Now, if a fighter had failed a drug test at any time, and regardless of any excuses or reasoning, they were docked six points. Now, obviously, to be a GOAT in any sport, an athlete must win the ultimate prize, a championship, thus for each title won, a fighter earned three points, and for each successful title defense, an additional two points were credited. The longevity of the fighter’s career was also taken into consideration for the GOAT conversation, for each fighting year, a fighter gained one point. Thus, for each overall win in their career, the fighter was awarded two points, for each loss, the fighter lost four points. Then, I needed to create a way to judge the accomplishments of each fighter in a fair/even way. These fighters are Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Demetrious Johnson, Amanda Nunes, Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, George St-Pierre, Daniel Cormier, Jose Aldo, and Henry Cejudo. Thus, I created a Microsoft Excel document with the names of 11 fighters who are generally mentioned in the GOAT conversation. Therefore, I decided to sit down, crunch the numbers, and figure out who is the real GOAT of MMA based on numbers. Now, I follow several MMA-related accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, my feed from Saturday until today was post after post focused on the GOAT debate.
#WMMA 5 USER TALENT POINTS SERIES#
This series of tweets went nuclear across social media as fighters such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Jon Jones, Michael Bisping, Ben Askren, Daniel Cormier, Nate Diaz, and Jorge Masvidal, all bashed the list and career of McGregor. The Notorious replied by saying he loved the skill of Mighty Mouse but noted that he faced limited competition, left the UFC after losing to Henry Cejudo, and lost a 135lb title attempt against Dominick Cruz. Finally, a Twitter user objected to the list by noting that in his opinion without Demetrious “Mighty Mouse “ Johnson, the list was complete nonsense. McGregor replied that Khabib had a fancy record, but a way to go before any GOAT entry, since he had missed several fights and only had one highlight win which was over “me with hangover and broken foot”. Also, McGregor replied to comments from fans, the first was related to where Khabib Nurmagomedov ranked on the list. According to McGregor, this usage of performance-enhancing drugs puts all wins, runs, finishes, and accomplishments in doubt, and thus, makes him the clear-cut No.
The next tweet in the GOAT Thread discussed the rumored PED usage of GSP and the failed drug tests of Anderson Silva and Jon Jones. 3, due to his higher array of finishes, but Jones was criticized for only being the light heavyweight champion, lackluster decision victories, fighting mostly former 185 pound opponents, and avoiding the move to heavyweight. 4 and final fighter listed on the list of MMA GOATs was Jon Jones, who McGregor noted could be tied with GSP at No.
3 MMA GOAT on the list was George St-Pierre due to his championship status at 170 and 185, but McGregor criticized GSP for ducking Silva, winning via questionable decisions, leaving 170 after taking too much damage, taking an easy fight against Michael Bisping, and never re-engaging the 170lb successors. 2 MMA GOAT was McGregor himself he noted his array of finishes across three divisions, the double-champ status, and the fact that unlike Anderson, he is still active, so there will be opportunities to secure the No. However, McGregor did not stop there, in several more tweets, he made a list of the top four MMA fighters of all-time. 1 MMA GOAT due to his array of finishes, activity in two divisions, and status as UFC middleweight champion.
In his first tweet, McGregor listed Anderson Silva as the No.
On Saturday, May 23 rd around 9:30 am, the Notorious Conor McGregor began what he called the GOAT Thread, it was a series of 7 tweets.
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