Tony v Khabib is the one. Both were on such legendary runs at the time in the deepest division, such a shame they booked it 5 times but never got it to the finishing line. Fedor v Couture would probably be my #2 biggest dream fight that never took place. Some champ v champ match ups obviously would have been great to see but generally I'm more interested in fights within the same weight class because the guy changing weight classes is disadvantaged. Chuck v Wandy would have been fun to see when they were in their primes. Many match ups are just dreams because rarely two greats are around at the same time so usually one is past their prime. Would have been interesting to see prime horsemeat diet Übereem against Ngannou rather than Econoreem. It's something we as MMA fans don't appreciate enough is how few missed big fights there ultimately are.
*Jones wants more money to fight Francis Dana: "Jon said he wants deontay Wilder money! That's about 13 million. He knows we never pay anything like that. Some people pretend they want to fight, but they don't really want to, so they price themselves out of the fight.. *Francis has a few stipulations to re-sign Dana- "Jon has been ready to fight! he's been here waiting and ready to fight ANYONE, this whole time.....I think Francis is at a point in his career, where he wants to fight lesser competition, and take less risk and get paid more money" (Dana sickens me sometimes 🤮🤮)
Agreed. People need a reminder of the spin and flip flopping he does because I've seen too many comments taking whatever Dana's latest statements are as truth or him "telling it like it is." They say stuff like "what else is he supposed to say?" Or something like "this is just how business works and they have to make money." I don't advocate for anyone to actively hate on him, but the avid defense of what he says and does is unnecessary.
@struggle-dad6715: It’s his job man, he’s meant to promote the fight and meant to stir things up to get fighters to fight. He wanted Mcgregor vs Khabib so bad….it would been bigger than the first fight cause of what happened after the bell.
Anderson Silva vs Jon Jones (at LHW) Jon Jones vs Rumble GSP vs Anderson Silva (at MW) Couture vs Fedor Fedor vs Brock Brock vs DC Bas Rutten fighting in Pride (he was offered, but refused. imagine how he would do at Pride since he was a beast at Pancrase)
The ones that slipped away they were truly never meant to happen life is full of surprises 🙌 thank you for another episode of this greatness keep up the good work my G
I'm actually happy the UFC weren't able to set Diaz up with a potentially brutal sendoff vs Chimaev. The only things I found upsetting were the situations Jingliang & Holland faced. Jinliang suffered a wrongful decision loss vs a bigger guy. The Holland/Chimaev 'drama' could've been drawn out over a period of time that Holland could've used to improve his game & build himself back up with a few wins. Shame for him to be anywhere near journeymanhood.
I feel like there was more talk for Aldo vs Pettis at 155 I remember feeling hyped AF at the potential of that happening when they were both champ, that and GSP vs Silva.
GSP vs Whittaker would have been so good. GSP has arguably the single best wrestling in the company's history but Whittaker has astounding takedown defence (e.g. Romero fights, fight 2, round 3).
The fights that would like to watch is Anderson Silva vs Chuck Liddell in their prime, TJ Dillashaw vs Conor McGregor, Israel vs Jones, Fedor vs Brock.
Top work as always mate. Man, I completely forgot how bad I wanted to see that Cruz vs Aldo fights thanks for reminding me. I hope Jones wins and Francis returns for the biggest fight in history.
When Izzy was on his run and beat Kelvin & Whittaker I really wanted to see that Izzy compete against Jon Jones but then Jon bulked up for yrs and things changed.
Just a suggestion but you should make a music list of the soundtracks you use in your video's. Great choices in music, it makes a great atmosphere and vibe to your videos.
Tony v Khabib was scrapped so many times. Cyborg v Nunes 2 was supposed to happen in January of 2020. Bones Jones v Rumble Johnson... they faced off and everything. Those are the 3 fights that I wanted to see. Especially, friggin' Tony Ferguson v Khabib Nurmagmedov, DAGGONE IT!!!
