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Chapters:
0:00 - 1:52 Intro
1:52 - 3:10 Khamzat Chimaev
3:10 - 5:17 Colby Covington
5:17 - 7:20 Conor McGregor
7:20 - 9:32 Tony Ferguson
9:32 - 11:50 Paulo Costa
11:50 - 12:52 Outro
5 UFC Fighters Who FUMBLED Their Potential
Cejudo would've been a great pick for this one too. Wasted his prime years.
He overestimated his value
What? How the hell does a double champ "waste his prime?" Fuck else was he supposed to do?
@@sebastianquintana5412 Idk umm maybe defend his belts?
@@sebastianquintana5412idk maybe not retire in his prime and defend the belt instead of waiting out for years
@@sebastianquintana5412 Conor did the same and he's on this list. Where's your outrage at that? Oh right. You're a casual lmao
Tony didn’t fumbled his potential. It got brutally beat out of him by Gaethje. His brain is unable after this amount of CTE to keep up with the eye-hand conditioning , movement etc
He means that he fumbled his potential by doing two weight cuts so close to each other on a short notice fight instead of waiting and getting a title shot when he recovered from the first weight cut.
HE JUST DIDNT CARRY THE BOAT!!!!!! HE WENT SOFT, NO MAN FAILS WHEN YOU TRAIN WITH DAVID GOGGLES. YOU GOTTA RUN 3000 MILES EVERY DAY, YOU DONT STOP TO SHIT, YOU SCOOP THAT SHIT OUT AS IT COMES OUT YOUR ASS AND YOU EAT IT AND KEEP RUNNING!!!!!! DAVID GOOOGLES DOESNT FAIL!!!! TAKE A VIAGRA AND STAY HARD!!!!
There was also a very REAL curse on Tony by some Russian witchcraft, where it caused him to trip on a cord and ruin his career with an injury before he could face Khabib. His fight with Khabib fell apart 5 times in a row, with the cord stopping their 5th fight. I understand why nobody wanted to give Tony an opportunity to fight. But make no mistake, someone didn't want him to face Khabib. Francis had the same severe "random" knee injury occur just 2 weeks before his contract was set to expire with the UFC against Gane. MMA curses are no joke.
He does bear a good deal of the blame tho, for training for his ego rather than skill, for insisting on cutting weight twice in a month for no reason other than to get some petty bragging rights over Khabib. Imagine if Tony had entered an actual training camp 8 years ago rather than just training with Wing Chun dummies/led pipes and Eddie Bravo...
I think Khamzat got ruined by covid too, although if he gave himself a chance to recover he may have been ok so maybe you could blame him for that
There's more to Tony fumbling his potential than cutting weight twice for his Gaethje fight. After he had that knee injury which cancelled the Khabib fight, dude did not allow his knee to heal properly, instead trying to heal it himself. That stupid decision ended his prime years. Tony really was too tough, delusional and stupid for his own good.
I dont see this talked bout nearly enough when it comes to Tony's decline. Yes he did beat Pettis and Cerrone but those fights were competitive before they were stopped and Cerrone and Pettis werent in their primes at that point. If he left his knee recover properly who knows what he could or couldnt have achieved.
Sometimes we’re our own worst enemy.
Khamzat is the killer for me because he had so much momentum. The war with Burns grew the hype, then the UFC gave him a PPV headline against Diaz setting him up for a title shot… and then he missed weight and also lost all sense of direction. Hope he gets back on track soon, could definitely be a champ at 170 or 185.
Tbh when he mopped Holland, my hype train got even bigger lol
At 170 definitely. Not 185
Bo knuckle will win inshallah@@theunbeatable6598
I don’t think he was lying about the UFC deciding that they didn’t want him to fight Nate. Why does nobody remember Khamzat’s coach, who was out of line, saying, right after he got over pneumonia, that he had permanent lung damage? His career was damaged by ridiculously bad healthcare. Dana had to fly him to the U.S. just so he might be able to return and so he wouldn’t die.
No.
Khamzat not being the juggernaut everyone thought he was is what killed his reputation. He's elite, but he isn't the second coming of Jon Jones or something like people were hoping for.
