....)
Yeah I do agree, I was mainly thinking about dominant runs... up until GSP & BJ came back to the division and he was on the later end of his career. But I don't consider him a GOAT just more a nominee for the dominance up until that point. Similar to Silva up until Weidman, Barao before Dillashaw (even though that wasn't really in UFC so its a non factor) and Aldo before McGregor. Fighters rarely go out on top sadly so given enough time all the great will start to have blemishes at the end of their career. My top 3 right now would be Jones, Silva and GSP with Lidell as an honorable mention.
100% agree.
you need old the belt long enough to be considered an "era" to be considered on this list IMO. look at the LHW division between the Liddel and Jones area no one was able to (without controversy - *cough* Shogun/Machida 1 *cough*) succesfully defend the title once.
