It's crazy how on another level UFC fighters are

Compared to other promotions. Not bashing Tito by any means but he got worked in the end of his ufc run but would still destroy 90% of bellator lhw's. Phone Post 3.0

Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

has tito fought a Bellator lhw yet?

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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.



Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0

I know he just fought a middleweight, but u can't ignore all the years of experience and top lvl training he's got compared to these bellator guys u know Phone Post 3.0

Woodley.

Lol. My ass. The UFC has most of the best fighters, but a UFC guy isn't automatically better than a Bellator guy just because he fights in the UFC. There are plenty of Bellator guys that would do fine in the UFC. Phone Post 3.0

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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.


The UFC didnt buy Strikeforce out because they had duds or because they wanted a second promotion. They went after a treasure trove of the best fighters in the world. Strikeforce had trouble holding on to good fighters and there was always the possibility of bleeding out great fighters to Bellator which at the time was coming up and aggressively going after available fighters.

Now the UFC has the best and only has one competitor who has mostly "b" level fighters, with a few exceptions.

Huningtonbbb - I know he just fought a middleweight, but u can't ignore all the years of experience and top lvl training he's got compared to these bellator guys u know Phone Post 3.0


agreed but I think his body might breakdown during a 3 round fight with a legit lhw. although I doubt he ends up matched against a Bellator guy next it's probably gonna be Rampage if anyone.

Huningtonbbb - I know he just fought a middleweight, but u can't ignore all the years of experience and top lvl training he's got compared to these bellator guys u know Phone Post 3.0
Gil, Diaz, Henderson, Thompson, Werdum, Shields.... all came over from Strikeforce but what about the WEC fighters.


Anyway, dumb thread is dumb. Phone Post 3.0

formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Jacare, Rockhold, Woodley, Melendez, Lawler, Bigfoot, Mein, Noones. Overeem, Mousassi, Kennedy


They're not all undefeated in the UFC but they've all kicked some ass.


 


 


Letibleu - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.


The UFC didnt buy Strikeforce out because they had duds or because they wanted a second promotion. They went after a treasure trove of the best fighters in the world. Strikeforce had trouble holding on to good fighters and there was always the possibility of bleeding out great fighters to Bellator which at the time was coming up and aggressively going after available fighters.

Now the UFC has the best and only has one competitor who has mostly "b" level fighters, with a few exceptions.



I know what you're saying (Strikeforce had a much better roster than Bellator) and I agree. It's down to the bottom of the barrel now but there's still some Bellator guys who could hold their own in the UFC.


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formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Jacare, Rockhold, Woodley, Melendez, Lawler, Bigfoot, Mein, Noones. Overeem, Mousassi, Kennedy


They're not all undefeated in the UFC but they've all kicked some ass.


 


 



Agreed. I hope they all do well, but none will be a bigger name than Cormier. Only legit title contender in my opinion Phone Post 3.0

formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Really? Lets just look at the 1 division of WW. Lawler, Woodley, Lombard, Diaz, and Shields are all in the top 10 of UFC talent. Throw in Askren and that's 6/10 who were/are in rival promotions.

@ formerspook  I think Melendez is definitely a legit title contender as well.

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@ formerspook  I think Melendez is definitely a legit title contender as well.




Against Henderson? No doubt. Pettis? I don't think he makes it out of the first round. I like Gil, just not against the present champ Phone Post 3.0

formerspook -
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formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Jacare, Rockhold, Woodley, Melendez, Lawler, Bigfoot, Mein, Noones. Overeem, Mousassi, Kennedy


They're not all undefeated in the UFC but they've all kicked some ass.


 


 



Agreed. I hope they all do well, but none will be a bigger name than Cormier. Only legit title contender in my opinion Phone Post 3.0
Melendez is already fighting for a title and Rockhold will get a shot next year I think. Phone Post 3.0

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formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Really? Lets just look at the 1 division of WW. Lawler, Woodley, Lombard, Diaz, and Shields are all in the top 10 of UFC talent. Throw in Askren and that's 6/10 who were/are in rival promotions.



bravo.


RampageFitsLikeAGlove - 
formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Really? Lets just look at the 1 division of WW. Lawler, Woodley, Lombard, Diaz, and Shields are all in the top 10 of UFC talent. Throw in Askren and that's 6/10 who were/are in rival promotions.



To be fair Lawler and Diaz were original UFC guys. 

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formerspook - 
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Tell that to all the Strikeforce fighters who have been kicking ass in the UFC.

Outside of Cormier, and kind of Werdum, who are you speaking of? Phone Post 3.0


Really? Lets just look at the 1 division of WW. Lawler, Woodley, Lombard, Diaz, and Shields are all in the top 10 of UFC talent. Throw in Askren and that's 6/10 who were/are in rival promotions.

50% of those you just named were UFC washouts at one point. Lombard will never be a champion. Neither will Woodley. Lawler is the only real contender since Nick is retired. Nick also looked Awful against GSP Phone Post 3.0