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To preface this is obviously hindsight and if he won we have no clue whether he would've kept up that same winning streak or if he would grow into the same fighter he did, etc. Also, GSP was generally winning the round up until that submission, and we saw what he did to Matt Hughes in the rematches, so I'm making the case that there's a good chance he would have won the whole fight if he survived it.

Anyhow, The Important Part. GSP would've added the following to his resume:

- Youngest Champion (beats Jon Jones by 3 months, so Jon Jones wouldn't be the youngest champion stripping from that goat debate a little)

- Starting his champion run earlier: hypothetically an extra 3-5 title defenses in those 3ish years

- He would have a 21-1 record in the UFC and 27-1 in MMA (with the hypothetical extra title defense this would hypothetically be more)

- Longer continuous championship reign

- Essentially would've had a buffed up Jon Jones resume without the dirtiness or PED use, and instead being one of the cleanest fighters of all time.

I don't think there's ever a world where this hypothetical GSP isn't the GOAT over Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, etc. I'm up to debate and please don't attack me because I know this is all hypothetical and relies on assumptions! Hypothetical, Hypothetical, Hypothetical

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