Covid 19 for me wont be remember by the dead, the sick and the lockdowns I will remember Covid 19 for the rest of my life as the reason why Khabib vs Tony didnt happen
Seeing Jon talk about this fight made me want it even more!! This, and Khabib/Tony are my top 2. But Francis v JJ is #1, bc I'm pretty sure Khabib would have won. And while I think Francis would have won, I'm much much less confident for that one. Jon v Francis would have been amazing 😭😭
Hahahah francis wouldve won, one second to google their career, and francis is just embarrasing compared to jones, lost multiple times, he couldnt even take gane 😂 had to go all 5 rounds for a decision, while jon with ring rust comes in after 3 years and takes 2 minutes with him. francis is a good fighter, but he took the smart way out, he knew if he losed against jon jones, his stock would plommet so hard, and there would be no one offering him that amount of money
Diaz vs Chimaev would've been a slaughter, everyone knew it. Whittaker vs GSP no one wanted to see and GSP was definitely not planning on defending the title. The real question is why isn't GSP vs Khabib not on this list?
I was really disappointed when I heard the Jones Ngannou fight wasn't gonna happen. It just feels like a huge and iconic match up. I wish Francis had stayed for that one fight and then took off boxing.
@@heassik3088 It sucks they couldn't agree on a one fight deal. I know Dana hates vacated titles, but still. Fury and Joshua are busy right now anyway, Ngannou won't be able to box them for a while. Ah well.. It's still gonna be a good year by the looks of it.
If GSP vs Reaper happened and somehow Rob pulled a underdog victory it would have made his fight vs Izzy that all impactful Just imagine the marketing both would have won against the goats and people would call it the next Silva vs the next GSP and to me the battle of silva vs GSP was my dream match
Ferguson vs Holloway or Poirier was originally scheduled for UFC 236 for that interim strap. but Tony pulled out due to his personal reasons and it was set to become Holloway vs Poirier 2.
@@eetfuk3571 that's when he went thru his mental episode right ? Sucks , would have been epic. Tony is one of the most Disrespected fighters ever in the UFC man.
Jon Jones was like "Oh the worst case scenario is he just knocks you out". Dude. Its Francis. Getting shot by a .22 rifle isnt getting shot by a 50 cal
All Tony had to do was beat Gaethje. Most thought he would too. He was even the favorite going into the fight. The media narrative before was, could Gaethje handle competition like Tony? The dream fight was once again just 1 fight away
He should have got that fight after he stole the night with his win against pettis….instead they tried a interim fight he turned down, he should have got the next title fight without beating up anyone else
Alot of people are upsess with the heavy weight cause they carry but don't realise that from fly weight to welterweight fighters fight technical and they carry the power also and there fight are alot more entertaining than light Heavyweight and so onn
Jones is the best because of his mentality, all the guys he beat and beat with ease he always went in with the possibility he could lose and he’s beatable, that’s the mindset fighters like Connor have struggles with and why they decline the way they do
Brock Lesnar vs. Fedor E. should have happened but Fedor's management team was protecting Fedor way too much. As for GSP vs. Whittaker, i already knew this fight was not going to happen because GSP ran away being scared. He was too scared to fight anyone else in the middleweight division. Khabib vs. Tony should have happened too but this matchup was cursed.
Listen think we all need to talk about the elephant in the room tony ferguson was never dana's freind but chandler getting the nod over tony is a sin for TUF the man's done more than chandler in the UFC and yet he get's the call seriously can you Imagine the shit-talk between conor and ferguson there press conference would of been epic legendary but unfortunately we get mr nice guy who doesn't do shit-talking so I guess we missed that one with tony aint gonna lie though chandler bring's violence but there's alway's that but...
Everyone knows Khabib is the best lightweight ever. But whose the second best, it’s between tony and mcgregor. That fight needs to happen it’s one of my dream fights
I would replace JBJ with Nganou with Brock Lesnar and Daniel Cormier after what JBJ did to Gane...the interest just instantly dropped coz Jon just answered most of the questions we had about him...but lets be fair the no1 will be forever Khabib and Tony....both in their primes...its so sad we couldn't witness that...coz i personally believe that Tony was the one who could do it for some reason back in that time
I would’ve love to see Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Cormier. That moment they had at UFC 226 was legendary
yes it was, even though it was so obviously scripted as hell and sorta cringe, it was still iconic.
@@bingusenjoyer197they went full WWE with that one
Man I wanted Jose Aldo vs Dominick Cruz or Dillashaw so badly. Even him vs Cejudo would have greatly interested me.
