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Within an MMA context, you need reasonable takedown defense, submission awareness, an ability to get back to your feet, and a good understanding of worse-case scenario situations. That may or may not correlate with a BJJ belt rank. A hypothetical fighter with perfect TDD but zero ability on...

Face validity simply means (approximately) "measures what it's suppose to measure". GSP and Jones (both with nearly unblemished careers in terms of results) being in a tier apart from Silva who had a much messier career in terms of results (more fights, losses, struggles of sorts early in...

I don't want to discuss FM anymore, because you didn't read what I wrote, and you haven't provided a better alternative (most likely you'll devolve into something regarding the magical "eye test", as if the human brain isn't loaded with cognitive fallacies, lack of recall of things 20 years in...

I didn't overlook the Gomi win. It's included in the top 10 win count. What did you think I was referring to when I said "if LW was better established" lol? You are simply wrong about me treating all top 10 wins the same. I literally said the exact opposite in the above post. But while we are...

The rankings I linked are absolute rankings, independent of division. They address the issue you cite in the FAQs, and absolute rankings essentially wash away the issue. Divisional is different, yes. For example, DC would be lower in either a HW or LHW ranking vs. where his ranking on an...

Fight Matrix is the best (not perfect for sure) systematic approach I've seen to ranking fighters based on results (not skills or intangible factors, just results of fights), taking into account fighters will leave the sport at different times (and thus rack up different amounts of losses...

Fedor is too unknown among regular joe MMA fans to be the top iconic fighter. Unfortunate as it is, Khabib probably outranks him on that aspect, especially circa 2023. If it's between GSP and Fedor, it's probably GSP who hit his personal stride at a time when MMA popularity was starting to...

It wasn't the first time. It is now.

Not really that wild of a statement. Plenty of people win submission grappling matches through a major wrestling advantage + submission awareness.

As a function of coming into the UFC super young and having so many fights, Oliveira is another good choice in terms of the delta between the peaks and valleys. 1. Had a 2.5 year period where he went 2-4-1 2. Which he followed up with a four fight winning streak 3. Which was in turned followed...

I don't think Rutten/Randleman was *that* outrageous given the scoring criteria at the time. At least to my memory. It's been a long time.

As a longtime boxing fan, I have to admit if Francis wins, it immediately and permanently invalidates the sport of boxing.

The fact that Islam has a loss and has looked less impressive than Khabib on-average in his fights looms large is not trivial. Having zero losses and virtually zero rounds lost is an absurd standard, but that's (basically) what Khabib did. If you are meaningfully beyond Khabib in top...

Gay response. unfortunately. Catfishing is a real thing, and many homosexuals and "straight" men with closeted gaylord tendencies will catfish as a woman for attention and fulfilling weird sexual gaps (or at least some kind of tangible benefit). This has been studied and validated by multiple...

I'm surprised you all don't know all women on the internet in male-dominated spaces are homosexual males baiting (actively or passively) dick pictures

When Rolls Gracie died, Helio Gracie had an outburst along the lines of "who did he really beat, he wasn't a champion", and his widow said "I bet you are happy because now that the sun is gone, the little stars (meaning his biological children) can shine" I'm almost immune to trash-talking and...

Push comes to shove, I want Leon. That being said, the hilarity and chaos (har har) that would come from a Colby victory isn't a bad consolation prize for fans, IMO

Pretty good troll post by Sherdog standards. I'd give it a B+/A- or so...

Explain it? Since 2019, Colby has sucked up his title shot capital in two fights against Usman with two wins against (washed) non-contenders sprinkled in-between. That's pretty much the entire explanation. Fighting Usman a second time (after being finished) with only a washed Woodley win...