To be fair the reason is the 2nd greatest WW of all time is standing in his way. Usman might become GOAT WW eventually.
Khabib had no such adversary to compete with. His claim to fame is Dustin, Justin & Conor who everybody beats these days.
At the time he can say he was No.1.
Usman wasnt champ yet, and Woodley was being a contract bitch and Colby whoops his ass anyway. So at THAT time, he was the best WW and champ.
Funny too, he beat the guy (RDA) the other dude is crying about taking Colby down 4 times for the belt he won.
Side note about RDA, dude is tough to finish. Colby, Usman, Khabib, Ferguson, Edwards, Tibau all couldnt put him away. Yea, Guida, Stephens, & Alvarez did it, but still those better guys counldt get it done.
As far as records go, Iām undefeated against Khabib. Gaethje is 0-1.
Itās over, Justin! I have the high ground!
Itās not that I think that Colby is all that great. Itās that Khabibās legacy has been so greatly inflated as to be comical at this point.
Conor pulled himself straight out of a crack den for fight week & did better than Justin & Dustin.
Canāt argue that. Also won the third, and I, like Dom, thought the tide was turning a little.
Conor sucks though. Colby would beat the piss outta him even more so than Khabib did. Khabib was slowing down. Colby does not slow down. Heād make Conor look so bad
He sucks now. In his prime he didnāt suck. But yeah, Colby would have his number now & then, Iām sure. Bigger plus the enormous gas tank. Bad recipe for Conor.
Not so sure about that Boss.
Heck of a fight though
Yes a guy that fights in the ufc and is still pretty good by most standards sucks lol come on guys
Shit cracks me up bro .
Itās ok to admit you just simply hate Colby as a human being lol but you canāt deny his talent
We all hate JBJ but we all admit heās one of the Goats
Iāll give credit whereās itās due . Colby is very good . One thing Iāll never do is discredit a fighter who has obviously accomplished alot .
He is probably in the top ten of best WWs ever.
That is as far as I would go with it.
Colbyās biggest wins are against Maia, washed up Woodley, and a checked-out Lawler, heās likely somewhere in the 20s.
1 GSP
2 Usman
3 Hughes
4 Lawler
5 Hendrix
6 Fitch
7Shields
8Miletich
9 Lima
10 McDonald
11 Woodley
12 Conduit
13 Kapman
14 Askren
15 Diaz
Thatās an awful awful list
As far a greatest in the sport maybe, but Colby beats all of them except the top 2.
and Colbyās not done yet either.
He sucks now comparatively to his prime lol. He doesnāt suck.