The 10 Most High-Pressure Title Defenses in UFC History
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Chael claiming that he thought if he tapped it just ended the round, he's up 4 rds to 1, he wins. That was the funniest explanation i have ever heard for a loss, and classic Chael.
Lmao even Cruz and Faber stopped arguing to laugh. Chael the goat
He failed so many drug tests.
@@hardnewstakenharder nah they just made a mistake because they couldn‘t believe a human body could contain as much natural testosterone as chael did
@@thegreathutt Facts
@@thegreathutt when chael tested with 5x higher testosterone than the normal person he said check it again that seems a little low.
1. Working at a sand mine ages 10-17 to pay for his education, which was 6 miles away from his village
2. His physically and mentally brutal year long journey to France
3. Training in Paris while homeless/living in a car park and getting a UFC contract 2 years after discovering MMA
4. Standing up to the UFC and their bs contracts w low pay, "independent contractors" who are forced to be exclusive w/ the UFC, no healthcare/security despite the nature of the job, etc.
5. Defending his title, winning by dec for the first time, etc. as an underdog + with a torn MCL/damaged ACL
Not to mention he is trilingual, has a charity foundation, and has the world's strongest punch.
Francis Ngannou might be the closest thing we have to a superhero
Exactly! The man has dealt with so much in his life, a simple UFC contract issue could never bring him down mentally
I always felt like he's the closest thing we have to the hulk
When he fights it's like when the z fighters fight normal people during the tenkaichi budokai
and Dana still manages to be an ass to a guy that has already been through so much.
Literally Dana is sitting on a growing $500 000 000 networth and can't pay 1 Million a fight to their baddest man.
@@langtryvlogme I've always thought it was a shame the former heavyweight champion of the world was a firefighter at the same time
Watching the Ngannou fight was intense. I know fighters put a lot on the line every time they fight, but that fight was next level pressure. Not only was it against the biggest competition in heavyweight, but also his entire career was on the line. Not only is fighter pay an important issue for him, but for the sport as a whole and everything could be a lot different with fighters trying to get what they deserve.
That’s what made the fight great , not the sequences of pugilistic exchange cos it was a bit underwhelming. It was what the fight meant which made it great
He put himself under the pressure.
Ngannou even said; its not just the money he has an issue with, its the freedom of the contract that is so one-sided in favour of the UFC.
@@rymcg9443 No he didn't
I feel like Stipe was under intense pressure in his defense against Ngannou. Everyone thought Francis was going to decapitate him like he did to Reem, even the UFC were pushing for Ngannou and believing he would run through the champ.
Had to go back and watch that DJ vs Borg armbar on Fight Pass. Jesus that transition from the back to suplex to armbar was a thing of beauty
This doesn't even mention the fact that Cryl was by far Francis's worst matchup. Cryl was the favorite for good reason. The most technical striker in Heavyweight history, and Francis fucking Ngannou beat him. His back was against the wall in every way possible. #AndStill
I still think about how Jose aldo would’ve done against Connor, if it wasn’t over in the first exchange. Even coach Cavana said he wished it didn’t end the way it did to see how Connor would deal with him. Sucks they never met again.
Carvana
Yeah my lowkey dream fight was an Aldo vs Conor at 155
Jose got so much shit for saying it wasn't a "real fight" but we all knew what he meant. And he was right. We needed that rematch.
I'll tell you go how it would go. 9 times out of 10 Aldo beats Conor. Conor just got lucky.
@@thedarkcriminal1658 Nah Conor didn't get lucky. Aldo was dumb for charging in like that and Conor was skilled enough to make him pay for it. Although I agree Aldo would probably beat Conor 9 out of 10 times, "luck" had nothing to do with it.
