@@piotrd7355rda was hailed as one of the best ground guys when khabib beat him and after that rda went on to become champ in 11 fights rda lost only to KHABIB
@@piotrd7355Poirier and Barbosa- BJJ black belts. Justin G. Division 1 wrestler. RDA- 4th degree black belt in BJJ. Go home and fap it to 2015 McGregor highlights casual boy.
I respect what Dan Severn is doing. Hes not acting like hes still a top fighter. Hes 65 years old and just wants to keep fighting without getting his head kicked in.
This is one of the reasons why i liked Brock so much. His first fight in UFC was Heath Herring, former Heavyweight challenger in Pride. ...and then the next 3 or 4(?) Fights were against former/current champions! He went into the deep end quick!
No, his first fight was actually Frank Mir, arguably the best guy in the division at the time, sidelined due to a nasty as fck motorcycle accident. Lesnar lost the first fight, barely, then smashed Herring.
@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514 Wow... I had that totally wrong in my mind lol I thought it was a warm-up fight in another promotion, then Herring and then Mir. With my memory though, I am not surprised lol
@tianshi2006 I agree with the Carwin fight. That could have been stopped at many points and it was have been justified. Buuuuut, Brock proved that maybe the Ref made a good call by letting it go on.
Can crushers typically don’t become world champions in one of the most cut throat divisions in the sport, defend the belt 3 times via finish and retire undefeated
I saw Dan Severn crush this guy at a small fight in Houston. Years later I was thinking of the fight, and it had to have been a fixed fight. Dan did a pro wrestling style arm drag and threw the guy across the ring, then he mounted him and dropped double arm Hulk smash style hammer fists. I then ran into his opponent at an MMA gym, I recognized his name and asked “oh you fought Dan Severn?!” He said no. I caught myself and realized he probably doesn’t want to have a talk about whether or not he took a dive. His friend interjects “yeah you fought him at the Arena Theater”, then he goes “oh yeah, I did…man he hit me with a crazy throw…I was like damn this dude is strong”.
@@cosmic_JAV it was a fix, the opponent that I talked to obviously was saving face when he described the fight, knowing that I probably knew it was a fix, of course I didn’t call him out, it was just an awkward moment.
@@NoirTech83 oh ok. I was like wait was Dan just that strong he threw the guy across the mat lol. Sorry was pretty wore out from work and wasn't thinking that great lol
If this list was honest Khabib would be on it Edit: It is genuinely hilarious that anytime a dagestani fanboy sees any type of criticism towards their lord and saviors khabib or islam, their delusional brains automatically think you’re a connor fan even if he has nothing to do with the conversation lmao.
Kabib beat some of the greatest lightweights of all time. No one on this list got close to that. There's no way you think the last 10 fights of his career were against cans.
The Charlie Z dude probably doesn't see himself as a can crusher, with him challenging/sucker punching average gym goers at Planet Fitness as they put their gloves on 😅
That was 100% on Scott Coker match making. He was trying to get bigger fights and calling out guys for bigger fights and unfortunately he had Scott Coker promoting him and his career was wildly mismanaged. He had to take boxing fights and shit to stay busy because Bellator was too much of a joke to get him good fights and keep him busy.
@@klimero271It makes sense if someone is a flashy fighter and fans love to watch them do their thing. How much sense does it make to have them fight some top fighter who's going to nullify that and likely have a fight far less impressive or even boring
Because everyone he fought in the UFC had a winning record and still has a winning record? He beat former Champs and future Champs, dominating them in the process. Can crushers beat nobodies and that's it, they fail against tougher competition. Khabib dominated "tougher" competition.
@@SuperMontstamy guy crushing 20 cans then beating up a couple journeymen before you take on actually good guys does not mean you are no longer a can crusher. Khabib is the can crusher who made it
@@LTD538 So Mike Tyson is a can crusher then. Mohammed Ali, can crusher. You think people get their debut fight against a world champ and then they only fight the #1 contender their whole life? Sure.
Of course, the cans that were Big Nog and Cro Cop who he beat in their prime and when they were both the top ranked HW in the world and who both came to the UFC completely washed and Big Nog still won a HW title in the UFC while completely washed years after Fedor handled him with ease when Fedor was still clearly a much better fighter with far more left than Big Nog. Just say you just started watching and don’t know the sport.
Shinashi submitted Watanabe the first time the fought. Actually, she went full Palhares on her and Watanabe had to be carried from the ring. But, for some reason, people only remember the rematch where Watanabe got the KO. Also, Shinashi was almost too small for atom weight. She crushed cans...but almost all of the cans (and legit fighters) were significantly bigger than her.
Travis Fulton was fighting in the early days before the commissions. He'd fight 3 guys on a Saturday, then fight another 3 on Sunday. All the time. Getting paid little or nothing. Not making excuses, but the guy loved to fight.
I remember following travis fulton on instagram in the early 2010's , a couple months ago his names popped in my head and i said "hm i wonder what happened to him" and goodness me
*Khabitch* *Nurmagomedov* should *100%* be *#1*he's the definition of *Can* *Crusher* with 1 Great win over a *NOTORIOUS* *Mac* *Daddy* that had 3 *Years* *off!!!*
Maybe but It makes sense if someone is a flashy fighter and fans love to watch them do their thing. How much sense does it make to have them fight some top fighter who's going to nullify that and likely have a fight far less impressive or even boring
Khabib beat cans and actual good fighters as well. The fact he went onto beat everyone put in front of him and retired undefeated as a defending UFC champion is enough to overrule the 'can crusher' label.
