Islam gains nothing from fighting Topuria. If he wins people will say he just beat a fw. If he loses his legacy is basically finished. Nothing in it for islam.
If Belal beats Shavkat and Islam beats Arman. I don’t think Islam will move up and Islam has pretty much cleared his division. So Maybe then Topuria vs Islam will take place.
This could very well be Islam's mindset, and it's unfortunate, cuz I think in the immediate future ya people will say he's "fighting FWs" but I think as time goes on the names mean more than the weight. IF Ilia goes down as one of the greats, I think at the end of the day a win for Islam goes down as another win against a champion and a legend, and I think that W looks much better on his resume than beating guys like Dustin or Arman
Ank will prolly have beaten Alex by then, also I don't really think Ilia vs Islam is gonna happen, I feel by the time ilia has earned his double champ shot Islam will have already moved up to ww
Ilia just has the K.O. power enough to knockout Islam. Islam recieved a lot of damage on his first fight with Volk and in his last time against Poirier. His chin just cannot resist the power of someone like Ilia. Ilia has better striking and an elite level of wrestling and grappling. If someone can stop Islam is Ilia Topuria, El matador.
@@Slim-Clips Topuria is a great grappler all his life trained Greco Roman Wrestling. He just doesn't show it cuz he know the striking sells more ppv and he know that he has a crazy boxing and K.O. power. Arman has no chance against Islam, trust me. Ilia vs Islam will be just the fight of the year in 2025 and maybe the fight of all the UFC history.
Shavkat will get ragdolled by Belal and y’all will look like stumped fools Tf has Shavkat shown us against somewhat decent opponents other than his grappling being a bit fraudulent? That Wonderboy fight told me everything I need to know. Shavkat got pieced up on the feet and struggled to take him down for 2 rounds. Meanwhile Belal just dominated Leon in both the striking and the wrestling. Unironically we might even see a finish from Belal.
@@god985Belal definitely won’t finish him but everyone hates Belal and just writes him off. Shavkat hasn’t proved anything which is why this fight really could go either way
@@god985Shavkat would destroy Belal and dominate him. We all seen what Neal did to him😂 Just defended his takedowns and destroyed him. Shavkat is a high level grappler, so it would end up in feet. Leon looked off during the fight.In the first fight, he was piercing Belal before the eyepoke.
@@harshatomas835 Homie Shavkat had a hard time outgrappling Wonderboy. Going by recent performances Belal steamrolls Shavkat. Shavkat hasn’t even beaten a top 5 opponent yet and the step up in competition is way too steep as well. Belal has fought the who’s who already. There’s just no comparison.
@@god985saying Belal is going to rag doll Shavkat is the most casual take I’ve ever seen, If Belal wins it’ll be another boring stall and cardio kick boxing fight. If Shavkat wins it’s cus he brought the war and Belal can’t stall on him, obvious you don’t know ball saying Belal is going to finish Shavkat 😂😂 made me spit my water out
Regarding skills, Umar is equal in the wrestling with Merab, but better everywhere else to varying degrees. The only thing that needs to be seen is how he'll deal with Merab's insane cardio and pace, everyone's been drowned by it. A guy like O'Malley who can put Merab's lights out is one way that's clear to beat him, we'll just have to see if straight-up outskilling him can also work.
@RealYousufKhan Beating Sandhagen for 4 or 5 rounds in a fight that was mostly on the feet is insane. I'm tempted to say Umar's a top 3 striker at bantamweight, maybe 2.
I like your videos where much more thinking and opinions are needed, like this for example. It is 100x bettter than " best, prospects, best fights, top strikers..." because anyone can know this from statistics or another youtubers tierlists. This is original and much more interesting.
LOL this plus the reply is weird as hell man. Not what you said but how you said it and the reply saying “makes me feel good” is so weird. I blame ariel helwani.
I am sorry to say this but Evloev is a real big problem for Ilia(the only one tbh). His carreer might take a turn soon. One we are not expecting. I know its a hottake.
Evloev sucks ass😂😂 He is a decision machine he sucks and submisions and knockouts he has no outstanding qualities besides wrestling and even then he has shit ground and pound, shit fence/mat control, shit at advancing position for a sub or anything. Hes not even a good decision machine at least merab and belal have extreme forward pressure at times He has proven to have holes in standup in his fights against ige and allen Honestly i want him to take a turn in career because hes the most mediocre fighter ever
I think he probably poses the biggest threat at FW. Lopes has a chance because of the way he throws and his submission game, MAYBE he could catch him with something, but prob unlikely. I do think Movsar could give Ilia some problems in the grappling, but I don't see him finishing him, which means he has to have ENOUGH success in the grappling to win 3 rounds, without getting KO'd in the process, and I think that's a tough task. I would still favor Ilia pretty big in that fight personally, but who knows?!