Expected to see JBJ vs DC 1. What a pressure , both undefeated , both had lots of trash talk , a very anticipated and pressuring defense imo
Juicy Jones lost to Matt hamill
@@George-je5ez lol ok
UFC forced Demetrious Johnson out of UFC and it is one of the worst things they ever done in my opinion.
yeah but the lower weight classes get more respect and attention in the Asian market
Indirectly they made Jorge a huge star with it, and we got his fight against Nate, both fights against Usman and now fight with Colby, its done some good, well, depending if you like Masvidal or not, but it certainly made UFC a lot of money
Nah. His leaving the UFC saved the Flyweight division and revived it. People care, are interested, and it's an awesome division now. DJ's being there made it boring and he had absolutely no personality.
Ben Askren was sent to the Shadow Realm ... there was a silver lining with DJ
@@djbray7 that division is not better off that division is literally dying out I mean they only have Deiveson Figeredo and Branden Moreno that are fighting for the belt. DJ is the first person you'll think of when someone mentions the flyweight division cause he had no real competition in that weight class.
I actually feel so bad for Johnson as an MMA community we should’ve fought for him
So true
Poor DJ
Nobody cared about ANYTHING but ConorMcTapLeg or whatever he is now.
I have the rare grace to have never really cared about Conor at first, and not even disliked him until after the Khabib fight.
I bet against him vs Alverez, but the big guy wasn’t exposed before that fight. Was just for the potential pay day
I dunno how I was such a big Chael fan and didn’t like Conor, but Conor always seemed fake to me.
And quite a few champions in many divisions languished in the long and terrible tyranny of McGregor/Bisping for *years.*
I’m even Irish-American, and I think I hate every fighter from the British Isles now.
@@DarranKern you had me in the first half, but you're making it too general just because of the fan-nations of the hated ones. Few fighters in my very good graces :tony, dc, khabib, mir, oliveira and GSP basically as they are the only big ones that didn't fake anything else but beef, but what they always presented about themselves was on point, they didn't need to fake personality or take stuff to fight with fake bodies.
Nah hes like 5'2
Every single Tyron Woodley defense, but especially his fight against Darren Till. Woodley knew for sure that he would never get a title shot again and that management wanted pretty much anybody else as a champion.
DC vs Jones II. It was Cormier's chance to avenge his only loss at that point, silence the voices that called him paper champ and to beat a man he genuinely despises.
Is Francis Ngannou the first time MMA has had a legitimate folk hero? The dude's origin story, then his battle against the promotion, is the sort of thing that you wouldn't even believe under normal circumstances.
Only mike perry but their story is so similar. Two young african men pulling through all the struggle they had to face to get to the UFC. Truly an inspiration
You’d have to be pretty deranged to consider Mike Perry a folk hero.
Lot of brazilian champions from the past came from nothing too, you just dont know because they never spoke english
@@stillwatercamargo9606 Yes, this is very true. Although Ngannou compounds the origin story with his very public stand against the promotion...which the promotion also can't astroturf and lie about (because Ngannou can tell his stories in English too).
UFC did DJ dirty his entire reign under their banner, dude deserved SO much better.
I mean, consider how hard life was for Francis Ngannou when he was shoveling salt out of mines to put bread on the table at age of 10. All the pressure and adversity thrown his way building up to UFC 270 is more than enough to break any normal person physically and mentally. But for Ngannou, it was just M̶o̶n̶d̶a̶y̶ Saturday.
It was Saturday
@@farticusthegreat5685 guarantee you won’t post an iq test
@@billwe5772 ?
@@billwe5772 guarantee you’re right cuz I have no reason too and your comment makes no sense lol.
I mean shoveling salt isn't objectively the worst thing in the world
I feel like there was a ton of pressure on Stipe when he defended his belt against Ngannou in their first fight
White put alot of pressure on both fighters its obvious when he's root against you but sad when your boss is hoping you lose instead of being unbiased
I dislike how the UFC treated Mighty mouse. Imagine the NBA shitting on LeBron
The UFC’s lebron is Conor
I mean in fairness the dude was just too good for his own career. The division couldn't build up names because he'd crush them all. Ppvs decline when everyone already knows who will win.
Ufc being a money machine had to try anything and everything to get more eyes. Whereas NBA LeBron isn't the only recognizable person on his team. He is the most famous, but he's not the only one.
