Ranking Every Upcoming Title Fight By How Close They Are

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
  • I own no images in this video. With the title fights we have coming up in the UFC, some of them are obvious picks that makes the fight not so intriguing, and then others involve fights that are super close which make the fight super intriguing. I ranked every upcoming title fight purely based off of how close these fights are
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  • @foreverlikethestarss
    @foreverlikethestarss 20 днів тому +189

    Never underestimate Pantojas ability to make every fight super close somehow

  • @beatoritche2406
    @beatoritche2406 20 днів тому +140

    "You saw what he did to Johnny Walker", he and half of the division

    • @joeswanson5486
      @joeswanson5486 20 днів тому +5

      He’s an odd ball I don’t get how you loose too figgy but beat Islam

    • @danawhitewasnevermyfriend
      @danawhitewasnevermyfriend 19 днів тому +2

      You lot were saying the same thing about Islam when he was about to face Charles and his best wins were Drew Dober, Hooker and Bobby Green. Yet you never put your money where your mouth was because Islam was a whopping 3/1 Favorite then and now Ankalaev is currently a 2/1 favorite over Pereira..

  • @therealxur8019
    @therealxur8019 20 днів тому +77

    Why do people act like ankalaev is this top line grappler he had a 31% takedown accuracy and averages 3 takedown attempts a fight.

    • @Boogieman618
      @Boogieman618 20 днів тому +22

      Because light heavyweight is an abomination of a division. Literally no one except for Ankalaev is half decent at grappling and it’s just filled with one dimensional guys.

    • @therealxur8019
      @therealxur8019 20 днів тому +2

      @@Boogieman618 This is accurate Jan has halfway decent grappling as well but he is all over the place when he fights.

    • @felipearaujo9673
      @felipearaujo9673 20 днів тому +3

      @@Boogieman618 Ankalaev took Krylov to a decision and has 0 subs, Jan submitted Krylov in the first round and has many subs on his record. He has atrocious grappling defense but he is much more dangerous on the ground than Ank

    • @haydencorbin5056
      @haydencorbin5056 20 днів тому +2

      @@Boogieman618rakic is a pretty great grappler too

    • @Knuwang
      @Knuwang 20 днів тому

      Exactly and people are saying he has power but the example is johnny Walker out of all people lmao

  • @Jrbaconator
    @Jrbaconator 20 днів тому +262

    Day 4 of asking hoppero to merge 2 unranked fighters in a division to win the belt

    • @isaiahwalton4418
      @isaiahwalton4418 20 днів тому +32

      A Payton Talbott-Raul Rosas combo would go crazy

    • @Guru-ue2yp
      @Guru-ue2yp 20 днів тому +2

      You’ll get it

    • @ramoondark3246
      @ramoondark3246 20 днів тому +1

    • @YBGGRUB
      @YBGGRUB 20 днів тому +20

      @@isaiahwalton4418 imagine Shara and Bo nickal

    • @Kgopani3101
      @Kgopani3101 20 днів тому +4

      That yousri guy who fought pereira in glory is fighting in DWCS if he gets into the UFC at MW he'll be a bad matchup for everyone

  • @yahyakhan9740
    @yahyakhan9740 20 днів тому +245

    I personally think Islam vs Arman isn’t that one-sided and is actually one of the more competitive title fights

    • @YBGGRUB
      @YBGGRUB 20 днів тому +17

      I’m a fan of arman so I hope he could pull it off

    • @instinct7393
      @instinct7393 20 днів тому +8

      Islam doesn't like rematches and its probably gonna be islam by whatever in r2

    • @sidsrivastava2371
      @sidsrivastava2371 20 днів тому +18

      Yea idk what Hoppero is on about

    • @cacouillefripouille
      @cacouillefripouille 20 днів тому +6

      I see your point but I think that Islam is a better striker and wrestler than Arman, but I agree that it is not as one sided as people might tend to think

    • @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt
      @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt 20 днів тому +14

      @@cacouillefripouille i wouldnt say he is a better wrestler than arman he is a better grappler than arman but just wrestling arman is better plus arman showed very impressive stand up vs oliveira i dont think islam will be able to take down arman but i dont think arman would want to take down islam this will be probably a stiking fight and i mean i think it will be close

  • @tony_dogs
    @tony_dogs 20 днів тому +41

    If Ankalaev's name was Henry Smith, nobody would be picking him over Pereira. His grappling is so overrated - not a single win by submission in his pro career

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому

      You people will just be angry when another white man wins yet another belt

    • @lucaspanto9650
      @lucaspanto9650 18 днів тому +2

      People just pick him because he's Dagestani

  • @pigglywiggly5
    @pigglywiggly5 20 днів тому +119

    alex knocks out ankalaev in the first round. I'll come back to this.

    • @Don-zh2sb
      @Don-zh2sb 20 днів тому +12

      Doing tricks on it

    • @pigglywiggly5
      @pigglywiggly5 20 днів тому

      @@Don-zh2sb what? just what I think. Inbred is overhyped.

    • @liberttesla3455
      @liberttesla3455 20 днів тому +10

      Specially after Ankalaev said he would beat a glory kickboxing champion in the standup. He is gonna get CHAMAed and will start wrestling for his life after the first calf kicks.