@ his takedown defense is really good and he can keep range with teeps and jabs, just my thoughts. His cardio is great too so if he can drag him into the later rounds hed be in a good spot
@@JezzaE2003he was tapped over and over, yeah it's sparring, but there's a reason sean is ducking him and trying his best to get a crack at the title before khamzat gets it
I'm not saying that Khamzat isn't winning all these fights that he's had. I'm just saying that there's no way that Khamzat will submit all of his opponents in the first two rounds. After the second round, Khamzat just won't have the cardio to finish the job. Also, he is not fighting more than four times in this decade.
his opponents will have even less cardio after getting mauled for 2 rounds if they survive and he absolutely can keep mauling ppl early. he also has multiple one shot KOs, doesnt need to sub everybody
@DSM-w3z Yeah, but those one-shot KOs aren't against any decent fighters; they're against nobodies. Also, Strickland, DDP, and Adesanya have all already gone the full 25 minutes and shown that they have the cardio to do so. Khamzat just isn't on their level in every aspect except wrestling. Again, I'm not saying he won't win.
@@zarifinator1327 I believe ddp has underrated td defense, at least significantly better td defense than whittaker. I think he would ride out the chimaev storm rd 1 and then come back with his relentless striking rd 2 and 3.
Not too hot a take, DDP is such a crazy do-or-die force of nature with a deceptively cerebral and professional approach, so I give him a better chance than literally anyone at 205 or below of overcoming Khamzat’s huge skill advantage on the ground.
10:30 I think Fluffy Hernandez could be a good stylistic matchup for Khamzat. He’s a good wrestler so I think he could survive the first few, and his cardio is insane so I think he could take the latter 3 rounds.
I thought for a while that Topuria could be the goat. How you may ask? If the bantamweight champ moved up and Ilia beat them then he defended his featherweight belt a couple more times THEN he moved up to lightweight and knocked out the lightweight champ and then moved up to welterweight and won the belt there but I realised ISLAM IS THE BEST!!! ☝️🇷🇺
9:30 broo you missed the pronunciation so so much lmao The closest you can get is saying "bo-ha-lee-o" - The double R in portuguese sounds like an H - A single R usually sounds like the double T in "attic", like the Rs in Pereira and Oliveira - some single Rs can sound like an H too, like the "Ramos" last name
@@clkgtr12 not really. jiri was clearly still there the whole time. he wasnt rocked super hard or anything. he did get touched up but nothing crazy. jiri style is too weird of ankalaev
Mate, ur reasoning for why Umar beats Merab can be used for Shavkat v Belal but to an even greater extent. Can't wait till Shavkat wipes the floor with Belal
Islam Makhachev is improving with every fight. If he fights Topuria. He would be coming with very improved boxing and striking. And on top with a great grappling plan
I personally believe that Makachev beats Topuiria, Shavkhat beats Belal in their first encounter and cements himself as the best in welterweight. Then he moves up to Middleweight and takes on the champion in Chimaev's absence. Speaking of Chimaev, Borz beats DDP, Adesanya, Strickland then moves up to LH which by that time Alex Perreira goes up to heavyweight. Thoughts?
This is how I see the MW division going next year, 2025 - Jan/Feb = DDP vs Strickland - June/July/August = DDP/Strickland vs Chimaev (Chimaev wins by submission) - December = Chimaev vs the winner of Adesanya vs Borralho/Imavov Think we may actually see Chimaev fight twice next year. It seems like he is more healthy than he's been in years. He changed camps with a new team, a team that doesn't overtrain him. Trains in high elevation now in the mountains. Just to add, overtraining ruins your cardio and also lowers your immune system badly which is likely why he kept getting sick. Chimaev kept getting ill due to overtraining and his cardio didn't look great due to it as well. He never took rests to allow his body to recover. We'll have DDP vs Strickland which Sean has said will likely be Januarary or Feburary. Ramadan next year is Feb 28, 2025 - Sun, Mar 30, 2025. And Chimaev never fights during Ramadan like most Muslim fighters. Anyhow, see Chimaev as you said beating the winner of that and think he'll finish the year with a single defense. If Chimaev really does fight 2 times next year, it'll be the most fights he's had in a year since 2022.
It’s a tough situation to imagine Ilia v Islam happening. Ilia has a potential Volk rematch as well as Lopes and Evloev at the moment, and who knows who else will be a contender by the end of the year given how dense FW is at the moment. Islam is a more interesting situation, as after Arman it’s really only the winner of Charles-Chandler 2 given that Dustin and Justin will retire soon. MAYBE Dan Hooker if he gets a win streak or Gamrot if something weird happens. More likely than not he gets a welterweight shot. Only way I see the fight happening is if Ilia beats his next two contenders via impressive finish, Islam beats Arman and Charles/Chandler before losing a WW title shot. With Ilia on this streak and Islam losing his, it’s really the only way I see this fight happening.
