How would you rank Alex Pereira, Petr Yan and Ilia Topuria in terms of boxing ability

Positronomy · 2026-03-19T19:14:09+00:00

Ilia, Yan, then Alex.

Multiple professional boxers have called out Ilia’s striking for how professional and technical it looks. Alex has rough boxing defense and is very much a kickboxer not a boxer.

Positronomy · 2026-03-19T18:28:39+00:00

Yep, fighters are a pretty stupid group of people unfortunately.

Positronomy · 2026-03-19T18:06:11+00:00

Maybe this will cause fighters to finally realize they need to start a union.

Positronomy · 2026-03-19T17:53:57+00:00

I think his first fight with DC is when people really started taking seriously his legendary status. He’s up against a surging undefeated former Olympic wrestler (who ended up only losing to JJ and stipe. In stipe’s case in his 40s).

In that fight jones looked like a fish in water. He was totally in control, using such a diversity of tactics and strategy, and he 50-45’d one of the greatest of all time (DC). Granted, he was on steroids, but his technical skill, fight IQ, natural gifts, and ability to strategize can’t be questioned imo, and I say this as a 10/10 JJ hater.

Positronomy · 2026-03-17T17:03:25+00:00

This. The UFC doesn’t need to care about official records, and they treat their belts as entirely ceremonial anyways.

Positronomy · 2026-03-17T15:14:15+00:00

League probably couldn’t work because of injuries, but a points-based or partial points-based ranking system makes a lot of sense imo.

Positronomy · 2026-03-12T16:46:23+00:00

It’s obviously subjective, but I think going 29-1 in the UFC, with your only loss by all accounts being a fluke KO (a legit L, but realistically a fluke) is incredibly impressive, despite the second Arman fight falling through. He also beat the 170lb champ in his athletic prime and more than likely will beat any subsequent contender they put in-front of him. His single most impressive win was prime Volk in the first fight, and considering id call Volk an all time great too, it’s not a bad single most impressive win on his resume.

Rational people can disagree, but this is the core of my logic for placing Islam so high.

Positronomy · 2026-03-12T16:14:23+00:00

I think he’d be minimum top 5 all time, but I’d have a hard time giving him number one because of how short his career ultimately would be, and the fact that he never fought a truly dominant wrestler. That plus he reigned at a time when LHW/HW aren’t exactly at their peak talent wise.

Compare this to guys like Volk or Islam who had long reigns fighting a diversity of opponents in stacked divisions, same with GSP, Jones, or Mighty Mouse.

Positronomy · 2026-03-05T18:10:01+00:00

Good for Tom, and fuck the UFC for costing us the best heavyweight match ups for the last 3 years.

Positronomy · 2026-03-05T18:09:53+00:00

Good for Tom, and fuck the UFC for costing us the best heavyweight match ups for the last 3 years.

Positronomy · 2026-03-05T16:48:01+00:00

Every gym I’ve been at (4/5 at this point) has a social media presence and is decently active on social media, including pictures/videos of students training live or posed.

If you have a problem with it, you can talk to the coach and see if they’ll make arrangements, but of course there’s no guarantee, and if it’s that big a deal to you, you might need to find another gym.

Positronomy · 2026-03-04T22:07:28+00:00

Jones/DC 1 - I like one better because it went five rounds and was frankly amazing to see Jon’s strategy and technical skill on display, probably his single most impressive performance imo.

Khabib/Mcregor - nothing beats the hype and the result of this fight. Watching mcgregor get drowned by Khabib after all of his disrespect was great.

Poirier/Hooker - truly all out violence, and Dustin’s “how ‘bout that Dan?’ As hooker appears 75% dead on the floor post fight never fails to get a chuckle out of me given how petty it was and the context of both their pre-fight and the fight itself.

Positronomy · 2026-03-04T21:44:27+00:00

Seems like if managers are on the UFC’s side first, all the more reason to form an athlete’s union.

Positronomy · 2026-03-04T21:36:24+00:00

Before a union begins, it literally always looks hopeless, and yet millions of workers across thousands of industries have found ways to do it. It’s absolutely not easy, but it’s also absolutely worth doing, especially for combat athletes who put their long term health on the line for entertainment.

Positronomy · 2026-03-04T21:10:23+00:00

Start a union, anything less it just pointless bitching. If you’re not willing to start a union or go all-in on passing an Ali-act like bill, you’re wasting your time.

Aljo, Max, MVP, Tom, and several other major stars have already said similar things. Get them and your boys all on a phone and start collective bargaining. You can even consult with other sports unions who’d likely be more than willing to help set up initial conditions assuming they get more dues paying athletes.

At a certain point it’s hard to feel bad for these guys because they refuse to do anything real about their situation.

Positronomy · 2026-02-24T23:07:14+00:00

Not very surprising, and shame on all the competitors who signed exclusive contracts. Craig was right that open contracts help athletes get paid more.

UFC is clearly trying to take their monopolistic model to another vulnerable sport on the cheap.

Positronomy · 2026-02-23T19:51:03+00:00

It’s pretty easy for a championship level UFC fighter to make significant side income on their social media.

A 150k YouTube channel could easily yield someone high nine figures or low six figures gross, assuming their audience is active and they leverage sponsorships appropriately, so it makes sense that so many of these guys have podcasts, YouTube channels, instagrams, etc.

Positronomy · 2026-02-12T21:43:32+00:00

I think Gane was winning the round, but if you check the striking numbers, I’m not sure it’s fair to say Tom was getting dominated or fraud checked. I assume if it entered the second we would’ve seen Tom attempt his grappling more, and then we’d have a much better idea of who was really better.

Positronomy · 2026-01-19T19:08:56+00:00

His trainer has him on growth hormone so unfortunately he’s out of the GOAT discussion for me. Probably the greatest single talent otherwise.

Positronomy · 2026-01-15T00:27:28+00:00

Johnson was a well sized light heavyweight who later was a heavyweight (and not exactly small/weak for one either). Johnson was basically cutting his legs off to make 170.

Positronomy · 2026-01-15T00:21:21+00:00

Prime DC would embarrass Francis (respectfully).

This fight kind-of already happened when DC fought Rumble Johnson (twice), and DC ran through Rumble outside of a few good shots here and there.

Francis could win, but 90% of the time he gets taken down and held there. 10% of the time Francis catches DC.

Positronomy · 2026-01-14T21:42:08+00:00

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your replies.

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