Wins against lower weight classes are less impressive.

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Naturally the bigger guy will have the advantage like Islam against Volk. So people are not as impressed with a bigger guy beating a smaller guy, whereas if Volk were to beat Islam it would be a huge achievement, as opposed to nobody really caring about Islam beating the P4P #1 because he's smaller, in fact Volk got much more recognition for his first loss against Islam.

So whenever a fight with two different weight class fighters happens, the bigger guy will naturally receive less recognition for his performance and the smaller guy will be over-recognized win or lose.
 
I think it also depends how they win. With the Islam Volk 1 fight, it was competitive, I think 3-2 iirc, and while Islam did win, Volk managed to do better than expected and even ended the fight on top of him. There were high expectations in that particular fight.

But yeah in general, the smaller guy gets more credit beating bigger guys, e.g. Max Gaethje
 
Volk is an all time great and islam beat him twice, put some respect on his name

Is Islam’s wins over Charles and hooker less impressive cause they were featherweights at one point
 
Are you saying size matter?

Seriously though it really depends on the situation. Conor beating Nate at 170 is not more impressive than chinning Aldo at 135. Sheeeit i even rank the Aldo win at 135 higher than the Alvarez win at 155.
 
If it is against a champion, then sure. If against someone else it is a good win, but nobody loses thier minds over it. Especially if it is not by t(ko). Figgy and Aljo’s last wins as an example.
 
AmericanMMA said:
That and he won fights at open weight. Losing a decision to machida is impressive given the size difference. Machida weighed it at 225 for that fight. BJ Penn gets remembered for the way his career ended to often.
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BJ lost the bulk of the biggest fights of his career. Had a handful impressive wins but vastly overrated LW title run and generally overrated by a lot of MMA fans.
 
Davidjacksonjones said:
I think it also depends how they win. With the Islam Volk 1 fight, it was competitive, I think 3-2 iirc, and while Islam did win, Volk managed to do better than expected and even ended the fight on top of him. There were high expectations in that particular fight.

But yeah in general, the smaller guy gets more credit beating bigger guys, e.g. Max Gaethje
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I think Volk's first loss against Islam nearly cemented his legacy as much as any of his wins, especially given how Islam smoked Olivera when it hit the deck. I honestly expected something similar to the result in their second fight, he shocked the world in a loss basically
 
Davidjacksonjones said:
I think it also depends how they win. With the Islam Volk 1 fight, it was competitive, I think 3-2 iirc, and while Islam did win, Volk managed to do better than expected and even ended the fight on top of him. There were high expectations in that particular fight.

But yeah in general, the smaller guy gets more credit beating bigger guys, e.g. Max Gaethje
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especially if ur a fan favorite
all the bs issue in the world gets erased
 
People will naturally root for the smaller guy in most cases. Its how it always is.
 
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