    • @po1arz352
      @po1arz352 20 днів тому +2

      Dude if he couldn’t do it to jiri who’s literally a striker twice in the first round he’s not going it to ankalaev

    • @thomasthellamas9886
      @thomasthellamas9886 20 днів тому

      @@po1arz352it’s harder to KO strikers than non strikers ya dumb dumb

  • @imanolproaso3141
    @imanolproaso3141 20 днів тому +53

    Islam vs arman not so obvious in my opinion

    • @weston9084
      @weston9084 19 днів тому +4

      Ya I was surprised that was in the obvious category. I think Islam will smoke him, but I have seen mma UA-camrs say they think Arman would win. The reason I think it’s an easy Islam win is that I don’t really see any area where Arman could create significant offense. Arman has good grappling but not good enough to really generate any offense against Islam. And same with the striking. Arman is a great striker, but Volk and Dustin are better strikers and they had difficulty generating offense against Islam. There’s just no area where I see Arman doing enough to win 3 out of 5 rounds, and I don’t think he could finish Islam unless he gets a lucky punch.

    • @keyboardwarrior6591
      @keyboardwarrior6591 19 днів тому

      It actually is. I would say Arman is easier for Islam than Dustin and Volk. No real advantage for Arman

    • @gtalanguage5058
      @gtalanguage5058 16 днів тому

      Probably should’ve switched Leon V Belal and Islam V Arman, I feel like Leon is the obvious winner and Islam should be Arman but it’s atleast a challenge

  • @felipearaujo9673
    @felipearaujo9673 20 днів тому +107

    Honestly I think Alex will make it look easy. Another first or second round KO for the LHW champ

    • @seanc7990
      @seanc7990 20 днів тому +7

      He made jamahal and Jiri look easy because they are dumb and tried to fight in the pocket with alex, magomed is well rounded and will shoot takedowns, also has better defense than anyone alex fought other than izzy

    • @O.R.O.B.O.R.O.S
      @O.R.O.B.O.R.O.S 20 днів тому +15

      ​@@seanc7990Ankalaev just publicly stated on Twitter that he will not shoot for takedowns and will stand with Alex for the first few rounds....

    • @351jadyn
      @351jadyn 20 днів тому +16

      @@O.R.O.B.O.R.O.SJan said that last time and took Alex down multiple times so never know

    • @rabiyonoko5631
      @rabiyonoko5631 20 днів тому +6

      @@O.R.O.B.O.R.O.S I doubt thats Ankalaev even twitting cause hes not the type of guy to say stuff like this

    • @msio625
      @msio625 20 днів тому +1

      @@O.R.O.B.O.R.O.S Its not even ankalaev saying that bro cant even speak english

  • @benzeltser9851
    @benzeltser9851 20 днів тому +18

    If Stipe is 90% the guy he was before leaving then it's a VERY hard fight for Jon

    • @conorreid1741
      @conorreid1741 18 днів тому +2

      The things is, he probably isn't. father time waits for nobody

  • @matthewflom9549
    @matthewflom9549 20 днів тому +14

    I really wish people would stop using knocking out Johnny Walker like he has and iron chin and only goes down when he blasted clean

  • @phakyou
    @phakyou 20 днів тому +15

    How isn't Islam vs Arman even fairly close. Their first fight was competitive and Arman was on short notice.

    • @keyboardwarrior6591
      @keyboardwarrior6591 19 днів тому

      Still Islam won unanimously even though he had staph and food poisoning.
      Also, Arman was a big Khabib and had footage of Islam’s fight in the UFC while Islam had no footage of Arman at all.

  • @noahgagnon7972
    @noahgagnon7972 20 днів тому +11

    Pereira destroys magomed idk why people think it will be close

  • @209mny
    @209mny 20 днів тому +19

    UFC should hire this man for matchmaking

  • @biscuitboy6250
    @biscuitboy6250 20 днів тому +10

    I think Jones vs Stipe will be closer than people think. I still have Jones finishing him but Stipe might even take a round, kinda similar to how Holloway vs TKZ went where everyone thought Max was gonna walk though him but was competitive

  • @oldashfifa
    @oldashfifa 20 днів тому +28

    It’s not that Islam is that much better than Arman. It’s that there’s no area where Arman has a real advantage, except less to lose.

    • @justalazyman2185
      @justalazyman2185 16 днів тому

      Islam struggles in the last 2 rounds, Tsarukyan has a chance

  • @ashrafali1022
    @ashrafali1022 20 днів тому +14

    Don't sleep on periera's grappling defence. Unless ankalaev is on his best game it's gonna be a knightmare for him to defeat periera

    • @Boogieman618
      @Boogieman618 20 днів тому

      We’ll see if training with glover pays off.

    • @thomasthellamas9886
      @thomasthellamas9886 20 днів тому +5

      @@Boogieman618A lot of UFC fans and “experts” have pointed out that Alex didn’t start kickboxing till 22. And he’s only been in the UFC since 2021. His ability to pick up combat styles is incredible

    • @Knuwang
      @Knuwang 20 днів тому +3

      @@thomasthellamas9886that and Ank really isn’t the grappler people think he is, he’s very lackluster there and he his only example of power is on johnny Walker out of all people, I personally think it’s the dagistan hype. Plus he doesn’t deserve a title shot either because he got a draw against Jan and his most recent win is johnny Walker ranked 7th

  • @connerwolfe7686
    @connerwolfe7686 20 днів тому +9

    Realistically he shouldn’t but I think dricus is probably gonna beat Izzy by UD. I just think his best days are far behind him and his title reign of boring decision after boring decision after bullshit robbery after boring decision after bullshit robbery has all caught up to him, so this will probably be his last fight if he doesn’t win.