@@doubleoduck3405 that’s what we call mma math. Not only are you using a test sample fighter that they both beat, but you also think that directly translates to how they’d do against each other.
rakic ran the whole round from ank's hook. If you see them gight ank has way better defense. Jiri is just a brawler. Ank's more complete kickboxer. And I think only guy to beat alex. Imho
MMA math doesn't work but Ankalaev is not really a hard hitter. Hard hitters give Jiri problems. Like Muhammad Lawal in the past. The hardest hitters in the division are Poatan, Rakić and Volkan Oezdimir, two of which have given Jiri problems. He lost only to Poatan. Ankalaev always wins through his speed and precision, just like he did against Rakić. Idk man, I feel like Jiri might be even better match up against Ankalaev than Poatan is. Ankalaev is realy quick on the feet and is trying to get into a close range fight. This is exactly what Rakić tried to avoid by constantly running away. If there is anything what Jiri excels at, it's close range dogfit brawls. You just can't be pulled into that. Do you remember the first fight of Poatan and Jiri? Poatan was constantly going back because he knew he doesn't need to get into that brawl with Jiri, so he just looked for the touch of death opportunity and then used his magic to give Jiri a good sleep. At this point it's pretty obvious Poatan will be looking for the opportunity while Ankalaev will try to be quick and precise, both always do this. So anyway, it very well might be that Jiri who thrives in wild exchanges and high paced cardio fights might have a better chance of beating Ankalaev than Poatan does, even though Poatan is a much better fighter than Jiri. MMA math doesn't work, but styles do make fights.
Bro the chimaev pick is weird because chimaev hasn’t fought in almost 2 years and even if Robert won against him I don’t think Robert earned a title shot yet he prolly would’ve been matched against Israel I think chimaev versus Israel is next
Bro you talked about the Khamzat’s opponent : DDP, Sean, Caio, Hernandez… does Nassourdine plays golf ? Dude Went to a close décision against strickland, then beat Joaquin Buckley, Dolidze, Allen, and finished Cannonier. He will be the next for the belt if he beats Strickland or Izzy. Don’t sleep on him just because he is not entertaining
I agree ilia wins but lopes has to cut weight 3 times for the ige fight and ige is bad matchup he is defensively sound everywhere is unfinishable and has good cardio so that performance isn’t as bad as it looked
I like your takes. Onyl thing I see differently is Ilia putting the paper champ's lights out and making the lightweight division the rpemier division again by fighting nore than once a year
@@chad5577chimaev is on another level. Shavkat wonder boy fight showed his grappling is not that good compared to khamzat. Only thing impressive is 100% finish rate, against bums …
if this time off helps volk chin and he goes out in vintage volk form i don’t think it’s crazy to watch him eat illias legs for 5 rounds like max was starting to do i think there’s a chance he could win
The prob is Islam just had to risk his belt to a FW twice already. Islam deserves WW. I hope shavkat takes the belt from belal so we can make that happen. Whether you’re hardcore or a casual - you have to admit super fights are the best
@@jeloutenorio1109ilia needs minimum 4 defenses to move up, Islam gains nothing from fighting Ilia considering he barely gets any credit for beating Volk most of the time.
@@zarifinator1327 Ilia only needs one defense. If he beats Diego he is going to clean all the division. Yair has no chance, Ortega has no chance, Holloway had no chance, Volk has a low chance and Evloev isn't winning against Sterling in my opinion. I know Islam doesn't gains nothing but the UFC fans will.
I guess people are too dumb to even realize that strikers always does bad against grappler wrestler. Sean vs Merab, Leon vs Belal, Izzy vs DDP, Whitaker vs Chimaev. I wouldn't be surprised if Evloev could wins a decision over Topuria 😂
I don’t want to see Illia fight Islam anytime soon. First off Islam has already given two shots to 145ers so I doubt he will want to do that again anytime soon, and I’m sure he is way more interesting to go to 170 than fight a 45. Also Illia has a lot of fights at 45 he needs to handle. Volk 2, Diego, winner of Movsar/Aljo, maybe even a Lerone Murphy if he racks a couple more wins up. And if Islam wins the 170 strap I doubt he ever cuts weight again
I mean what incentive is for Islam to fight Ilia? Like the reason he fought Volk was for the p4p #1 position. There was no other reason there. If he beats Ilia, people are gonna say he beat a smaller guy, like Dana said a few days w.r.t Volk fight. if he looses, he still gets the L. So its an L/L situation for Islam. So no reason for him to take this fight.
bruh you are not a fan of volk if you want to see him fight agains Topuria again. Volk is done, he needs to retire. Ilia beats every version of Volk. Volk isn't good at boxing in the pocket, and doesn't have a chin. Their first fight was only a matter of time.
Losing to two top top guys doesn't make you done? He's still a top contender and second best in the division. So it's either you make him fight other top fives or topuria
@@ThePrince1835 you don’t understand what a downfall is, could use some upgrades.He was like a deer in headlights in their first fight that shot would put them out regardless of the head kick .
@@Yeahbruh200 anyway Id say topuria moves up to fight Islam. If he wins the featherweight belt is vacant. Make Lopez and Volk fight for it. If Topuria loses Volk gets a rematch since neither could beat Islam. If Topuria wins give Holloway the rematch (although I think he should stay in lightweight and try to move up those ranks, perhaps rematch Topuria for the lightweight title if those stars align)
@@ThePrince1835 yeah… something volk is less likely to have if you put him inside the cage with illa this soon. Volk was up against Islam on short notice and got set up beautifully by that head kick. Illa on the other hand… is that guy. Volk was on the back foot tapping at the inside leg with his gaurd mostly down. Volk will get slept if he doesn’t win with a punchers chance, or he could somehow become more sound defensively (unlikely for your guy to evolve that much at this stage of his career). Max wasn’t only dropped, and koed, he was also very easily taken down…. You think volk with ko illa or something? Cmon man. Use your brain, maybe you think you know what a downfall is. Don’t be delusional about the comeback for your boy.