Jbj didn't always win in a dominant fashion
@arnavpandey5386 yeah because he was facing tougher competition He fought usman at the wrong weight class on short notice and got a draw He fought burns on a full camp and robbed him
Jon Jones? You can't even name a Jones fight without PEDs, eye pokes, and gifted decisions....lol 🤣🤣
@@brucegomezmilano1724Haha you teenegers know nothing at all, just look at jon jones top 5 finishes and beginning of his career, he fought people who took peds and admits it and massacred them. GSP and everyone else took peds before usada cormier being one of them were are they? ofc its alwsys jbj. Is he a good person? No. Is he the best fighter in MMA? Yes. there is no discussion about it, most title defenses and he fought killers on his way to the belt being the youngest.
@brucegomezmilano1724 pre cormier he still did good gus, Santos and Reyes were robberies
Khamzat's problem is that he can't get a visa to the US due to him being best friends with Ramzan Kadyrov. He probably can't get into Canada, the UK and Australia either so his fight opportunities are limited. This isn't just speculation on my part. His BJJ coach, Alan Nascimento, mentioned it back in October but a lot of people seemed to have missed it.
Damn...
@@FightincI think Khamzat's move to the United Arab Emirates was done with his visa problems in mind. Despite spending years in Sweden he still has only a Russian passport. People from Russia have a hard time getting visas right now as it is, but Khamzat's Kadyrov connection makes it even worse for him. People on a UAE passport also need a visa to get into the US but they don't have the whole "war in Ukraine" thing hanging over their heads. We'll have to see what happens once he gets his new travel documents.
He came to the uk though
@@BiggieTrismegistus That was part of the move but I also think that some rich Emratis are pretty much paying for him to live and train there so he can "rep" them. Not a bad deal, and takes the financial sting out of only fighting once a year.
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Imo khamzat is still there He just blew up fast but he's at Max one fight away from the belt Just needs activity
He can't make 170
He almost died from the common cold
@@pjay450 He can do 185
@@lethweiblackbelt Don't matter he rattled elites and ragged usman in the first Rd
@@theunbeatable6598yeah but he hasn’t really beat any established middleweights, only beat Usman moving up
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6:31 Conor MacGregor was never P4P number one, during his era the P4P #1 was Demetrius Johnson. MacGregor was number 2
Yeah he didnt defend once. He shouldnt have been number 2 even.
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Stopped caring for Khamzat when he missed weight and did the fake glove touch on Kevin Holland. He needs to pick a division and get back to work
Khamzat didn't fumble his potential, he's still most likely going to be champ one day. But the problem is that he was supposed to be next Khabib in terms talent, and the next Conor in terms of draw, and he was very well on his way there, but then Burns made him look very human plus the fact that he fights once per year-and-a-half means it's impossible to maintain that momentum in a sport that moves so fast unless you're already a well established main draw. So now most of us fans simply don't care anymore about what he's been up to.
Khamzat's problem is that he can't get into the US (and probably other countries) due to still having a Russian passport and him being best friends with Ramzan Kadyrov. His BBJ coach, Alan Nascimento, confirmed that back in October.
why is this guy not popular
0:00 Chicago
As a teenager, i saw Mike Tyson biography in my library and i brought it home...I learned many thing in life...one of those is something he took from another boxer that i forgot the name who said: ”It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5am when you've been sleeping in silk pajamas” Even if i did read it roughly 25 years ago...i still remember it..and I think this is the same thing thats happening here for some of these fighters
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Some Fighters just don't know when to retire and I am so proud of the way GSP and khabib and my boy Nate Diaz retired on top😊😊😊😊
While Khamzat hype inside the US might have slowed down abit, in europe and especially the arab world his hype is still at an all time high. His followers keep rising , rising and rising
Yeah well he's wasting his prime years, and on the current track he's on its becoming a question of whether he even becomes a UFC champion in a single division. If this nonsense continues, karma will catch up to him like it did for Colby with the game passing him by.
@@madgavin7568 he is still very young but you are right
Aligning yourself with dictators isn’t really going to boost your career.
@@madgavin7568 Dana White himself said it is only made in Abu Dhabi. He hinted that he would only fight in it. The problem is not with Hamza Chimaev, why his fights are few and why he does not fight in America.
