I think Volk was definitely affected by his fights with Islam, but I don’t think it was enough to say that ilia’s win was any less impressive or definitive. If 2020 Volk fought ilia today I bet it would be very similar to the fight we saw
Yeah not sure if i missed something or if you knew but figgy fought and beat pantoja already, he is a bad style match up for pantoja so one would think that figgy would do it again a second time
Don’t think it would look all that different to the 2023 version tbh merab is just an awful matchup for him + it’s not like petr has declined a lot since 2020 looked v good vs Sean o malley + song yadong
Volk was at his best in 2022-2023, his striking came a long way from where he was in 2020-- look at the difference between the 2nd and 3rd holloway fights. 2020 volk wasnt as defensively sound and i dont see volk finishing ilia, i think ilia would have found his shot over 5 rounds. 2022 or 2023 volk though, i could see that going either way
Pantoja-Figuereido 2 by 3rd round on (t)KO/decision Dvalishvili-Cejudo 2 by (t)KO inside 3 Topuria-Volkanovski 1 by KO in the 2/3rd Makhachev-Nurmagomedov 2 by sub in the 5th Muhammad-Usman 1 by his signature unanimous decision Du Plessis-Adesanya 2 by (t)KO in the 5th/decision Pereira vs Blachowicz 2 by 2/3rd round sub Jones vs Miocic 1 by 2/3rd round sub Sooooo.... Yes: champions were better back then.
You gotta remember if cejudo vs merab was for a title, it would be 5 rounds If Henry gassed in the 3 rounder, there’s no way I’m picking him in a 5 rounder
2020 volks goes out there a beats topuria?? LIKE HOW?? None of volks title defense were impressive and topuria isnt like any fighter his power is not the most dangerous thing about him his fight IQ is the most dangerous just watch how scared volks was fighting against topuria he clearly knew topuria was special. And please stop making excuses about islam KO ppl get KO and still remain a dominant fighter take for nganou he also got KOED and lost his son much worst than what happened to volks yet he came back with dominant performance. Topuria smokes all version of VOLKS EZ
@kareemabdallah5539 lol volks wasnt shot by gun or slash by machete stop with that he came early needed some time cap BULLSHIT...he got gapped everywhere fair and square by topuria.
Ngl prime Henry would smoke Merab, but Ilia still chins Volk in 2020. Volk was not surviving that combo from Ilia, no matter if hes in his prime or not. A punch like what Ilia landed on Volk, on the edge of the chin from someone that powerful is putting anyone to sleep, even Holloway.
It's not about Volk effected. He got cliped straight on the chin by Ilia, he goes out whatever version Volk is in. 2020 Volk wasn't as good as 2023-4 version. His cardio his striking ect wasn't as good. His chin was always avarage, Ilia's power is way above avarage. Volk did what Max tried too, not boxing with him and working on the outside. BUT that's the job you can only do for so long before he tracks you down. Volk at 2020 is worse than he is now
Figgy take I agree with, Merab would beat Henry, Ilia has the power to KO Max something Volk couldn't do in 75 mins hes always gonna KO Volk your wrong, Islam take I agree with, Usman take not sure we don't know how bad that KO hurt him so maybe, I agree DDP would beat Izzy, I'm unsure if Alex can beat Ank he'd beat Jan for sure but if he can't then yes, Later years LHW Jon would get smoked by Stipe the Jon that lost to Dom and struggled with Thiago and went 5 rounds with Smith would lose to Stipe but DC 2 Jon probably the best Jon ever so I'd that Jon motivated and still on juice would win a solid decision.
Don’t think I’ll ever watch this channel again 😂 I don’t even like Kamaru but Belal beating him? Kamarus knocked strikers out Belal takes em to decision Wild af 😂 MMA math strikes again
4:44 There has actually never been a FW title fight not involving Aldo, Holloway, or Volk.
Crazy stat for a division that’s nearly 15 years old
That just shows how much better they were than everyone else (other than ilia and Conor)
@@DarthGonk378, other than just Ilia.
If you don't count interim fights, yes.