Chimaev who's known for the worst cardio beating Hernandez who's known for his cardio by decision 😂. Seems like a prediction of a casual. Disliking the video because of it
Islam had a competitive fight with POIRIER, arguably lost to Volk the first time and only knocked Volk like ilia cause he was short notice. If Islam is getting cut open by Dustin and struggling to sub him then Ilia will find him and ko him like everyone else
Volk is the definitive goat of featherweight stop saying arguably cause Aldo got beat by max twice , mcgregor and volk all convincing losses he just isn’t the best ik I love him too but it’s the truth
Islam gains nothing from fighting Topuria. If he wins people will say he just beat a fw. If he loses his legacy is basically finished. Nothing in it for islam.
It would be 3 out of his 4 title defenses against feather weights
@@JoyMoGiwaraBoyexactly people will just discredit him.
If Belal beats Shavkat and Islam beats Arman. I don’t think Islam will move up and Islam has pretty much cleared his division. So Maybe then Topuria vs Islam will take place.
@@Red-mc5ee I doubt Islam is keen on fighting more fws after the Volk fiasco, beside ilia still has contenders to fight in his division
This could very well be Islam's mindset, and it's unfortunate, cuz I think in the immediate future ya people will say he's "fighting FWs" but I think as time goes on the names mean more than the weight. IF Ilia goes down as one of the greats, I think at the end of the day a win for Islam goes down as another win against a champion and a legend, and I think that W looks much better on his resume than beating guys like Dustin or Arman
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Hes still in better shape than the obese "guru" 😂😂😂😂
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Ilia Topuria will be the GOAT by the time he retires
Nah but he will be fw goat
Imagine he actually gets the LW and WW belts slaying all them legends!! 🌹🏆
@@Amrgoatehe already beat n1 and n3 fw of all time. If he has a few more title defenses and moves up and wins hes the goat
@@pabloqp7929he’s way too small for welter weight
Pump the brakes pump the brakes
Topuria beats Volk, then loses to Islam.
Khamzat beats DDP, then beats Pereira to become double champ.
Ank will prolly have beaten Alex by then, also I don't really think Ilia vs Islam is gonna happen, I feel by the time ilia has earned his double champ shot Islam will have already moved up to ww
Ilia just has the K.O. power enough to knockout Islam. Islam recieved a lot of damage on his first fight with Volk and in his last time against Poirier. His chin just cannot resist the power of someone like Ilia.
Ilia has better striking and an elite level of wrestling and grappling. If someone can stop Islam is Ilia Topuria, El matador.
Illia beats Islam
@@jeloutenorio1109
Topuria hasn’t proven to have elite grappling whatsoever. Tsarukyan has better chance against Islam than Topuria does.
@@Slim-Clips Topuria is a great grappler all his life trained Greco Roman Wrestling. He just doesn't show it cuz he know the striking sells more ppv and he know that he has a crazy boxing and K.O. power.
Arman has no chance against Islam, trust me. Ilia vs Islam will be just the fight of the year in 2025 and maybe the fight of all the UFC history.
Shavkat becomes champion. Khamzat becomes champion. Shavkat goes up to middleweight to fight Khamzat for double champ status. 🤯
FIRST KAZAKH DOUBLE CHAMP INSHALLAH
I believe Shavkat has the potential to become welterweight goat
shavkat loses to belal but beats islam? lol
😂
I was thinking hoppero will make bunch of wild guesses and make mistakes, but I’m surprised that’s the only mistake he’s made
Both belal and islam beat shavkat, khamzat also beats him
@@haxed_3613 nope
@@haxed_3613shavkhat will kill belal
this man seriously just predicted belal to beat shavkat and hold on to the title for multiple years....
Shavkat will get ragdolled by Belal and y’all will look like stumped fools
Tf has Shavkat shown us against somewhat decent opponents other than his grappling being a bit fraudulent?
That Wonderboy fight told me everything I need to know. Shavkat got pieced up on the feet and struggled to take him down for 2 rounds.
Meanwhile Belal just dominated Leon in both the striking and the wrestling.
Unironically we might even see a finish from Belal.
@@god985Belal definitely won’t finish him but everyone hates Belal and just writes him off. Shavkat hasn’t proved anything which is why this fight really could go either way
@@god985Shavkat would destroy Belal and dominate him. We all seen what Neal did to him😂
Just defended his takedowns and destroyed him. Shavkat is a high level grappler, so it would end up in feet. Leon looked off during the fight.In the first fight, he was piercing Belal before the eyepoke.
@@harshatomas835 Homie Shavkat had a hard time outgrappling Wonderboy.
Going by recent performances Belal steamrolls Shavkat. Shavkat hasn’t even beaten a top 5 opponent yet and the step up in competition is way too steep as well. Belal has fought the who’s who already. There’s just no comparison.