Like conor and the 155, or khabib and 155. The number of big name fighters in the division is huge, so even if say khabib stayed and kept winning, there would still be a great period of time before the division stales. Mighty mouse had what like 10 dears of straight dominance.
I don't agree with it but Mighty Mouse was bad for profit, and the UFC has shareholders to answer to. I Wish the fanbase had appreciated his dominance more so he could have stayed, now he's getting KO'd by Moraes who is somehow in the same division despite being twice his size
@@utastegood3353 Even GSP at 170, every time the man fought he was a PPV draw even though he went the distance so many times and beat guys in mostly dominant fashion.
In my opinion, it was the ultimate credit to him. He was literally so fucking good that no one could beat him, and it was strangling the flyweight division.
Another video idea could be potential double champs in the future
Man I’ve heard so many messed up stories about how UFC treats their athletes. It’s a damn shame that the organization with the highest level of competition has some of the worst handling of fighters. This one about how they treated Mighty Mouse, who was a champion at the time, is shameful.
blachowicz vs adesanya was a big one
Jan saved the whole division from a crisis
Covington vs Usman is also a very high pressure fight
tbh as a fan of adesanya it seemed more like an ego trip, was it really a crisis creating fight?
@@noahleach7690 it would have complicated the title picture for other contenders considering adesanya would have been a 2 division champ
@@ccchristian3093 that does also bring in an audience considering adesanya is far more interesting to the layman because of his obnoxious antics
No way Jan would have ever beat Jones. Ridiculous.
@@noahleach7690 It kinda was. The rightful #1 contender (Glover) would have been left to suck a dick in the process if Adesanya became champion at 205. Because they would have done a super fight with Jones. So, while they waited for Jones to get off roids and come back to 205, Jan, Jiri, Glover, Rakic, Dom and Thiago would have been left in the dust, with no option but to fight each other and make the division run out of contenders (because we still didn't have Hill and Ankalaev, Krylov and Craig not worthy, Johnny Walker still in the mix and at least two of them would have lost two, leaving them out of the title scene), so yes. Izzy winning would have created a crisis in LHW because they would have sacrificed the division in the name of Jones vs Adesanya, and Jan winning was the best outcome in hindsight
10.Demetrious Johnson vs Ray Borg -0:45
9.Jens Pulver vs BJ Penn -2:01
8.Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey -3:19
7.George St-Pierre vs BJ Penn 2 -4:31
6.Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje -5:47
5.Jon Jones vs Vitor Belfort -7:20
4.Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen 2 -8:45
3.Ronda Rousey vs Liz Carmouche -10:23
2.Jose Aldo vs Conor Mcgregor -11:47
1.Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane -13:15
No need for this comment. I can’t see why any legit MMA fan would skip around on this video.
I still think the whole build up to McGregor vs aldo was insane and the pressure he had was unreal. For me that tops the list
The fact that you compared the UFC championship belt to the ring of power makes you qualify as my favorite MMA Channel on UA-cam
Jen's should be in the HOF, it was the first ever LW champ. Beat B.J. and Uno.. Those were the best LW's back then in that era.
Facts
The fact he isn't already tells me he's not on the best of terms with the UFC.
I don’t think people realize that if Ngannou were to pull out, Gane would’ve been champion immediately.(Literally the point of an Interim Champ)
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Thanks for this one guys! This was one of the best pieces in recent memory! I think you nailed the list
Stope vs Francis 1. Stipe had a ton of pressure. It was clear the UFC wanted Francis to win and just as clear that Dana isnt fond of Stipe. Pressure had to be crazy on Stipe.
When Connor gets a 13 second finish he gets a belt when I finish in 13 seconds she kicks me out 😐
Woah great episode :) A lotta emotions and truths in this one. Well done.
Lol this made me think about all the hype surrounding Khamzat and how everyone thinks he's Thanos already 😂. Dude got a handful of UFC fights and people think he'll beat Usman and Israel without breaking a sweat. MMA fans sometimes 🤷🤦♂️?