@@grogugoat5888acting like ilia and conor both don't have wins over 2/3
you goofball if 80% of Islams wrestling is 100% percent of Khabibs wrestling that would make Islam better while your point was the opposite.
Yea I caught that. Just a simple mistake
Math has never been my strong suit knew the risk I was taking putting it in there
Don't be a dick
@@Harry1of1my boy!
Islam would knock khabib out
Figuereido and Pantoja did fight, and Figuereido won the decision
That was pre championship for both so current would probably go differently considering their growth
@factuallysomename how does Pantoja beat figgy?
Meant at a championship level but Yh my bad should’ve included that
They did fight I was confused maybe he didn’t know! I only found out a few months ago
I think Volk was definitely affected by his fights with Islam, but I don’t think it was enough to say that ilia’s win was any less impressive or definitive. If 2020 Volk fought ilia today I bet it would be very similar to the fight we saw
Yeah, the only big difference would probably be when Ilia KO’s Volk, maybe sometime in round 3ish
@@PaleCrayFishexactly and none of volks title defense were impressive.
@@PaleCrayFishanytime he hits his chin flawlessly it’d be over
@@LegendJoe3063max 3, zombie, Yair, Ortega??? The third max fight is one of the greatest performances in general
@Dsok12 🤣🤣🤣 joke
Yo are we sure ilia is even in his prime/peak hes only 27 and alot of ufc fighters peak in there early 30s
This guy is the most biased biggest glazer out of every mma UA-camr 😂
prime volk is not beating current illia Topuria right now at best volk will hold it till round 3 🤣
@@asta3244 fr ilia is a nightmare matchup for every featherweight ever can’t wait for him to say how “prime Conor” smokes ilia 😭
Good video Benjamin
Yeah not sure if i missed something or if you knew but figgy fought and beat pantoja already, he is a bad style match up for pantoja so one would think that figgy would do it again a second time
Yeah same here, Figgy already beat Pantoja pretty comfortably
Meant at a championship level but Yh my bad should’ve included that
Buddy lost all credibility saying breaking down the first “imaginary fight”
You said someone that is like 42 now would be 35 in 2020…. CTE?
not a big mistKe only off by 2😭
Ngl u could flip every answer and imo that would be a better list LMFAO but nice vid just shows how close these fights are
What about Yan from 2020 vs Merab? He spent more time as champ that year than Cejudo.
Don’t think it would look all that different to the 2023 version tbh merab is just an awful matchup for him + it’s not like petr has declined a lot since 2020 looked v good vs Sean o malley + song yadong
I think a Pantoja vs figgy championship fight goes how the first fight did
I would go with illia, after he slept max I can’t think that volks chin is the issue, the issue was coming back and fighting illia
figuereido beat pantoja back then
Volk was at his best in 2022-2023, his striking came a long way from where he was in 2020-- look at the difference between the 2nd and 3rd holloway fights. 2020 volk wasnt as defensively sound and i dont see volk finishing ilia, i think ilia would have found his shot over 5 rounds. 2022 or 2023 volk though, i could see that going either way
Actually hasn’t been a featherweight title fight that didn’t involve Volk or max since 2016
figgy and pantoja have fought each other
Lol does this guy know that figgy did beat Pantoja when they were contenders
Pantoja-Figuereido 2 by 3rd round on (t)KO/decision
Dvalishvili-Cejudo 2 by (t)KO inside 3
Topuria-Volkanovski 1 by KO in the 2/3rd
Makhachev-Nurmagomedov 2 by sub in the 5th
Muhammad-Usman 1 by his signature unanimous decision
Du Plessis-Adesanya 2 by (t)KO in the 5th/decision
Pereira vs Blachowicz 2 by 2/3rd round sub
Jones vs Miocic 1 by 2/3rd round sub
Sooooo.... Yes: champions were better back then.
You think Figgy beating Pantoja is a hot take? You do realize Figgy already beat Pantoja right?
Ilia so far is the best champion. Who points to Holloway? Yet alone first secs in? Who KOs Holloway?