    • @AS-bc8fg
      @AS-bc8fg 20 днів тому +3

      Dricus really gonna goof his way into a W
      I actually would prefer that,I like DDP more

  • @chevy7297
    @chevy7297 20 днів тому +1

    Just wanted to say I love your videos always looking forward to watching them after work

  • @foreverlikethestarss
    @foreverlikethestarss 20 днів тому +8

    if ilia knockouts max ima be soo pissed

  • @christopherhess6835
    @christopherhess6835 18 днів тому +2

    Jones win over gane doesn't mean a damn thing,wrestled a guy who never stepped on a wrestling matt and is now ducking well rounded young guys 😑

  • @mamajeff7246
    @mamajeff7246 20 днів тому +3

    Ankalaev has never submitted anyone in the ufc and had weak ground and pound and ur saying he’s a threat to Alex on the ground😂. He may be able to hold down Alex for a few seconds max

  • @lucaspanto9650
    @lucaspanto9650 18 днів тому +2

    Saying ankalaev beats Pereira is crazy

  • @Basileus_Constantinos
    @Basileus_Constantinos 20 днів тому +5

    Dont understand why all of you guys think Jon Jones is gonna win.
    -Stipe is a wrestler him self and have advantage on power, so he wont be afraid of Jon's grappling.
    -Jones barely have any boxing, his striking is only using his height&reach advantage to kick knee and poke eye.
    -Jones barely knock out anybody by his punch in LHW, he got even smaller chance to do it in HW.
    -A powerful boxer is a big threat to Jon, that is why he is hiding from Anthony Johnson and only move up to HW after Ngannou left
    Stipe is not afraid of Jon Jones' grapple, have better boxing, and heavier punch power. He will knock Jon Jones out before the fourth round. Jon know it, so he fake the injury to hide from Stipe last year

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 20 днів тому +4

      stipes 43, coming off of one of the worst ko losses I've ever seen, he has a limp these days and Jon is dirty af and ready to poke them eyes and use them needles. I doubt stipe wins because Jon rarely, if ever, takes fights he cant win. I mean bro ducked short notice fill in fighter chael sonnen

    • @GoodStuff1992
      @GoodStuff1992 18 днів тому

      dc, chael, rampage, rashard. all wrestlers and all have better wrestling credentials than stipe. stipe 1st wrestler he fought, he was knocked out by him. and it took dc to be 40 and 41 for stipe to beat him
      Gustufsson is a Swedish boxing champ. jones beat him twice. boxing is only 1 part of mma. but Gustufsson was a much better all around striker than stipe because he has elbows, kicks that stipe doesn't.
      jones never had 1 much ko power and stipe doesnt either. stipe has 1 ko which he knocked someone out with 1 punch. jones never had to but never needed it
      jones still has the reach and the fight iq. stipe has been dropped many times and jones has never been dropped.

    • @GoodStuff1992
      @GoodStuff1992 18 днів тому

      ​@jakelongstaff4102 stipe is 41. jones hasnt had an eyepoke in over 7 years. stipe and dc had an eyepoking festival but I guess you didnt want to bring that up.

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 18 днів тому

      @@GoodStuff1992 hasnt had on in 7 years???? Hahah nah bro maybe 4 at a push

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 18 днів тому

      @@GoodStuff1992 yes but those guys you listed except rashad were all old and semi-washed or fully. Plus midt were middleeweight sized will everyone you listed being about 5’11”

  • @sanatsrivastava2814
    @sanatsrivastava2814 18 днів тому +2

    Saying Islam v. Arman is obvious winner is wild.
    It's fairly close.

  • @vercingetorix444
    @vercingetorix444 18 днів тому +2

    Dude I hope Ankalaev can't walk after fighting Pereira. The first of the Dagis to fall.

  • @George18798
    @George18798 17 днів тому +1

    People are so delusional that they believe Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic is ever happening. I am willing to make a bet that this fight ain't going to be this year at least

  • @justalazyman2185
    @justalazyman2185 16 днів тому +1

    You're underestimating Tsarukyan

  • @Goblin33..
    @Goblin33.. 20 днів тому +12

    Max could finish ilia tbh

    • @-kjighj
      @-kjighj 20 днів тому +8

      😂😂😂

    • @adagiostan1938
      @adagiostan1938 19 днів тому

      Maybe if Ilia is breathing out of his mouth and stands still to let Max plant his feet and throw with everything he has.

    • @nestorramirez5605
      @nestorramirez5605 18 днів тому +2

      No he won’t , Ilia destroys him

    • @Goblin33..
      @Goblin33.. 18 днів тому

      @@nestorramirez5605 nah

    • @SinNumero_no41
      @SinNumero_no41 14 днів тому

      He couldn't finish volk 3 times yet he can finish a guy with better chin and ko power? I don't understand the insane cope of max fans everywere, it's so pathethic to look at, if topuria loses this fight it will be a massive let down for sure

  • @say_official_ty
    @say_official_ty 20 днів тому +5

    What is he gonna do to alex? The man hasn't done much on the ground 😂 he's not gonna submit nor ground and pound

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому

      Whats he gonna do to Alex? He will BEAT Alex lol

    • @say_official_ty
      @say_official_ty 20 днів тому

      @@JayDee-w3d doubt it lol

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому

      @@say_official_ty why not? He's already been knocked out cold, and got a gift decision against a 40-year-old Jan. He's definitely beatable.

    • @say_official_ty
      @say_official_ty 20 днів тому

      @JayDee-w3d he got knocked cuz he had bad weight cut against Izzy. I'm not saying he's unbeatable

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому

      @@say_official_ty he got knocked out because he got caught. No excuses.