Yeah that would’ve have been a hell of a fight, but I think Jose Aldo would’ve cause Dom problems with leg kicks
Imagine Prime Dillashaw vs Prime Aldo 🔥
@@ktg_teo9441 Dom's movement and cardio might have given Aldo lots of problems tho.
@@tcswag801 sorry but USADA and prime dillashaw can’t exist at the same time
@@sutnack7537 Ouch.
Tony v Khabib is the one. Both were on such legendary runs at the time in the deepest division, such a shame they booked it 5 times but never got it to the finishing line. Fedor v Couture would probably be my #2 biggest dream fight that never took place. Some champ v champ match ups obviously would have been great to see but generally I'm more interested in fights within the same weight class because the guy changing weight classes is disadvantaged. Chuck v Wandy would have been fun to see when they were in their primes. Many match ups are just dreams because rarely two greats are around at the same time so usually one is past their prime. Would have been interesting to see prime horsemeat diet Übereem against Ngannou rather than Econoreem. It's something we as MMA fans don't appreciate enough is how few missed big fights there ultimately are.
People really wanted to see Nate vs Khamzat?
No
You ask that thinking the fight was easy for Nate or that Khamzat did not deserve it?
@@abbarkhalid8203 more like it would be easy for khamzat lol
Nah
@@abbarkhalid8203 is that a serious question literally no one thought it'd be an easy fight for nate
*Jones wants more money to fight Francis
Dana: "Jon said he wants deontay Wilder money! That's about 13 million. He knows we never pay anything like that. Some people pretend they want to fight, but they don't really want to, so they price themselves out of the fight..
*Francis has a few stipulations to re-sign
Dana- "Jon has been ready to fight! he's been here waiting and ready to fight ANYONE, this whole time.....I think Francis is at a point in his career, where he wants to fight lesser competition, and take less risk and get paid more money"
(Dana sickens me sometimes 🤮🤮)
Agreed. People need a reminder of the spin and flip flopping he does because I've seen too many comments taking whatever Dana's latest statements are as truth or him "telling it like it is." They say stuff like "what else is he supposed to say?" Or something like "this is just how business works and they have to make money."
I don't advocate for anyone to actively hate on him, but the avid defense of what he says and does is unnecessary.
@@jingwafohba7804 Exactly!! 👍🏾👍🏾
@struggle-dad6715: It’s his job man, he’s meant to promote the fight and meant to stir things up to get fighters to fight.
He wanted Mcgregor vs Khabib so bad….it would been bigger than the first fight cause of what happened after the bell.
@@letsgobrandon7297 I feel you... But Jon was scared to fight Francis....
Anderson Silva vs Jon Jones (at LHW)
Jon Jones vs Rumble
GSP vs Anderson Silva (at MW)
Couture vs Fedor
Fedor vs Brock
Brock vs DC
Bas Rutten fighting in Pride (he was offered, but refused. imagine how he would do at Pride since he was a beast at Pancrase)
Jon jones would have killed Silva
GSP vs Khabib
@@braydongipson5441 😂that shit would be a slaughter
Khabib vs GSP
Cyborg vs Nunes 2
Wanderley vs Fedor (pride)
Teixeira vs prochazka 2
Diaz vs Mcgregor 3
Jones vs Rumble would of been intense!
I never thought of it but Nunez vs cyborg 2 would of been a good one also.
Another fire video. But did we really want Khamzat vs Diaz?
No! Where TF did he get that idea from? Does this guy actually watch mma?
Nope
@@dickdeoreo Normally his takes are pretty on point imo
Nah
Yup. I did anyway
The ones that slipped away they were truly never meant to happen life is full of surprises 🙌 thank you for another episode of this greatness keep up the good work my G
I'm actually happy the UFC weren't able to set Diaz up with a potentially brutal sendoff vs Chimaev. The only things I found upsetting were the situations Jingliang & Holland faced. Jinliang suffered a wrongful decision loss vs a bigger guy. The Holland/Chimaev 'drama' could've been drawn out over a period of time that Holland could've used to improve his game & build himself back up with a few wins. Shame for him to be anywhere near journeymanhood.
the quality of these videos never fails, easily my favorite combat sports channel
I feel like there was more talk for Aldo vs Pettis at 155 I remember feeling hyped AF at the potential of that happening when they were both champ, that and GSP vs Silva.
