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The problem is Iaquinta, who was never more than a "pretty good fighter" and part-time realtor, beat Lee twice. Both fights showed clear holes in Lee's game. Lee was dangerous early in the fight as his wrestling/GnP and punching power were threats. But he was a front-runner, who weakened pretty...

Except he never fought for the title. I'd put him somewhere between Erick Silva and Till in the list of Great Flops. I believe he talked about a possible comeback a few months ago. Edit: lo and behold, he posted this on IG less than a week ago. If you're a sponsor, please consider this bright...

Has he auditioned for any horror movies?

I agree Nick was better. However, Nate did try to imitate Nick's "punches in bunches" style at times. His best effort was against Cerrone, who was still a very good fighter at the time. Nate also ate a lot of leg kicks in that fight, like Nick sometimes did. Maybe if Cerrone kicked as hard as...

Bisping went life and death for 5 rounds with a 46-year old non-TRT Hendo who had no business in a title fight. Hendo was simply the better fighter, with a better/longer career and more good wins over top competition. Deal with it.

That was 15 years later. There's a reason I said 1997. I'm sure Vitor honed his BJJ skills more over a decade and a half.

Both are couple of years past their real primes. Just because Poirier won his last fight doesn't mean he isn't showing signs of aging.

Just at LW we have Primal Justin Bendo with a toothpick in his mouth Motivated BJ Tiramusu-free Khabib Islam with Khabib in his corner Pre-2020 Tony Ferguson Chandler with a Fight IQ Above Comfortable Room Temperature Pre-Mayweather Conor That's a dream tournament there if someone can get a...

Jones really used his reach/size well for both grappling and striking. His striking skills were uneven (good kicks, not very good boxing, spinning elbows and unorthodox moves) but unless other fighters were tall/rangy like him, they had a lot of problems figuring him out.

If they fight I hope Colby wins...the salty tears on here will be unreal.

The Gracie black belt (however legit that was--seemed sketchy) really made Vitor look like an unstoppable force in 1997 when that credential was very rare. Super fast dangerous hands AND you don't want to take him down. Randy Couture's dirty boxing was the perfect strategy.

Butterbean might argue with that!

HIs chin and the fact the former FW champ went life and death with him for 5 rounds in their first fight. He's still a great fighter but I can't say he's the most dominant with no weakness.

I think Poirier takes it. On second thought, you never know about Dustin....

I'd never advise anyone to wait for a fight with a guy who got a $100 million payday in boxing. People should realize that MMA was never a big deal to Conor after that. Even though Chandler-Conor is now "official," I still wouldn't bank on it until they walk into the cage. I wouldn't be...

Stunned his opponent early in the 1st....gassed or made some Low IQ blunder in Round 1 or 2 and got finished.

I was going to say Mike Brown but I went back and watched the end (it's on Youtube) and it was all GnP on the ground. I must have confused that with another fight. Aldo definitely had more of a killer instinct in the WEC, though, as also shown by his devastating leg kicks against Urijah Faber...

Yeah, he said BJJ didn't work but had a win by omoplata. Like I said, he got by on athleticism and specialized in exotic/unorthodox stuff (which was cool) but never mastered fundamentals.

Yeah, one of these days I may do a thread about the entire generation of HWs about 5 years younger than Sylvia/Mir/Arlovski/Big Nog/Fedor who totally flopped or didn't reach their potential for various reasons. All the guys you mentioned (except Abedi) along with Herman, Travis Browne and a few...

Too bad we never had a backstage fight between Krazy Horse and Lee "I'm Still in Prison" Murray, who allegedly KO'd Tito in a street fight. Murray is another fighter with a lot of potential but had too much craziness and criminal activity to reach it.