You don’t think guys like Mike Brown or Ken Flo couldn’t beat guys like Yair & Ortega? Seriously???So 3 of his wins, 2 of which volk also has, theoretically still being elite today, means that guys like hominick, Florian, brown, gamburyan, are worth the same as yair, ortega, aldo, tkz?
Merab was unsuccessful in all 16 td attempts vs a 35 year old Jose Aldo. Though he didn’t score any tds, Merab still won this fight by decision. Jose still a goat though. This fight was in the summer of 2022
Conor only had 3 wins in the UFC when it mattered-high stakes against prime competition. And 2 of those, he most likely would have lost in a rematch.lmao i get it todays connor is a clown
have u seen prime conor?
you cant be a superstar if you cant back up your claims
like conor did
noYou don’t think guys like Mike Brown or Ken Flo couldn’t beat guys like Yair & Ortega? Seriously???
Aldo fought much weaker competition back then. You don’t think Volk or Max could beat the same guys Aldo beat? Volk and max would have the same streak and title defense record. Beating Hominick, Lamas and guys like Mike Brown lol. The competition matters when you mention streaks and wins. Max and Volk fought much superior competition and even beat Aldo easily
Aldo lost to Max, Volk and Conor who are considered the greatest featherweights ever.
I agree, altho for what it's worth no FW has ever moved up to LW and won the title... besides ConorYou really expose yourself when you include Conor among the greatest featherweights ever.
The guy who never once defended the FW title
Don't forget Faber either. People hate on him for getting tons of title shots, but until he faced Frankie, he never lost a non-title fight.UFC 179 Mendes would be Champion in todays 145 Division. I love Holloway and Volk, but the only times Volk was in Danger besides Topuria, were Islam (ofc) and Mendes. Mind you, Mendes was a Shell of his Former Self when he fought Volk and still managed to take Volk down, as well as hurt him badly.
A Prime, Focused Chad Mendes would be a Problem for Todays Featherweights. For anyone to dispute this is ABSURD, go rewatch Mendes’s resurgence after the first Aldo loss.
Also, It’s absurd to discredit Frankie and KZ as well. Those guys in their Prime, beat most of the Top Featherweights of today. A Prime Frankie vs Topuria would be a SCRAP.
The same is true of Frankie. After the first Maynard fight in 2008 to 2018, his only losses were to the LW champ Bendo (and Frankie was robbed in the rematch) and Aldo. He beat everyone else at LW and FW, including Faber, Mendes and many other good fighters. 10 year streak where he lost to no one outside of title fights.Don't forget Faber either. People hate on him for getting tons of title shots, but until he faced Frankie, he never lost a non-title fight.
Aldo also faced a wide variety of competition too. He fought strikers, wrestlers, BJJ guys, and everything in-between. Max and Volk never really faced that variety of competition.
None were allowed to go up back then.I agree, altho for what it's worth no FW has ever moved up to LW and won the title... besides Conor
Given the trajectory of their careers, despite head to head wins, im hard pressed to put Max or Volk above himSorry but not even close
McGregor was stripped of the FW title 2 weeks after winning the LW belt.None were allowed to go up back then.
Aldo was demanded to relinquish the title before trying to get the LW title, that's why he never moved up to fight Pettis.
If you fail so many takedowns, you should lose the fight by default. Doesn't matter what happened otherwise.