I'm genuinely surprised that Couture vs Fedor is not on this list! Great video. LOVE your editing style!!!
If this was boxing, this would be 10 part series
you can even make a 30 min video about the first part only, and 15mins of it is just about the Spence vs Crawford.
This is the best fight channel underrated
NICK DIAZ V SEAN STRICKLAND would have been a banger
When TFB posts you just know its gonna be a banger
I'm sad Ngannou vs Jones didn't end up happening it's likely never gonna happen lol
That’s what annoys me about the ufc the major fights we really want to see always end up falling apart
I really hope francis runs through the best boxing heavy weights and finally Dana signs him for a lot of money for a last fight against Jones
@@arburo3510that would be wack because if that does happen, jones will be way old and waaaaay past his prime
@@arburo3510 that ain't happening bro
@@arburo3510 you're talking like Francis is young, he's actually approaching his 40s
Ayo u can’t do my man lyoto like that bruh😭😭 0:49
Bro your video was very interesting, I’m bad on switching videos but I stayed thru the entirety of this one
I swear the production the music choice the editing this channel is so fucking good got me into combat sports
As much as I’m sad about Jones and Ngannou, I’m happy Cyril gane stepped up. That’s gonna be a legendary fight
another superb vid from TFB🔥 that vibe on your videos is just amazing brother. Don't let that down or change🙂 always with you brother💪🏼
What the name of the background song in jon vs francis part?
I found it! Fight on- the last knife fighter
Great video as usual man.
Thanks for the visit
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Dig the videos bro. You got this Mafioso vibe about you. I could see you doing voice acting...
GSP vs Whittaker would have been so good. GSP has arguably the single best wrestling in the company's history but Whittaker has astounding takedown defence (e.g. Romero fights, fight 2, round 3).
The fights that would like to watch is Anderson Silva vs Chuck Liddell in their prime, TJ Dillashaw vs Conor McGregor, Israel vs Jones, Fedor vs Brock.
Love the background music man
Please leave the link in ure next video 🙏
Top work as always mate. Man, I completely forgot how bad I wanted to see that Cruz vs Aldo fights thanks for reminding me. I hope Jones wins and Francis returns for the biggest fight in history.
love the videos
When Izzy was on his run and beat Kelvin & Whittaker I really wanted to see that Izzy compete against Jon Jones but then Jon bulked up for yrs and things changed.
Jones would have ate em.
Izzy said he needed at least 2 years before moving up to lhw and then jon vacated and izzy immediately challenged for the lhw belt
@Gera He said 2021, and the first fight he took in 2021 was at lhw
I really wanted to see that fight
Reyes retired juicy Jones from LH
Khabib vs tony was cursed that it.
Truely remarkable stuff idk what department needs to hire you but get this man a job 👏👏👏
Just a suggestion but you should make a music list of the soundtracks you use in your video's. Great choices in music, it makes a great atmosphere and vibe to your videos.
As soon as you said sue for emotional distress I knew it was Tony Vs Khabib lol
Not UFC, but forever wishing Rickson Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba would've happened
"i just wanna be the scariest, baddest man on the planet"
-The Scariest, Baddest Man on The Planet
I'll always be mad and sad about Tony and Khabib fight, when Tony was at his prime, everything could have happened
My man, what is that song dubbed behind the jones francis segment
Khabib vs Tony
A dream fight which never happened 💔
What’s the song you used in the jones - Francis segment??
Tony v Khabib was scrapped so many times. Cyborg v Nunes 2 was supposed to happen in January of 2020. Bones Jones v Rumble Johnson... they faced off and everything. Those are the 3 fights that I wanted to see. Especially, friggin' Tony Ferguson v Khabib Nurmagmedov, DAGGONE IT!!!
Covid 19 for me wont be remember by the dead, the sick and the lockdowns
I will remember Covid 19 for the rest of my life as the reason why Khabib vs Tony didnt happen
For you next video, do your top 5 most anticipated fights of 2023. I'm sure you'll have Jones/Gane and Chandler/McGregor on that list!
