I don’t understand how Ben Askren isn’t on this list. He was an undefeated multiple time world champion outside of the UFC, and now he’s known by most as the guy that got knocked out by Masvidal in five seconds.

@KaRmaTheSchemer

Жыл бұрын

3, in 3 seconds The fight ended in 5 😂

@GLOBAL-INTIFADA

Жыл бұрын

Good point lol

@noodle_tax

Жыл бұрын

yeah didnt he have a longer win streak than khabib? Its crazy how nobody talks about him as a good fighter

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

cuz his records are BS, take a look at the askren vs sapo fight... askren was getting sprawles as F and the only chance was eye poke

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

@@noodle_tax askren or khabab it's like porc or bacon..

The way Alvarez lost that fight is so unfortunate. He’s had an amazing career with 3 different organizations.

@hugsavage5286

Жыл бұрын

He got T rex arms against mcgregor

@andredillon7685

Жыл бұрын

Only three?

@noodle_tax

Жыл бұрын

hes one of the most underrated (and best) lightweights like chandler, pettis, Frankie Edgar and Henderson

@TheGr8one1022

Жыл бұрын

It is wild, because, when you consider his whole career, he is ranked significantly better than Conor. He's in the top three lightweights of all time with ease, after Khabib and BJ, when you consider the quality, ranking and consistency of his wins over time. People forget that the best lightweight fighters were scattered across multiple promotions during the late 2000s and early 2010s, and Alvarez was successful and the champion in every single one of the relevant promotions. Meanwhile McGregor had one admittedly incredible run at featherweight, then a gifted title shot at lightweight after getting destroyed by gatekeeper Diaz, which he was able to win. That's literally it. He's maybe top 5-7 at Featherweight and not even top 20 at lightweight.

@llongone2

Жыл бұрын

Not talking about earnings, of course, but as of right now, Alvarez has had a better career than McGregor. Eddie has been a title holder in many fight orgs. with many more wins than Conor. Will Conor even fight again?

As a Canadian I am not one bit disappointed with Rory MacDonald. He made us Canadians proud

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

he is a crazy dude, starting career at 16. who else did that ? no american on roid

@cameronevans6427

Жыл бұрын

They should have switched him with Ben Askren

@tysonrdelay

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@chad_b

Жыл бұрын

@@kermitahnenerbe3722 exactly. The fact that he was able to come back and keep fighting at such a high level after such a brutal war like the Lawler fight says enough about his will and determination. Even if he didn't quite become the next gsp like a lot of people hoped he still made me damn proud to call him a Canadian

@dannyknightblade4592

Жыл бұрын

I'm American, but I'm proud of Rory MacDonald's great efforts in his truly impressive career.

It's crazy to me how the losses to TJ completely discredited baraos carreer entirely in the eyes of most fans at the time

@JoshyManTheGreat

Жыл бұрын

They should put a peak baraos in ufc4

@KyeClique

Жыл бұрын

Well, it was the losses were coming after the ‘stoppage’ win vs wineland. Most viewed it as a paper belt as dom was injured. Just immaculate timing and pairing it with never winning a fight again.

@KyeClique

Жыл бұрын

The dancing after his wins, while VERY commons among Brazilian fighters, was viewed as showboat-y by American fans.

@kaic-m2865

Жыл бұрын

its a shame i do think hes incredibly underrated

@p_ttown1979

Жыл бұрын

he sadly never picked up that much momentum afterwards

Really surprised Nate VS Mcgregor 1 wasn't on this list? Dana literally went from saying "Diaz doesn't move the needle" to outright admitting later "he's a needle-mover now." He went from like, what, 40 and 40 fighting Michael Johnson on the prelims to headlining multiple PPVs? He became an instant star and one of the most recognisable figures in MMA.

@Batman-iu2iv

Жыл бұрын

Great point about being an upset. Although I think the whole needle mover thing is Dana not recognizing the star power of the Diaz brothers. Just look at what USADA did to Nick. The Diaz brothers have been legends the whole time but Dana will only entertain yes men. Edit: I was manager at a Coral at the time and I remember telling all my good customers to bet on Diaz via sub @ 6/1. I told them Conor only loses on the ground and Nate is a wizzard. I still remember the feeling when they all came in to collect the bets.

