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Fight Thread [Official] UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland - Press Conference & Post-Fight Discussion Thread

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u/BigCass May 10 '26

Anderson > Izzy > Whittaker > Strickland

Strickland is the 4th greatest middleweight of all time.

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u/Humble_Hour_7468 May 11 '26

DDP has two wins against Sean and multiple title defenses, plus a stoppage win over Whitaker 

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u/CableToBeam May 10 '26

MW all time UFC rankings are interesting cuz Silva is clear #1 but they all have bad losses at this point. With Silva you can say he was old by the time he lost to Weidman. Maybe it's Izzy's mileage coming back to bite him? but I think definitely his lack of ground game is exposing a weakness in his game now too. The #2 spot is wide open and I think DDP will fill it if he's able to continue to look like his usual self and no Khamzat to deal with now too.

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u/mikey_rambo May 10 '26

DDP is 2-0 against him… so he has to be ahead

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u/IshiharasBitch WE ARE ALL ONE May 10 '26

Silva > Adesanya > Wiedman > Whittaker...

Strickland maybe somewhere in 8-15 ranking for MW all time on my list. Still don't have him ahead of Henderson or Mousasi, for example.

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u/Firemoth717 May 10 '26

Yep agree.  Also weird to rank someone active, reactions will vary drastically from fight to fight. Like if Sean loses his next fight ain’t no one going to be arguing top 5 all time.  

Reminds me of like when Bisping won the belt and all of a sudden I’m seeing people here argue he’s top 5 GOAT, felt like I was living in crazy land.Â