The Best & Worst UFC Performances of 2023
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In this video I discuss the best and worst UFC performances of 2023. I also rank them using a tier list system. I bring up fights like Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 2, Sean Strickland vs Israel Adesanya, Khamzat Chimaev vs Kamaru Usman, Sean O'Malley vs Aljamain Sterling, Ilia Topuria vs Josh Emmett, Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington & Many More. Let me know what you think in the comments.
#ufc #mma
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:33 Belal Decisions Gilbert Burns
1:29 Volkanovski Beating Yair Rodriguez
2:35 Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan
3:55 Jared Cannonier vs Marvin Vettori
4:59 Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington
6:28 Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 3
9:03 Jamahal Hill vs Glover Teixeira
10:42 Benoit Saint Denis vs Thiago Moises
12:27 Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 2
14:29 Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Moreno 2
15:49 Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval 2
18:08 Khamzat Chimaev vs Kamaru Usman
20:16 Cory Sandhagen vs Rob Font
21:25 Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis
22:27 Edson Barboza vs Sodiq Yusuff
24:45 Sean Strickland vs Israel Adesanya
25:53 Cory Sandhagen vs Marlon Vera
27:53 Sean O'Malley vs Aljamain Sterling
29:13 Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo
30:10 Ilia Topuria vs Josh Emmett
31:40 Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
34:20 Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane
36:24 Dricus Du Plessis vs Robert Whittaker
38:17 Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka
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From “There’s not a man in history past or present who can beat Aspinall” to forgetting him in the awards show and best performances of 2023 tier list
@blakenilsen9852
5 ай бұрын
I wouldnt say he had the performance of the year though to be fair. This year has been crazy even for mma
@Asiyah2000
5 ай бұрын
The most lucas thing 😂😂😂 he is has no blame he is lucas tracy 😂
@BlaineHenryTFL
5 ай бұрын
We can’t discount a two weeks notice Pav
@yeyeyeyeye222
5 ай бұрын
@@blakenilsen9852That’s besides the point: Aspinall’s performance wasn’t even included, period. Lol
@pflges1117
5 ай бұрын
@@BlaineHenryTFLPavlovich was in camp getting ready being the backup for Jones vs Stipe. Aspinall was the one who came in on 2 weeks notice.
Best MMA Content Creator Of The Year: LucasTracyMMA by unanimous decision
@3battle
5 ай бұрын
Lol no, MMA guru clears
@scotscottscottt
5 ай бұрын
I scored it 48-47 MMA Joey
@Dat4valveGuy
5 ай бұрын
Mighty Gaming goat of the sport and on YT
@Dahn.Baern.
5 ай бұрын
@@3battleguru has started pandering a little bit with his newfound KZread fame. I hoped it wouldn’t happen but thought it might
@Atlas92936
5 ай бұрын
@@3battlecliche and boring answer it’s all the same everytime
Islam vs Volk 1 was inarguably the fight of the year. Arguably the best fight of last decade from technical aspects. Biggest let down was Gane vs Jones, O Malley vs Sterling and Khamzat vs Usman. Most unexpected yet the fans appeasing one was Strickland vs Adesanya.
@lucastracymma8764
5 ай бұрын
I should’ve put Makhachev volk 1 on here
@ogreface8
5 ай бұрын
If you were rooting for Sean the Aljo fight was awesome!!
@fallasleep9472
5 ай бұрын
One of my favs too
@deren2365
5 ай бұрын
when islam held volk down for 2 staight mins was pretty boring tho but ye rest of the fight was crazy
@typo9434
5 ай бұрын
@@deren2365that was still an epic moment because of the crowd and volk shouting at him
Lucas u get clowned a lot but thanks for the great content this year! You really love the fight game and it shows. Happy holidays and to a great 2024
Dalby's performance against Bonfim and Hill's upset over Glover stand out instantly in my head.
@fallasleep9472
5 ай бұрын
Especially the Dalby one, I doubted the man hard for his age.
@hailacrunch4937
5 ай бұрын
I picked hill almost instantly when the fight was announced. Don't know why people were writing him off. I knew Glover had taken way too much damage in his last fight.
