When Nurmagomedov ended his career at 29-0 as the lightweight champ, many wondered where he would rank on the GOAT list. He retired undefeated and on top but he only had three title defenses, so some think he shouldn’t belong at the top. Yet, for Georges St-Pierre – who many consider the GOAT – he believes Nurmagomedov has earned that top spot due to the fact he retired undefeated and went out on top.
“He had a perfect career, perfect, he’s on the top. The way I see it when you say greatest of all time you have to wait until their career is over,” St-Pierre said to MMANews about Nurmagomedov. “It’s sad to say but a lot of fighters I feel tend to (tarnish) their legacy a little bit because they hang there too long. For me, the greatest of all time is someone who left behind a great legacy. If you stay too long past your prime in a sport like basketball it’s not too bad. In a sport like full-contact fighting, boxing, MMA, or kickboxing you get punched in the head, it’s very dramatic, and the outcome of a loss is much more serious than it is in another sport.
“We say we play basketball, we play hockey, we play football, but you don’t play fighting,” St-Pierre continued. “Therefore, that is why I’m telling the younger generation, make your money, fight when you are on the top of the food chain when you are at best and your prime, and then exit. Leave it.”
As Georges St-Pierre says, Khabib Nurmagomedov did exactly that as he left the sport on top as the champion. Not many people can leave on top let alone undefeated which is why the Canadian thinks Nurmagomedov is the GOAT right now.
GSP was never a game fighter, never had the heart and if the nuthuggers dont see it now they never will.
The only list that matters is title defenses. Kabob isn’t even in the top ten. He is tied with 3 other people for lightweight title defenses.
| Fighter | Title Defenses |
|---|---|
| Daniel Cormier | 4 |
| Stipe Miocic | 4 |
| Joanna Jedrzejczyk | 5 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 5 |
| Ronda Rousey | 6 |
| Jose Aldo | 6 |
| Georges St-Pierre | 9 |
| Anderson Silva | 10 |
| Jon Jones | 11 |
| Demetrious Johnson | 11 |
Israel Adesanya has a greater claim to goat status than fucking kabob.
The most dominant champion in UFC history but GOAT? His competition turned out to be not as tough as led to believe as indicated by, among other things, the current champion having a second peak after Khabib left and that nobody expected him to be a champion.
Well he did win the title from AL IAQUINTA
LOL
id slap your lips off your faggot face if you said that shit in front of me
I’m not so sure about that.
Khabib. -150
Georges +125
Absolutely not. Not saying khabib is goat, but it ain’t Izzy
The facts about khabib are that he beat a nobody in Al Iaquinta to “win”
He beat two featherweights who didn’t want to cut weight any more in connor and dustin.
And then he beat Justin G which is a good win.
He DID NOT clean out his division like real “goat” contender did or have.
He didn’t fight Chandler, Ferguson or Oliveira.
Marty Usman and Adesanya are running a second lap on clearing out the division.
I know he is not the goat, but he has a better claim than khabib.
He is undefeated in his weight class with 5 title defenses.
How is that not better than undefeated in his weightclass with 3 title defenses.
You’d freeze up and thaw out on a stretcher.
It’s like saying FMW jr is the GOAT.
And plus he can only be greatest at his weight or p4p greatest. Because he would never venture out of 155.
This is just Modest Georges staying in character. Every intelligent person knows you can’t call yourself the GOAT.
Aldo had 7 defenses in the UFC, 2 in the WEC = 9.
Also I don’t think all those are consecutive defenses - not the case that DC had four consecutive defenses right? I think that is a combined Titian between HW and LHW?
Also Khabib’s path to the title was longer than typical but he also left by his own choice at the same time but his dad also passed and he promised his mom he would retire but he keeps on talking a bit too much shit from the sidelines too……
Defenses are one of the major factors but it’s not the only factor.
nobody who thinks gsp is a pussy can fight
if you are game, anytime, any gym, atlanta, it will be recorded and posted here you getting your ass beat by an out of shape 50 year old man
faggot
That makes him the goat son in mma maybe.
You already lost.