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Originally Posted by Anthony
Do you understand what best "pound for pound", means? You argue GSP is the greatest P4P, yet throw up a 30lbs weight difference in your post. What exactly is your point? Either he is, or he isn't.
P4P was created because you can't have a Mike Tyson and a Sugar Ray Robinson fight to show who is the better fighter. And you can say the same thing about GSP and Aranha. The body composition alone gives Aranha the upper hand, longer limbs, better leverage, etc. The only reason why DFW wants this is because there is literally no one left for Anderson.
Actually you'd be wrong on the sports writers following this for decades, as this sport isn't even 2 decades old. Hell by best estimates, modern MMA is between 10 to 15 years old. And if you can't supply any other argument on your own merits without having to quote a website, then I fall back to my earlier post, debating out of ignorance.
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I see, you just have problems reading, that's cool.
I never used the 30 pounds as an excuse for the pound for pound argument, I said that it was a factor in GSP accepting a fight with Silva. Go back and read my posts.
While you're going back and reading my posts, notice that I also didn't argue that Silva may not be the best pound for pound fighter. I said that there is an argument to be made for GSP and until Silva rematches Sonnen, there is a sliver of an opening for GSP. If Silva beats Sonnen, he is the best pound for pound fighter of all time without questions. But by your responses so far, that may be a little too nuanced for you to understand.
But yes, I hang around enough people to realize that every guy that trains BJJ in a strip mall storefront assumes he's the foremost expert on all things MMA. Tell you what, you want to be the foremost expert on MMA, go ahead. Anybody taking the time to read this thread can see what I'm saying and it's not that far fetched at all. They will also see that I never once claimed that I was right or that GSP was the best, I simply put forth an argument as to why GSP should still be considered. Personally, I enjoy watching Silva fight more than GSP. I guess you could say I'm a fan of how Silva fights and fan of the way GSP trains.
Anyway, I got into this thread to talk MMA, not argue with you about your expertise or my "ignorance" as you call it. So I'm done here, if you want to make another post and get the last word in, go ahead if it means that much to you to be the "expert".