Khamzat/cobly
Seeing Jon talk about this fight made me want it even more!! This, and Khabib/Tony are my top 2. But Francis v JJ is #1, bc I'm pretty sure Khabib would have won. And while I think Francis would have won, I'm much much less confident for that one. Jon v Francis would have been amazing 😭😭
Hahahah francis wouldve won, one second to google their career, and francis is just embarrasing compared to jones, lost multiple times, he couldnt even take gane 😂 had to go all 5 rounds for a decision, while jon with ring rust comes in after 3 years and takes 2 minutes with him.
francis is a good fighter, but he took the smart way out, he knew if he losed against jon jones, his stock would plommet so hard, and there would be no one offering him that amount of money
Gsp vs khabib would've been sick
Khabib would destroy GSP
What’s the name of the background music of the intro ?
Diaz vs Chimaev would've been a slaughter, everyone knew it. Whittaker vs GSP no one wanted to see and GSP was definitely not planning on defending the title. The real question is why isn't GSP vs Khabib not on this list?
Because Khabib would've mauled GSP
@@The_Eagle_Official GSP accomplished more Khabib 🤣🤣
@@dontgetrocked The one who lost to Matt Serra 😂. Yeah and no one's forgetting that he pussied out after the robbery against Hendricks
@@The_Eagle_Official okay, he still accomplished more. 😂😂😂 You didn't prove anything
1. Tony v Khabib.
2. Tony v Khabib.
3. Tony v Khabib.
4. Tony v Khabib.
5. Tony v Khabib.
Honourable mentions: Jon vs Francis
Track at 12:20?
GSP vs khabib man that is HUGE but sadly never came
Best goddman video.
Jones vs Francis
Khabib vs Tony
Tony vs Connor
So many other fights man
I was really disappointed when I heard the Jones Ngannou fight wasn't gonna happen. It just feels like a huge and iconic match up. I wish Francis had stayed for that one fight and then took off boxing.
He couldn't have done that because the ufc offered him a multifight deal, he would have fought at least 3 more times before leaving the ufc
@@heassik3088 It sucks they couldn't agree on a one fight deal. I know Dana hates vacated titles, but still. Fury and Joshua are busy right now anyway, Ngannou won't be able to box them for a while. Ah well.. It's still gonna be a good year by the looks of it.
I would pick Tony Vs khabib over any other fight in history of fighting sports. There isn't a more interesting matchup
Hey TFB 😎
No Frankie Edgar vs Cruz? No Fedor vs Brock Lesnar? No GSP vs Khabib? I have a few more, but those were off the top of my head.
I really didn't think people really wanted to see The Wolf eat Nate
If GSP vs Reaper happened and somehow Rob pulled a underdog victory it would have made his fight vs Izzy that all impactful
Just imagine the marketing both would have won against the goats and people would call it the next Silva vs the next GSP and to me the battle of silva vs GSP was my dream match
What did Tony Ferguson mean to say in that last clip @weasle ?
The Jon Jones versus Francis fight didn't slip away. Jon waited for Francis to leave lol
If we include crossover matches in this list I'd replace the Nate vs Khamzat fight with Lesnar vs Fedor.
The world: Francis Ngannou
Jon Jones: Francis Neganou 😂😂
I wouldn't call Diaz and Khamzat a dream fight 🤣🤣🤣 no one wanted to see that
Diaz-Chimaev a dream fight? Not for me tbh it would just be Nate getting mauled. Brutal retirement fight for a legend.
Still hurts we never got Dom vs Aldo! True travesty!
I, for one, would love to see Diaz V Diaz.
My list
TJ vs DJ
Cain Vs Jones
GSP vs Silva
Prime Tony Ferguson vs Max Holloway
UFC Izzy vs Bellator MVP
Ferguson vs Holloway or Poirier was originally scheduled for UFC 236 for that interim strap. but Tony pulled out due to his personal reasons and it was set to become Holloway vs Poirier 2.
@@eetfuk3571 that's when he went thru his mental episode right ? Sucks , would have been epic. Tony is one of the most Disrespected fighters ever in the UFC man.
