His first title shot was his 4th consecutive bout against a champion 😂 Sean O'malley got a title shot of a loss against a former champion Merab might be the goat of the division already
"Bro...bro bro I'm already on the level with GSP in the striking the wrestling the grappling if I beat Shavkat i'm calling out Driscus and becoming double champ." "Also Colby sucks"
Islam has a decent chance of establishing the best resume of all time with just a couple more wins (if he is successful at 170), and when you add the fact that he’s so insanely complete (I see no genuine weakness in his skillset or attributes) he could become undeniable GOAT.
Still don’t understand why Asakura is getting a title shot other than his INSANE fame in Asia. Maybe he can really showcase this new grounded opponent rule since he’s from Rizin. He’s literally ranked #50 for his weight class(worldwide rankings)
I think we're just desperate to get a superstar in Fly weight. I mean no other Fly weight is pulling numbers more than Asakura I think. So IF he wins, it would kinda bring in tons of new viewers/ audience to the UFC. Thus, better for the company. Though, I still think he should've fought a couple contenders before a title shot
Tom has the skill to become top 3 easily but no one is going to give him credit cause his competition isn't good enough. The fact that Jones and Stipe are the only former champions left in the division and not one of them is fighting Tom hurts his resume a lot aswell.
Aspinall could literally become the goat he is so good but his comp is bad compared to most of the other legends. It's unfortunate he can't get any former champs on his resume except for 70 year old Arlovski and almost every HW below the top 5 is a blob.
Yeah it is a crime that he’s not getting the opportunity to beat Jones because he’s just not getting credit for his domination right now. Best record over top 10 fighters within his own division of all our current champs. We can’t just keep saying “yeah but heavyweight sucks” because all he can do is work with what he has, and he’s destroying everyone effortlessly, while all his competitors are not. If it was easy to KO half of the HW top 10 in a couple minutes combined then why hasn’t anybody else done it? Including the greats? Because nobody else is/was Tom.
I dont mean to be a hater but I think that as soon as Belal and Merab retire we should just all collectively decide to forget that those two ever happened. No one is ever going to look their fights up. So irrelevant to place them in top 15
@@aidenfielding1348 what the hell are you talking about. Comparing someone who finished 7 out of the last 8 fights with snoozers like Belal and Merab. Get a grip.
Idk if I’d put poatan top 10. I feel like he hasn’t fought a variety of different styles. For all we know some mid level 205er like Krylov could submit him in round 1. Top 15 sounds about right.
He's literally fought the best division(s) have to offer. Jiri literally subbed Grover but I agree he's in the upper echelon of top 15 and will absolutely go up
When you're beating guys 3-0 or 5-0 or at least 4-1, and consider the quality of his opponents, Belal's resume is actually insane. Let's say he beats Shavkat and/or Usman, he could easily be top 10.
Why does Belal have no chance? He’s easily the 3rd greatest resume in welterweight history. He has a great resume. Pantoja is already top 20 all time and he will be top 10 all time fs. I’d say only 3 more defenses until he’s above DJ. I think Merab is easily the greatest bantamweight of all time. Illia is already top 10 same with Alex and Illia will be top 5 in no time. MaKachev is top 4. Dricus is at least top 30. Aspinall is top 30 as well. We have very good champs at the moment.
If Islam beats Arman and Illa he’s the Goat. He’s the greatest win streak killer of all time anyway. Then he would have beaten 2 champions with all this hype with absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose TWICE!
@@aronviranyi458Nah, cause If Alex beats Ank and then somehow beats Tom Aspinall it’s 100% wraps for goat convo DDP gotta get through Khamzat and a few more top guys imo
Bro, I thought I was the only one but I think we are witnessing history in the making, potentially the golden Age of MMA in terms of how many potential GOATs we have right now happening around the same time. Did you remember when all the 7 champs are in the same room doing Q&A and how goated that line-up was. If the UFC actually fucking promotes and made another one of those next year... Holy shit what a line-up. Pantoja/Asakura, Merab (though i hope Umar wins), Ilia, Islam, Belal/Shavkat, DDP/Khamzat, Alex, Tom. I personally think, if they play their cards right, Ilia, Islam, and Tom could be the "holy Trinity" or the "big three" of being the GOAT of the sport.