@@god985saying Belal is going to rag doll Shavkat is the most casual take I’ve ever seen, If Belal wins it’ll be another boring stall and cardio kick boxing fight. If Shavkat wins it’s cus he brought the war and Belal can’t stall on him, obvious you don’t know ball saying Belal is going to finish Shavkat 😂😂 made me spit my water out
Khamzat is already legendary with what he’s done. Anything that happens now is just adding to that
Regarding skills, Umar is equal in the wrestling with Merab, but better everywhere else to varying degrees. The only thing that needs to be seen is how he'll deal with Merab's insane cardio and pace, everyone's been drowned by it. A guy like O'Malley who can put Merab's lights out is one way that's clear to beat him, we'll just have to see if straight-up outskilling him can also work.
@RealYousufKhan Beating Sandhagen for 4 or 5 rounds in a fight that was mostly on the feet is insane. I'm tempted to say Umar's a top 3 striker at bantamweight, maybe 2.
@@Divinemakyr Because of the takedown threat 😂
@RealYousufKhan umar is also way better in wrestling lol, merab has no elite technique, he is just the best stamina merchant of all time.
I like your videos where much more thinking and opinions are needed, like this for example. It is 100x bettter than " best, prospects, best fights, top strikers..." because anyone can know this from statistics or another youtubers tierlists. This is original and much more interesting.
Hopefully he likes this comment, I like it when that happens.. it makes me feel good..
LOL this plus the reply is weird as hell man. Not what you said but how you said it and the reply saying “makes me feel good” is so weird. I blame ariel helwani.
@cronenburger22 that's sad, your generation always needs insignificant attention and "likes" from ppl you'll never know or meet in person 🤡
THEY ALL GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO.
I am sorry to say this but Evloev is a real big problem for Ilia(the only one tbh). His carreer might take a turn soon. One we are not expecting.
I know its a hottake.
I agree
Evloev sucks ass😂😂
He is a decision machine he sucks and submisions and knockouts he has no outstanding qualities besides wrestling and even then he has shit ground and pound, shit fence/mat control, shit at advancing position for a sub or anything. Hes not even a good decision machine at least merab and belal have extreme forward pressure at times
He has proven to have holes in standup in his fights against ige and allen
Honestly i want him to take a turn in career because hes the most mediocre fighter ever
I agree lol, Evloev gonna hug Illia for 5 rounds
I think he probably poses the biggest threat at FW. Lopes has a chance because of the way he throws and his submission game, MAYBE he could catch him with something, but prob unlikely. I do think Movsar could give Ilia some problems in the grappling, but I don't see him finishing him, which means he has to have ENOUGH success in the grappling to win 3 rounds, without getting KO'd in the process, and I think that's a tough task. I would still favor Ilia pretty big in that fight personally, but who knows?!
@@eddiehauser6661 Ilia would elbow him or knee’d him when it becomes legal
I didn’t know that I needed Khamzat vs Hernandez until now, that fight is nuts
Khamzat is the best middleweight
I feel like strickland has a decent style to beat him, but honestly i agree
@@JezzaE2003Strickland’s style is dog💩 against Chimaev. Hands up. Hips square. Standing upright. Easy double leg for Chimaev.
@ his takedown defense is really good and he can keep range with teeps and jabs, just my thoughts. His cardio is great too so if he can drag him into the later rounds hed be in a good spot
@@JezzaE2003he was tapped over and over, yeah it's sparring, but there's a reason sean is ducking him and trying his best to get a crack at the title before khamzat gets it
And pereira is not the best light heavyweight
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I'm not saying that Khamzat isn't winning all these fights that he's had. I'm just saying that there's no way that Khamzat will submit all of his opponents in the first two rounds. After the second round, Khamzat just won't have the cardio to finish the job. Also, he is not fighting more than four times in this decade.
his opponents will have even less cardio after getting mauled for 2 rounds if they survive and he absolutely can keep mauling ppl early. he also has multiple one shot KOs, doesnt need to sub everybody
@DSM-w3z Yeah, but those one-shot KOs aren't against any decent fighters; they're against nobodies. Also, Strickland, DDP, and Adesanya have all already gone the full 25 minutes and shown that they have the cardio to do so. Khamzat just isn't on their level in every aspect except wrestling. Again, I'm not saying he won't win.
@@DSM-w3zAlex pereira was koing everyone in round one but Khalil who people didn’t expect went to war with Alex
@@joeswanson5486 I mean Khalil narrowly stole 2 rounds before getting KOd and picked apart... not that surprising
@DSM-w3z I honestly wouldn't say narrowly. He did it pretty comfortably.
Hot take: DDP kocks out chimaev in round 3
@@complex.mp4254 DDP ain't making it to round 3 lol
@@zarifinator1327 I believe ddp has underrated td defense, at least significantly better td defense than whittaker. I think he would ride out the chimaev storm rd 1 and then come back with his relentless striking rd 2 and 3.
Diddy P kisses Chimaev in round 4
Not too hot a take, DDP is such a crazy do-or-die force of nature with a deceptively cerebral and professional approach, so I give him a better chance than literally anyone at 205 or below of overcoming Khamzat’s huge skill advantage on the ground.