@kingt0295
5 ай бұрын
@@fallasleep9472 Dalby deserves rank 15 rn, he’s on a 4 fight win streak in the company and his record is like 25-4 give the old man a chance to rise up
@Ajayzmma
5 ай бұрын
It wasn’t an upset because hill was the betting favourite heading into the fight
@fallasleep9472
5 ай бұрын
@@kingt0295 Fr, maybe Magny or Chiesa.
Adesanya vs Pereira needs to be mentioned. The odds were technically close but everyone was picking Alex and ppl thought Izzy could only win by Dec.
@infomex3383
5 ай бұрын
he just dislikes adesanya so he's gonna be unfair to him
@Thot-StompaSigma
5 ай бұрын
Expecting Lucas Tracy to be unbiased? Cmon man be realistic💀
@Quickcobalt
5 ай бұрын
Wrong channel if you're looking for izzy praise
@SickSportsTv
5 ай бұрын
wasn’t a good performance tho he was losing until he got the knockout
@infomex3383
5 ай бұрын
@@SickSportsTv you can't be deadass, izzy won round 1 on all 3 scorecards and knocked him out in the 2nd
I like how all the D and F tiers are wet blanket performances except for Belal. He's the only fighter who can get a dominant win in a pure striking contest against a high level opponent and still leave us completely underwhelmed.
@DCshandle
Ай бұрын
It’s aged even worse. Jdm had staph and broken arm and destroyed Gilbert. Belal at peak fought an over trained burns with a shoulder injury and couldn’t even get a tko. Belal sucks
Lucas gets a lot of shit and the guru comparisons are just naturally going to happen since they're in the same lane but I watch Lucas and guru for two completely different reasons and I gotta give Lucas his credit for putting in the work this year
@xax2952
5 ай бұрын
i watch lucas exclusively for his shit tier takes
@bewaremycurse
5 ай бұрын
@@xax2952 I feel like he's recently been making some really outlandish takes but idk it didn't always seem like that
I love how everyone just downplays the significance of Leon’s numerous fouls/cheats which ruined usmans early momentum in the 3rd fight
@kelakogreenaddict1888
5 ай бұрын
It’s karma for usman cheating throughout his career, I guess
@Theblobmma
5 ай бұрын
@@awfullymenacing idk why you and everyone else’s response is to bring up other fights as if that has any merit to this performance. Were looking at this performance in a vacuum so whatever fouls happened in other fights holds zero validity to Leon’s performance on the 3rd fight
@Theblobmma
5 ай бұрын
@@kelakogreenaddict1888 has nothing to do with my point, we’re looking at Leon’s performance in a vacuum and Lucas said it was S tier and I’m simply explaining why that isn’t the case
@kelakogreenaddict1888
5 ай бұрын
@@Theblobmma you have to put down every performance usman cheats in, and every other fighter for that matter. Literally every fighter will grab the cage. At leon didn’t fake a nut shot, like usman did in their 3rd fight, but then thought better than to stop
@Theblobmma
5 ай бұрын
@@awfullymenacing we’re looking strictly at performance so you should, and I see you in other comments defending Leon, be more objective
It’s baffling to me that Tom aspinalls performance against Sergei did not make this list.
Lucas is the hungriest mma KZreadr in the game 🔥
@terrellewilliams2188
5 ай бұрын
The Weasle
@julianjdc5907
5 ай бұрын
And the craftiest vet
@mehal4581
5 ай бұрын
@@terrellewilliams2188 bro the weasle never does fight companions, never does live streams, and uploads less often than Lucas. It’s not even close
@bornmenu
5 ай бұрын
@@terrellewilliams2188hell no,weasle doesn't even watch prelims anymore
@TOPGOYMMA
5 ай бұрын
Mma joey is hungriest
S Tier for Lucas Tracy winning the Atomweight UFC Championship
i used to hate seeing you on tiktok then i checked your youtube and haven’t stopped watching. One of the most entertaining MMA creators on the site keep it up in 2024
I'm surprised Poirier v Gaethje II didn't get mentioned
Bro is the merab of KZreadrs the way he be pumping out content lmao
I really appreciate how you told it like it is and listed the fights that sucked! *It's one thing to list the good fights but to have honest points to why a certain performance was terrible.. That is refreshing. I totally agree on the recent Pantoja fight. I cannot stand how he did 0 ground & pound/submission threat, he seemed gassed. The list goes on. There's so many reasons why certain fights deserve a ton of flack for how disappointing they were. Props. Great video.