Ufc controls the narrative... Jon Jones is only the GOAT right now because he is more valuable to the UFC right now than Anderson Silva, GSP etc. Not to say Jones isn't deserving... of course he is but once he doesn't have any value for the UFC there will be another GOAT and it most likely won't be Islam because the UFC doesn't seem to be into him as much, this can change of course if he signs a favorable contract for the UFC and keeps winning of course... it will be easier for him to keep winning though if he bends the knee to the UFC
Im being honest. I think Movsar evloev will become champ Inshallah. But I am not sure how far he will go (although he has great potential and is arguably one of the best fighters in the division.
@@zarifinator1327 you comparing ilia with sean and edwards lmao, kid diddler about to get starched, i dont remember merab or belal going life or death with a top 6 dude
@@23373 Bro calling Movsar a Kid diddler is soy as hell lmfao, also I think Movsar is better skillwise than both. And yeah I'm comparing Leon and Sean to Ilia, they also knocked out goats of their divisions and people thought they were unbeatable, I think Movsar will expose Ilia just like Merab and Belal. You have a good point about Merab and Belal never really struggling with anyone but I still think Movsar will beat Ilia
so u put dricus on number 20 who beat the best in the division but you put islam who is not as active and doesnt have wins againg many former champs lol
hot take without the ridiculous power that Illia has he would maybe be top ten at featherweight tops, pure technique wise he relys on his power so much and im not saying he couldnt fight differently to compensate for less power but if he fought like he does now with average power he would not be a champ or have any where near the level of wins he has now.
Respectable take but nah. I think Islam, Ilia, and Tom Aspinall have the most potential to become the GOAT of the sport (the big three). Alex, if he beats Ankalaev, he'll no doubt be the 2nd greatest LHW but let's face it, he doesn't have much time left before he retires, I'd say 3 more years before retiring. So not enough time to surpass Jones. And for Merab, do y'all really want him to be your bantam weight GOAT? I like Merab's personality but he's one of the most boring fighters. Y'all complaining Belal for being boring but not Merab who has less finishes? I think Umar has a good chance at beating Merab and I'd prefer him to be champ cuz he's young, is more complete, more entertaining fighter, and has time to rack up his title defenses. So I think in 5 years time, this'll be the top 10 GOAT of MMA: 1. Islam 2. Ilia 3. Tom 4. Jon Jones 5. GSP 6. Pereira 7. DJ 8. Volk 9. DC 10. Max (yes, I think Max is more deserving of being in the top 10 GOAT list than Aldo, Khabib, and Anderson Silva, I don't care).
Islam is definitely on his way to retire in the next 2 years. He's already 33 and we know how smart Khabib team is with their careers. I say he beats Arman, then goes up to fight whoever's not named Belal, probably wins the belt, maybe gets a defense and retires
Casual take… Cmon Now, no way Islam even has a sliver against even Jens Pulver or Sherk all time at LW, let alone top 3 all time like Couture and BJ Penn, those guys were just too good, people forget man…
perera only 12-2-0 and you guys talk if he was goat of sport.... i know brasilian which was much better as perera,, anderson silva is goat in my opnion, and not perera....perera get titelshot after four fights, and than get loose after five fights against israel,,,than get LHW belt without one fight in divisioon against other LHWs,,,, his record is worst,,, the reason that he fight in different weightclasses, and get the chance for shot make him not to a goat,,,,, if other fighters move up to other weightclass, everybody talk about making fights in that division before getting shot,,, but perera had dana white privileg,,,,,
I had to dislike when you gave Alex the top 10 of all time. 😂 GTFOH he was hi ing a title fight after 3 fights in the sport he has losses and a very one dimensional fighter.
Leftlane you can’t say that Carlos prates is top 30 all time with a win over magny
Cmon bro
You make a great point, Merab's journey to the title was so long that he's basically defended his belt already.
