Aldo was a great long reigning champion in a competitive division and has a couple highlight reel wins to his name. But his fights by and large were usually not that interesting to me. His gameplan was very much doing just enough to win rounds convincingly. If his opponent landed 10 strikes, he'd land 11. If the opponent landed 25, he'd land 26. He would match whatever pace his opponent wanted to set and it felt like he was always holding back, like he wasn't looking to overwhelm anyone or really impose his will. He'd give a little better than he got, and as long as he had that little 1-up he wouldn't go out of his way to turn it up an extra notch. It lead to a lot of little-action rounds. I never go out of my way to turn on an Aldo fight in my free time.
Anyone else have an undisputedly all time great type fighter that just does nothing for them?
Khabib. I started watching him on under cards building a name for himself and got what he does. I know exactly what all his fights will look like I get it. He does what he does perfectly for 155 and it works!