The most overrated fighter in mma

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  1. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Except for the corpses he made out of Mezger and Overeem. Liddell was not overrated then, and Rampage is not overrated now. The picture at 205 is pretty unclear and Rampage is right in the top few guys.
     
  2. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How is Frank Mir overatted cause people pick him to beat Lesnar ? He already beat Lesnar just a year ago and his striking has improved since then.
     
  3. chimba

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    Mir is not that good, therefore hes not overrated. I was merely stating that those who say hes the most overrated are the same people picking him to be UFC champ.

    UFC Champ is not overrated

    BTW unless Brock gets into Mirs guard again, Mirs gonna have a hell of a time
     
  4. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well lets see hes been the UFC Champ and never lost the belt now hes the interm Champ and already beat the offical Champ 9 months before that man became Champ and Mir also beat the hell out of the 1st ever Pride Champ. As far as the fight goes I got Mir hes just gotta worry about Lesnars heavy hands but Mir from what ive seen is a more complete striker and should be able to outstrike Lesnar and if the fight goes to the ground its pretty much a matter of time before the very agile Mir regains guard. Mir was earning his Blackbelt while Brock was getting speared by Bill Goldberg at Wrestlemania there JiuJitsu skills are so many levels apart from each other.
     
  5. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    :lol:, Nog was slow as molasses in that fight and seemed punch drunk. Im still not conviced if Mirs totally back. I had thought that the game has left him behind, especially when Vera dismantled him.

    I guess we will see. Im assuming Brock is working his game very diligently as well. The man is an incredible talent
     
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    Hardly the most overrated, but I can still hear Joe Rogan yelling "HOUSTON ALEXANDER IS FOR REAL!".
     
  7. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Vitor Belfort is very talented and his only loss were against top MMA fighters like Liddell-Couture-Ortiz-Henderson-sakuraba-Overeem. I mean those guys are pretty good plus overeem is a heavyweight.
     
  8. theunderdog

    theunderdog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i dont think tim is overrated because he is not highly ranked at all. everyone knows that he is just a really big dude who cant fight a bit.
     
  9. MaliSlamusrex

    MaliSlamusrex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Belfort is going to dominate like he should have done 5 years ago, he's looking good atm.

     
  10. MaliSlamusrex

    MaliSlamusrex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you can't really say he was overated, it was just at the time no one knew BJJ, and because he did he won his fights.

     
  11. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think he is that overrated, he is what he is. He is a difficult style matchup, with a solid resume.
     
  12. Sweet Pea

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    Right, wrong, right.
     
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    I think Liddell was overrated. True he was a dominant champion in his day but his flaws were clear and so obvious. He was a good stylistic matchup for all the grapplers he faced but his striking skills are basic and loopy.
     
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    Henderson, Igor, Bustamante.. meh, you are clueless.
     
  15. brandon9624

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    Even before Liddell was champ he was cleaning out the division. Randleman, Bustamante, Belfort, Suluev. Look at Randy Couture and Ortiz, Liddell destroyed them both, who else has done that? As for strickers go, Belfort's got some of the quickest hands in the game and Liddell nearly knocked him out.