His first title shot was his 4th consecutive bout against a champion 😂
Sean O'malley got a title shot of a loss against a former champion
Merab might be the goat of the division already
@@ocanaldojjhe has best resume but i still think no
"Bro...bro bro I'm already on the level with GSP in the striking the wrestling the grappling if I beat Shavkat i'm calling out Driscus and becoming double champ."
"Also Colby sucks"
LMAO thats exactly how he talks
islam had one fight this entire year. his inactivity doesn't help in his journey to be the goat. but there's potential for sure
He was going to have 2 if he didn't need that surgery. If he has 2 fights a year he has a chance to become the goat considering quality of competition
I hate when people say this as if he didn’t get injured…
He will have 3 fights next year hopefully
Shut up, one more win and he does something no LW ever has. You looking for anything to discredit him but it won’t work 🤷🏾♂️
been saying this Moosleem fighters are the worst if they have belts the division becomes stale and slow
Leftlane is Lucas Tracy maxxing with these goat discussions
Welterweight Middleweight light heavyweight heavyweight are all booked by the guy who defended each belt 50x, chael pewsy sonnen
I just went to the ufc rankings website to see hiw many ranked wins aspinall has and saw that somehow both rozenstruik and tybura are ranked 9😂😂
and theres no rank 10 😭
Islam has a decent chance of establishing the best resume of all time with just a couple more wins (if he is successful at 170), and when you add the fact that he’s so insanely complete (I see no genuine weakness in his skillset or attributes) he could become undeniable GOAT.
Yeah okay brah 🤣
Still don’t understand why Asakura is getting a title shot other than his INSANE fame in Asia. Maybe he can really showcase this new grounded opponent rule since he’s from Rizin. He’s literally ranked #50 for his weight class(worldwide rankings)
I think we're just desperate to get a superstar in Fly weight. I mean no other Fly weight is pulling numbers more than Asakura I think. So IF he wins, it would kinda bring in tons of new viewers/ audience to the UFC. Thus, better for the company.
Though, I still think he should've fought a couple contenders before a title shot
“Remember the Decision” 😬😬😬
Ilia Islam and Tom will be the top 3 five years from now guaranteed
Crazy
Tom has the skill to become top 3 easily but no one is going to give him credit cause his competition isn't good enough. The fact that Jones and Stipe are the only former champions left in the division and not one of them is fighting Tom hurts his resume a lot aswell.
i would say illia ,islam needs to be more active
A heavyweight can't be top 5
Unless you wanna count Fedor
@@aronviranyi458agreed Tom will end up the biggest "what if" in the ufc, a travesty we'll never get to see him fight francis or jones
Aspinall could literally become the goat he is so good but his comp is bad compared to most of the other legends. It's unfortunate he can't get any former champs on his resume except for 70 year old Arlovski and almost every HW below the top 5 is a blob.
he could potentially fight some good light heavyweights who move up in the future
Yeah it is a crime that he’s not getting the opportunity to beat Jones because he’s just not getting credit for his domination right now. Best record over top 10 fighters within his own division of all our current champs. We can’t just keep saying “yeah but heavyweight sucks” because all he can do is work with what he has, and he’s destroying everyone effortlessly, while all his competitors are not. If it was easy to KO half of the HW top 10 in a couple minutes combined then why hasn’t anybody else done it? Including the greats? Because nobody else is/was Tom.
@@DanAddisonhe does not have better wins than belal, how you gon compare his wins with belal who has so many ranked?
@@WeAreGhuraba I think Belal has 3 top ten wins, Aspinall has 5.
I dont mean to be a hater but I think that as soon as Belal and Merab retire we should just all collectively decide to forget that those two ever happened. No one is ever going to look their fights up. So irrelevant to place them in top 15
Facts
@@SteechIIIbrutal
The opposite will happen, GSP was widely disliked for boring fights at the time but now he's universally loved
Same with islam
@@aidenfielding1348 what the hell are you talking about. Comparing someone who finished 7 out of the last 8 fights with snoozers like Belal and Merab. Get a grip.