  • @axecutioner
    @axecutioner 20 днів тому +1

    Holloway/Topuria is 50/50. 50% chance Ilia gets knocked out and 50% he gets tooled for 25 min straight

    • @tzuo6764
      @tzuo6764 20 днів тому +2

      Why everybody doubting ilia hes probably the most well rounded fighter

  • @user-zo7kb5wz2w
    @user-zo7kb5wz2w 20 днів тому +1

    Tbh Islam vs Dustin was a reality check for Islam. He's not khabib. One judge even had fight level on points after 4th. Arman vs Islam is a lot closer than most think.
    Next Alex vs anklaev. Another fight where just being a dagestani means getting extra points. He's not that good at wrestling and he's calling for a knockout. Won't be surprised seeing his head getting bounced off the canvas.
    Stipe vs jones isn't one sided. Stipe if he's who he was, then jones would be slept. Easy.
    Lastly, adesanya vs du plessis. Another where if experienced guy(adesanya) is as good as his former self then it's a done deal.

  • @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt
    @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt 20 днів тому +3

    i mean but arman is very good also you cant compare them bc of their first fight because it was armans debut adn he took it on 10 days notice and the arman fight bc we can agree arman has better wrestling but not grappling so this will be amostly standing fight which is why you also cant compare them by their fight agaisnt charles when arman has very good wrestling offensively and defensively but no bjj and showed good striking vs charles so id say this is a fairly close fight

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому

      Islam took that fight on short notice as well and was previosly hospitalized before that fight. Also agree to what? Islam out wrestled him in their fight and arman can't even beat gamrot in wrestling. Also good striking? It was decent at best.
      Islam is a better grappler, striker, and edges him out in wrestling. we saw both of their performances against charles and islam definitely did better while Arman was almost finished multiple times

    • @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt
      @ClaudiaSilva-yw1mt 19 днів тому

      @@loser9208 did he thought in their performance all i got is that arman and islam is a better striker and wrestler than charles and i agree islam is a better grappler but arman was only 22 and that was his debut on 10 days notice he definitly improved more than islam since their last fight also i would argue that gamrot is also a better wrestler than islam hes not as effective on the ground but id say he is a better wrestler than islam

  • @elgreco998
    @elgreco998 20 днів тому +2

    Arman and Islam is definitely in the 50/50 section, you’re underselling the fight.
    Their fight 6 years ago doesn’t really prove anything, rematches happen all the time with different winners. Edwards lost very clearly to Usman in their first fight then beat him decisively in their next two. McGregor lost to Diaz decisively the first fight then beat him the next. Stupid reason to pick someone
    Their performances against Charles also aren’t good indications of anything, styles make fights. Strickland lost to Pereira, Izzy beat Pereira, then Strickland beat Izzy. How did that work?
    As far as grappling, maybe you’re right but Arman def has better wrestling from a takedown perspective and Islam isn’t a diverse submission artist, he just gets subs from chain wrestling which he won’t be better at than Arman. I actually think there’s a better chance Arman succeeds in taking Islam down, especially considering Islam severely struggled to take down Porier who has non functional hips
    The striking is interesting, but it’s clear that Arman is faster and more powerful. The only way Islam can win striking exchanges is by closing the distance, which I don’t think he will be able to most of the time

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому

      Styles makes fights? Except for the fact that arman has a damn near identical style to islam he isn't any different. Islam is just a better version of Arman
      How?
      Islam out-wrestled arman in their fight and went on to outgrapple everyone he ever fought including all time greats like charles and volk. While arman was outwrestled and outgrappled by gamrot
      Islam is a better grappler, striker, and edges him out in wrestling. Plus we saw both of their performances against charles and islam definitely did better while Arman was almost finished multiple times
      "As far as grappling, maybe you’re right but Arman def has better wrestling from a takedown perspective and Islam isn’t a diverse submission artist"
      He doesn't need to be. I know your an mma casual but their are only 3 submissions which are really used in almost every mma bought. While islam so far has used 6 unique submissions
      "he just gets subs from chain wrestling which he won’t be better at than Arman"
      He's better than arman than that. A dehydrated and weakened islam outwrestled volk while arman was outwrestled by gamrot. Also he doesn't mostly use chain wrestling most of his submissions have come from knocking people down then jumping for their neck. Which as we saw in the charles fight arman leaves his neck wide open
      " I actually think there’s a better chance Arman succeeds in taking Islam down, especially considering Islam severely struggled to take down Porier who has non functional hips"
      Islam was confirmed to have staph in that fight and still outgrappled porier while arman again was outgrappled by gamrot
      "The striking is interesting, but it’s clear that Arman is faster and more powerful"
      According to what? Arman has been outstruck by every striker has ever fought and charles himself has said islam's punches were harder.

