Jim Miller worthy of UFC Corridor of Fame? Jon Anik provides his take

Jon Anik thinks Jim Miller deserves to be acknowledged for his record-setting longevity, however isn’t positive in regards to the UFC Corridor of Fame.

Miller (38-18 MMA, 27-17 UFC) is the UFC’s all-time chief in wins. He prolonged his streak after submitting Damon Jackson within the first spherical lower than two weeks in the past at UFC 309.

Miller’s 19 stoppage wins in UFC competitors are second-most in firm historical past behind Charles Oliveira (20). The 41-year-old remains to be trucking, and Anik has no concern seeing him within the UFC Corridor of Fame – so long as he’s in a distinct class.

“It’s fairly easy, proper? I’ve hosted the UFC Corridor of Fame induction ceremony for 12 or 13 years, however the Corridor of Fame is a bit of bit clunky,” Anik informed MMA Junkie Radio. “Not solely is there no voting physique, however the Corridor of Fame is comprised of 4 separate distinctive wings. So there are a whole lot of alternative ways to get into the Corridor of Fame.

“Robbie Lawler proper now’s within the Corridor of Fame for a battle through which he took half. My thesis assertion largely dovetails with Daniel Cormier’s that Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and Jim Miller might be Corridor of Famers if they’re in a distinct wing than Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov.”

Daniel Cormier argued that neither Miller or Donald Cerrone ought to be within the UFC Corridor of Fame, and Anik sees the place his fellow commentator is coming from.

“The Best Of All Time fighters, the Mount Rushmore fighters – Demetrious Johnson, Georges St-Pierre, Jon Jones – shouldn’t be in the identical wing with fighters who’ve longevity-type data,” Anik mentioned.

“Now, Jim Miller is the all-time wins chief. Donald Cerrone did superb issues. Charles Oliveira did a whole lot of the issues that Jim Miller and Donald Cerrone did, however he additionally gained the game’s final prize. Donald Cerrone had an extended successful streak than Jim Miller did. He not less than competed for the undisputed championship. Each case is exclusive. I want to see or not it’s a broad voting physique that determines these items.”