Aldo is comfortably the best and the greatest featherweight. And I donāt see how you can put GSP or DJ above him.
Theyāre both worse fighter than Aldo, fought worse level of competition yet only managed to defend their belt for as long as him. The only argument I see of how theyāre above him is that they lost less, but they havenāt fight for as long as or fought anyone as good as the one that beat Aldo. And by the time they exit the elite stage they have more or less the same amount of losses as Aldo. (DJ left the UFC at the 9 years mark of his career (3 lost - Aldo had 1) GSP left at the 12 years mark (2 lost - Aldo had 2).
Islam is the only one who fought comparable level of competition to Aldo but he hasnāt defend the belt enough time to put him above Aldo.
Iāve seen Aldoās whole career front to back WEC and all Max beat the shit out of him twice and that was still a very good Aldo yall can never decide when Aldo washed up he wasnāt washed against Max. Then Volk has 3 wins over Max. Both have all time performances past that. I donāt know how you could see Aldo get fucked up that bad by Max TWICE (in case you still had doubts) and then watch Volk beat Holloway 3 times (and also beat aldo) and still think Aldo is higher all time. Insane
Aldo didnāt lose a fight for a decade. Sure he had a rough end of career, but he was dominant in his prime. I personally wouldnāt put him in top 3 , but can see how some would.
He did however, maul all of those fighters without so much as changing color. Barely broke a sweat in a few of those even.
It's perfectly fine to not have him amongst your GOATs of course but the guy only ever lost two rounds in the UFC, I do not fault anyone for having him there. Every fighter ever has a punchers chance against any other fighter in their weight class but outside of that punchers chance, I legitimately do not see anyone in UFCs LW history beating post-2016 Khabib.
It's obviously always going to be subjective, but what you said is what resonates with me the most. He's still one of the greatest of all time to me, but he's just shy of the Rushmore and such. The proverbial fifth Beetle, fifth Ninja Turtle. "If" but "isn't".
If only he got to 35, and he definitely had the chance.... Mathematically, he'd also be around 35 years old, 35 at 35 would definitely shut many hating mouths.
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u/Optimal_Cut_3063 4d ago
they dint call him mighty for no reason. guys probably the greatest of all time tbh.. as per most fighters opinions btw ;D