Originally posted by: Phase
Date: December 13, 2009 at 02:26 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/p4p-king-after-ufc-107-is.20277/
EdoKaz818 said:
Between Fedor and Bj. Fedor fights huge fighter and cuts now eight and is naturally a LHW. Bj fights at LW and moves around for competition in different weight classes.
GSP cuts 40 pounds and doesnt move weight classes and fights undersized 170's or natural 170's and same with AS. AS doesnt have many notable wins nor does he fight at his real weight.
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Just wondering where you got those weights from? Fedor weighed 232 for his most recent fight. That's 27 lbs above LHW.
GSP stated after the Alves fight that he weighed about 185 lbs, which is 15 above WW, and stated recently he had been gaining muscle and weighed 190ish, which is 20 lbs he's cutting to make 170, not 40. AS is the only fighter that cuts a substantial amount of weight, and even then he's bouncing and dominating between two different weight classes. Speaking of which, GSP not moving up in weight has absolutely no bearing on his status as a fighter.
I don't really think you can pick between Fedor, AS, BJ and GSP at the moment. We really haven't seen Anderson's ground game, and we know his TTD is a low point compared to the rest of these guys, but his striking game is so damn good that it doesn't really matter. I see GSP and BJ as being very similar. I feel that both can dominate everyone in their weight class at every aspect. People rag on GSP and how he "needs to improve his striking", but who, in his current run as champion, has even been competitave on the feet with him? No one.
Fedor is just an amazing athlete who brings a great all around game. Technically, he is the worst striker on this list in my opinion, but he is viciously fast and powerful, and when you combined that with his athleticism, it just "works".
I can't really choose one of these guys to top a P4P list anymore.