@@XenonFranco I completely agree :3
Given likely visa troubles and a new slower schedule for Khamzat my expectation is Strickland v DDP 2 with the winner facing Khamzat
I feel like saying Umar has better grappling than Merab is crazy when Merab takes down people like six times in a fight
Can you do more of this?
10:30 I think Fluffy Hernandez could be a good stylistic matchup for Khamzat. He’s a good wrestler so I think he could survive the first few, and his cardio is insane so I think he could take the latter 3 rounds.
I thought for a while that Topuria could be the goat. How you may ask? If the bantamweight champ moved up and Ilia beat them then he defended his featherweight belt a couple more times THEN he moved up to lightweight and knocked out the lightweight champ and then moved up to welterweight and won the belt there but I realised ISLAM IS THE BEST!!! ☝️🇷🇺
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the jean silva love was dope
Shavkat and khamzat will be the super fight to make in about 2 yrd
This guy knows knowing about mma
Ilia Topuria will KO Islam. He IS the p4p
Ilia has born for great things, he gonna defeat Islam.
Why is no one talking about jdm ?
Topuria vs Islam, anything else is redundant honestly. I really love volk and do not want to see him get brutally knocked out again.
Day 111 of asking hoppero to make a video on his top 30 best mma fighters of all time (goat tier list)
9:30 broo you missed the pronunciation so so much lmao
The closest you can get is saying "bo-ha-lee-o"
- The double R in portuguese sounds like an H
- A single R usually sounds like the double T in "attic", like the Rs in Pereira and Oliveira
- some single Rs can sound like an H too, like the "Ramos" last name
Ain’t no way you said jiri beats ankalaev
jiri finna be too much for ankalaev. if ankalaev couldnt finish rakic but jiri did 😂
@@damiandobronxsjiri almost got finished in the process, ankalaev is a better striker and more sound defensively, jiri is not beating him
@@clkgtr12 not really. jiri was clearly still there the whole time. he wasnt rocked super hard or anything. he did get touched up but nothing crazy. jiri style is too weird of ankalaev
@@damiandobronxsit's so painful to read poatrds' comments
@@damiandobronxsjiri has no defense
Mate, ur reasoning for why Umar beats Merab can be used for Shavkat v Belal but to an even greater extent. Can't wait till Shavkat wipes the floor with Belal
Funny how everyone said Topuria was going to be destroyed by Volk, Holloway, Emmet, Mitchell, Hall.....
Is the powerpoint only in one take?
Lots of mistakes in talking, wanted to ask a question.
Jon Jones seating at the side looking to disrupt the entire timeline by calling out Aspinall after beating Miocic !!
Topuria not well-rounded like others in thumbnail. He's beating strikers
Islam Makhachev is improving with every fight. If he fights Topuria. He would be coming with very improved boxing and striking. And on top with a great grappling plan
Aspinall will be the heavyweight GOAT I'm sure
Scheduling volk vs ilia is just sentencing him to his doom. 3 consecutive KO losses would kill his career
I personally believe that Makachev beats Topuiria, Shavkhat beats Belal in their first encounter and cements himself as the best in welterweight. Then he moves up to Middleweight and takes on the champion in Chimaev's absence. Speaking of Chimaev, Borz beats DDP, Adesanya, Strickland then moves up to LH which by that time Alex Perreira goes up to heavyweight. Thoughts?
You're tripping hard imho 😂
This is how I see the MW division going next year,
2025
- Jan/Feb = DDP vs Strickland
- June/July/August = DDP/Strickland vs Chimaev (Chimaev wins by submission)
- December = Chimaev vs the winner of Adesanya vs Borralho/Imavov
Think we may actually see Chimaev fight twice next year. It seems like he is more healthy than he's been in years. He changed camps with a new team, a team that doesn't overtrain him. Trains in high elevation now in the mountains. Just to add, overtraining ruins your cardio and also lowers your immune system badly which is likely why he kept getting sick. Chimaev kept getting ill due to overtraining and his cardio didn't look great due to it as well. He never took rests to allow his body to recover.
We'll have DDP vs Strickland which Sean has said will likely be Januarary or Feburary. Ramadan next year is Feb 28, 2025 - Sun, Mar 30, 2025. And Chimaev never fights during Ramadan like most Muslim fighters. Anyhow, see Chimaev as you said beating the winner of that and think he'll finish the year with a single defense. If Chimaev really does fight 2 times next year, it'll be the most fights he's had in a year since 2022.
if pereira is even in the UFC in 2027, I think by then he'll be retired alex pereira.
having khamzat in the back of that picture just feels wrong
It’s a tough situation to imagine Ilia v Islam happening. Ilia has a potential Volk rematch as well as Lopes and Evloev at the moment, and who knows who else will be a contender by the end of the year given how dense FW is at the moment. Islam is a more interesting situation, as after Arman it’s really only the winner of Charles-Chandler 2 given that Dustin and Justin will retire soon. MAYBE Dan Hooker if he gets a win streak or Gamrot if something weird happens. More likely than not he gets a welterweight shot.
Only way I see the fight happening is if Ilia beats his next two contenders via impressive finish, Islam beats Arman and Charles/Chandler before losing a WW title shot. With Ilia on this streak and Islam losing his, it’s really the only way I see this fight happening.
