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Aldo.
GSP.
Jones.
That order.
GSP.
Jones.
That order.
Aldo ducked Pettis. Anybody who was deep in MMA at the time knows it. He chose a different opponent over Pettis 2 or 3 times before Pettis lost.
Pettis repeatedly called him out before beating Benson, after beating Benson, after beating Gil. Aldo would rarely respond.
PreUSADA Pettis would have beaten Aldo. He wouldn't pressure Pettis the same way RDA did and also isnt as big as RDA and doesn't have the conditioning of RDA. He would have either gotten caught or been worn down.
Anderoid said he could make WW and GSP said he would fight him there.
Anderson fought Cormier on 2 days notice when his career was finished. There’s a reason why he was never interested in fighting Jones when in his prime while constantly calling out a guy in a smaller weight class.
You know he was scheduled to fight Aldo and dropped of the fight, to fight Benson right after.
Also, there were reports that Aldo wanted to fight at LW, but the UFC told him to relinquish his belt to do so.
NOW he would, but Pre USADA Showtime was a monster. People forget how much he declined, from arguable P4P #1 to getting Train Rekt by Peahead. Maybe the most epic fall along with the big Rigg Le Pig Pigg.Aldo would 100% beat Pettis
Silva would 100% KO GSP stiff
Jones vs Prime Cain is a toss up
#1 Aldo
#2Jones
#3 GSP
How do you know that? he never fought as a HW before.
gus destroys peds jones and cain would have eaten them both
Agreed. Pre USADA Pig Rigg couldn't drop GSP, and he was dropping everyone.Lol @ people who think Silva would KO GSP
the guy got dropped multiple times by CHAEL
Aldo would 100% beat Pettis
Silva would 100% KO GSP stiff
Jones vs Prime Cain is a toss up
#1 Aldo
#2Jones
#3 GSP
When GSP gets Anderson down he's not getting up until the round is over lol.
Jones vs Cain
Anderson in his prime was better than GSP
Aldo vs Pettis is a toss up on any given night.
I am aware.
Aldo wasn't confident in his ability to beat Pettis. He wanted to have a belt to go back to.
Aldo isn't a pressure fighter and also wouldn't have looked to clinch or take him down. He would have given prime Pettis space and time and he would have gotten set up.
Pettis is much tougher and has much better cardio and endurance than Aldo as well as more finishing ability. He was also a bit more unorthodox than Aldo and also had both stances to attack from.
It was a bad match up for Aldo and he knew it which is why Pettis said at multiple press conferences that he is willing to fight Aldo at either weight and that he is just waiting for Aldo to respond and he never did after beating Benson or Gil. He instead opted to fight Lamas who had almost no credible wins.
Aldo was looking to play it safe while Pettis had all the confidence in the world and was looking to make history.
Having to relinquish the belt made no sense.
BJ didn't have to do this against GSP.
That would be just idiotic of him to accept this term. Belts mean something, especially when it comes to sponsor contracts.
He also accepted to fight Pettis at FW. Pettis dropped out of it.
Of course, Pettis was a beast and could beat him (while I give the advantage to Aldo), but Aldo wasn't playing safe. He just wasn't into being Dana's bitch.
Pettis has good kicks but he is a horrible boxer. Dana didn't let Aldo go up to LW without vacating his beltNOW he would, but Pre USADA Showtime was a monster. People forget how much he declined, from arguable P4P #1 to getting Train Rekt by Peahead. Maybe the most epic fall along with the big Rigg Le Pig Pigg.
Additionally, Aldo does poorly against strikers and great against wrestlers. Aldo could have easily done so if he had faith in his chances, but rather, opted to stay at feather and left it to Showtime to drop.