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The other day, former two division champion Conor McGregor took to twitter to give his view on the GOAT conversation. Pretty much ranking himself joint 1st with Anderson Silva and explaining how Georges St. Pierre and Jon Jones followed. Of course this sparked debate throughout the entire MMA community, so why not come up with our own lists? Myself and friends of the podcast Reemz and Ivan put this together to give you all an idea of out top 10 P4P MMA artists of all time. Let us know what you think! Reemz Top 10 all time P4P My criteria takes into consideration things such as; peak level of performance, martial arts skillset, fight IQ, quality of opponent beaten, championship pedigree, longevity and influence and legacy. 10 - Conor McGregor Conor McGregor makes this list for a multitude of reasons, firstly he is one of the most gifted natural strikers of all time, he’s an expert boxer showing amazing proficiency in boxing going backwards and well as counter striking with his...

I've never been more excited about anything combat sport related in my entire life. We're literally looking at one of the deepest cards in MMA history. With 9 fights on the Prelims and Main Card, 8 of those 18 fighters have fought for or held a UFC title. We also have maybe the best pure boxer at 145 (Kattar) and a genuine all time great 185er (Jacre) even if he is dwindling. It's also a card that comes with title implications in the company's two best divisions (155 and 135). I'll be having a look at just the main event in this piece though. (Having said that. My dark horse on the card is Calvin Kattar vs Jeremy Stephens. Those who plan to tune into UFC 249, watch out for that one) Not the original plan Khabib vs Ferguson was scheduled and cancelled for the 5th earlier this year. We all know why so I won't get into that. Who knows though, maybe it was a blessing in disguise? As much as I love Khabib, stylistically Gaethje is a more exciting opponen...