Cain was never that good.Remember that time on sherdog when someone degraded and dismissed a fighters previous accomplishments after numerous injuries and aging? Wait that would never happen.
He was never GOAT.I remember it like it was yesterday..The period was around 2010-212...Time flies.
Do we still have anyone in that camp, and do you also happen to believe in the steady state theory of the universe?
Never should have been in GOAT discussions but he had a decent run at HW that puts him top 15 GOAT status at HW:
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Wouldn't it have been so cool in 2010 if they could have fought??
Oh wait Fedor's MGT was allergic to the UFC..
I figure it's harder to make fair comparisons when looking a prime fighter's record versus an old fallen champ who had a lot of bad performances towards the end of their career.What? That's exactly when you should evaluate a fighters place as a potential great. Not as they're rising, and not when they're falling.
8-1 vs UFC former HW champs.
1-0 vs UFC former LHW champ.
2009 Went to SF instead of the UFC.. And who was waiting for him in the UFC? Cain, JDS and Brock.. In fact he turned down the UFC deal that and would have fought Brock first fight up. So maybe 0-3.. SF he got his brains beat in.
And got his ass whooped.So, He turned down UFC and his paper champ Lesnar (5-2 record) to sign a Strikeforce HW tournament which was the real deal...