    • @elgreco998
      @elgreco998 20 днів тому

      @@loser9208 Ok, let’s go through everything
      “Arman has a damn near identical style to Islam”
      Right off the bat, that’s just completely wrong. Arman has a much better ground and pound game than Islam for one whereas Islam tends to go for more submissions; Arman is also a more explosive wrestler. In the striking, they look very different also. Arman does a very good job from the outside with kicks and outside punches whereas Islam fights in a more traditional boxing style. For Islam to outstrike Arman, he would have to close the distance and he hasn’t shown the ability to do that with any strikers of that style. Islam is more of a counter puncher if anything. You guys just think “Muslim looking guy with funny beard” = Same style
      “Islam out-wrestled arman in their fight”
      Who cares what happened 6 years ago? Fighters change. This is such a stupid argument tbh, Usman outstruck Leon in their first fight then got outstruck in both subsequent rematches.
      “Arman was outwrestled and outgrappled by gamrot”
      Gamrot would also outwrestle Islam. Gamrot is by far the best wrestler in the lightweight division and I think PfP right now as well. He’s a multiple time European champion and ADCC veteran. He also has unlimited cardio (a big weakness for Islam).
      “Islam has used 6 unique submissions”
      You misunderstood what I said. By diverse submission artist, I mean you find submissions from many angles. You can find it through the striking (like dropping someone and submitting them), off of your back, wrestling, etc. Islam mostly does wrestling, control, and then eventually a submission maybe. Charles Oliveira is a perfect example of a diverse submission artist.
      “A dehydrated and weakened islam outwrestled volk”
      First of all, I’m tired of this dehydrated narrative which Muslim casuals started espousing and making up to account for Islam’s poor performance in the first fight. Both Islam and Volk had the same time to dehydrate and they both weigh the exact same (180 lbs) offseason. If Islam was dehydrated, it’s his fault. I swear, it’s a new thing every time Islam has a lackluster performance. Staph infection, dehydration, his d*** got stuck in the laundry machine, etc. If this keeps happening, there’s no reason we won’t assume it’ll happen again.
      Secondly, Volk is a striker and still fended off nearly all of his attacks. Islam similarly struggled against Dustin, a retiring striker with non functional hips, failing most of his takedowns.
      “He doesn’t mostly use chain wrestling”
      What are you even talking about? There are basically two times where this didn’t happen and that was Charles Oliviera (because Oliveira’s jiu jitsu prevented that from happening) and Thiago Moises. All of his other subs are from wrestling. He’s not gonna manage to submit Arman, there’s no chance.
      “Charles fight Arman leaves his neck wide open”
      You call me a casual, saying dumb shit like this? What does it mean to leave your neck wide open? Get caught in submission “attempts” from the greatest submission artist in the UFC? Ok buddy
      “Islam was confirmed to have staph in that fight”
      Another poor excuse unfounded in reality. Yes Islam had staph but he also got the infection not even a week out from the fight and he wasn’t on any antibiotics. Staph infections suck because of the antibiotics and affect performance that way, which just wasn’t the case here.
      “Arman has been outstruck by every striker has ever fought”
      This isn’t even remotely true. If you look up Arman’s record, in terms of significant strikes, there is only one person who has ever outstruck him and that’s Damir Ismagulov by 2 significant strikes. Arman has outstruck everybody else on the feet. He outstruck Oliveira on the feet by over 3:1 in significant strikes, KO’d Beneil in under a minute, outstruck Matt Frevola, OAM, Christos Giagos (who he KO’d) (these are the only strikers he has ever faced).
      “Charles himself has said Islam’s punches were harder”
      He never said that
      “Plus we saw both of their performances against Charles”
      We also saw a different Charles fight both of those fights. In one of those fights, he was reckless, bull rushed at Islam, and fought the way he normally fights against strikers not realizing there’s a totally different stylistic matchup right in front of him. In the other, he was super careful on the feet, took very little risks, and just lied on his back waiting for a submission opportunity. You just can’t compare the two. Oliveira choked Dustin by the start of the third round whereas it took Islam a war and a desperate 5th round last minute submission to get it done. So now Oliviera is better than Islam? This logic is stupid

  • @MannanGoel
    @MannanGoel 20 днів тому +2

    Lol i on the other hand think most people are picking Pereira to win the fight

  • @BradenCasper
    @BradenCasper 20 днів тому +4

    Arman and Islam I would put in the 50/50 categori for sure

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому +1

      How?
      Islam is a better grappler, striker, and edges him out in wrestling. Plus we saw both of their performances against charles and islam definitely did better while Arman was almost finished multiple times

    • @randymendez6226
      @randymendez6226 20 днів тому

      @@loser9208holy casual now wonder you call yourself a loser

    • @BradenCasper
      @BradenCasper 19 днів тому +2

      @@loser9208 well style makes fights like how Strickland beat Izzy. So Arman does have a chance and I do think Arman wins that fight

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 19 днів тому

      @@BradenCasper Islam is better than him at everything and charles himself said arman has no chance of beating islam. So how

    • @BradenCasper
      @BradenCasper 19 днів тому +2

      @@loser9208 well how bout this. After Arman and Islam fight we’ll both come back to this comment and prove each other wrong. Deal?

  • @chrisdiluccio4014
    @chrisdiluccio4014 20 днів тому +3

    Wait.. Islam v Arman obvious winner? Islam is not invincible and Arman is much improved. Much closer to 50/50 category… don’t feed too much into the narratives brotherrrrrr

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому

      How?
      Islam out-wrestled arman in their fight and went on to outgrapple everyone he ever fought including all time greats like charles and volk. While arman was outwrestled and outgrappled by gamrot
      Islam is a better grappler, striker, and edges him out in wrestling. Plus we saw both of their performances against charles and islam definitely did better while Arman was almost finished multiple times

    • @KevDeh1
      @KevDeh1 20 днів тому +1

      Arman was 22 when he fought Islam on very short notice. Gave Islam one of the toughest if not the toughest fight of his career. He’s improving at a faster rate than Islam is and is a nightmare matchup. With a full training camp I’d put my money on Tsarukyan to win

    • @KevDeh1
      @KevDeh1 20 днів тому

      Arman was also very clearly robbed against gamrot. As u saw gamrot got smoked by dariush meanwhile Arman destroyed him easily

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 19 днів тому

      @@KevDeh1 Toughest fight in his career?
      Islam landed 4 takedowns on arman, while arman landed 1 on him and he outstruck arman and got a UD. What fucking fight did you watch?
      This was also a short notice islam who just came out of the hospital. Faster rate yet he lost to gamrot and was almost finished by charles.
      MMA isn't for everyone. Watch another sport

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 19 днів тому

      @@KevDeh1 Not a robbery. Styles makes fights and as we saw arman loses to more technical grapplers.

