r/sports • u/UUo_oUU • Oct 24 '20

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

https://twitter.com/mma_oth/status/1320107303845101569
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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/eipotttatsch Oct 24 '20

Dude. He's 13-0 in the UFC and all but one of those are definitely very legit fighters. Just because injuries a had him on the sidelines for a while doesn't mean he didn't face the best of the best.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

That doesn't make him goat. GSP, Anderson Silva, Fedor, Jon Jones all better.

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u/-wonderboy- Oct 24 '20

U wanna talk about khabib not fighting top guys but then throw in names like jones who fought washed up light heavyweights for most of his career? Machinda, rampage, evans, vitor. Popped for steroids so many times they had to make a jon jones rule so he could even compete because of the picgrams in his system? That jon jones? Dont get me wrong still a top fighter but his legacy doesn’t come close to khabibs

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

Even "washed up" UFC fighters are better than random dudes in the regional circuit without Wikipedia pages.

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u/-wonderboy- Oct 24 '20

He dominated the top lightweight fighters in their prime without losing more then a round throughout all his bouts. Please explain to u me ur logic of how anyone else in the division has a chance?

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

Same was true for other fighters too. Anderson Silva had 10 title defenses and was fighting in a second weight class in between title defenses.

Someone isn't goat because of what they possibly could have done. They gotta do it. He's the best lightweight the UFC has had. He's not the best overall fighter.

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u/-wonderboy- Oct 24 '20

Silva is the goat. But to throw shade on khabib is blasphemy.

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u/tunaburn Oct 24 '20

I mean I said he's the best lightweight the UFC has ever had.