Are mma fans really this stupid to expect Khabib to fight GSP or some shit during his debut? I swear you guys just make up shit to be angry about. Bo Nickal fights someone you haven’t heard of on his second ufc fight? Oh they must be protecting him. Khabib enters the UFC at 17-0 and gradually climbs up the rankings and gets higher level opponents as he climbs? Oh he’s a can crusher. Just say you’re angry and insecure and leave it at that 😂
Because he’s not close and fought plenty of world calibre competition. Fun fact he actually ended up becoming the lightweight world champion and retired undefeated
@@carphucker2973 Fun fact: He's been retired for years, you can take his johnson outta your mouth. Another fun fact (maybe not for you): His first 20 or so non-UFC fights *were* against cans. His UFC career certainly wasn't can crushing, but everything that led up to it was. He validated himself once he got there no doubt, which is I assume why he wasn't on the list. Let's not deny reality though...his first 20 fights in Russia were against cans...
Calling dan a can crusher should come with the asterix that he is also one of the godfathers of mma. Also fucking wild that forest griffin's fucking debut came against dan severn. Like everyone who trained mma back then mustve known dan severn.
Reinhardt was actually one of my coaches some years back, spent about 3 years training under him. Guy's Jits is LEGIT, he just wasn't a top level guy by the time he got there. Awesome coach tho and a lot of wisdom of the old school days of fighting! Also wanna say about Illinois on the amateur level, the competition has grown leaps and bounds since those days. There's not a lot of promotions out of here, but quite a few legit ones in surrounding states. And definitely some good teams with a lot of talent!
Bobby Lashley Definitely should be on the list. A 15-2 record but almost every opponent had a losing record or it was their first fights. They wanted another Brock Lesner, so gave him a bunch of cans to beat to make him look impressive.
That’s a fair point, but he started his career when he was like 32 years old after many years as a pro wrestler. You can’t really expect him to face killers even though he has a pretty decent amateur wrestling background. I respect him for giving mma a chance. At least he wasn’t as delusional as CM Punk to think he could be a threat in the UFC😂
Khabib fought a guy who was 0-2 when he was 11-0. For his next fight he faced a formidable 1-1... followed by a 4-3, and while on a 14 fight win streak he faced a guy who was making his professional debut, only the toughest competition for Khabib
Yeah and then he went undefeated in the UFC fighting the best in the world. Who would you take out on this list and put in instead of him? I'm curious 🤔
I didn't even realize the guy meat riding in all these comments was a part of the team till I read his name and remembered he's a part of the channel kinda sad seeing a grown man defend the biggest can crusher in modern mma history
@@nervouspanic5286🤔 I usually respond to comments just to hear your opinions on the lists. We stream our writers meetings to get your inputs and make sure our research comes out sound. Just wondering who you would have swapped out for Khabib is all?
@@nervouspanic5286 he's not defending he's just proving his point because he's the one who made this video buddy 🙄 and I guess beating guys like RDA and barboza and Johnson and Dustin and Conor and Justin makes you "the biggest can crusher in modern mma history" sad seeing a grow man hating on other grow man and he doesn't even know you exist.
The reason it happens in boxing is because amateur boxing and professional boxing are so vastly different (see Lomachenko's second pro fight for reference), and so you need to slowly transition your style from the amateur system to professional via a series of winnable fights to gain valuable experience and remove amateur tendencies. Also, see Claressa Shields' pro career, whereas now she's washing girls in brilliant displays, back then, she was basically just out speeding them in brawls due to her more amateurish tendencies (which got her knocked down against Hanna Gabriels).
i dont think you can call miguel torres a can crusher, the guy was the bantamweight champ in the wec, those guys are as legit as they come, unlike bellator or pfl and was destroying everyone until brian bowles ended his carrer it's the same company were dominick cruz and jose also were champs in, miguel torres just was never the same after his first KO loss
Can crushers do sometimes have legitimate competition. A can crusher is simply someone who have a lot of people on their record that they had no business fighting because it was such a mismatch. Miguel Torres fits the bill
The Beast is still stretching dudes. A friend was working in a gas station near the Severn compound. It was a popular stop fro Severn's students and he heard all their stories about getting worked over by Dan. As a kid I loved watching a local commercial for Furniture Gallery that had Dan wrestling recliners.
You can't fault Dan Severn, or anyone from his generation, for fighting cans! There wasn't a whole lot of experience fighters to begin with. They got paid like shit so of course they're going to take the path of least resistance to get a paycheck. A lot of the fighters weren't trying to pad their recrds by fighting so often. They were padding their pockets. And back then you could possibly get a shot at the ufc belt just for going on a 5 or so fight winning streak in the regional circuit.
Did some counting for y'all comparing Khabib with Miguel Torres Khabib fought 13 times in the UFC and dominated every time. His 16 pre-UFC fights (not counting the 28-22 anomaly here in Arymarcel Santos, his last fight before UFC), opponent combined record is 37- 24 with 4 fighters who had no wins. Miguel Torres first 19 fights before he lost his first fight combined opponent record is 24-10 with 13 fighters who had no wins.
Not saying you're wrong, but I wouldn't say he "dominated" in his fight with Tibau. Still, one relatively close fight shouldn't change anything you said. Thanks for the info!
@@loubloom1941 to be fair. they have to fight the bums to get to the top and for him it was in russia so he was not really on the ufc radar for a while. so you cant give him to much shit. cause either way he mauled everyone in the ufc. he never had his own blood spilled in the ufc if i remember correctly.
@@RatingsFormost people actually thought Tibau won... It's been a while since I watched sthat fight, but I think I was one of those who thought Khabib lost
If miguel angel Torres is on it. Khabib should as well. Problem with miguel, he was on his way out after benavidez fight. Same thing as Alvarez. He fought everywhere and was successful and when the ufc finally signed him, he was out of his prime and had ton of miles on his face and brain
Miguel literally fought 18 people who have no MMA record at all and lost to the big guys. All khabibs have records and he still beat the best, I don't see the logic?
