Where do you place Joseph Benavidez on the all time greats list?

[jsbx45]

I'd give him #4 FlW. Was gonna give him third but figgy beat him twice.

He's kind of like the Jon Fitch of FlW, he was clear #2 for a long time and beat everyone but the Champ. Both of those guys had GOAT's at the top of their respective food chains at the time. Hespect.

 

[Viking Power]

Love the guy but he's no all time great.

 

[Uber_Noober]

 

[blaseblase]

I'd give him #4 FlW. Was gonna give him third but figgy beat him twice.

He's kind of like the Jon Fitch of FlW, he was clear #2 for a long time and beat everyone but the Champ. Both of those guys had GOAT's at the top of their respective food chains at the time. Hespect.

You have to consider his age and time in the sport though. Fitch only spent 3 years as the no 2 fighter, Benavidez spent 8, and was 35 when he fell off after a 14 year career. If you think prime DJ would handle Fig then it's not a stretch to think prime Benavidez also would have considering he took DJ to split decision and was dominating everyone else he fought during his prime. Let's not forget Joe B handling a prime Formiga who went on to beat Figgy. Those two losses to Figgy are like Topuria beating Volk at 35, age has to be considered.

 

[pick999]

Last

 

[YesForGayJesus]

WEC 42 was such a crazy event.

Everyone thought Benavidez was beating Cruz, and everyone thought Torres was going to remain champ forever.

Ended up being the end of Torres' reign, the start of Cruz' incredible run, and a constant question of wtf happened to Brian Bowles.

Benavidez's fight with Torres might be my favorite slaughter of all time.

 

[Ares Black]

Somewhere in the Top 200 or so

 

[Papasmurf45619]

WEC 42 was such a crazy event.

Everyone thought Benavidez was beating Cruz, and everyone thought Torres was going to remain champ forever.

Ended up being the end of Torres' reign, the start of Cruz' incredible run, and a constant question of wtf happened to Brian Bowles.

Wtf did happen to Brian Bowles?

Unfortunately, meth

UFC bantamweight Brian Bowles arrested on felony drug and weapons charges | FOX Sports

UFC bantamweight and former WEC champion Brian Bowles was arrested on January 14 on several drugs and weapons charges stemming from a search warrant that was executed at his home in Arcade, Georgia.

www.google.com

 

[El Fernas]

But he wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to fight for the HW title without being LHW champ while Jones was suspended.

Probably, but he was LEGIT at HW, he would had run through the division in his prime, he won SF HW tournament iirc.

 

[jsbx45]

You have to consider his age and time in the sport though. Fitch only spent 3 years as the no 2 fighter, Benavidez spent 8, and was 35 when he fell off after a 14 year career. If you think prime DJ would handle Fig then it's not a stretch to think prime Benavidez also would have considering he took DJ to split decision and was dominating everyone else he fought during his prime. Let's not forget Joe B handling a prime Formiga who went on to beat Figgy. Those two losses to Figgy are like Topuria beating Volk at 35, age has to be considered.

Fair enough.

 

[Jormungandr]

Above Bisping

 

[Pequeño Corey]

DC was also HW champion...he moved down to LHW because his training partner was already a top HW, he is above the "one time champions" crowd.

Asterisk win over Stipe and then ducked the
immediate rematch so he could “defend” against black beast. Immediately gave the belt back in the rematch and lost the rubber match. Best win in strike force was barnett. DC is immensley overrated as an atg HW, and will forever be the 2nd best LHW of his era. Still a great fighter, but not a GOAT, much like Joe B. He’s actually the LHW version of Joe B.

 

[fedoriswar37]

Not. That's where we rank him. Not on the list.

 

[Pharenheit]

Nobody would even know his name if he weren’t tapping Megan Olivia

 

[ChessJitsu]

Nobody would even know his name if he weren’t tapping Megan Olivia

bro I was 1 of the 20 people who played Deus Ex (like the 2000 version) multiplayer.

I was SovietGunPoint6 if you remember me.

 

[Pharenheit]

bro I was 1 of the 20 people who played Deus Ex (like the 2000 version) multiplayer.

I was SovietGunPoint6 if you remember me.

Never played bro just saw the pic in a meme once

 

[KoreanZawmbie]

He's on the GOAT list for smashing one of the hottest reporters in sports.

 

[JoeRowe]

74th but with each year that passes he falls a few more spots

 

[bongwater]

never any good

 

[blaseblase]

Probably, but he was LEGIT at HW, he would had run through the division in his prime, he won SF HW tournament iirc.

But he didn't and who knows what would have happened. He would have had to beat JDS, Werdum, Stipe, and Overeem. Benavidez had a better chance of running through flyweight, his only challenge there would have been Dodson. He beat the likes of Cejudo, McCall, Formiga, Makovsky, etc.