Woodley vs. Till is what immediately came to mind, as well as the first Stipe-Francis fight.
This was a good one
Gsp dominated Penn on the second fight. I never thought B.J. would throw in the towel.
I remember that Pen vs Pulver fight, I'll admit I bought into the hype too and Jens came out and showed us all.
9:59 Chael is such a legend, he doesn't even flinch.
Video starts at 0:00
The comment we needed
Thank you 🙏
Thanks buddy
you're an absolute legend❤️🙏🏽
Here's the thing i have been confused about since learning about ufc 112 (i have only been an mma fan since 2018). If you want Anderson Silva to give an exciting performance to your new investors from Abu Dhabi, why would you put him against Demian Maia? Put him against a STRIKER. UFC management has always shown limited knowledge about the sport if you ask me. The reason Silva used his taunting tactics was to try to get opponents to go after him and overextend themselves allowing him, as the elite counter striker to that point in mma history, to take them apart.
He's started the list with DJ vs Ray fucking Borg...
Say what you will of Jones, but the UFC and Dana KNOWING about Belfort's test results and TRT-ness on banned substances, but never informing anyone including Jones and covering it up because they hoped Belfort would win, says a lot about how Dana conducts business.
Man you guys wants crap out content every week and I love it !!💯💪🏽
Francis beating Cyril is some shit you’d see in a movie or anime. It’s unbelievable.
Love your videos!
That was a dope list. Props.
Tommy
i love that clip of tony and khabib arguing on stage. you can see so much of both their characters in that clip and you can't hear a word they're saying.
Great list!
Randy vs Brock was pretty high pressure for Randy, but wasn't mentioned even though he was going through an open lawsuit against the promotion
It's insane what Francis has achieved as an immigrant in all countries he has been. I admire him.
Illegal* immigrant
Even though it wasn't technically a title defense, I think Oliveira vs Gaetche should be on this list. Having to fight in enemy territory after making weight but being told you didn't, getting the title stripped from you, and still getting a first round finish, that was a he'll of a win. Idk if I have ever been happier to see an instant karma moment like that. And I like Justin, he just said the wrong things at the wrong time.
5:41 you tried sneaking that remark in as if we wouldn't nice LMAOOOO
Honestly if Ronda lost to Liz for all we know there would be no major women's mma
Was expecting to see Cejudo vs TJ and Woodley vs Till on here but solid list regardless.
Ngannou and Gane aren't former training partners. They only sparred that one time that's on video. No other footage of them sparring exists. Francis says this in an interview, word for word.
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No mention of Henry Cejudo saving the flyweight division and totally disrupting the hierarchy of the bantamweight division vs a guy who everyone thought was gonna run through him?
8:45 you also forgot when vitor almost kicked jbj in the face. Yeah it wouldve been illegal and would've likely ended with vitor getting disqualified. But jbj hasn't done that whole crawling out since(i think)
That was so funny JBJ looked at the ref like wtf
@@sharik6862 and big john said something like,
"You cant play games jon"
Can't believe Stipe v Ngannou is not on here. Stipe got no promotion and he broke a record that night for most consecutive defenses in heavyweight
Out of all these it was Francis. I never really liked him, but once the contract thing came up. I was rooting for the guy 200%
Every one is different but I can’t, for the life of me, understand how anyone can’t like the guy.
@@trentonuab I like him, but I always like the other fighter more like stipe and gane
@@trentonuab I just never liked him IDK why, but the contract dispute OMG Go Francis Beat Them All!! just win IDC how
"I believe it was Fred Durst that mused; 'Heavy is the head that wears the crown'." I'm crying. That's the funniest line I've heard this year.
Man I was at 207 and when nunes smashed rousey the arena went dead. lol everybody was alllll hyped that she was coming back and… well… lol
Head movement
I know it hasn't happened yet but I feel like Aljo V Yan 2 should be on here. I feel like Aljo has a lot of pressure on him for this rematch.