@@Bayliun different times. Mma wasn't known or popular when miguel fought. And miguel division didn't exist in the ufc. He had to fight in smaller promotions. Khabib fight were hand picked by daddy and were nobodies as well. There's the logic. Both can crushers. Miguel didn't have a choice while khabib was padded and protected.
@Bayliun more than half of his 29 opponents were either fighting in mma for the first time or had more losses than wins or 0 wins with multiple losses khabib had 5 good fights at the most and I wouldn't even go that far cuz beating on old legends who can't wrestle still isn't a good win lol
@@nervouspanic5286i ve checked Khabib record and he had like maybe 7 padded fights. It is normal that 3winsfighter fights 2wins, 1win fights 0wins. Who should he fights in his early career?
Severn should have been #1. He was a machine. He left the UFC and crushed cans for money for over a decade afterward. Almost 2 decades. IMO. No one has done it better.
Khabib and Islam are great examples. Khabib had like 3 real fights and got his belt vs someone ranked 17 and fighting on one day's notice. His legacy could have been great if he didnt run away. Also Islam - if you tought Khabib had an easy run - Islams first 5 fight were versus people that had like 50-100 losses and 0 wins lmao. one was blind and without legs lmao. A famous blind Dagestani fighter Slobodan Figuridof Aleksejević - and he still almost won. (THIS IS A JOKE ABOUT HOW HIS OPPONENTS COULD BE HANDICAPPED - THE LEVEL OF OPPOSITION WOULD BE THE SAME)
Ranked 11 and Al was the only one willing to take the fight on such short notice.. and weighing *155.2* wasn't eligible for the title....but they have it him anyway. #2defencesNot3
First of all he fought Al who was on a 5 fight winstreak with a win over Jorge masvidal after the khabib loss he beat Kevin lee, who tony got an interim belt for beating him, second the only reason he fought Al was cause tony pulled out and max couldn’t make the weight. I’m sure you knew this but great job on down playing put great effort in it especially the blatant lying
I feel like noone in this comment section understands what a can crusher is. - Bo Nickal is literally 5-0 and 3 fights into his UFC career. He is probably fighting ABOVE the level you should expect for his experience - Just because Khabib was flawless against elite competition for the last few fights of his career doesn't mean he wasn't crushing cans for the first 15. (F for the dude who made his MMA debut against 14-0 Khabib) Think of it like this: If MVP goes on to KO Leon Edwards, Islam and Izzy to become the first Triple UFC champion, is he still a can crusher? IMO yes because of the first 20 opponents on his records, which is why Dan Severn is on this list and still a legend.
Bo nickal gets crushed by cans, what are you talking about? Khabib is your dady because he crushed cans and good fighters alike and the only cans khabib crushed were justin gaethji and dustin parior who are still ranked in the top 5 in lightweight which is a shame
@@procow2274 Khabib is the biggest can crusher who was still fighting nobodies in his 21-0.Can any crybib fan can tell me his 3 good opponents from his 21-0
So if Conor beat midgets did khabib? Bigger than mcgreggor in the same weight class he's beating midgets also funny how a 6 foot ww was saying that to a natural lw
People mentioning khabib dont seem to be aware that in russia, or that region in general, combat sambo, which is almost identical to mma, doesnt count towards ur mma record, so the "cans" khabib was fighting in the regional scene were fairly established in combat sambo and were transitioning to mma, so their records dont tell the fill story
I think you're mistaking the man in the thumbnail. That's not Don Frye, it's Dan Severn. If you look at Frye's record, you'd see that he wouldn't be fighting cans, especially considering the time he competed in. Granted, there are a few fighters that he fought whilst on the come-up that were lame - people with 7 wins, 20 losses, or 20 wins and 20 losses, stuff like that. However, considering the fact that this was earlier on in his career (from what's shown, at least), it doesn't seem that bad, especially not compared to certain others out there.
So what happened when he joined UFC ? He continued to wreck all the competition, so doesn't really matter what was given to him.... he wrecked every single one of them.
@@sergeys80 was still fighting below average and average fighter till his title win and defend title once a year and retired after cheating weigh in against gaethje to save his overrated ass from 170er.Can crusher,weight bully
@@2smart4uu bruh he’s fought scrubs and don’t even get me started on the fight last week he fought a guy that was smaller then him, less weight and that came to the ufc on two weeks notice
@@procow2274the idea of a guy who was the clear no.1 HW on the planet for a good decade while you had guys like Arlovski and Sylvia in the UFC going back and forth with their title. Both of which left the UFC in their prime to fight Fedor and got murdered with ease. This is new fan listening to Dana White nonsense. It’s ok to be a new fan, but don’t coming with opinions about things you didn’t see and know nothing about is just dumb. Big Nog wad the best HW on the planet when Fedor easily handled him and Nog still went on to get a UFC title years after that while Fedor was still smashing guys.
Khabib's entire career in Russia is one long training session.
😂 mans was hard sparring till the ufc and even then asides from 5 fighters, the rest of the guys are SUS!
@@TheSquad4life On top of that, he somehow avoided all decent grapplers.
@@piotrd7355rda was hailed as one of the best ground guys when khabib beat him and after that rda went on to become champ in 11 fights rda lost only to KHABIB
And then he faced Conor and it was a short training session
@@piotrd7355Poirier and Barbosa- BJJ black belts. Justin G. Division 1 wrestler. RDA- 4th degree black belt in BJJ. Go home and fap it to 2015 McGregor highlights casual boy.