Jon Jones was like "Oh the worst case scenario is he just knocks you out". Dude. Its Francis. Getting shot by a .22 rifle isnt getting shot by a 50 cal
Fuck yeah this is gonna be good
Man I really wanted that Francis/Jones fight
Diaz vs khamzat was never a dream fight lol
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Jon Jones. You’re drunk. Go home
hold my beer, I’m up 😵💫🦦
Taket another nap its all good!!
I wouldn't consider GSP vs whittaker as one that slipped between our fingers
It wasn't that anticipated
RematchFC. How many fights did we miss do to the ridiculous amount rematches?
I Don't Puff On Cigars With Tobacco In It 😁 But I Do Puff On Something Similar To A Cigar 🗣️💨
All Tony had to do was beat Gaethje. Most thought he would too. He was even the favorite going into the fight. The media narrative before was, could Gaethje handle competition like Tony? The dream fight was once again just 1 fight away
He should have got that fight after he stole the night with his win against pettis….instead they tried a interim fight he turned down, he should have got the next title fight without beating up anyone else
Man Ngannou vs Jones was literally, who the baddest man on the ufc history is?
Jon bones Jones
Or
The preador Ngannou
Damn
Nunez vs cyborg 2
Jon Jones vs Anthony rumble Johnson
GSP vs Anderson Silva
I'm so glad GSP vs Whittaker never happened. I love GSP and I think Bobby Knuckles would've put a beating on him
Alot of people are upsess with the heavy weight cause they carry but don't realise that from fly weight to welterweight fighters fight technical and they carry the power also and there fight are alot more entertaining than light Heavyweight and so onn
It's Khabib & Tony..
The Nate and khamzat situation felt like a WWE match.
Personally im very happy we never got Nate vs Khamzat. Shit wouldve been depressing
Jones is the best because of his mentality, all the guys he beat and beat with ease he always went in with the possibility he could lose and he’s beatable, that’s the mindset fighters like Connor have struggles with and why they decline the way they do
Brock Lesnar vs. Fedor E. should have happened but Fedor's management team was protecting Fedor way too much. As for GSP vs. Whittaker, i already knew this fight was not going to happen because GSP ran away being scared. He was too scared to fight anyone else in the middleweight division. Khabib vs. Tony should have happened too but this matchup was cursed.
Tate Vs Paul ... RIP Andrew Tate
Zabit vs Volk, GSP vs Silva, Edwards vs Khamzat (This might still happen tho)
Zabit had health issues that affected his cardio. He wouldn’t of been able to go 5 rounds with volk or anyone in the featherweight division.
@@frankiemartin3333 He doesn't have to go 5 rounds if he finishes guys before that.
Listen think we all need to talk about the elephant in the room tony ferguson was never dana's freind but chandler getting the nod over tony is a sin for TUF the man's done more than chandler in the UFC and yet he get's the call seriously can you Imagine the shit-talk between conor and ferguson there press conference would of been epic legendary but unfortunately we get mr nice guy who doesn't do shit-talking so I guess we missed that one with tony aint gonna lie though chandler bring's violence but there's alway's that but...
Everyone knows Khabib is the best lightweight ever. But whose the second best, it’s between tony and mcgregor. That fight needs to happen it’s one of my dream fights
Not just lightweight but the best mixed martial artist of all time
I'm glad Khamzat missed weight so we didn't have to see Nate vs Khamzat. Khabib vs Tony on the other hand tho.
GSP vs Khabib? Most definitely #1 fight that didn't happen
Bones vs Rumble
I would replace JBJ with Nganou with Brock Lesnar and Daniel Cormier after what JBJ did to Gane...the interest just instantly dropped coz Jon just answered most of the questions we had about him...but lets be fair the no1 will be forever Khabib and Tony....both in their primes...its so sad we couldn't witness that...coz i personally believe that Tony was the one who could do it for some reason back in that time
🔥🔥🔥
GSP vs Kahbib was way more.interesting to me than Whittaker.
Ok but who wanted to see Chimaev vs mate? Everyone knew the result would be massacre of nate
The hype for Khabib Tony was immense....sadly I think Khabib would probably have flattened him. Tony should have waited regardless
Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson was a waaaaaay better fight than watching Nate get mauled by Khamzat.