Crazy how Dana has said in the past he won’t personally crown champs for personal reasons and expects us to believe him when he says it’s not
Nunes probably just had those clips of Ronda shadow boxing playing every day in the gym and just laughed her ass off
You should have added Francis lost the first 2 rounds then with his back against the wall. changes strategies injured and dominates
Everyone knows Chael has never tapped. However MMA companies will often CGI matches to make it appear as though Chael lost so other fighters will agree to fight him. If they knew the truth - that everyman Chael has ever faced died from the pressure of him being in their guard. Hed never get another match. He didn't even have to throw a punch. Just the pressure of him inside your guard is lethal to 99% of human beings and 80% of animals which is why he can never have children.
Dumb marks will argue "but I've seen fighters after their fight with Chael and they were fine."
They're called 'crisis actors' fool because every Chael fight is an international crisis.
im surprised SIlva/Chael 2 is on here. From what i remember, the first fight was where all the pressure was for silva
Francis has had extremely tough 1st title defense, on paper he was out matched only really being able to beat ciryl with power. But he managed to evolve his wrestling game to new heights and dominated on the ground. If he manages to beat jones in his next title defense it would be goat level status as heavyweight. Took the title from stipe and defended against ciryl followed by Jon jones that’s crazy asf
Driven one the best MMA documentary ever
How is Khabib vs Conor not here. The pressure of winning the biggest fight and biggest beef in UFC history must have been huge
loooooved that intro
Look at that incline press by BJ!!!
I argue Conor had the most pressure on him against Mendez, Aldo pulled out and Conor was supposed to carry the ppv… with Sinéad O'Connor and Arron Lewis performing the walkouts live…. Insane
its absolutly disgusting that people nowadays tend to ingnore how much pressure khabib had in his shoulders in that fight with Gaethje, and disrespect him for only having 3 title defenses, forgetting that it was his mother's wish for him to retire🤦🤦
if there's a fight in history where i'd say the loser wins 9 out of 10 times, it'd be Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor. The Conor mania was massive, it was taking the entire sport by storm. Even Conor said that he'd already won at the presser, and rightfully so, no one was doing it like Conor was.
That's a fair argument, as I'd say Aldo was a more well-rounded fighter while Conor was more of a striking specialist (of course Conor has good takedown Defense but other than that his grappling is not all that great). But if you watch the fight, you see Aldo rush at Conor with an lead overhand, which is something he has used before against taller, longer fighters, such as Kenny Florian. But Conor McGregor most likely watched that fight and came prepared to counter with a left hook (which he did). And if you look at their best weapons, Aldo's best weapon is probably his strong leg kicks, while McGregor's is his left hand (which he used to knock out Aldo). We saw Dustin Poirier's leg kicks in their 2nd fight really had an effect on Conor McGregor, because he was using a boxing stance, where his weight was stagnant and was mostly on his lead leg. But in the Aldo fight, McGregor had a karate stance, where if you notice his weight was constantly shifting from his front leg to his back leg, which takes away some of the sting out of a leg kick. And when your weight is constantly shifting from your front to your back leg, leg kicks don't really have much of an impact on mobility.
But if the fight ended up on the ground, I think Aldo would win, but that's IF he could take down Conor McGregor.
I think Conor takes it nearly every time. People want to write McGregor off but who he was then is not who he is now
How do yall come up with such bangers
Ngannou is legitimately one of the most tough people of all time. To go into a fight against a generationally skilled talent with the organization you work for doing everything it can to prop him up over you and after finding out that you have a completely fucked up knee and then win? Unbelievable. Truly astounding. He had all the pressure in the world on him. I truly believe that no one else, other then maybe Fedor, could have won that fight with those conditions. Not Stipe, not Gane, not even Cane, who I believe is the best heavyweight of all time.
Jones suspicions of UFC cover ups regarding PEDSs is both hilarious and ironic
I would argue that stipes first defence against ngannou was much more high stakes than ngannou vs Gane. Its kinda crazy that fight wasn't on the list
Naa you're crazy to think that.