I respect what Dan Severn is doing. Hes not acting like hes still a top fighter. Hes 65 years old and just wants to keep fighting without getting his head kicked in.
Is he really still fighting at 65?! That's fucking insane 😂😂
@@jwright8682 Not still. But he was 53 years 10 months old at the time of his last MMA bout.
oh i didnt know when his last fight was but i know he was very old
Dan Severn fought so long he even fought Forrest Griffin
@@cosmic_JAV A debuting Forrest Griffin at that.
To be fair, most of Dan Severn's wins weren't won by him, they were won by his mustache.
This is one of the reasons why i liked Brock so much. His first fight in UFC was Heath Herring, former Heavyweight challenger in Pride. ...and then the next 3 or 4(?) Fights were against former/current champions! He went into the deep end quick!
Looking the way he does and with his pedigree as a wrestler he kinda had to go swim with the sharks 😂
No, his first fight was actually Frank Mir, arguably the best guy in the division at the time, sidelined due to a nasty as fck motorcycle accident. Lesnar lost the first fight, barely, then smashed Herring.
@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514 Wow... I had that totally wrong in my mind lol I thought it was a warm-up fight in another promotion, then Herring and then Mir. With my memory though, I am not surprised lol
With his size advantage he kind of had to.
@tianshi2006 I agree with the Carwin fight. That could have been stopped at many points and it was have been justified. Buuuuut, Brock proved that maybe the Ref made a good call by letting it go on.
what about king can crusher khabib?
Because he's not the king of can crushing for obvious reasons (this video).
Can crushers typically don’t become world champions in one of the most cut throat divisions in the sport, defend the belt 3 times via finish and retire undefeated
Where's Paddy Pimblet?
No
@@user-jw2mu6vb3l Paddy wont sh@g you mate
Not a can crusher. The cans actually give him some trouble.
@@gunsharck fascinating story “gunshark1534”
@@user-jw2mu6vb3lIt was, wasn't it "user-jw2mu6vb3l"?
Khabob better be #1 on this list
Mma on 🎯
Low IQ
I saw Dan Severn crush this guy at a small fight in Houston. Years later I was thinking of the fight, and it had to have been a fixed fight. Dan did a pro wrestling style arm drag and threw the guy across the ring, then he mounted him and dropped double arm Hulk smash style hammer fists. I then ran into his opponent at an MMA gym, I recognized his name and asked “oh you fought Dan Severn?!” He said no. I caught myself and realized he probably doesn’t want to have a talk about whether or not he took a dive. His friend interjects “yeah you fought him at the Arena Theater”, then he goes “oh yeah, I did…man he hit me with a crazy throw…I was like damn this dude is strong”.
I read your post, and I'm confused. Was it a fix or not?
@@cosmic_JAV it was a fix, the opponent that I talked to obviously was saving face when he described the fight, knowing that I probably knew it was a fix, of course I didn’t call him out, it was just an awkward moment.
@@NoirTech83 oh ok. I was like wait was Dan just that strong he threw the guy across the mat lol. Sorry was pretty wore out from work and wasn't thinking that great lol
Lol like you'd forget fighting Dan Severn.
why would severn need someone he could dominate take a dive
If this list was honest Khabib would be on it
Edit: It is genuinely hilarious that anytime a dagestani fanboy sees any type of criticism towards their lord and saviors khabib or islam, their delusional brains automatically think you’re a connor fan even if he has nothing to do with the conversation lmao.
Yes he had like 5 or 6 really good fighters on it, the rest uhhh idk
strange way to spell "mcgregor"
Kabib beat some of the greatest lightweights of all time.
No one on this list got close to that. There's no way you think the last 10 fights of his career were against cans.
Tbh I think he was fighting his own family members in the beginning 😂
@@Bayliunno he was on about the first 20 not the last 9...
The Charlie Z dude probably doesn't see himself as a can crusher, with him challenging/sucker punching average gym goers at Planet Fitness as they put their gloves on 😅
He'd have to win those random assaults first 😂
Nah he is an undefeated legend
Charlie Zelenoff the true, undefeated and undisputed GOAT
The development of mma on point has been beautiful to see. All of you there are awesome, and we are lucky to have you.
Ladies and gentleman here we have the undisputed champion of s1mps
Oh man, calling out MVP just felt so good.
That was 100% on Scott Coker match making. He was trying to get bigger fights and calling out guys for bigger fights and unfortunately he had Scott Coker promoting him and his career was wildly mismanaged. He had to take boxing fights and shit to stay busy because Bellator was too much of a joke to get him good fights and keep him busy.
@@FreefallSCNo. MVP went to boxing for an easier job finding cans. But they got onto him so he only fought twice. MVP is scared. Plain and simple.
Yeah, I bet he sees it and calls Scott for a fight now (but not too tough 😅)
People have been calling him out for years
@@klimero271It makes sense if someone is a flashy fighter and fans love to watch them do their thing. How much sense does it make to have them fight some top fighter who's going to nullify that and likely have a fight far less impressive or even boring
How Khabib was left off this list is crazy
Thinking the same thing
Because everyone he fought in the UFC had a winning record and still has a winning record? He beat former Champs and future Champs, dominating them in the process.
Can crushers beat nobodies and that's it, they fail against tougher competition. Khabib dominated "tougher" competition.
@@SuperMontsta Exactly. You can argue his goat status maybe but he was never a can crusher
@@SuperMontstamy guy crushing 20 cans then beating up a couple journeymen before you take on actually good guys does not mean you are no longer a can crusher. Khabib is the can crusher who made it
@@LTD538 So Mike Tyson is a can crusher then. Mohammed Ali, can crusher. You think people get their debut fight against a world champ and then they only fight the #1 contender their whole life?