His popularity is not growing in Europe
Dominick Cruz would have been a good one. He’s had like 20 injuries and lost like 5 years of his career to injury healing time. And somehow still became champion and bantamweight goat, but imagine what could have been if he didn’t get injured in dang near every single training camp.
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I would say that Zabit also deserves to be in this list...
As a swedish man, i was psyched when Khamzat represented sweden (and ofc Chechnya) bursted onto the scene and dominated. I’m kind of disappointed now. i do think it had to do with covid why he isn’t active. Because he had so many side effects and all that. But before i was convinced he would be champ but not so much anymore. I want to see him as champ but rn realistically he don’t deserve the shot. And i think calling out every fan is pretty cringe. I still hope he proves me and alot of people wrong
He's not active because he's banned from entering the US due to being being best friends with Ramzan Kadyrov. If he can't get into the US he probably can't get into Canada, the UK and Australia either so his opportunities to fight are very limited.
bro has an immaculate narrator voice
Man I was so hyped for Paulo vs Khamzat sad it never happened
Maybe for a part 2 you can also put in Darren Till
Tony went on a 12 fight streak and was the interim champ only because the khabib fight was cursed. That was the fight of all time that never happened. Tony was the man to beat him at the time if anyone were to have a chance. Respect to Tony
Kumshot's Ramzán Kadírov sauna boi
I’m going to ufc 298 and I’m hella nervous Costa gonna pull out
Damn I thought Dominic Reyes would be top of this list
He didn't took off
Ive never wanted my favourite athletes to retire as much as Ive wanted Tony to. The NBA would take a hit if/when Lebron retired, the NHL will take Ovi and Crosby retire, Football will take a hit when Messi and Ronaldo retire. The thing is, all those guys are still performing. Their legacy is being strengthened by just how long theyre all performing at elite levels. Tony just isnt there anymore. Its painful watching him because youre just picturing absolute hell 10+ years down the line when he inevitably is dealing with insanely unfortunate health problems due to the sheer damage hes taken. I can admire a guy running through the fire, true fighting spirit, but we wanna see you enjoy life after fighting. We dont wanna see him bed ridden, we dont wanna see him dealing with mental health problems due to CTE, we wanna see a smiling El Cucuy sitting ringside 20 years from now getting to appreciate the young fighters he inspiried. We wanna see him making it into the HOF and getting an opportunity to pass down everything hes learned. Thats just as much of the journey of being a fan of a athlete. Its nothing compared to seeing them play or fight in their prime, but its a nice sense of solace that theyve found purpose beyond their craft. These guys make insane amounts of money, yes it started with a passion for the sport. But so many of them came from nothing and sought out the opportunity to give themselves and their families financial freedom. So when they get to the point where theyre hurting their ability to enjoy everything they worked for.....its sad. I think about guys like Kobe Bryant or to a degree Muhammed Ali (no he didnt die, but his Parkinsons really effected our view of him. For most of us we saw a frail old man who was a shell of the man who shook the world, and it was sad....) We didnt really get to see Kobe enjoy his life after basketball. We didnt get to see him thrive with his kids, be able to pass on that knowledge or see him get to appreciate everything he did for the game in terms of all the young kids who are now in the league, who grew up and pursued basketball because of him. We want that for Tony. The UFC is doing a massive disservice by continueing to give him fights. If they cared about him as a person, theyd talk him out of it. Even if it hurts the organization, you gotta do whats right by the guy whoes done so much for you. Force the guy to retire and take a break. Its hard for athletes to find purpose after their careers so give him opportunities to stay in the business without getting his head bashed in every 6 months.
You has no hespech
Let me fight Tony. I am a good Match Up for him. When I am going to win by K.O. Fight of the Night. I want a contract, Dana.
I really dont understand why people forget that Tonys downfall started when he shattered his knee . Even at the Pettis and Cowboy fights he was stiffer than usual
Just an FYI, all your footage was of the "old" Conor. The new person they have doesn't seem to look anything like Conor the UFC fighter, which is probably why it's taking so long for him to train for a fight. It's absolutely strange that only Derrick Brunson and Chael Sonnen have talked about the new version of Conor.