Rip Stephen Bonnar what a badass warrior

@yungaquafresh2183

Жыл бұрын

The American Psycho

That Conor cocaine cut was incredible

As a Canadian I can say that even tho Rory never became a ufc champion he is still a hero to us Mma fans here

Anthony Pettis jumping off the fence kick. That defined him.

Weirdly enough my main memory of Eddie is him coming back to utterly brutalise a young Gaethje in his next fight.

@randallross420

Жыл бұрын

Mine is him beating up some actor on Bully Beatdown

@noodle_tax

Жыл бұрын

His fights with Gaethje and Dustin are were instant classics

@balkanboi06

Жыл бұрын

He showed heart and a Great War in Bare Knuckle recently with Mendes so I thought that was a sick memory. He got the Dub in the end and Chad retired.

@swifty123

Жыл бұрын

Those fights with Gaethje and Porier were incredible

@planetz5953

Жыл бұрын

U mean assaulted that fight was absolutely gruesome

This video needs a sequel

Good Lord it's weird seeing Bisping with both eyes

Askren and Masvidal. Both careers defined by that one moment

@onurhayr1937

Жыл бұрын

That should have been on the list

@thebreeze1325

Жыл бұрын

Nah. That’s recency bias. Both of them had well defined careers well before that fight. Ben was an Olympian then went on to have a highly respectable MMA career/record. Jorge had fought his way up from the streets and had a respectable record as well.

@carphucker2973

Жыл бұрын

@@thebreeze1325 “recency bias” it fits the criteria dude 😂

@thebreeze1325

Жыл бұрын

@@carphucker2973 Nope.

@stevejames3973

Жыл бұрын

@@thebreeze1325 isnt that the point though? what will they be remembered for?

How did you miss Diaz vs McGregor 1 that made Nate a super star in one fight

@gentlemandemon

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say that fight defined him as much as it got eyeballs on him

@raul350raptor

Жыл бұрын

Nate was a superstar waaay before the Conor fight, that’s the reason the fight was so big.

@fratrickmachomes5263

Жыл бұрын

@@raul350raptor no it’s because he won

@carphucker2973

Жыл бұрын

@@raul350raptor no he wasn’t

@andymontanez56

Жыл бұрын

​@@raul350raptor not true at all. Dude was never even on the main card of a ppv before that fight. Conor made him

Alvarez first fight with Chandler was same night as hendo vs shogun. People in the know got 2 insane fights in 1 night

@harrish619

Жыл бұрын

That day it was all about war

Lawler-RoryMac I think defines both those guys careers.

Miguel Torres and Renan Barao the two fighters with crazy win streaks that everyone forgot about

@SkunkApe407

Жыл бұрын

32% of Barao's wins were decisions. 67% of his losses were decisions. Kinda easy to forget a dude whose fights were left to the judges more often than not.

Lawler v MacDonald may be one of the very few is any fights in MMA that encapsulated both fighters so well

I expected Jose Aldo to top this list for his fight vs Conner.

@Rando1975

Жыл бұрын

I love Aldo, but you're right.

@bettylouchessor2653

Жыл бұрын

I know God bless Jose

heh, the "one thing" was a good reference lol love this channel fr. never stop doing this

I will never get over the TJ “pisketty” skits Tommy used to bless us with!

RIP, Stephan Bonnar

You forgot to mention Holly was a world champion boxer as well.

@drunkenmmamaster419

Жыл бұрын

This channel is casual central

@GLOBAL-INTIFADA

Жыл бұрын

Yeah legit

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

and ? rousey was an olympic level judoka. it's mma isn't it ?

@reececisneros1622

Жыл бұрын

They mentioned her kickboxing accolades and continued on with the topic of the video. As a content creator should. No need for pointless facts.

My lasting memory of Eddie Alvarez is Bully BeatDown.

