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Put Khabib, otherwise it's number one bullshit.
Its time to end the GOAT conversation
Two Division Champ, Beat everyone he ever fought, very very long career, FOUGHT THE TOUGHEST LINE UP EVER! Obviously, this is all conjecture and valid arguments can be made for any of these fighters, I would say moreso Silva as Jones' out of ring activity including dirty tests have forever tarnish his amazing in cage career. Silva has stayed around too long and has damaged his legacy. He's fought 9 times in the last 7 years and has only 1 win. That affects GOAT STATUS. So yes there are rational arguments, doesn't make them necessarily correct. But, it would be really easy to create rational arguments supporting GSP or Khabib, for that matter.is there any rational arguments that GSP fans can say that justifies putting him above Silva and Jones?
Two Division Champ, Beat everyone he ever fought, very very long career, FOUGHT THE TOUGHEST LINE UP EVER! Obviously, this is all conjecture and valid arguments can be made for any of these fighters, I would say moreso Silva as Jones' out of ring activity including dirty tests have forever tarnish his amazing in cage career. Silva has stayed around too long and has damaged his legacy. He's fought 9 times in the last 7 years and has only 1 win. That affects GOAT STATUS.is there any rational arguments that GSP fans can say that justifies putting him above Silva and Jones?
Not everyone.
Anyone putting khabib in top 5 is straight up smoking crack and hasnt watched mma for longer than 10 years...
"Top anything" being subjective aside, Fighters who've fought 10+ years, let alone watched... & many analysts/commentators, etc who've worked MMA for 10+ yrs already disagree with you. As do, I suspect, countless fans who sport the authentic "10+ year" MMA fan badge (not a real thing, obviously)
i.e. (short list for brevity sake) Helwani - "he's most dominant fighter in UFC history," DC, similar sentiment, Luke Thomas & Brian Cambell put him top 3. Rogan already called him goat & after the Gaethje fight, the recaps on tv & web all included discussion (key word: discussion) of whether he's number 1 or top 5 all time.
I/many others may put a couple others above Khabib as far as all time, but for many he's def top 5... at the least. And you may shit on the aforementioned analysts'/commentators' opinions... however, many would question "who" really is smoking the proverbial crack when someone views ridiculous, the top 5 discussion of an undefeated fighter, in the toughest weight class, who lost TWO rounds TOTAL in his career & barely ever got fuckin scratched, let alone hurt in a fight, absolutely dominating virtually every time he fights & making the likes of Porier, Gaethje & Conor look amateur....