Sure.
Fedor, khabib anf connor need to be on this list
Of course, the cans that were Big Nog and Cro Cop who he beat in their prime and when they were both the top ranked HW in the world and who both came to the UFC completely washed and Big Nog still won a HW title in the UFC while completely washed years after Fedor handled him with ease when Fedor was still clearly a much better fighter with far more left than Big Nog. Just say you just started watching and don’t know the sport.
@@FreefallSC HEAR HEAR mate. Very well put. Casuals are zoomer filthbags
Fedor? You should give reality a call - you've been out of touch
@@FreefallSC Cro Cop? Who da fook is dat guy?
Khabib should be but ....
Shinashi submitted Watanabe the first time the fought. Actually, she went full Palhares on her and Watanabe had to be carried from the ring. But, for some reason, people only remember the rematch where Watanabe got the KO. Also, Shinashi was almost too small for atom weight. She crushed cans...but almost all of the cans (and legit fighters) were significantly bigger than her.
Travis Fulton was fighting in the early days before the commissions. He'd fight 3 guys on a Saturday, then fight another 3 on Sunday. All the time. Getting paid little or nothing. Not making excuses, but the guy loved to fight.
And abuse. Hes a nonce mate' POS is burning in hell
Loved kids too
@AboutMMA_ too much love for kids
@@TophatlarryOG fuck all chomos, even big tough guy took the easy way out. Big bubba definitely was waiting for that ass 😂😂
But remember Dan was fighting in his 40s and I think 50s to so still impressive.
Not when you're participating in fake/fixed fights.
I remember following travis fulton on instagram in the early 2010's , a couple months ago his names popped in my head and i said "hm i wonder what happened to him" and goodness me
Khabib and his first 15 opponents should be mentioned here. Khabib was 14-0 going against a 0-0 pro.
Now that's what I call
MMA ON 🎯
Lol
Considering what Khabib went on to accomplish (plus a number of guys he beat in Russia weren't cans and had successful MMA careers), who cares?
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@@carphucker2973Fanboy found
I love the beast. He is an absolute legend.
*Khabitch* *Nurmagomedov* should *100%* be *#1*he's the definition of *Can* *Crusher* with 1 Great win over a *NOTORIOUS* *Mac* *Daddy* that had 3 *Years* *off!!!*
I appreciate the earnestness of Luke saying "Whole canned chicken" because I made a disgusted face typing it out
That literally sounds like cancer and salmonella
@@PrinceIsot and somehow looks worse!
MVP reminds me of the players who can only win games on easy mode and suffer on anything higher than medium
😂😂😂👍
Maybe but It makes sense if someone is a flashy fighter and fans love to watch them do their thing. How much sense does it make to have them fight some top fighter who's going to nullify that and likely have a fight far less impressive or even boring
@@thecastleofenlightenment2604 who cares. He’s lame
Definitely 😂 he's like my son playing Madden on rookie throwing nothing but hail Marys and running 8 man blitz's on every play on defense
Didn't he beat Lima in their rematch though?
Severn may have an f ton of cans on his record but he is also from a time of take on all comers so I’m indifferent to that one.
Dan severn is a legend .
How did Jeremy Horn not make this list? Dude is 92-22-5-1 !!
Ikr
a certian somebody (nurmagomedov) is missing from this list
The Luke "cameo" was excellent.
To be fair to my man Dan Severn, he is by quite a large bit the most legit guy on this list.
Kind of surprised khabib isn't on this list
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When you beat Barbosa, Mcgregor, Poirier and Gaethje as easily as he did, you get the benefit of the doubt.
Undefeated, undisputed
Khabib beat cans and actual good fighters as well. The fact he went onto beat everyone put in front of him and retired undefeated as a defending UFC champion is enough to overrule the 'can crusher' label.
Are mma fans really this stupid to expect Khabib to fight GSP or some shit during his debut? I swear you guys just make up shit to be angry about. Bo Nickal fights someone you haven’t heard of on his second ufc fight? Oh they must be protecting him. Khabib enters the UFC at 17-0 and gradually climbs up the rankings and gets higher level opponents as he climbs? Oh he’s a can crusher. Just say you’re angry and insecure and leave it at that 😂
Ah yes! I see so many salty Connies venting their frustration on Khabib lol cope already 😂
Valid criticism of khabib = Conor fan
It's fun to watch, even funnier seeing the khabib fans come charging to his defence like hes god though 😂😂
Crazy how Khabib didn't make the list at all.
Undefeated, undisputed.
Because he's not even the biggest.
Because he’s not close and fought plenty of world calibre competition. Fun fact he actually ended up becoming the lightweight world champion and retired undefeated
@@booognishFanboy found
@@carphucker2973 Fun fact: He's been retired for years, you can take his johnson outta your mouth. Another fun fact (maybe not for you): His first 20 or so non-UFC fights *were* against cans.
His UFC career certainly wasn't can crushing, but everything that led up to it was. He validated himself once he got there no doubt, which is I assume why he wasn't on the list. Let's not deny reality though...his first 20 fights in Russia were against cans...
Love these vids! Considering McGregor’s current record on TUF, we need the next video to be the 10 Worst TUF Coaches of all time!
Mvp once fought a dude who worked at the concession stand.
hahahaha
Early MMA can crushers had an absolute feeding frenzy, even in the UFC itself
Calling dan a can crusher should come with the asterix that he is also one of the godfathers of mma.
Also fucking wild that forest griffin's fucking debut came against dan severn. Like everyone who trained mma back then mustve known dan severn.