@edgiebraahhh7280

Жыл бұрын

Same for me with Woodley

@jamespaul6315

Жыл бұрын

@@edgiebraahhh7280 woodley got ktfo by a youtuber 😂

If I had to choose 1 moment that is Michael Bisping as a fighter, it wouldn’t be the Rockhold rematch. It’d be the Silva or Henderson rematch. Pulled it out the fire, got knocked down (multiple times) and still won, didn’t give up.

As Khalid woukd say. "Another one" love you guys been watching since I believe like 2016-17. You guys are great

There are so so many career defining moments in mma that you could have done this as a 2 part video. 1 on the good and 1 on the bad. Still thou, great vid! ❤

At Barao vs Dillashaw I had T.J winning at fifth round, odds were 50 to 1 and when I will never forget the moment I watched it all happen. Beautiful win.

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

off course, if you let TJ rest and not Barao for the last few fights...

Perfect list guys. Keep ‘em coming. 12:40

I will remember Holly for speaking out , more then the head kick. THANK YOU HOLLY !!!!!!!

@harrish619

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean her recent speech against protecting children in the states !?

@floptart5712

Жыл бұрын

I’ll speak for all the kids abused when I say you really got to watch those preachers. Brother.

"I will eat your heart, feast on your family, and then go to Disneyland" has to be on of the funniest trash talks ever.

The Barao fights with TJ is what turned TJ into my favorite fighter. It was a literal work of art watching him there. After those fights I started watching Barao’s older fights (I was too young at the time) and mannn that guy had one of the best peaks I’ve ever seen in the sport. He was him x10

@noodle_tax

Жыл бұрын

yeah he was like jose aldo of bantamweight. Great striking, incredible kicks and crazy takedown defense. Im not surprised that he and Aldo came from the same gym in brasil

@kermitahnenerbe3722

Жыл бұрын

stop smoking gmo, TJ is good and i'm a fan but Barao never had any rest between fights before TJ.. ufc wanted a new rican champ and they choose who

I feel bad for fighters like Chael and Cowboy. They have ultimately become the clippers of LA. They might be good in the reg season/against top tier opponents, but when it comes to the title shot or big profile fight/playoffs, everyone kind of knew that a choke job was incoming

Ferguson vs Gajthe is a defining moment sadly

Great video...Holly Holm is #1 on this list for me. She's a legend but would likely have been irrelevant in the long run if not for that win over Ronda.

I just watched McGregor vs. Alvarez last night. Great timing!

You also have to give Bisping the EXTRA CREDIT for doing it with only ONE 👁️ . That's right he was blind in his right eye when he won the Belt . You're a SAVAGE BISPING !!! One of the GRATES and hands down one of my top 3 Favorite fighters of all time .

Can we get a “10 careers changed by Jon Jones just being in the UFC”? Or “what might the ufc look like if Jon Jones never chose mma”

@shajirislamuddin-caycho6659

Жыл бұрын

Before he won, the lhw belt was a hot potato where people could barely defend it more then once or twice.

Holly was one late punch away from a second belt too

5:55....nice throwback to this fight. I remember watching it live Back in those days, the hidden gem for MMA was HDNet / AxsTv. They used to show Inside MMA with Bas Rutten & Kenny Rice, an hour long MMA news program every Friday night. Then they would show an MMA event from some smaller promotion, and basically every major overseas promotion For non-UFC content, HDNet was amazing. They would air all the Dream, Sengoku, MFC & TKO (from Canada) and even K1 kickboxing events, always live as well

Just enjoy your videos great work keep it up ✌️

Happy almost birthday Luke it’s cool we were born same day and same year!

@CoolToMe_

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy bday to you too!

I think a part 2 would be amazing

"Snake Boy." that was a good one...!

hahaha featherweight Tom Aspinall... now THAT'S on point 🤣

You scaredtf out of me with that dillashaw barao scare

Recognizing that he's had a long & storied career, I would argue that Nate Diaz belongs on this list for his submission of the Notorious, at a time when Nate was the only one in the building who wasn't surprised by than outcome.

I don’t care much for McGregor. But the Conor that showed up that night to fight Alvarez was something special. One of the single best MMA performances we’ve ever watched.