FAX
Pantoja and figgy fought in 2019 figgy is the only person to drop him
Fig fought Pantoja before, beat him by decision. Askar also caused a draw vs him
figgy and pantoja did fight lmao. this guy
Figgy and Pantoja already fought what are you talking about 😂
You gotta remember if cejudo vs merab was for a title, it would be 5 rounds
If Henry gassed in the 3 rounder, there’s no way I’m picking him in a 5 rounder
Remember this is prime Cejudo, who went five with DJ
Why does he always forget the d in merabs last name
actual peireira different of the 1 year ago alex since he was just coming from a ko and was his first fight peireira ko him
Figgy runs through pantoja
Khabib has a way better chin he was taking fil blast kicks to the face from Barbosa and eating it like it was nothing that was incredible
2020 volks goes out there a beats topuria??
LIKE HOW?? None of volks title defense were impressive and topuria isnt like any fighter his power is not the most dangerous thing about him his fight IQ is the most dangerous just watch how scared volks was fighting against topuria he clearly knew topuria was special.
And please stop making excuses about islam KO ppl get KO and still remain a dominant fighter take for nganou he also got KOED and lost his son much worst than what happened to volks yet he came back with dominant performance.
Topuria smokes all version of VOLKS EZ
It’s not about him getting kod so much as it’s about how quickly he came back in the fact that he didn’t give himself enough time to recover
@kareemabdallah5539 lol volks wasnt shot by gun or slash by machete stop with that he came early needed some time cap BULLSHIT...he got gapped everywhere fair and square by topuria.
you might be braindead 🙏@@LegendJoe3063
Prime henry still loses to merab. Still clearly loses. Probably doesn't get carried across the octagon like a baby though.
Ngl prime Henry would smoke Merab, but Ilia still chins Volk in 2020. Volk was not surviving that combo from Ilia, no matter if hes in his prime or not. A punch like what Ilia landed on Volk, on the edge of the chin from someone that powerful is putting anyone to sleep, even Holloway.
14:56 are we omg😢😂😂
I think belal is a better striker than Usman cuz he also has a kicking game
It’s the UFC’s fault obviously wtf lol. Their marketing is so bad these days
Figgy already decapited Pantoja
Love volk, but topuria is just that good.
Figgy did beat pantoja back in 2019
Current ilia starches any fw in history
Bro you look so faded
Izzy cooks ddp
Tuporia just kod max no amount of skill from prime volk could save him from that power
It's not about Volk effected. He got cliped straight on the chin by Ilia, he goes out whatever version Volk is in.
2020 Volk wasn't as good as 2023-4 version.
His cardio his striking ect wasn't as good.
His chin was always avarage, Ilia's power is way above avarage.
Volk did what Max tried too, not boxing with him and working on the outside.
BUT that's the job you can only do for so long before he tracks you down.
Volk at 2020 is worse than he is now
Hey goofball figgy beat Pantoja already
Figgy take I agree with, Merab would beat Henry, Ilia has the power to KO Max something Volk couldn't do in 75 mins hes always gonna KO Volk your wrong, Islam take I agree with, Usman take not sure we don't know how bad that KO hurt him so maybe, I agree DDP would beat Izzy, I'm unsure if Alex can beat Ank he'd beat Jan for sure but if he can't then yes, Later years LHW Jon would get smoked by Stipe the Jon that lost to Dom and struggled with Thiago and went 5 rounds with Smith would lose to Stipe but DC 2 Jon probably the best Jon ever so I'd that Jon motivated and still on juice would win a solid decision.
I think Usman would finish Belal.
Pantoja did fight Fig. Figgy won
Don’t think I’ll ever watch this channel again 😂
I don’t even like Kamaru but Belal beating him? Kamarus knocked strikers out Belal takes em to decision
Wild af 😂
MMA math strikes again
Pantoja lost to Figi before.
I think you have most wrong 😅 just my opinion though, you might be right
still making excuses for leon against belal but yeah "i'm not a belal hater" ok bud
figgy already beat pantoja
Is Jones on ROIDS !!! of course he would be.
Blud ur a an npc😂😂
gyat
Jones ain't the goat g