Honestly what should have happened was Usman vs Chimaev instead of Leon. If that fight happened then history would be fixed. Leon didnt really do much to earn the shot. He could have had a shot back 2019 after the RDA win but then he was inactive, got removed from the rankings then had a no contest against Belal and then almost got kod by Nate and was inactive for a year.
Cumshot didn't do anything to warrant a title shot either. It's his damn fault for missing weight badly versus Nate.
Honestly stop having opinions because you are dense 😂 The guy with 3 ww wins did not deserve it more than the guy 8. History wouldn't have been fixed because it ain't broken, maybe if khamzat didn't throw away his big chance to beat Nate he'd be in a better place Besides we saw how khamzat barely beat 10 days notice Usman making his mw debut on a 2 fight L streak, so it's kinda obvious what a 5 round, full camp ww Usman would do 😂
regarding Khamzat, We should pity him or other fighters that have same situation as him . We must remember that each fighter and division in UFC have different story and situation. Some of them got lucky to get fast track to fight the title because of story and situation of his division. For example Alex peira. He got fast track because he have story with izzy and izzy already wiped out the top in division . Some fighters haven't got any title fight even have 7 to 10 win streak. Top fighters of the division have " diva" attitude that don't want to fight top 15/10.. Even some Champ play diva attitude. Some division keep having rematch between the Champ and his rivalry. Some division got stuck because the champ suddenly got injured. Some contenders only want to fight the title, don't want to fight below him. So what other fighters that have same situation as Khamzat should do? I think Khamzat already fight the title before Alex if he keep in MW division . . For Khamzat Chimaev situation, what should he do? Other fighters don't scare of him? Really? Why he or other fighters that have same situation as him don't get any fight if other fighters don't scare of them? He keeps call out the champ or contender because that what any fighters should do to keep relevant, to keep the hype. UFC not pure sport such as FIFA, or other sport organisation. UFC is sport plus business plus entrainment.. So we as fans of UFC / MMA must understand the situation, support the fighters, don't be too bias.
Khamzat's next fight is going to be for the title. How did he fumble his potential? Plus after seeing Colby dodge every fight that was offered to him unless it was a title fight and get the chance after 2 years of beating Masvidal, I'd say Khamzat took note.
Colby is definitely the worst of someone wasting there potential. The guy basically sat on the sidelines for two years and was able to squeeze a title shot off his gimmick. If had stayed active he most likely would have actually earned his level of greatness but instead he will be forgotten
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I’m still a big fan of the wolf
I'm surprised Jon Jones wasn't on this list. Imagine what we'd be saying about him if not for antics and suspensions over the years.
With Conor McGregor it's like Janet Jackson said what have you done for me lately😅😅😅 he will never fight again he lost his Edge😮
Part of Khamzat's problem is that he can't get a visa for the US, but he also kind of dampened his hype by constantly talking about smeshing everyone then only fighting a single guy per year who's not even at the weightclass he's claiming he's gonna dominate.
Conor one really caught me off guard haha
I feel like people don't take Khamzat having severe covid complications into enough consideration. There's definitely more going on behind the scenes then we know, he almost retired because of it after all. Either way he's always one huge ko victory away from everyone hoping back into the bandwagon.
The problem with him isn't the covid complications. It's that he can't get a visa into the US due to him being best buds with Ramzan Kadyrov. I'd imagine he's currently banned from Canada, the UK and Australia too so his opportunities to fight are extremely limited.
Honestly khabib should definitely be on here, he retired to early for us to really tell how good he was. Jon jones could also be on here, imagine how much better he would’ve been without his suspensions.
No one has driven me more crazy than khamzat
tony was feared by his opponents , hes simply aging out of the spot
Doesn't matter now... Powerslap is gearing up.
Although it’s early for costa but its a big possibility that he’s in a downfall
Thanks for including McNuggets. Absolutely true. Real fighters and real champions defend their title, fight who they call out, and fight regularly. The guy is overrated. If he’d stuck around, who knows. Only people that disagree are gym-bro casual fanboys that still fap it to his press conferences.