I’m excepting Yan vs Sterling on here because after the knee it was all downhill from there for Yan

I would argue that Bisping's defining fight was the one with Silva - it showed his grit and determination in the face of harsh and unfair circumstances

@kenobi639

Жыл бұрын

Absolute masterclass performance by Bisping. And his post fight interview! Literally in tears.

@psolo3

Жыл бұрын

biggest fight of his career, I'd agree, but everyone will always remember the rockhold knockout

@takesfromjake3769

Жыл бұрын

I understand the argument that he didn’t fight the best version of Anderson Silva, but I agree with you. Beating a former longtime champion is the exact moment Bisping turned the corner.

@AngryJT

Жыл бұрын

It was Hendo's Hbomb.

Matt’s win over GSP only showed bro was literally a one hit wonder 💀💀💀😂💯

I feel like people forget that the first couple rounds of McDonald vs Lawler were so boring the crowd was literally booing lol. The rest of the rounds were a totally different story.

@BiggieTrismegistus

8 ай бұрын

I rewatched that fight recently and you're absolutely right. During round two I checked to see if I was watching the right contest. I'd completely forgotten how dull it was at first.

When I think of Chaels fights with Anderson I think of how he dominated the spider and with a very clever move forfeited the last round to go 4-1 and then willingly gave a rematch to go 2-0 with the spider. Greatness

Nice, let's go!

Lolol I died at that coca*ne reference at 2:31

4:55 even worse, that winnover Keith Jardine was highly controversial too. Keith won that fight by all intents too. Bonnar was a tough as nails guy and sadly it clearly began to take it's toll on his pysche late in his career.

Not only proved Jones was human but won the first fight.

1:17 is me! Lol. I took that video after Weidman K.O.'d Silva and the UFC used it for their promotion.

Think if you guys want to show respect to fighters from the kisses to to folks like McGregor is make top 10 videos on fights outside the UFC. Helps get casuals more exposed to other organizations and appreciate the kind of Aldo and Eddie

How the hell is Masvidal not here that flying knee made his entire career

Good list. Good around!

the cut to an old lady after holly’s introduction was crazy

Real mma fans know Eddie's legacy was and still is defined by those wars with Chandler. Mma media will always try and tell you different but they're about numbers and conor brings numbers

@EmmeryMyers

10 ай бұрын

Truth

This has to be a multiple-parter because there’s definitely way more that could be talked about. My pick would be Joanna vs. Rose. Joanna was a killer. Undefeated and never really looked threatened. She was the Boogeywoman and for damn good reason. But once Rose put her out in MSG, she never fully recovered. Only two more wins in the rest of her career. Sure, she had some great performances in some of those losses but her aura of dominance and invincibility was was completely shattered by Namajunes.

someone said that you guys are the watchmojo of mma and i can't look at this channel the same

Beating Stipe Miocic really did wonders for DC. It helped stepped out of the shadow of Jon Jones. It put him into the good gracious of the community at a time he was called a fraud. It would cement his legacy as one of the best to step into the cage. And it led up to him being the the first man to defend the LHW and the HW titles at the same time.

2:53 .....so are we not gonna talk about that? 😂

Holy shit that Disneyland quote from Ruthless hahahaha

Sandwich joke mad me laugh out loud lol

2:30 damn dude lol 😆

2:30 made me miss 2008-2012 so much.

On the subject of Eddie Alvarez, why does no one talk about his fight with Justin Gaethje? That was such an amazing fight with an amazing ending. Can we please see a "top 10 ufc fights no one talks about?" That would be my top pick but I'm a filthy casual so idk

@Gbari7

Жыл бұрын

That’s a tough video to make. There are just too many fights in this category to drill down to 10 fights.

I'm surprised there isn't a movie about Matt Serra's story in the works. If there is and I am living under a rock, I'd like to know.

Petr Yan DQ loss to Sterling seems fitting in this list

Thanks for the masters of the universe reference

Had this video came out a year ago , Leon Edwards would have been on the list for the fight against Diaz from that 5th round , thankfully he had that moment against Usman which is gonna be number 1 on the sequel of this video.

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

Leon proved he was no one-hit wonder in the rematch as well. I hope he beats Colby if they fight later this year.

