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manyak posted:wasnt that because of an eyepoke? i think maybe cuz the wiffed uppercut broke his nose?
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Dangersim posted:What about wHen he got fitched to a 10-8 It was cool when he came out and dominated a perennial ww top contender until he got tired, yeah
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Nov 10, 2015 23:19
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Dangersim posted:What about wHen he got fitched to a 10-8 Can you see that in a discussion about whether or not a guy's lightweight title run qualifies him as the (at the time) best lightweight ever, continuing to list welterweights he fought after that lightweight run was done is still irrelevant Like, is this a concept that is difficult to grasp
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Nov 10, 2015 23:23
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GSP was scared of his own shadow, and anyway he didn't quit and then body slammed bj a bunch of times
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Nov 10, 2015 23:24
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He expended too much energy and got tired
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Fine, I concede that he was the best of all time at that point, I stand by my assertion that bj was not nearly as good as people make him out to be, which seems to be what me and Bundt are actually debating
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Nov 10, 2015 23:30
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Just to try to put things into context, can anyone imagine a single lightweight today not being brutally murdered by Lawler in a welterweight title fight? Yet Penn was good enough at the time to beat Hughes for the title and take GSP to a split decision. Welterweight has clearly improved; GSP got much better after the first Penn fight, and top fighters are bigger and thus no longer as vulnerable to tiny punchmen. Which is what makes Edgar's accomplishment that much more mind-boggling, considering that he isn't even big for 145 yet was able to deal with Penn in a way that involved no shortage of grappling.
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Nov 10, 2015 23:38
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not only was bj the best lw in the world at the time but out of every retired and should-be-retired fighter out there he would be in top 5 talks for GOAT and have a strong case imo.
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Nov 10, 2015 23:55
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Nick Diaz > Lawler Nick Diaz > Tibau Nick Diaz > Gomi Nick Diaz > BJ Tibau is the most prolific lightweight of all time, and BJ is the greatest lightweight of all time, ergo Nick Diaz is the greatest lightweight of all time, and he beat Robbie Lawler. 209.
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Nov 11, 2015 00:04
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Ditch posted:Just to try to put things into context, can anyone imagine a single lightweight today not being brutally murdered by Lawler in a welterweight title fight? Yet Penn was good enough at the time to beat Hughes for the title and take GSP to a split decision. Welterweight has clearly improved; GSP got much better after the first Penn fight, and top fighters are bigger and thus no longer as vulnerable to tiny punchmen. The bj/gsp split wasn't really a close fight. I honestly believe that Benson could have a seemingly competitive but actually boring fight with any contender or champion at 170.
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Nov 11, 2015 00:08
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Baby Jay Penn was good. drat good for the time. Just my opinion
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Nov 11, 2015 03:36
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Dangersim posted:Fine, I concede that he was the best of all time at that point, I stand by my assertion that bj was not nearly as good as people make him out to be, which seems to be what me and Bundt are actually debating You understand that having to argue for a page to get you to acknowledge a basic fact almost everyone can agree on makes it sound like a really unfun idea to try and debate you on something that you'll never have to concede, right? Getting you to give him his basic due was tough. If you really value hard-work and determination more than other things in greatness, thats fine, but I don't agree with all the how their record looks stuff
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And since I know Im probably going to have to defend it, you said BJ lost too many times or whatever, which is absolutely retarded imo, and also that Sherk was really impressive (coming off a career of lay n pray and a year of steroid ban) where Kenny Florian isnt. the only thing better about Sherk than kenny is how his record looks to someone who has no idea what their respective careers were like
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Nov 11, 2015 03:42
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beating kenny florian is definitely a good win, but kenny's strategy for that fight was hilariously bad. sherk had absolutely no success at all in his fight against bj so its hard to say that he wasn't playing to his strengths. they were both good wins.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:46
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david carmichael posted:beating kenny florian is definitely a good win, but kenny's strategy for that fight was hilariously bad. sherk had absolutely no success at all in his fight against bj so its hard to say that he wasn't playing to his strengths. they were both good wins. ive always thought they both used the strategy the other guy shouldve used, but on the other hand kenny was leaning into counter uppercuts in every stand up exchange and sherk was totally hopeless like you say
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Nov 11, 2015 03:50
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Dangersim posted:GSP was scared of his own shadow, and anyway he didn't quit and then body slammed bj a bunch of times He also wanted to quit in the Alves fight after tearing his groin and Greg Jacksons response was real funny.
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Nov 11, 2015 04:10
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Jon Fitch tried real hard at Purdue and went 2-40000, he is the best wrestler
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I'm sorry Bundt but I was bored and for some reason bj has always rubbed me the wrong way.
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Dangersim posted:I'm sorry Bundt but I was bored and for some reason bj has always rubbed me the wrong way. Has mamma Penn verified this?
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Dangersim posted:I'm sorry Bundt but I was bored and for some reason bj has always rubbed me the wrong way. i dont know why i feel the need to defend him
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Nov 11, 2015 09:49
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my favourite BJ Penn Moment was when everyone ridiculed edgar's chances in the rematch and they had a million trailers with BJ going 'I WANT MY BELT BACK, THIS TIME I'M SERIOUS, THE REAL BJ PENN etc.' and then he got leg kicked so hard that he fell down and looked like someone had pulled back his chair when he was about to sit down
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Nov 11, 2015 14:12
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the time he kicked diego in the head really hard was good too
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Foul Fowl posted:my favourite BJ Penn Moment was when everyone ridiculed edgar's chances in the rematch and they had a million trailers with BJ going 'I WANT MY BELT BACK, THIS TIME I'M SERIOUS, THE REAL BJ PENN etc.' and then he got leg kicked so hard that he fell down and looked like someone had pulled back his chair when he was about to sit down There were lots of good bj penn hubris moments like when he said he was gonna fight gsp to the death and gsp was mentally weak and then bj had to quit in between rounds. A rich chubby little hawaiian guy being the best fighter for a little while was pretty cool
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Foul Fowl posted:the time he kicked diego in the head really hard was good too The Diego match was actually really interesting because there are a lot of examples in fighting of one fighter being better than another, but being worn down by relentless pressure and eventually losing. But Diego never slowed down, never stopped coming, walked through so many shots to the face he looked like he was in a fight with a professional-grade paper shredder, and he might as well have been fighting a brick wall for all the effect it had. It's genuinely fascinating to see a gulf in class so great that amazing cardio, amazing chin, and a psychotic willingness to walk through punishment were all completely useless.
