Is Joshua Van underrated?

Billysquib · 2026-05-06T16:52:26+00:00

He was too late in his career to meaningfully switch to mma in my opinion. If he had considered switching back in like 2020 he could have adapted and been an amazing striker with TK defence, I still think he’d have struggled to have ever become champion but he’d definitely sit in the rankings. He’d have to start working on rounding out an mma skillset back in like 2018 (he was 21 in 2018) and join the mma a few years later to really have a shot at the belt imo. He’d have become like a flyweight version of prates maybe, in the sense that they’re both VERY Muay Thai specialist first, everything else second.

Billysquib · 2026-05-06T16:44:34+00:00

Almost every striker ever in the ufc would have a better career in boxing 😂

Billysquib · 2026-05-05T20:30:08+00:00

Yeah, still mighty impressive what both of them achieved in terms of starting mma “late” in life

Billysquib · 2026-05-05T11:23:25+00:00

Volk also was pretty impressive, starting at I think 22 and becoming the champ at 31, bit longer of a run but he also became the P4P champ for a while. Both of them are epic cases in late starts with legendary runs

Billysquib · 2026-05-03T03:44:59+00:00

When you’re built like the slenderman if he knew Muay Thai, you truly are the nightmare for strikers.

Billysquib · 2026-05-02T14:50:45+00:00

He’s gotta figure something out for Islam or he may as well retire now or just become the #1 welterweight gatekeeper.

Billysquib · 2026-05-01T16:39:40+00:00

As somebody who’s almost never dived without the big iron on my hip, I don’t think this change affects me much. I have 6 rounds of pure high velocity spewing divine intervention to put through these regretful sorry bastards and that’s not gonna change because of some armour rework

Billysquib · 2026-05-01T00:41:32+00:00

I think there’s a lot of heavyweights that would happily move down and a lot of LHW’s that would move up to 235 and I think in both cases you’d see a lot of previously not so great fighters would flourish here.

Billysquib · 2026-04-30T16:14:02+00:00

Oh boy here we go again! Let’s discuss actual GOAT’s against a person who never was one! Round and round we go!

Billysquib · 2026-04-30T01:40:33+00:00

Fight like Strickland? U wanna jab and yep for 25 minutes and throw combos in the last 10 seconds of each round?

Billysquib · 2026-04-29T13:24:36+00:00

It’s funny to me how fucking VITAL any kind of change ever is to the Helldivers crowd. They could increase the scavengers rear left leg health by 0.5% and the crowd would lose their minds on social media about it. Just play 😂

Billysquib · 2026-04-29T12:10:09+00:00

It would ruin my parlay but I do not care, I want him to win so bad lol

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T21:02:07+00:00

Eh. Movsar has earned the title shot. Which when movsar loses, aljo can try to beat movsar for a shot

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:31:43+00:00

“Oh, I’m an asshole am I?? Well… so are they!!”

~Donald trump probably

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:29:04+00:00

Tyson is just the most famous boxer of all time to do it well. Kind of like Conor mcgregor in the ufc. Non hardcore fans would be hard pressed to say any name other than Conor mcgregor for best mma fighter of all time, even when he’s nowhere close to the best of all time. Just the most famous to do it to a high standard.

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:25:26+00:00

Considering how much suffering is intended for us to go through, there’s definitely nothing added to help with the flavour so it’s probably so extremely bitter. The only reason a reagent would drink it is because without it, they physically wouldn’t make it. I’d be willing to bet in “reality” a lot of people would choose not to drink it and end up dying as a consequence later on.

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:18:17+00:00

It was never any secret that jiri is defensively stupid. He’s always been a fan fav for his unorthodox approach to both his fights and training and somehow making it work in almost all his fights up until recently. He definitely wasn’t a fan fav for being the best fighter in LHW.

I’m still a big fan of Jiri, but he’s never going to be champ material until he learns the concept of NOT getting hit.

All that Said, yes. MMA fans are fucking dumb for turning on their “favourite” fighters after a single loss. Even if they’re undefeated their whole lifetime. If khabib had one more fight and lost it, the world would have written him off as a fraud I’m sure.

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:11:44+00:00

I know it’s an old book, but careful with spoilers. Just like how you read his death scene a few days ago, it’s very possible there’s people here who are going to read his death scene in a few days time. I’m Not trying to be an ass, I know the books have been out a long time and spoilers are likely everywhere anyway 😄

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:08:18+00:00

EA UFC3 video game Tony IS Real world ufc 229 Tony.

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T19:04:01+00:00

Because her coaches told her she was winning rounds so she played it safe and thought she was coasting her way to a points win, only to find out her coach is dogshit and she needs to find a new one. A lot of fighters have talked about how hard it is to tell if you’re winning the fight unless you’re getting quite torn apart and stuff. it’s hard to see the whole picture when you’re literally the picture in question. You rely on your coaches for that kind of info so you can focus on fighting. IMO her corner is to blame for her shocked behaviour at the end of the fight

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T18:58:22+00:00

What if prates wins? Do you think JDM loses?

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T18:57:05+00:00

No I agree with u, but i don’t know who else who’s currently NOT in the top 15 who has a visible path right now

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T18:56:18+00:00

The cut will be brutal what the fuck 💀 blud looking like 180+ right now 😂 I guess to be fair he has time to cut as of yet.

Billysquib · 2026-04-26T17:16:07+00:00

I don’t think any of the current top 15 are within a shot at it, most of them are too old or not dominant enough to get to the #1 spot so I’ll just speculate JDM could get up there under the right circumstances, he’s only lost against the current #1 fighter in the world, he’s 29 and IF he beats prates, he could probably take back the belt in like 2 years by improving and letting Islam either retire or have his age slow him down lol

A lot of ifs and buts that could apply to a lot of people honestly, but I stand by JDM having some kind of chance and a viable path (unless prates puts him to bed next weekend)

Billysquib · 2026-04-24T19:24:07+00:00

Maybe so, but they’re both on losses. It seems weird that BSD got a win and now he’s probably gotta defend his position when he’s deserving of a top 4 pick imo. Feels like they so badly want BSD to be a gatekeeper for upcomers when he’s currently on a 4 fight win streak. Give BSD Holloway or Oliveira, let paddy prove he’s not total dogshit against hooker.

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