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ONLY Strickland fans want to see that
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Did bro just call Song Yadong a layup?
Background Music?
11:31 Jiri would not beat Ank at all
bro said jiri beating anklaev and chimaev too😂 shi threw me off
Aspinall needs to be in there.
Ilia beats Islam. the volk match was close 1st time and ilia will do the same thing with even more power and has sleeper grappling .
He doesn’t beat Islam … he can beat Islam DOESNT mean he will. Islam is the favourite if anything
2nd time was not close … ilia didn’t face a much better volk either
Islam's first fight against Volk was heavealy compromised he didn't look as full and was physically weaker, and was lighter than volk in the fight
11:30 did you just say Jiri would beat Ankalaev?
Jiri beat up rakic better than ankalaev
@@doubleoduck3405 that’s what we call mma math. Not only are you using a test sample fighter that they both beat, but you also think that directly translates to how they’d do against each other.
rakic ran the whole round from ank's hook. If you see them gight ank has way better defense. Jiri is just a brawler. Ank's more complete kickboxer. And I think only guy to beat alex. Imho
@@doubleoduck3405mma math don’t work
MMA math doesn't work but Ankalaev is not really a hard hitter. Hard hitters give Jiri problems. Like Muhammad Lawal in the past.
The hardest hitters in the division are Poatan, Rakić and Volkan Oezdimir, two of which have given Jiri problems. He lost only to Poatan.
Ankalaev always wins through his speed and precision, just like he did against Rakić. Idk man, I feel like Jiri might be even better match up against Ankalaev than Poatan is. Ankalaev is realy quick on the feet and is trying to get into a close range fight. This is exactly what Rakić tried to avoid by constantly running away. If there is anything what Jiri excels at, it's close range dogfit brawls. You just can't be pulled into that. Do you remember the first fight of Poatan and Jiri? Poatan was constantly going back because he knew he doesn't need to get into that brawl with Jiri, so he just looked for the touch of death opportunity and then used his magic to give Jiri a good sleep. At this point it's pretty obvious Poatan will be looking for the opportunity while Ankalaev will try to be quick and precise, both always do this.
So anyway, it very well might be that Jiri who thrives in wild exchanges and high paced cardio fights might have a better chance of beating Ankalaev than Poatan does, even though Poatan is a much better fighter than Jiri. MMA math doesn't work, but styles do make fights.
Bro the chimaev pick is weird because chimaev hasn’t fought in almost 2 years and even if Robert won against him I don’t think Robert earned a title shot yet he prolly would’ve been matched against Israel I think chimaev versus Israel is next
Who's here Jan 2027 after Waldo Cortes-Acosta won the HW title off of Almeida? 😂
Welcome to the TOPURIA ERA
Fellas
Bro you talked about the Khamzat’s opponent : DDP, Sean, Caio, Hernandez… does Nassourdine plays golf ? Dude Went to a close décision against strickland, then beat Joaquin Buckley, Dolidze, Allen, and finished Cannonier. He will be the next for the belt if he beats Strickland or Izzy. Don’t sleep on him just because he is not entertaining
Such casual takes these days
I agree ilia wins but lopes has to cut weight 3 times for the ige fight and ige is bad matchup he is defensively sound everywhere is unfinishable and has good cardio so that performance isn’t as bad as it looked
Khamzat has already man handled jiri before. Not sure if you knew that or not. It was before they were in the ufc.
I like your takes. Onyl thing I see differently is Ilia putting the paper champ's lights out and making the lightweight division the rpemier division again by fighting nore than once a year
Narrator sounds like a Poundland version of Aspinall
Chimaev has to fight Rakhmonov before moving up.
Khamzat is already a weight class above shavkat.
@@haseisrotting shavkat is a big ww. He’ll move up as he gets older.
@@chad5577chimaev is on another level. Shavkat wonder boy fight showed his grappling is not that good compared to khamzat. Only thing impressive is 100% finish rate, against bums …
@@michaelsun-qh5xe still a fun match up. I got Chimaev too, but that would still be a massive legacy win.
@@chad5577 that’s a great fight not sure of the legacy tho especially if he loses to Belal
No one wants to see strickland ddp 2
if this time off helps volk chin and he goes out in vintage volk form i don’t think it’s crazy to watch him eat illias legs for 5 rounds like max was starting to do i think there’s a chance he could win
16:46 not anymore
The prob is Islam just had to risk his belt to a FW twice already. Islam deserves WW. I hope shavkat takes the belt from belal so we can make that happen. Whether you’re hardcore or a casual - you have to admit super fights are the best
we knocking out islam next then bumlal for the third belt🌹
Islam ain't fighting any more featherweights Lil bro
@@zarifinator1327 If he moves up to the welterweight division before Ilia wins against Volk again then he can avoid him.
@@jeloutenorio1109ilia needs minimum 4 defenses to move up, Islam gains nothing from fighting Ilia considering he barely gets any credit for beating Volk most of the time.