Main ones I disagree with are both the Cory ones. Yes the Font stunk but he tore his tricep in half and was effectively one armed for the entire fight. And I also remember a lot of people picking Chito over him before there fight.
@lewisbromilow1731
5 ай бұрын
Also where was Aspinall vs the Russian fridge
@fxrdo
5 ай бұрын
idk why he acknowledged cory got injured badly and then says thats not still an excuse for why the performance was “terrible” lmao. as you said cory was effectively one armed, blame font for still getting dominated and displaying terrible bjj instead.
🤔it's been a longer year than I thought. Some of these fights you named felt like they happened further back than 2023.
Bro would put Izzy in “horrifying performance” if he did what Leon did vs Colby without a doubt
Only thing I disagree with is cory vs font. Cory tore his tricep and did what he had to do
@lucastracymma8764
5 ай бұрын
That’s true but it was still one of the most boring and low action packed fights of the year
@notaboo633
5 ай бұрын
@@lucastracymma8764 what? I loved watching cory lay and pray on font for 25 minutes
@Asiyah2000
5 ай бұрын
@@notaboo633you loved so speak for yourself not everyone tf 🙄
Where was Tom Aspinal’s win over Sergei?
careful there’s a video in between your ads
Anthony Smith vs Johnny Walker was like a nice A tier IMO because Anthony Smith is a dude who is more dangerous as the fight goes on and Walker was known to fade, but Walker showed that while still being a bit flashy early he can tough it out and completely outclassed Anthony in the process
34:42 how was this not expected 😂
Leon made Colby look easy but lost the Championship rounds and spent the last 3.5 minutes on his back with no sign of getting up
@Theblobmma
5 ай бұрын
They ignore this
@BNT_PUMPK1NG-oo4uj
4 ай бұрын
Ik it was a clear cut 48-47 decision, when did he dominate him?@ajax409
@Theblobmma
4 ай бұрын
@@BNT_PUMPK1NG-oo4uj I’m agreeing with the guy on the top, people act like Leon dominated Colby when he just did enough each round to out point Colby, even then you can make a argument for Colby winning 4 and 5
Haven’t watched the video but I bet he’s gonna call Edson Barboza “crafty” 😂😂
Lucas keep this content pushing i watch your videos everyday and i love your content and your consistency keep making these banger vids ❗️ ❤🙏🏼
Bro the seizure on Saturday was pretty crazy! 😳
@goodxd701
5 ай бұрын
I thought he died💀
@kevinrod14
5 ай бұрын
@@goodxd701 fr that’s what I thought too! I was like holy fuck is he having a seizure. Then he’s wobbling & shit after. Nah couldn’t be me! Brave soul he has
I like when people are objective. Keep the good work.. hope the channel get more famous
Bro really had to show Josh emmet at one punch man
Bro, great list but why did you not mention Justin Gaethje's performance vs Dustin Poirier ? That was a solid B tier if not A. It was a close fight until the KO. Gaethje took very little damage too unlike his usual fights.
You're the best mma content creator of the year
Great video brother
"who's stopping me from keeping the two divisions busy?" "I will put you on skates and leave you frozen like Elsa"
belals win over burns was arguably better than volks win
@Dfgdf91
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, but he's a volk fan and a casual, so he hates belal
@td3798
5 ай бұрын
@@Dfgdf91burns got hurt in the first minute of the fight and belal couldent finish him
@chrishart4356
5 ай бұрын
@@td3798 the injury excuse is getting so old. he got dominated who tf cares if hes injured. even if he did get his hand messed up it was still a better win
@Dfgdf91
5 ай бұрын
@td3798 volk got KOd in the first round. How does that dude belong on any tier list atm
@td3798
5 ай бұрын
@@chrishart4356nah dude got injured one min in and belal couldent finish him it’s one thing if he finished him like aljo did to tj but dawg dude got injured first minute and you can’t even hurt him
I washed it, it's up to you what happens next.
