Jim Miller has done it all during his MMA career – but admits his dream fight never materialised.
The 40-year-old made his UFC debut in October 2008 and ever since then he’s been testing his skills against the very best lightweights in the sport.
Over the years, he’s squared off against Frankie Edgar, Charles Oliveira, Benson Henderson, Nate Diaz, Donald Cerrone, Dustin Poirier, and Anthony Pettis.
‘A-10’, who holds a UFC record for most fights in the Octagon with 43, has won five of his last six bouts as he continues to wow fans with his longevity.
Miller competed at UFC 100, and UFC 200. Now he’s set to face #14 ranked 155lb fighter Bobby Green at UFC 300 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Besides winning a belt, the father of four has achieved everything he can in the sport and doesn’t have any regrets after leaving it all on the line for close to two decades.
However, he would’ve liked the chance to test himself against retired two-weight UFC champion Georges St-Pierre, who is widely regarded as one of the best fighters of all time.
“I always wanted to fight GSP,” Miller told talkSPORT MMA ahead of UFC 300.
“You know, he’s just an amazing tactician. While his and my fight styles aren’t super similar, just the way he would go into his fight and look to beat his opponent in one area.
“That’s all that he was going to do, one position, one spot. And he’d get the fight there and he’d dominate. I always wondered what that would be with me.
“I know it’s a super difficult fight, but it always intrigued me.”
St-Pierre was the first name to leave Miller’s lips when he was asked to name the four best fighters of all time to create his personal ‘MMA Mount Rushmore’.
He added: “GSP, Anderson [Silva]. Jon Jones has to be on there. For me personally, I think that Fedor [Emelianenko] should be on there as well.
“All those guys had super, amazing runs. It’s really tough because there’s so many fighters from the previous eras that impacted me and are the legends of the sport.
“They built it and inspired me to get into the sport, so I wish there were more than four spots.”
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