Reinhardt was actually one of my coaches some years back, spent about 3 years training under him. Guy's Jits is LEGIT, he just wasn't a top level guy by the time he got there. Awesome coach tho and a lot of wisdom of the old school days of fighting! Also wanna say about Illinois on the amateur level, the competition has grown leaps and bounds since those days. There's not a lot of promotions out of here, but quite a few legit ones in surrounding states. And definitely some good teams with a lot of talent!
7 of the 8 fighters Sean O'Malley has beat in the UFC, are no longer in the UFC
There's a current can crusher for ya
Lets just say theres a reason MVP has never made it to the ufc.
This is why.
what is not known is how difficult it is to get fights booked at the regional level and often promoters have to just get guys that are healthy.
THIS
Nah everyone knows you’re meant to fight Jon Jones in your professional debut otherwise you’re a can crushed
Just saying, an occasional can crusher is fun to watch
Aye if youre a pro wrestling fan
If they get crushed themselves #MVPvsLima 😊
Khabib is one of them
Bobby Lashley Definitely should be on the list. A 15-2 record but almost every opponent had a losing record or it was their first fights. They wanted another Brock Lesner, so gave him a bunch of cans to beat to make him look impressive.
Hager too
And he still didn't do anything noteworthy in MMA
That’s a fair point, but he started his career when he was like 32 years old after many years as a pro wrestler. You can’t really expect him to face killers even though he has a pretty decent amateur wrestling background. I respect him for giving mma a chance. At least he wasn’t as delusional as CM Punk to think he could be a threat in the UFC😂
@@gunsharckdidn't he only have one fight? Or does he still even fight?
Ironically, Brock is actually the opposite of a can crusher. He's only fought top opponents.
“Who’s my pro debut? Oh it’s 89 and 17, Dan Severn” 😂😂😂
Dan Severn fought pretty much everyone from the early days by the time he was fighting cans he was old.
Khabib is missing
Time for the MMA Legends series to return! Starting with Robbie Lawler!
Khabib fought a guy who was 0-2 when he was 11-0. For his next fight he faced a formidable 1-1... followed by a 4-3, and while on a 14 fight win streak he faced a guy who was making his professional debut, only the toughest competition for Khabib
Yeah and then he went undefeated in the UFC fighting the best in the world.
Who would you take out on this list and put in instead of him? I'm curious 🤔
I didn't even realize the guy meat riding in all these comments was a part of the team till I read his name and remembered he's a part of the channel kinda sad seeing a grown man defend the biggest can crusher in modern mma history
@@nervouspanic5286🤔 I usually respond to comments just to hear your opinions on the lists. We stream our writers meetings to get your inputs and make sure our research comes out sound. Just wondering who you would have swapped out for Khabib is all?
@@nervouspanic5286 he's not defending he's just proving his point because he's the one who made this video buddy 🙄 and I guess beating guys like RDA and barboza and Johnson and Dustin and Conor and Justin makes you "the biggest can crusher in modern mma history" sad seeing a grow man hating on other grow man and he doesn't even know you exist.
@@Bayliun Never said he should be on here, just stating facts. He fought 6 top level MMA fighters and a lot of cans.
The reason it happens in boxing is because amateur boxing and professional boxing are so vastly different (see Lomachenko's second pro fight for reference), and so you need to slowly transition your style from the amateur system to professional via a series of winnable fights to gain valuable experience and remove amateur tendencies.
Also, see Claressa Shields' pro career, whereas now she's washing girls in brilliant displays, back then, she was basically just out speeding them in brawls due to her more amateurish tendencies (which got her knocked down against Hanna Gabriels).
i dont think you can call miguel torres a can crusher, the guy was the bantamweight champ in the wec, those guys are as legit as they come, unlike bellator or pfl and was destroying everyone until brian bowles ended his carrer
it's the same company were dominick cruz and jose also were champs in, miguel torres just was never the same after his first KO loss
His record consists of more then enough cans to call him a can crusher
Torres was a bad man. Loved watching him in wec
Can crushers do sometimes have legitimate competition. A can crusher is simply someone who have a lot of people on their record that they had no business fighting because it was such a mismatch. Miguel Torres fits the bill
@@thecastleofenlightenment2604so does fedor
@@floivanusdon't say that in a public forum... Dude you're asking for notifications blowing up your device with Fedor lovers calling you a casual
“In MMA we frown upon that shit”
Perfect
Haven’t seen the video but khabib has to be in the top 5
He wasnt😪if only the mma media members could stop dick riding khabib at all costs people would realize his whole career is smoke and mirrors
Not even close to anyone on this list lol
There are much bigger can crushers than Khabib lol.
@@nervouspanic5286smoke and mirrors he says 😂
@@carphucker2973 well if you had the ability to prove me wrong you would've already but you didn't
How Khabib is not here 😂, bro was 14-0 fighting 0-0 gas station clerk
his last 3 fights keep him out this list, other than tht absolute record padder, but it was his dads promotion what do u expect
This is #1 bs. Khabib isn’t in the list
They knew it’d be too controversial, but in reality prior to UFC he had his fair share of straight up 🥫
Khabib legit had like six good opponents. Yeah he dominated but his entire run at the top was really short, with zero rematches.
Agreed. He's a great fighter but his record is so padded
Fought nobody? So did you😂
Khabib is the biggest can crusher who was still fighting nobodies in his 21-0.Can any crybib fan can tell me his 3 good opponents from his 21-0
The Beast is still stretching dudes. A friend was working in a gas station near the Severn compound. It was a popular stop fro Severn's students and he heard all their stories about getting worked over by Dan. As a kid I loved watching a local commercial for Furniture Gallery that had Dan wrestling recliners.