Yo Lucas, could you turn your mic up or sumthin 😭, everytime I put you on max, adbreak comes to violate my ear drums
New subscriber content is dope bro 🫡
Brendan allen vs Craig not on here is crazy, allen completely outclassed him everywhere especially where Craig was good at
@youhaveayds8975
5 ай бұрын
He talks about it near the end and he literally says this LOL
Damn the fight pictures of Moreno vs Pantoja and Yan vs Merab look SUS as hell in the Tier list
Lucas rank all 2023 numbered events, that would make for a good video
Lucas this whole vid: *🤓☝🏼* this message was brought to you by a Bedtime enjoyer🗿
No matter what you think of his takes, Lucas Tracy ranks these performances as accurately as they can be. W video
Cannonier just was on the source the performance is really for Vettori's chin
Imagine Derick Lewis trains w David Goggins and the "Just get up" technique becomes unstoppable
Thank you for explaining the tomato sauce joke, much appreciated.
Jones vs gane is the definition of S tier. Came back from a long 3 year break and dominated gane in round 1, who was considered 2nd only to Francis in that division at the time
Strickland over Izzy gotta be S tier
Lucas Tracy rookie of the year in MMA youtube.
And the winner by knockout!!!!! Aaaand still!!!!! The undisputed UFC KZreadr of the year… MMA!!!! GUUUURUUU
I love your content man but, please, for BSD the s is not pronounced at the end. It is like Saint-Deni. Cheers from France.
Benoit Saint Denis performance against Moises was crazy
Does boring control just equal a bad performance? Cory rob and pantoja royval being “bad” performances makes no sense
@lucastracymma8764
5 ай бұрын
Yes. Idk how you could argue that Sandhagen's performance vs Font was in any way good. The takedowns were nice, but he did nothing for 25 minutes with them. Pantoja vs Royval wasn't nearly as bad but the grappling was. Outside of the 4th round where Pantoja had the back, he did nothing on the ground.
@BiggieTrismegistus
3 ай бұрын
Yes
Tom Aspinall's performance should have been one of the top ones here
I haven’t even watched this video and hope Colby made this list
Jared Cannonier deserves a shout he had an insane performance against Marvin Vettori
@danieldennis7508
5 ай бұрын
????
W Barboza Vs Yusuff placement
Bro merab shot like 20% in that fight how Tf is it A TIER A
2:57 Ruthless Merab 😂
I would put Volk in A-Tier just because he rocked Yair with a hook as he blocked/tanked a kick from Yair and Yair got wobbled cause he was still on one leg. It was an insane strike to land that Volk had been looking for the whole fight 🎯
Royval vs pantoja 2 is your worst take lol he was active asf on the ground every time
Bro im so over this guy disrespecting Tom Aspinall which had one of the best year in mma. He is literally the best heavyweight we’ve seen in years and yet this guy doesnt give him any credit.
Brundage best performance ez
tell me you're a casual without telling me you are a casual.
I thought you were about to call Volk-Yair a bad performance and was gonna go off lmao
Dawg Whittaker has been in the ufc for almost a decade he’s kinda old now he started fighting super young he’s closing in on retirement tbh
Belal came out on short notice with an injured ankle and off ramadan, what did you expect from him versus injured burns? More of the belal hate train is braindead.
Congratulations to Josh Emmett for winning the prestigious, first annual LucasTracyMMA ‘Big Meaty Hooks’ Award! 🏆
Lucas Tracy the casual hatin on casuals😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro Hollway vs Allen wasn't that expected, true it was 49-46 however every round is close af, it's not like Max win like cake walk as we expected.
Mike Malott vs Adam Fugitt was a perfect performance
@kingt0295
5 ай бұрын
Fugitt is extremely mid tho, it’s not that impressive to dominate that guy. Mike Mallot has potential to be a ranked main stay tho
And pantoja broke royval ..in the fifth go back and watch royval trying to buck and get out ..and royval literally had tears in his eyes about to cry ..a man who can't get off the mat is a broken man ask any fighter
21:00. "Just because you are injured; that is no excuse for a sh*t performance." haha!