@@zarifinator13272 or 3 defenses but tbf some divisions are stale. Besides he's really young and for sure he carries his power to 155
@@zarifinator1327 Ilia only needs one defense. If he beats Diego he is going to clean all the division. Yair has no chance, Ortega has no chance, Holloway had no chance, Volk has a low chance and Evloev isn't winning against Sterling in my opinion.
I know Islam doesn't gains nothing but the UFC fans will.
HOPPLERO!
I guess people are too dumb to even realize that strikers always does bad against grappler wrestler. Sean vs Merab, Leon vs Belal, Izzy vs DDP, Whitaker vs Chimaev. I wouldn't be surprised if Evloev could wins a decision over Topuria 😂
What about shara magomedov
I don’t want to see Illia fight Islam anytime soon. First off Islam has already given two shots to 145ers so I doubt he will want to do that again anytime soon, and I’m sure he is way more interesting to go to 170 than fight a 45. Also Illia has a lot of fights at 45 he needs to handle. Volk 2, Diego, winner of Movsar/Aljo, maybe even a Lerone Murphy if he racks a couple more wins up. And if Islam wins the 170 strap I doubt he ever cuts weight again
It depends on who the UFC actually hires, because the world I'd way bigger than a corporation
If Shavkat wins imagine Shavkat vs Islam.
I mean what incentive is for Islam to fight Ilia? Like the reason he fought Volk was for the p4p #1 position. There was no other reason there. If he beats Ilia, people are gonna say he beat a smaller guy, like Dana said a few days w.r.t Volk fight. if he looses, he still gets the L. So its an L/L situation for Islam. So no reason for him to take this fight.
bruh you are not a fan of volk if you want to see him fight agains Topuria again. Volk is done, he needs to retire. Ilia beats every version of Volk. Volk isn't good at boxing in the pocket, and doesn't have a chin. Their first fight was only a matter of time.
Losing to two top top guys doesn't make you done? He's still a top contender and second best in the division. So it's either you make him fight other top fives or topuria
@@ThePrince1835 you don’t understand what a downfall is, could use some upgrades.He was like a deer in headlights in their first fight that shot would put them out regardless of the head kick .
@@Rosen_cardio uhm. Weird to assume I don't know what a downfall is. Do you know what a comeback is -_-
@@Yeahbruh200 anyway
Id say topuria moves up to fight Islam.
If he wins the featherweight belt is vacant. Make Lopez and Volk fight for it.
If Topuria loses Volk gets a rematch since neither could beat Islam. If Topuria wins give Holloway the rematch (although I think he should stay in lightweight and try to move up those ranks, perhaps rematch Topuria for the lightweight title if those stars align)
@@ThePrince1835 yeah… something volk is less likely to have if you put him inside the cage with illa this soon. Volk was up against Islam on short notice and got set up beautifully by that head kick. Illa on the other hand… is that guy. Volk was on the back foot tapping at the inside leg with his gaurd mostly down. Volk will get slept if he doesn’t win with a punchers chance, or he could somehow become more sound defensively (unlikely for your guy to evolve that much at this stage of his career). Max wasn’t only dropped, and koed, he was also very easily taken down…. You think volk with ko illa or something? Cmon man. Use your brain, maybe you think you know what a downfall is. Don’t be delusional about the comeback for your boy.
Without Lopez
Chimaev who's known for the worst cardio beating Hernandez who's known for his cardio by decision 😂. Seems like a prediction of a casual. Disliking the video because of it
Fr by decision😂😂😂😂😂. First round sub
@@michaelsun-qh5xe That's the only possibility of Chimaev. Otherwise Hernandez would drain him just like he did to Viera
@@harshatomas835 that’s the only possibility the fight will go or early 2nd
Guys do u think Bo nickal beats chimaev if chimaev is the champ the next few years
Islam had a competitive fight with POIRIER, arguably lost to Volk the first time and only knocked Volk like ilia cause he was short notice. If Islam is getting cut open by Dustin and struggling to sub him then Ilia will find him and ko him like everyone else
Need ilia to fight Islam now
Shavkat doesn't know what is decision, only finish
This belal hype is not clicking, shavkat will wipe the floor with him
shavkat will kill belal. Belal is one of the worst champs we've ever had - hasn't proved himself at all
Volk is the definitive goat of featherweight stop saying arguably cause Aldo got beat by max twice , mcgregor and volk all convincing losses he just isn’t the best ik I love him too but it’s the truth
Evolev is killing topuria
Bo Nickel over Chimaev 🤷🏽♂️
Bo nickel is losing to paul craig bud
Your picks are often based on MMA Math... But bro, we've seen last weekend how this somehow doesn't work😂
Topuria will fight volk, then evloev, and by that time diego will get fraud checked and never fight for the belt
i stopped watching when u said belal over shavkhat
The fight between ilia and islam wont go to decision
How funny, no one believed in Chimaev before, now you like him, what hypocrites are some fans
Wtf is your accent bro
Yeah. It made my ears blead.
It's called British u kno England big brain
It is me or people undertemate arman to much?
Khamzat won't stay healthy enough to defend his title, might just get strip.
Don’t say that for certain he’s managing himself well he said
Nah Dickrus Du Plessis is goted 😊
Ddp gonna choke Chimaev
Khamzat will not fight ufc 313 bc ITS ramadan