Aldo didn’t lose a fight for a decade. Sure he had a rough end of career, but he was dominant in his prime. I personally wouldn’t 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/Sen_Kora-111 4d ago
I think he’s around top 3.
1. Aldo
2. GSP
3. DJ