Would be really interesting to do a video on the best guys with losing records (in tier 1/2 promotions at least).
Khabib and all dagestani fighters should be on this list
Low IQ
Probably not
I dont know why or where or when the term Can started being used in this way but wow what an awesome thing it is!
"Tomato can" is a term used in boxing to describe guys who are an easy win and made its way to MMA.
13:15 idk why this made me laugh so hard lmaooo. It's such a wholesome interaction 😂😂😂
You can't fault Dan Severn, or anyone from his generation, for fighting cans! There wasn't a whole lot of experience fighters to begin with. They got paid like shit so of course they're going to take the path of least resistance to get a paycheck. A lot of the fighters weren't trying to pad their recrds by fighting so often. They were padding their pockets. And back then you could possibly get a shot at the ufc belt just for going on a 5 or so fight winning streak in the regional circuit.
What about Chris Cyborg? She is the Queen of crushing cans to pad her record.
Did some counting for y'all comparing Khabib with Miguel Torres
Khabib fought 13 times in the UFC and dominated every time. His 16 pre-UFC fights (not counting the 28-22 anomaly here in Arymarcel Santos, his last fight before UFC), opponent combined record is 37- 24 with 4 fighters who had no wins.
Miguel Torres first 19 fights before he lost his first fight combined opponent record is 24-10 with 13 fighters who had no wins.
Yeah, most of khabib's opponents before ufc were bums. Definitely a padded record but still great.
Not saying you're wrong, but I wouldn't say he "dominated" in his fight with Tibau. Still, one relatively close fight shouldn't change anything you said. Thanks for the info!
@@loubloom1941 to be fair. they have to fight the bums to get to the top and for him it was in russia so he was not really on the ufc radar for a while. so you cant give him to much shit. cause either way he mauled everyone in the ufc. he never had his own blood spilled in the ufc if i remember correctly.
@@RatingsFormost people actually thought Tibau won... It's been a while since I watched sthat fight, but I think I was one of those who thought Khabib lost
Khabib AKA the bad guy, undefeated, undisputed. Cry about it some more
That Douglas Lima run was phenomenal 👏
This was one of the funniest videos this channel has made lol
If miguel angel Torres is on it. Khabib should as well.
Problem with miguel, he was on his way out after benavidez fight. Same thing as Alvarez. He fought everywhere and was successful and when the ufc finally signed him, he was out of his prime and had ton of miles on his face and brain
Miguel literally fought 18 people who have no MMA record at all and lost to the big guys. All khabibs have records and he still beat the best, I don't see the logic?
@@Bayliun different times. Mma wasn't known or popular when miguel fought. And miguel division didn't exist in the ufc. He had to fight in smaller promotions. Khabib fight were hand picked by daddy and were nobodies as well. There's the logic. Both can crushers. Miguel didn't have a choice while khabib was padded and protected.
@Bayliun more than half of his 29 opponents were either fighting in mma for the first time or had more losses than wins or 0 wins with multiple losses khabib had 5 good fights at the most and I wouldn't even go that far cuz beating on old legends who can't wrestle still isn't a good win lol
@@95VR407FA5 can crusher? Are geathje, porier, conor, RDA, barboza, michael Johnson cans? Bro it doesnt work like that
@@nervouspanic5286i ve checked Khabib record and he had like maybe 7 padded fights. It is normal that 3winsfighter fights 2wins, 1win fights 0wins. Who should he fights in his early career?
Bros forgot to add khabib
MVP must be here
Why is Khabib NOT on this list? You think that he's gonna get recognized if he didn't have that 18 and 0 record? No. Put him on the list.
Haven't watched yet, but Rousey better be on here
Severn should have been #1. He was a machine. He left the UFC and crushed cans for money for over a decade afterward. Almost 2 decades.
IMO. No one has done it better.
Would you consider Hector Lombard a can crusher ?
13-97?!
No… That can’t be right…
I mean that guy would be a professional punching bag if that’s true. That’s nuts.
6-53?!
Who are these people?
Khabib and Islam are great examples. Khabib had like 3 real fights and got his belt vs someone ranked 17 and fighting on one day's notice. His legacy could have been great if he didnt run away. Also Islam - if you tought Khabib had an easy run - Islams first 5 fight were versus people that had like 50-100 losses and 0 wins lmao. one was blind and without legs lmao. A famous blind Dagestani fighter Slobodan Figuridof Aleksejević - and he still almost won. (THIS IS A JOKE ABOUT HOW HIS OPPONENTS COULD BE HANDICAPPED - THE LEVEL OF OPPOSITION WOULD BE THE SAME)
Ranked 11 and Al was the only one willing to take the fight on such short notice.. and weighing *155.2* wasn't eligible for the title....but they have it him anyway. #2defencesNot3
First of all he fought Al who was on a 5 fight winstreak with a win over Jorge masvidal after the khabib loss he beat Kevin lee, who tony got an interim belt for beating him, second the only reason he fought Al was cause tony pulled out and max couldn’t make the weight. I’m sure you knew this but great job on down playing put great effort in it especially the blatant lying
@@Matt_Mosley1983why only 2 defenses ?
@@kebob15 ineligible for the title against Al (so it doesn't count) technically won it against Conor then defended against Dustin and Justin.
@@kebob15 pointing out Al's win streak DOES NOT change the fact that Khabib's first 16 fights mean NOTHING! #Fanboy
Khabib
Shouldn’t Khabib be number 1?
29-10 is pretty far from "barely had a winning record" that's damn near a 75% win percentage.
I feel like noone in this comment section understands what a can crusher is.