  • @PullThatUpJamie
    @PullThatUpJamie 20 днів тому +5

    I think Ankalaev takes Alex down for the last minute of the first round, then Alex comes out and KOs him in the 2nd

    • @thomasthellamas9886
      @thomasthellamas9886 20 днів тому

      I don’t even think Ankalaev will be able to get a clean take down and get the back or top position

    • @joeswanson5486
      @joeswanson5486 20 днів тому +2

      Pereira last 2 performances have been so good. Last year i was thinking ankleav would win but pereira is just something else but we’ll see

  • @JacViramuerte
    @JacViramuerte 20 днів тому +1

    Honestly, if Walker survived round one with Ankalaev, then I say Pereira wins the scrap

  • @lawrencedaos3481
    @lawrencedaos3481 20 днів тому +1

    HOPPERO , LIKE YOU SAID A CLOSE FIGHT BETWEEN MAX HOLLOWAY AND ILIA EL MATADORKY GOT MAX REGAINNING DA TITLE .

  • @EduardoSanchez-nq7hf
    @EduardoSanchez-nq7hf 20 днів тому +1

    No Aspinall vs Blaydes 2??

  • @blessedfetus
    @blessedfetus 20 днів тому +1

    Day 17 of asking hoppero to make a video on his top 20 best mma fighters of all time

  • @camdenwong1574
    @camdenwong1574 19 днів тому

    Erceg was just underrated, Moreno and Royval were the legit 2 and 3 in the division. The division is just closer at the top than you’re expecting. All three fights were rightfully close.

  • @user-iz4zo4lq4r
    @user-iz4zo4lq4r 20 днів тому +2

    Idk imho adesnya ddp is more close than topuria max. Like adesanya is overall better but when tf he fought last time i think he is not in form yet

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 20 днів тому +1

      last time izzy fought he did exactly what he usually does and even had his highest output ever, its just he was fighting a guy who's nearly unhittable

    • @user-iz4zo4lq4r
      @user-iz4zo4lq4r 20 днів тому

      @@jakelongstaff4102 idk sean isnt so good imho, but im pretty sure that ilia has really good chances against max. I dont see max winning ilia in close distance and ilia is really good in shortening distance

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 20 днів тому +1

      @@user-iz4zo4lq4r tf you mean sean isnt good lol. To an untrained eye sure but he’s extremely good and we see that everytime he fights except the pereira performance

    • @jakelongstaff4102
      @jakelongstaff4102 20 днів тому

      @@user-iz4zo4lq4r true but if ilia gets in close he opens himself to two of maxs best weapons, the spinning back kick and uppercuts up the middle as ilias swinging or digging to the body. Even knees (which ik we dont see oit of max much) and the occasional straight’s as ilia enters the pocked etc. ive seen max get outboxed by one guy and it took the dude 3 fights too do it convincingly

  • @DauletMekebay-ve8js
    @DauletMekebay-ve8js 20 днів тому +1

    Shavkhat Rakhmanov vs Leon Edwards???

  • @oscarmay3786
    @oscarmay3786 20 днів тому +1

    Build a card for sphere

  • @ynumaco9369
    @ynumaco9369 14 днів тому

    izzy can short-ranged fight (he countered-attack whitakker and alex) , ddp gotta work hard on grapling (i think ddp is really flexible , strong and well stamina)

  • @evilryutaropro
    @evilryutaropro 18 днів тому

    135 145 155 170 and 205 are all super close title fights honestly

  • @papafituae
    @papafituae 19 днів тому

    I would have put belal Edward’s down to fairly close. Belals cardio tends to be his best asset and we didn’t see him long enough fight 1 to judge this one. Both fighters seem to be way more developed I’m almost seeing it as a brand new fight. Islam for some reason my first inclination would be to put him should win not definite although I get ur reasoning regarding skill for skill comparisons

  • @Shoo7ingStar
    @Shoo7ingStar День тому

    Yeah no one think Stipe would win. The dude hasn’t fought in almost 4 years. Like whats the point in the fight. I know Jones is inactive as hell but he is the younger and better fighter so he should win.

  • @carlosvg2286
    @carlosvg2286 19 днів тому

    For me
    Lightweight bantamweight and specially featherweight shouldn't be close. Ilia is levels above Max imo.
    I have 50-50 between DDP and Izzy

  • @Kidflash_productions
    @Kidflash_productions 20 днів тому +1

    Y no Tom Aspinall he is the REAL ufc Heavyweight champ

    • @GoodStuff1992
      @GoodStuff1992 18 днів тому

      he is until the real champ enters the cage for a fight.

  • @DanAddison
    @DanAddison 20 днів тому

    I actually think the bs HW title fight is less of a sure thing than the real one. Meaning Stipe has a better chance against Jones than Blaydes has against Tom.