I haven't finished the video but I hope I see Leon vs Usman 3 here
@Terel1
5 ай бұрын
It's S tier🔥 that performance was easily one of the best I've seen especially that takedown defense it was genuinely amazing to watch
Personally think Leon v Colby was an A tier fight because of Leon beating him at wrestling
“I could see him getting knocked out” talking about the Dricus Whittaker fight😂😂 could you??? Something about becoming president
Lucas Tracey, winner of most hyperbolic MMA content creator
Holloway’s performance over Arnold Allen deserves to be A tier lol Allen is a killer and max shut him down
Always throwing shade at Josh Emmet 😂 “didn’t just display his skill set for one big punch”
Bruh leon vs colby both full camp but prelims lvl performance should be same tier with bilal vs burn 😂..
Thats why i want khamzat to win the belt. We will be able to see him fight multiple times a year. Im sure he will give usman a title shot.colby too. Its not that many to fight.
I disagree in max and allen thing A lot of people were skeptical about how deteriorated max chin was. The odds weren’t that far off 31:40
What about Pavlovic vs Aspinall?
Khamzat broke his wrist in the first round, which I think explains him not doing much in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.
@bobjimbobjim9006
5 ай бұрын
Nah I don’t think he was gonna destroy usman or anything if he had a working wrist
@Asiyah2000
5 ай бұрын
@@bobjimbobjim9006he would have stop playing dumb 😂
@bobjimbobjim9006
5 ай бұрын
@@Asiyah2000 cope, just like he stopped Gilbert burns?
@Asiyah2000
5 ай бұрын
@@bobjimbobjim9006 he threw his game plan in that fight and that is why his coaches were mad at him and yelling so I don't understand what do you mean " cop " for what stating facts lol go touch grass madam 😂
Lucas still coping over the Burn pick🤣
I can always depend on Lucas Tracy when I want to watch a 40 minute video…
Sandhagen had a torn tricep and was training for Umar. So it’s understandable.
The term wet blanket is so disrespectful. It’s also crazy that you think Kamaru took 2 rounds. I’d love to know if he thinks Max took 3 rounds off of Volk, in the second fight?
S tier Leon is a funny troll lol
*"AsteriSk" must be the most difficult word in the English language, because no one can pronounce it correctly.*
No Aspinall vs Pavlovich?
Edwards vs Usman 3 is not as one sided as people remember it being
Yoo what about Gaethje vs Poirier 2?
Knight v Prachnio deserves a shout for how truly awful it was
@kingt0295
5 ай бұрын
Mate that doesn’t even count as a UFC fight it was prachnio practicing his leg kicks on a heavy bag in the gym
I’m guilty of picking yair not gonna lie
Mano a Mano with Moreno sounds crazy
I don’t agree with everything you say but goddamn I love how you rant lol
Damn.. no Dan Hooker vs Jalin Turner
This mf put merab vs yan in a tier 💀
Lucas always talks about the Chimaev fight vs Usman yet never acknowledges how he broke his hand after the first round which of course is the rounds he didn’t do as good in. Clear correlation yet never acknowledged by Lucas. Funny how in the next fight Corey vs font he acknowledges the injury yet not for Chimaev lol
@leotm9873
5 ай бұрын
chimaev didnt break his hand😭and how does a broken hand make you gassed after 5 minutes?
@zexfafa2794
5 ай бұрын
I am not a biologist but I don t think that your hand has anything to do with cardio
@leotm9873
5 ай бұрын
@@zexfafa2794 fr😂people are so dumb sometimes it’s funny they always say that he had a broken hand after the first round but there are no reports and a broken hand doesnt cause your gastank to flop😭
@thatguy1822
5 ай бұрын
@@zexfafa2794 the notion that he gassed is over exaggerated. His pace slowed down simply due to his band being broken
@thatguy1822
5 ай бұрын
@@leotm9873 bro do any basic form of research. He literally tore a ligament in his right hand and required surgery. As for the other point look at my response to the other person