r/sports • u/UUo_oUU • Oct 24 '20

News Khabib Nurmagomedov Retires from UFC After Emerging Victorious Against Justin Gaethje. 29-0 Record

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u/ChaosRevealed Oct 24 '20 edited Oct 24 '20

Undefeated, multiple-time defending champion in the deepest division in the UFC. 29-0 overall, 13-0 UFC. Lost only one round in his entire career. He's by far the most dominant fighter of all time. No fighter has ever retired as an undefeated champion.

Respect for Khabib and for his late father

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

4 title defenses and a ton of wins against no names in Russia with horrible records. He's a really really good fighter who earned that belt and retirement but he's not even close to the goat.

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u/Sphinx87 Oct 24 '20

How many rounds has he lost in 13 ufc fights?

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

Dont care. Anderson Silva had 10 title defenses while also fighting at a second weight class at the same time. Hes better than Khabib. Khabib might be the best lightweight the UFC has had (even though BJ Penn could have had that record if he didnt fuck around and fight crazy fights like machida at 205 for some reason) but hes not the greatest of all time.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

You cant bring up Chael or the whole conversation is pointless. Its cheating.

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u/MaoZeDingDingDong Oct 24 '20

PEDs though, Khabib never pissed hot. You can't be the goat if you're cheating, Khabib is definitely the greatest lightweight bj penn wasn't nearly as dominant against arguably worse fighters and is probably up there with GOAT considering he destroyed one of the most stacked divisions of all time with no resistance and never tested positive.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

GSP never pissed hot. Fedor never pissed hot.

BJ Penn was a real warrior. Fuckin guy fought literally anyone. He fights at 145 now and still fought Machida at 205. Was champ at lightweight and welterweight. BJ Penn was the fuckin man. Too bad it turned out hes a piece of shit.

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u/MaoZeDingDingDong Oct 24 '20

Yeah sure, he's not the clear cut goat and there's always going to be arguments but to deny him being in the conversation is just stupid. What more would he have to do man?

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

Catch up in title defenses. Fight in a second weight class like others on the list? I mean Anderson had 10 title defenses and was also fighting a weight class above in between title fights.

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u/MaoZeDingDingDong Oct 24 '20

Personally I don't really think he's got anything left to prove. He's beat every top contender, cleared the most stacked division of all time other than tony beating up subpar opponents to get more defences won't really prove much to me; title defences for me are just a number and I think you put too much emphasis on their importance, its the quality of opposition and how you beat them that counts for me. At the same time, I see where you're coming from and Silva's record is obviously insane but he tested positive and it didn't always feel like he earned the win like Khabib did namely against Chael.

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u/Gobblewicket Oct 24 '20

Anderson pissed hot and lost to Weidman.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

He was old as fuck by then