Cope and seethe
Not including nick diaz is illegal
The hype khamzat had leading up to the burns fight was insane
People are too hard on McGregor. The man was a great fighter, and when he was coming up, he was damn near unstoppable. Eventually, he lost motivation to fight, and his will to compete must have been altered when he got a taste of the good life. However, he created a brand and a business that no one has been able to replicate. That alone deserves a lot of respect, and he certainly separated himself from the rest of the pack. He will not be one of those fighters going into retirement needing to work a job or get into podcasting; he's worth more than 300$ million, and that alone is an accomplishment unrivaled by his peers. Sure, he wasted some of his potential as a fighter. But he seized every opportunity as a businessman and personality. His wife is also a very smart woman and helped him a lot with his investments.
"Conor mcgregor" *i roll my eyes* "I know, youre rolling your eyes at me"
Costa , till ,chimaev,Diaz dillishaw all fumbled their careers
Where's Yoel Romero? A physical freak and highly skilled but makes some of the most incomprehensible decisions in his fights, he continues to do this even outside of the UFC, like his Bellator debut. lol.
Cejudo should have been on this list he left in his prime
Dana has all but killed all of the hype around khamzat. People forget after years of inactivity
Tony didn't fumble. He got humbled.
The UFC is asking for Tony to retire, but it’s BS. They’re not going to pay him a pension and they’re not going to release him because he still has name value. So asking him to retire is just for show, They don’t actually give AF about him.
Hence the reason why if it's Leon and hamzat at ufc 300 I won't buy it
Khamzat only cares about money,he even said it himself recently...He was once active,hungry to smash someone's head but he's changed and lost his hype
Feel like Jon Jones should be on here. In the last 10 years he's had 3 decision wins (one a loss by consensus and none of them very impressive), subbed Gane, and ko'ed Gustafsson - not including his 3 overturned fights that 2 good wins in 10 years! He now refuses to fight anyone apart from the ancient Stipe. Yes he had an incredible first part of his career but the last 10 years have taken away from that, not added to it.
I mean why they fumble u mean some of them realize their value instead of fighting for crumble they decided not to then Dana white aka Don king of MMA instead giving them what they deserve they sit there and argue from lil more crumble
Your final product is head and shoulders above the rest. Enjoy the content.
What about TJ Grant? He literally had a title shot ready after smoking Gray Maynard. Why not mention him? Come on man.
Colby could have been a dominant lightweight champ, but instead he was a severely undersized welterweight who wasted his prime years turning down everything except title fights. Cejudo retired too early, missed much of his prime and then came back too late. Can't really blame Chimaev all too much. That near fatal case of Covid pretty much destroyed his career. Mike Chandler has Grade-A skills but a Grade-F fight I.Q.
Mcgregor as a inspiration 😂😂😂😂 that's rich
Dont worry about khamzat. Dana will book his next fight in a few more years.
I miss OG Tony the UFC did him dirty
Hamza Chimaev will be the next champion. Dana White is the one who said it in a press conference that he will only fight in Abu Dhabi. He hinted at this in his words, and fights in Abu Dhabi come once a year. What should Hamza do?
Distance himself from Kadyrov and get a visa, then he'll have more options to fight in different countries.
well Tony just got old and Conor did achieve many things so I wouldn't put em in the vid and Khamzat is still young
I think usman took something from khamzat
With Khamzat I feel everybody overlooks this but the man can't really fight other than Abu Dhabi I think because of his relationship with Kadyrov. Hard to really blame Khamzat guy's being controlled by a warlord.
Plenty of fighters are buddies with him and none of them have that issue. Seems like an excuse to me.
Did you mentioned "Allah" at the end of the video?
The reason khamzat doesn’t fight is because when the Russian war began his passport was taken away and that guy who is like the king of Chechnya gave him a lifeline now as a play of pity the Chechnyan king or whatever doesn’t allow khamzat to fight in America that’s why he no longer fights
Dont worry khamzat will be back at it in a few more years.
Darren Till is an honorary mention
Nah bro got demolished by Jorge masvidal he could of redeem himself but got dominated instead
How did Tony fumble his potential? He had a good prime
Khamzat would have done something worse to Nate it wouldn't be good for sensitive viewers