Idk if I’d put poatan top 10. I feel like he hasn’t fought a variety of different styles. For all we know some mid level 205er like Krylov could submit him in round 1. Top 15 sounds about right.
He's literally fought the best division(s) have to offer. Jiri literally subbed Grover but I agree he's in the upper echelon of top 15 and will absolutely go up
We Flukas glazy maxxing with this one 🔥
I worka so hawrd fo dis
When you're beating guys 3-0 or 5-0 or at least 4-1, and consider the quality of his opponents, Belal's resume is actually insane.
Let's say he beats Shavkat and/or Usman, he could easily be top 10.
Didn’t have to do belal like that in the thumbnail 😭
Pereira and Jones are the same age, if Pereira wins that matchup the "washed" claims are not going to cut it for Jones glazers
Just looked it up, Pereira is actually 10 days older
Lightweight Division is not the most stacked lets be honest .Middlewight and fetherweight are currently better stacked
Why does Belal have no chance? He’s easily the 3rd greatest resume in welterweight history. He has a great resume. Pantoja is already top 20 all time and he will be top 10 all time fs. I’d say only 3 more defenses until he’s above DJ. I think Merab is easily the greatest bantamweight of all time. Illia is already top 10 same with Alex and Illia will be top 5 in no time. MaKachev is top 4. Dricus is at least top 30. Aspinall is top 30 as well. We have very good champs at the moment.
If Islam beats Arman and Illa he’s the Goat. He’s the greatest win streak killer of all time anyway. Then he would have beaten 2 champions with all this hype with absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose TWICE!
He's not even close to goat... There's no way his fans are actually this stupid?
I say if he also wins the welterweight belt also, there will be no doubt in anyone mind
Where do you think each ufc champion can reach on the goat list?
Ilia islam and pereria all have a chance to become the goat merab DDP aspinall have a chance to be top 10 pantoja and Belal have a chance for top 20
@@britisher1958 i'd say DDP has a much better chance for goat status than Pereira
@@aronviranyi458Nah, cause If Alex beats Ank and then somehow beats Tom Aspinall it’s 100% wraps for goat convo
DDP gotta get through Khamzat and a few more top guys imo
Bro, I thought I was the only one but I think we are witnessing history in the making, potentially the golden Age of MMA in terms of how many potential GOATs we have right now happening around the same time.
Did you remember when all the 7 champs are in the same room doing Q&A and how goated that line-up was. If the UFC actually fucking promotes and made another one of those next year... Holy shit what a line-up. Pantoja/Asakura, Merab (though i hope Umar wins), Ilia, Islam, Belal/Shavkat, DDP/Khamzat, Alex, Tom.
I personally think, if they play their cards right, Ilia, Islam, and Tom could be the "holy Trinity" or the "big three" of being the GOAT of the sport.
We (ilia topuria) are gonna finish as the goat of the sport
how’d the exam go leftlane?
Ufc controls the narrative... Jon Jones is only the GOAT right now because he is more valuable to the UFC right now than Anderson Silva, GSP etc.
Not to say Jones isn't deserving... of course he is but once he doesn't have any value for the UFC there will be another GOAT and it most likely won't be Islam because the UFC doesn't seem to be into him as much, this can change of course if he signs a favorable contract for the UFC and keeps winning of course... it will be easier for him to keep winning though if he bends the knee to the UFC
Islam will become the Goat 🐐
Im being honest. I think Movsar evloev will become champ Inshallah. But I am not sure how far he will go (although he has great potential and is arguably one of the best fighters in the division.