  • @thomasthellamas9886
    @thomasthellamas9886 20 днів тому +1

    Sean eats Merab

  • @Knuwang
    @Knuwang 20 днів тому

    Cold take, ank doesn’t deserve a title shot

  • @woodmanbeingreasonable
    @woodmanbeingreasonable 19 днів тому

    "You saw what he did to Johnny Walker" shouldn't be brought up knowing what most of the lhw did to this dud 😂
    Should've been "You know what this stoic person did to Prochazka"

  • @jesus8046
    @jesus8046 15 днів тому +1

    Ilia clears

  • @italos9058
    @italos9058 20 днів тому +1

    Merab is 100% boring. Shoots 100 takedowns a fight and doesn’t nothing with them. Also I think islam arman is closer than you think even though I have islam winning

  • @emojisquad420
    @emojisquad420 20 днів тому +1

    Merab is a worse version of Sterling. O’Malley will smoke him

  • @WRxHoncho
    @WRxHoncho 20 днів тому

    Alex will sleep Magomed 100%, ESPECIALLY if he follows thru wit his promise to not wrestle the first 15 minutes (if he makes it), which I believe he will try after striking for prolly like 5 mins wit Alex

  • @camdenwong1574
    @camdenwong1574 19 днів тому

    How is the Islam fight an obvious winner at all? It genuinely should be close given the first Volk fight and the stylistic matchup

  • @jorefad130
    @jorefad130 20 днів тому

    Dricus isn't the worst champ. That's Pantoja.

  • @gohawks2610
    @gohawks2610 18 днів тому

    Saying look what he did to Walker as if that’s a feat?

  • @lulzywizard7576
    @lulzywizard7576 19 днів тому

    Where Blaydes vs Aspinall?

  • @blazinstriker5798
    @blazinstriker5798 20 днів тому

    Where would you guys put Aspinall vs Blaydes?

    • @ryanzhu9313
      @ryanzhu9313 20 днів тому

      i think Aspinal is the obvious winner

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому +1

      @@ryanzhu9313 nah, it's fairly close bro. I actually think Blaydes is a tougher fight for Tom than Jon would be stylistically.

    • @GoodStuff1992
      @GoodStuff1992 18 днів тому

      ​@JayDee-w3d if blaydes uses his wrestling, he would win

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 18 днів тому

      @@GoodStuff1992 If he doesn't get knocked out again. He couldn't take Pavlo down then got knocked out. If Tom fights smart he will win. Like I said, Jones is an easier style for Tom stylistically.

  • @mcoates1999
    @mcoates1999 13 днів тому

    Great video but I have to disagree in a few areas.
    I think Max will comfortably beat Ilya. He’s long, has good takedown defence and an iron chin. It’s a nightmare matchup for Ilya.
    Arman vs Islam will be razor close. MMA math doesn’t work, so Charles shouldn’t be used for the eye test. I see Islam edging out a decision.
    Merab will almost certainly dominate Sean O’Malley. If Henry can’t stop his wrestling surely Sean won’t. He doesn’t leave his chin up in the air like Aljo. He’s smaller and faster making him much harder to hit. Just look at his domination of Yan. Yan is the best striker in the division. He wins vs suga if that fight is 5 rounds.
    People on the Alex hype train need to take a step back. I love Alex but he isn’t a grappler. Jamal Hill and Jiri are gift wrapper matchups for him. Look at how Jan was able to control Alex. Alex’s knockouts are insane, but he better hope that left hook lands or he will certainly lose.

    • @jeremyc1034
      @jeremyc1034 6 днів тому

      Alex's grappling has vastly improved since Jan

  • @outdoorsofeden
    @outdoorsofeden 20 днів тому

    Makhachev vs Tsarukyan is much closer than people think.

  • @dummy2557
    @dummy2557 20 днів тому

    bru if ankalaev wasnt dagestani nobody would be picking him to beat pereira bro literally has no subs in his career and people still glaze his grappling

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому

      Because grappling isn't just subs. He outgrappled Jan and all his opponents which is why people believe he will outgrapple alex

  • @Kbax3614
    @Kbax3614 20 днів тому

    Injured gilbert burns. I don’t remembers burns coming to the fight injured

  • @capone2109
    @capone2109 20 днів тому +1

    Belal will beat leon, come back to this comment mfs lfg

  • @mikalbippin5410
    @mikalbippin5410 20 днів тому

    Belal might beat Edwards fr

  • @VolkFanBoy
    @VolkFanBoy 20 днів тому

    Hollaway eats topouria

  • @brianandrew8968
    @brianandrew8968 19 днів тому

    Damn, how can you speak so fast

  • @gsil2666
    @gsil2666 20 днів тому

    du ples did not beat strickland ngl

  • @mbedros3218
    @mbedros3218 20 днів тому

    Arman beats Islam, jaw dropped when you said obvious winner fr

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому +1

      How?
      Islam is a better grappler, striker, and edges him out in wrestling. Plus we saw both of their performances against charles and islam definitely did better while Arman was almost finished multiple times

  • @alderaan11
    @alderaan11 18 днів тому

    ankalaev fairly close?? lol

  • @ogichhh
    @ogichhh 20 днів тому

    Islam and Jon are surely not “obvious winners”

  • @Calamity8
    @Calamity8 20 днів тому

    I believe in stipe

  • @CoolerThenYou7490
    @CoolerThenYou7490 15 днів тому

    Ankaleav is so overrated. Who has he beat? Johnny walker, the mans who chin is literally paper? His two good wins are Ozedemir and Johnny walker. He lost to Jan and Paul craig, his TD avg is 31%, and his striking is miles worse then Pereira. Pereira has improved his takedown defense, is a BJJ black belt, and his striking is getting better and better. Ankaleav is no Jon jones, he's not going to take him down and pummel him, he's going to get caught multiple times and Ko'd.

