Glover Teixeira is the champ now

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Re: Glover Teixeira is the champ now

Postby Masato » Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:11 pm

Luigi wrote:
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Luigi wrote:Oldest lineal champion ever. When Randy was UFC champion Fedor was the lineal champion.


hmm? How does this work?

The first time we ever had a clear undisputed best HW MMA fighter was when Mark Coleman won the 2000 Pride GP. From there it went to Nogeira, and from there to Fedor, who didnt lose it until he fought Werdum.


So that 'linear' line started with Mark Coleman 2000?

I can dig that

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Postby Masato » Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:12 pm

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Postby Luigi » Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:34 am

It makes sense too, because 90s MMA was essentially an extension of Vale Tudo, which was over 100 years old and had a recognized lineal openweight champion in Rickson Gracie. Rickson was having the occasional MMA fight in the 90s, so you cant really consider Royce, Shamrock, Severn, etc. to be true lineal champions. That all changed when Rickson made it clear he was retired, which happened to be right before the biggest and best HW MMA tournament of all time.
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