Hes not the most entertaining, i think ilia gives him a tough decision loss
Illia would do terrible things to that man
@@saltyman66people said the same thing about Merab and Belal
@@zarifinator1327 you comparing ilia with sean and edwards lmao, kid diddler about to get starched, i dont remember merab or belal going life or death with a top 6 dude
@@23373 Bro calling Movsar a Kid diddler is soy as hell lmfao, also I think Movsar is better skillwise than both. And yeah I'm comparing Leon and Sean to Ilia, they also knocked out goats of their divisions and people thought they were unbeatable, I think Movsar will expose Ilia just like Merab and Belal. You have a good point about Merab and Belal never really struggling with anyone but I still think Movsar will beat Ilia
How do you think Ilia fits in lightweight? Do you think he could move there permanently one day?
so u put dricus on number 20 who beat the best in the division but you put islam who is not as active and doesnt have wins againg many former champs lol
Seek employment bro I’ve seen u comment multiple times about one person that don’t know you ☠️☠️☠️
@@Pooliom i am self employed i make beats online and im well of , you should worry about yourself buddy lool
hot take without the ridiculous power that Illia has he would maybe be top ten at featherweight tops, pure technique wise he relys on his power so much and im not saying he couldnt fight differently to compensate for less power but if he fought like he does now with average power he would not be a champ or have any where near the level of wins he has now.
People seem to forget that Pantoja knocked out Islam in round 1
5 years time
Top 10 Goat list is gonna be
Islam
Pereira
Ilia
Aspinall
DDP
Jones
Gsp
Pantoja
Merab
DJ
Calling it now 🗿
😭🙏👍👍
Respectable take but nah. I think Islam, Ilia, and Tom Aspinall have the most potential to become the GOAT of the sport (the big three).
Alex, if he beats Ankalaev, he'll no doubt be the 2nd greatest LHW but let's face it, he doesn't have much time left before he retires, I'd say 3 more years before retiring. So not enough time to surpass Jones.
And for Merab, do y'all really want him to be your bantam weight GOAT? I like Merab's personality but he's one of the most boring fighters. Y'all complaining Belal for being boring but not Merab who has less finishes? I think Umar has a good chance at beating Merab and I'd prefer him to be champ cuz he's young, is more complete, more entertaining fighter, and has time to rack up his title defenses.
So I think in 5 years time, this'll be the top 10 GOAT of MMA:
1. Islam
2. Ilia
3. Tom
4. Jon Jones
5. GSP
6. Pereira
7. DJ
8. Volk
9. DC
10. Max (yes, I think Max is more deserving of being in the top 10 GOAT list than Aldo, Khabib, and Anderson Silva, I don't care).
Islam is definitely on his way to retire in the next 2 years. He's already 33 and we know how smart Khabib team is with their careers. I say he beats Arman, then goes up to fight whoever's not named Belal, probably wins the belt, maybe gets a defense and retires
Wtf are those numbers on the bottom that you put?
These are from the ufc website, i believe its win stats like sub, dec, ko, first round finish.... stuff like that
Casual take… Cmon Now, no way Islam even has a sliver against even Jens Pulver or Sherk all time at LW, let alone top 3 all time like Couture and BJ Penn, those guys were just too good, people forget man…
Islam lost the first Volk fight
You still coping lol 😂
No
you still lying and crying
Ur never gonna unsee ur boy getting flatlined twice in a row
I look at Islam’s and Ilia’s Volk wins in the same vein I view DC to Jon Jones and Stipe
Islam vs ilia if ilia wins after beating volk/ lopes he’s the BOAT and he could easily be the GOAT
Stop copying myman Lucas Tracy 🍑 peachy
perera only 12-2-0 and you guys talk if he was goat of sport.... i know brasilian which was much better as perera,, anderson silva is goat in my opnion, and not perera....perera get titelshot after four fights, and than get loose after five fights against israel,,,than get LHW belt without one fight in divisioon against other LHWs,,,, his record is worst,,, the reason that he fight in different weightclasses, and get the chance for shot make him not to a goat,,,,, if other fighters move up to other weightclass, everybody talk about making fights in that division before getting shot,,, but perera had dana white privileg,,,,,
Pantoja did ko Islam tho
I had to dislike when you gave Alex the top 10 of all time. 😂 GTFOH he was hi ing a title fight after 3 fights in the sport he has losses and a very one dimensional fighter.
Islam will lose to arman
fraud