  • @trentonross4114
    @trentonross4114 20 днів тому

    Ank is a "nightmare matchup". 0 sub wins in UFC btw. bro is not beating Alex

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому +1

      grappling isn't just subs. He outgrappled Jan and all his opponents which is why people believe he will outgrapple alex

  • @Carlnc589
    @Carlnc589 20 днів тому

    Anyone else here a oven beeping the back?

  • @robertomugabe11
    @robertomugabe11 20 днів тому

    volk's son won the fake madeup toy belt and now everyone thinks he will beat makhachev, ilia, leon, periera. he hasnt touched a championship belt since 2019 calm your tits down

  • @isaidSTIPEwillbeatJONES
    @isaidSTIPEwillbeatJONES 20 днів тому +2

    I said Stipe'd beat JJ a year ago... I still think he has a chance 😅

  • @franciscoortiz7215
    @franciscoortiz7215 20 днів тому

    Bro how is Islam Arman in obvious winner

  • @xblissfulleex
    @xblissfulleex 17 днів тому

    Leeun edwards

  • @SoulAlmighty1660
    @SoulAlmighty1660 19 днів тому

    Ddp aint the worst champ rn

  • @Diluhn
    @Diluhn 15 днів тому

    Ilia is going to destroy max and it’s not close 😂

  • @lolrinz
    @lolrinz 20 днів тому +1

    I will be happy for a weak if Jon Jones lose

  • @moonman103
    @moonman103 20 днів тому

    Dricus TKOs Adesanya with a spinning flying knee to the toe

  • @Siscon92
    @Siscon92 20 днів тому

    Belal will 50/45 Edwards

  • @itsshayansm
    @itsshayansm 20 днів тому +9

    Stipe Miocic will beat Jon Jones

  • @gonzazyzz7114
    @gonzazyzz7114 20 днів тому +1

    I don't like O'malley but if he put aljo with his wrestling to sleep, why he is not doing the same to Merab???

    • @seandavis9320
      @seandavis9320 20 днів тому +4

      Yeah Merab isn't finishing O'Malley out, Suga has five rounds to clip him. It will be more of a test of Sean's takedown defense.

    • @Boogieman618
      @Boogieman618 20 днів тому +2

      Merab is a way different fighter than aljo. He’s a more versatile and athletic version of Aljo because of his insane cardio. Yan couldn’t clip him because of the takedown threat the whole fight and Sean debatably loss against him.

    • @joeswanson5486
      @joeswanson5486 20 днів тому

      The difference between Suga Aljo and Merab is that Merab actually beat Petr yan didn’t rob him or DQ him😅

    • @JayDee-w3d
      @JayDee-w3d 20 днів тому

      @@joeswanson5486 Weird how Aljo had 3 defenses but I never felt like he was the legitimate champ at any period of time

    • @zeze-oo2rh
      @zeze-oo2rh 19 днів тому

      @@Boogieman618Yan would have a harder time keeping Merab at range though because he’s short, unlike suga. Also Yan plants his feet a lot, Omalley is always moving

  • @joshuahettinger9287
    @joshuahettinger9287 20 днів тому

    ankalaev is the light heavyweight curtis blaydes. he'll find a way to lose lol

  • @user-zh4op9ji6n
    @user-zh4op9ji6n 20 днів тому +3

    Lol casual. Saying Arman vs Islam has an obvious winner and Leon vs Belal shouldn't be close is outrageous 🤣🤣😂😂

    • @elgreco998
      @elgreco998 20 днів тому +1

      This guy has ridiculously stupid takes sometimes

    • @thomasthellamas9886
      @thomasthellamas9886 20 днів тому

      @@user-zh4op9ji6n what is Arman’s best win? And how was Belal doing in the first fight?

    • @elgreco998
      @elgreco998 20 днів тому

      @@thomasthellamas9886 Oliveira and Dariush. Both Top 5 opponents and one of which he slept in under a minute. Also who did Ilia beat until he fought for the title? Still slept #2 pfp Volk

  • @ShreddedGenius
    @ShreddedGenius 19 днів тому

    arman is not an obvious winner😂 he is a grwat fighter but this fight is challenging for islam for sure

  • @AmosLecaros
    @AmosLecaros 20 днів тому

    man I love your content but you are saying things for 4-5 times every minute....

  • @Ikako32
    @Ikako32 20 днів тому +4

    Ilia vs holloway is clear ilia sleeps him easily

  • @joeswanson5486
    @joeswanson5486 20 днів тому

    I disagree with the “Islam beat Oliveira easier” Oliveira 10-8ed Dustin the 2nd and finsihed him in the 3rd earlier than Islam but look at Islam vs Oliveira

    • @user-eo1se3xx2p
      @user-eo1se3xx2p 20 днів тому

      Yea mma math

    • @loser9208
      @loser9208 20 днів тому

      Except for the fact that charles almost lost against rd1 dustin. While staph infection islam won all rds and outstruck dustin.
      Plus we are talking about two dudes with a similar style (arman and islam) who both beat charles. Charles himself claimed islam is a much better fighter than arman.

  • @umarjongi3590
    @umarjongi3590 20 днів тому

    Jones vs Stipe is so ridiculous, no one wants to see this fight. Such a waste of time.

  • @jackmanzella3569
    @jackmanzella3569 20 днів тому

    bro is actually running out of ideas