- Bo Nickal is literally 5-0 and 3 fights into his UFC career. He is probably fighting ABOVE the level you should expect for his experience
- Just because Khabib was flawless against elite competition for the last few fights of his career doesn't mean he wasn't crushing cans for the first 15. (F for the dude who made his MMA debut against 14-0 Khabib)
Think of it like this: If MVP goes on to KO Leon Edwards, Islam and Izzy to become the first Triple UFC champion, is he still a can crusher?
IMO yes because of the first 20 opponents on his records, which is why Dan Severn is on this list and still a legend.
Bo nickal gets crushed by cans, what are you talking about? Khabib is your dady because he crushed cans and good fighters alike and the only cans khabib crushed were justin gaethji and dustin parior who are still ranked in the top 5 in lightweight which is a shame
Honorable Mention : Khabib Nurmagomedov
Dan Severen's stache could crush cans.
At least MVP got the win back against Lima
Nah the judges got him that one
No. Robbery.
@@Matt_Mosley1983 How was it a robbery? 😂
@@smorgasborgas He beat Lima fair and square lol.
Yeah but it was against 'The Frozen One' Lima who after he won that Bellator 170 Tournament keeps doing his best Tyron Woodley impression 😂
Where's Khabib, his early opponents were handpicked by his father, guys with rubbish records or even non existent records too.
He also beat everyone else so....
@@procow2274 doesnt change the fact that he fought 0-0 cans at 13-0
@@procow2274 Khabib is the biggest can crusher who was still fighting nobodies in his 21-0.Can any crybib fan can tell me his 3 good opponents from his 21-0
Can not call MVP a can crusher when he just beat Kevin Holland
Khabib deserves an honorable mention for being the best can crusher
Conor made a name of himself fighting midgets
*Grabbing popcorn* 🍿
Mike Tyson was a midget too so? It didn't stop him from sleeping people left to right
conor is like 5’8 my guy, he’s not that big himself😭
True but Connor isn’t the biggest guy either, he’s like 5’9. Max is 5’11 and at featherweight.
So if Conor beat midgets did khabib? Bigger than mcgreggor in the same weight class he's beating midgets also funny how a 6 foot ww was saying that to a natural lw
@@nervouspanic5286khabib gregor same height
People mentioning khabib dont seem to be aware that in russia, or that region in general, combat sambo, which is almost identical to mma, doesnt count towards ur mma record, so the "cans" khabib was fighting in the regional scene were fairly established in combat sambo and were transitioning to mma, so their records dont tell the fill story
And hand picked by his father because it was his promotion....
But wasn’t his opponents handpicked? Not to mention let’s not sit here and pretend Russian circuits have never fixed fights in favor of their top guys
@@aaronforsythe8556didn't know sambo was khabib's dad's promotion
@@DarkWarrior_1 didn't know Sambo was mma
@@aaronforsythe8556 didn't know khabib's dad was the owner of ufc
...."but he still stomped plenty of dudes in the recycling bin." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Miguel Torres was badass. Would love to see him vs bayliun lol
don frye was probably the biggest can crusher
Naw it's Muhamed Kahrimanovic do research next time
Nope
I think you're mistaking the man in the thumbnail. That's not Don Frye, it's Dan Severn. If you look at Frye's record, you'd see that he wouldn't be fighting cans, especially considering the time he competed in. Granted, there are a few fighters that he fought whilst on the come-up that were lame - people with 7 wins, 20 losses, or 20 wins and 20 losses, stuff like that. However, considering the fact that this was earlier on in his career (from what's shown, at least), it doesn't seem that bad, especially not compared to certain others out there.
Khabib is the biggest can crusher who was still fighting nobodies in his 21-0.Can any crybib fan can tell me his 3 good opponents from his 21-0
So what happened when he joined UFC ? He continued to wreck all the competition, so doesn't really matter what was given to him.... he wrecked every single one of them.
@@sergeys80 was still fighting below average and average fighter till his title win and defend title once a year and retired after cheating weigh in against gaethje to save his overrated ass from 170er.Can crusher,weight bully
@@grgyosh I like making shit up to hide my bias too
13:13 As an iowan I can assure you, a can of Busch and some puppy chow
Khabib should be in the list. Those bears he fought, none of them have MMA records.
Bo nickel need to be on here
Not really. If you compare his 4 pro opponents to that of any other fighter his competition is actually above what most people fight that early.
He’s fight hand picked opponents with good records
@@2smart4uu bruh he’s fought scrubs and don’t even get me started on the fight last week he fought a guy that was smaller then him, less weight and that came to the ufc on two weeks notice
He's only had a couple of fights, there's no way his career has been as bad as these guys
Shessh a real hater. He's literally 5-0. Stay salty🤣
Fedor
He beat a lot of people that have held belts in the ufc so probably not fit for this list
@@procow2274the idea of a guy who was the clear no.1 HW on the planet for a good decade while you had guys like Arlovski and Sylvia in the UFC going back and forth with their title. Both of which left the UFC in their prime to fight Fedor and got murdered with ease. This is new fan listening to Dana White nonsense. It’s ok to be a new fan, but don’t coming with opinions about things you didn’t see and know nothing about is just dumb. Big Nog wad the best HW on the planet when Fedor easily handled him and Nog still went on to get a UFC title years after that while Fedor was still smashing guys.
You mean the guy who beat more UFC heavyweight champs than ANYONE ... And without even being in the UFC? 😂😂😂
Venom is in for a huge surprise
I got a disagree with you guys on Miguel Torres
Khabib is the GOAT of can crushers
Low IQ
Dumb
Haven’t watched but khabib better be on here
Say what you will about the caliber of some of his opponents Dan Severn is an absolute master tactician.
Suga Sean…..
imagine not putting khabib on this list
Imagine thinking he belongs here