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It was really cool when BJ squeezed a dude's head and blood squirted everywhere. All three fights with Hughes were funny/great for different reasons. BJ also fitched the gently caress out of fitch for a round and a half. dude was insanely good and it's a loving shame he was just a fat, rich, & lazy rear end in a top hat because he could have cleared out 2+ divisions with ease. This is a guy that had a heavyweight bout with Machida. There's good reason he's a legend in the sport, and it's because there wasn't anyone like him.
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Nov 12, 2015 02:29
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There is no point in history in which BJ could have cleared out 170.
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1st AD posted:There is no point in history in which BJ could have cleared out 170. I'd be curious if he could. If he could fitch Fitch, he might have been able to hold up against guys like Trigg and Newton.
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Nov 12, 2015 04:53
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BJ Penn is a good test of who actually watches fights because his record doesn't always look spectacular on paper, but he passes the eye test so hard. He put his skills together in a way that was way ahead of his time. People will forever (deservedly) make fun of him for his silly boxing in the last Edgar fight, but there was a time when he was considered to be the best boxer in MMA. His fluidity and transitions between his striking and ground game was so slick back in the era when people were more one dimensional. It's easy to compare him to fighters nowadays and go meh, but he burst onto the scene in displays of extreme violence and made pretty much every lightweight (and a few welterweights) he fought up until Edgar look like chumps.
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Early on, seeing him wipe out Din Thomas and Caol Uno was cool. Guys like Saulo Ribeiro doing lovely in MMA really lowered my expectations for another BJJ world champion so seeing him wipe out 3 guys in a row with intensity was a real surprise.
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fatherdog posted:The Diego match was actually really interesting because there are a lot of examples in fighting of one fighter being better than another, but being worn down by relentless pressure and eventually losing. But Diego never slowed down, never stopped coming, walked through so many shots to the face he looked like he was in a fight with a professional-grade paper shredder, and he might as well have been fighting a brick wall for all the effect it had. It's genuinely fascinating to see a gulf in class so great that amazing cardio, amazing chin, and a psychotic willingness to walk through punishment were all completely useless. Melendez-Sanchez is a good counterexample to this. Melendez was trying the same trick of boxing Diego up, but for fewer rounds and with not nearly the same talent. Gilbert was mostly successful but he lost control of the fight twice, and one of those times it almost cost him a TKO loss. He also did way less damage than BJ.
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Nov 13, 2015 02:13
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Dangersim posted:Reports of Melendez almost getting ko'd were greatly exaggerated 
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Yeah that gif was actually the entire duration Melendez is in any real trouble, Diego doesn't land any meaningful shots after that.
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the best example of a way better fighter nearly losing a fight that should never have been that competitive just happened in jimmie rivera vs. pedro munhoz.
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1st AD posted:He also wanted to quit in the Alves fight after tearing his groin and Greg Jacksons response was real funny. "I don't care George. Hit him with your groin!" Greg Jackson has a way of psychologically managing fighters and all their weirdness and insecurities.
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manyak posted:wasnt that because of an eyepoke? Plus the wiffed upercut mentioned. He was half blind and couldn't breathe, it was also the first time he'd taken that sort of damage in a fight.
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With how MMA evolves, in 10 years will we think of Rousey as best for her time but not in 2025, similar to how fans feel about Royce?
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Gadamer posted:With how MMA evolves, in 10 years will we think of Rousey as best for her time but not in 2025, similar to how fans feel about Royce? Yes, but its not really the same as Royce at all because by now all the information on what works is out there and everything is wide open if someone wanted to come beat Rousey and take her millions, whereas nobody knew what the hell was going on back when Royce won and it was set up so he could win. Rouseys opponents do kinda suck but thats on them, its not like they are coming in with a single boxing glove on
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Gadamer posted:With how MMA evolves, in 10 years will we think of Rousey as best for her time but not in 2025, similar to how fans feel about Royce? Similar but different. To me it highlights the different evolutionary path that WMMA will take compared to men. Yes we already know what works, but given this knowledge its surprising that basically a pure judoka ends up kicking everyone's rear end. Future developments won't necessarily follow the logic of the men's side either. Women train different sports than men, and their bodies are different as well. And since the men's sport is still evolving at a breakneck pace, the future of the women's is pretty wide open. I think unlike with Royce, women aren't running out to learn judo in order to get better at MMA. Women are however paying very close attention to Honda in every way, and she'll clearly be a role model for some time.
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Gadamer posted:With how MMA evolves, in 10 years will we think of Rousey as best for her time but not in 2025, similar to how fans feel about Royce? More like about Hughes or Franklin. Head and shoulders above a very limited field. It's interesting to think of how Hughes would be regarded if he'd retired after beating BJ. That might be a hypothetical about how Ronda's regarded if she retires before the next big WMMA fighter shows up.
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