@madextreme2682

Жыл бұрын

@@madgavin7568 Same just for the fact that Colby doesn't deserve it , but if Colby wins it's also good cuz the UFC has another big star as champ which is good.

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@madextreme2682 Problem is Colby would be a terrible champion. He wouldn't fight Belal, let alone Shavkat, he'd cherry-pick the winner of Poirier vs Gaethje or Chandler vs McGregor (if that happens) as his first title defense and the sad thing is the UFC will probably let him getaway with it. Welterweight would end up like Middleweight after Bisping.

@madextreme2682

Жыл бұрын

@@madgavin7568 True now that you mention it I'm quite worried , so it's either the division would have an active champion who doesn't have the most starpower or star champion who barely fights once a year, and to me I'd take the first any day of the week cuz I'm not a UFC executive I'm a fan and I don't care about stars I care about fights , I don't care if no human being knows who Shavkat is ,he's statistically the most exciting fighter in this division out of all the contenders .

@madgavin7568

Жыл бұрын

@@madextreme2682 Leon needs to win to keep this division moving. After seeing his performance against Usman in the trilogy, I don't feel Colby winning the title is an inevitability.

What ethnicy is the best at MMA ?

Anything on ring girls next 😂

Bisping will always be the loud mouth brit who got flatlined by Hendo at UFC 100. Gonzaga the man who head kicked Cro Cop. Dos Santos first round overhand on Cain on Fox network debut.

Chael said I'm going to put my forehead into his chest, take him to the ground and drop bombs on him for 5 rds. Then he did it. Even Joe Rogan asked between 4-5 is it too early for Chael to take a victory lap? Then the unthinkable happened.

@toyotaecw

Жыл бұрын

The unthinkable… a gracious, considerate man like Chael who fought his way up from the gutters of West Lynn, Oregon, passed the torch to another man so that he too could elevate himself from the poverty stricken nation of Brazil. With his decision to tap, Chael allowed Silva to finally earn enough money to buy the Nogueira brothers an actual donkey to feed carrots to rather than a bud. Chael P. Sonnen, the P stands I can’t let you get close, undefeated, undisputed, never lost a round, greatest of all time.

I thought for sure you’d mention Hamill vs jones

the first thing that comes to mind with Bisping its Hendos Hbomb

Gaethje v Johnson should be on the list. Encompasses literary his entire ufc career

those punches at 6:48 looked so slow lol

Cheal i can't let you get close is what he is known for 😂😂

@declamatory

Жыл бұрын

*Chael

Gus won that 1st one. Frankly, I think a loss would have been good for Jon at the time.

The only time chael gets to be #1 lol. Dude is defined by losing for sure

Luke Taylor NB reveal? Respect

I would like a list that's focus on One championship. Whatever you guys wanted to be because not everything has to revolve around the UFC. Especially after they had that show in Colorado.

Rory and Robbie gave everything they had in that fight and niether were quite the same after it.

McGregor lit Alverez up!😂 Bisping vs Silva was Bisping's best fight

What the hell happened to Caposa’s corner? Been waiting for those to show back up.

Westland, Oregon?

For me, Eddie’s fight with Hansen will always be his defining moment. Dream was no Pride , but during that brief period Dream was damn close to being as good as Pride and so much of it had to do with that fight

i think the war with joachim hansen is the defining moment of eddies career tbh

Bruh Ben Askren has gotta be at least in the top 3 here. Guy goes undefeated for years at 19-0, seen as the undisputed 170 GOAT outside of the UFC and a big what if on if he could’ve beaten GSP. All of that just to be best known as the guy who got KO’d by Jorge Masvidal’s cuban missile in 5 seconds lol.

Who else noticed the GMM clip at 1:20

Im a huge fan of the American Gangster #1 Chael Sonnen has by far the best talk of anyone in the game

It breaks my heart to watch footage of stephen bonnar in the early days, before he became that seriously fucked up addict. You kinda forget he was such a likeable guy.

How much did Bisping pay you to choose his win over rockhold as his defining moment when it’s clearly him getting knocked out by Dan Henderson.