@@alinddash9567 after the overreem ko literally everyone thought ngannou was gonna walk through stipe and it would end up like their 2nd fight and his punch record was still very fresh
@@user-lx6fj3kf3j That is nowhere near what Ngannou was up against in ufc 270.
Yeaaah, nope. One thing is the pressure of having a guy who hits really fucking hard as your opponent and the extra of you breaking a record if you win, and another is having every possible business move on the line for that fight. If Ngannou had lost to Gane, no more Jones superfight, no more boxing Tyson Fury, no "pay me what I deserve", nothing. His options would have been bow down and kiss Dana's ass or Bellator. Good luck topping Ngannou vs Gane when it comes high stakes
Francis is so freakishly strong, he doesn't need a wrestling coach. He just grabs you and slam you on your head.
DJ did not just dominate Borg he produced the the best submission in the history of UFC. A flying arm bar but in reverse
If Chael could’ve just avoided that triangle and just survived 2 more minutes the history of the UFC MW division would’ve been much different! I’m not sure if Chael would’ve lost the rematch
Do top 10 beefs that will never end with khabib and conor being 1
Hi Tommy! Big fan of the channel, have you guys ever thought of expanding to other languages? I'm from México and love MMA but there is very few quality content in spanish. I would even propose myself to be the spanish " voice" of the channel. Im not really interested on money, but your material is great and would gladly share the knowledge.
Goodbye!
Why does jens pulver have half a beard lmao
hell yeah pulver! remember how people were sayin betting on nunes is the easiest money you can make? similar to the thoughts for bj penn beatin pulver
Do greatest strikers of all time
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Where’s Cejudo vs Dillashaw?
I believe number one should be Eddie vs Connor because imagine all that trash talk that aldo deal with and this is for Connor to become the first 2 division champion AND ITS IN MSG!!!!!
Man that animation of Khabib with his dad hits hard
5:02 I think you over exaggerated gsp vs bj penn "superfight" while downplaying some of the others. Bj and gsp each only had 1 title defense each. Sure they both went on to have incredible runs (gsp in particular), this fight was mostly hyped because of it as a rematch.
It was not an over exaggeration when they both were the poster child of UFC, and the clash dana had with BJ over the first match and then the in ring call out, then the crazy talk which for the first time got a reaction from GSP. This was also at a time media coverage was poor and it almost broke 1mil which was insane for smaller weight classes in any combat sport.
@@PokeProfPoke exactly... The fight was mostly sold on the rematch, not the champ champ aspect
i guess when tommy only does one video a month he can get some good editing
What size kind of be like a light Bloomer going into being a UFC fan you know if it wasn't for tough I don't know how deep I would have gotten into it but you know just got through watching BJ Penn versus James pullover and it just made me realize how much it sucks that how long it has passed since you know we got the dominant BJ Penn and you know the devastating finishes he made when he first got in and yeah I lost a Jen's pullover but man he tore his ass up pretty good and you guys should do like a thing on BJ Penn like top whatever he's the one guy that I wish I had gone back in time and was able to actually be a part of and watch not too many other fighters really from that era does that for me
Not taking anything away from Francis, he absolutely deserves the spot and all the respect in the world for that performance, but let's be real if he got cut by the UFC he would be making $1m a year dominating the PFL
Was thinking TJ vs Cejudo to save the flyweight division would be up here
Honestly I thought Jones v Hendo was desperate from the UFC. I love Hendo but at his age and the size difference he would have gotten dominated.
That's what I always thought too , idk why Hendo even got a title shot at that point
Best opening line ever. 🤣🤣🤣
Am I the only one surprised that Henry Cejudo Vs. TJ Dillashaw wasn't on this list. By no means did I espect it to be near the top but there was serious talk about the UFC killing the flyweight division if Cejudo lost
Jens Pulver, the legendary Alliance Grand Marshal /salute
Ngl, I feel like when champs are expected to lose is less pressure on the champ and more pressure on the challenger
I felt so bad for Aldo
Everyone else does