In this video I discuss fighters in the UFC that don't get enough credit or appreciation for certain talents or skills. I discuss Khabib and Islam Makhachev being more entertaining than people think, Jon Jones & His Striking, Alexander Volkanovski's underrated grappling & more! Let me know what you think in the comments.
#ufc #mma
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Khabib & Islam ARE ENTERTAINING
5:27 Jon Jones Is A GOATED STRIKER
9:39 Alexander Volkanovski's Grappling
13:55 Tom Aspinall Most Dangerous Human Ever?
20:43 Petr Yan's Wrestling
23:38 Anthony Smith As A Showman
26:25 Wonderboy & Jan Blachowicz Are Very Old
Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:57 Khabib & Islam ARE ENTERTAINING 5:27 Jon Jones Is A GOATED STRIKER 9:39 Alexander Volkanovski's Grappling 13:55 Tom Aspinall Most Dangerous Human Ever? 20:43 Petr Yan's Wrestling 23:38 Anthony Smith As A Showman 26:25 Wonderboy & Jan Blachowicz Are Very Old
You brownnosing to dana after he burned you a bit?
leave him alone @C3phoe with ur wobblestone cobblestone knees lucas will get u with big meaty hooks and send u flying with ur ploddy mans speed and pillowhands
@@C3phoewhat does this have to do with that at all. Fighters have nothing to do with Dana
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Thank you for saving me 30 minutes of my life.
Shamil doesn’t get enough respect for perfectly embodying a blob
And his volleyball skills are underrated
The fact that David Goggins has nerve to call himself the toughest mf alive when the blob is still roaming the streets of Bahrain amazes me.
Which Shamil are you talking about? Abdurakhimov or Gaziev? Or both!!??
@@marijanwolf8832shamil “the meal deal” “the blob” gaziev
He is my goat. he just hasn’t done the goat stuff yet
lucas tracy’s entertaining fight style including imposing his will with his gritty craftiness and big meaty hooks
Between you and me I've heard he has wobbly cobble stone knees
True, lucas will impose his will from pillar to post against scraggly the hobo using his gritty crafty meaty hooks and big ugly low kicks
Lucas Tracy is a marauder! Imposing his will against these pipsqueaks.
@marblejar786 this ended me💀
Lucas was robbed in the 1st Bedtime MMA fight
Julius Caesar: "The die is cast" Lucas Tracy: "The coin is flipped"
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Magomed Ankalaev doesn't get credit at all and is labelled a boring crocth sniffer despite his style being predominantly striking who has many finishes, his personality is nonexistent but when he fights it's entertaining.
Hes not, never seen less intimidating looking striking at higher weight class
Watch his finishes over Cutelaba you GOOFBALL
@@GeorgeSmokesure bud
It's all MMA Guru trashing him coz guru is so salty abt Dagestanis for sum reason
@@ahealthierfuture5427 WOW, HE BEAT CUTELABA? Fuck max Holloway give BMF to Ankalev then
Completely agree on Khabib and Islam, most of their haters are western 30-40 yo guys and i honestly think they just dont like muslims in general, and i say this as a non muslim, i can just feel it.
Yeah everybody knows what it's REALLY about but if you say it they will call you a snowflake liberal or sm, shits toxic these days
Can't really blame anybody for not liking Muslims to be fair, look at the way they behave when they come to the west.
Lmao so true I went on to the Facebook ufc group and Everytime someone is hating on khabib and Islam it’s a old hillbilly 😂
Based
@@Manuel-gt9jf fr, and then there were talks about Magomed Ankalaev (Magomed is actually a very good fighter+knockout artist) i open comment section they say no one wants to see this guy lay and pray for 5 rounds first i was like do we live in the same universe then i realize the ignorance is crazy 🤣
When I first watched UFC I had watched Khabib vs Edson Barboza. Been a fan of his fighting style since.
That's the dictionary definition of casual
So?
@@heresthethingyouguysnah a casuals is becoming a ufc fan cause of Connor
@@heresthethingyouguys yeah I am a casual. Then.
That fight was brutal for edson
Anthony Smith fight week is kinda fun I'm ngl
It really really is lmao bro's garnering all the attention 💀
I've actually started watching his interviews now, just to see if he will say any outrageous shit that everyone will then clown him for lol
Islam was entertaining even before Charles. Bobby Green is delusional to think what Islam did to him wasn't entertaining. Maybe not to him since he's the one getting pummelled.
"Damn, how dare they used Wrestling in MMA" Bobby Green Moment
This is one of the craftiest videos I’ve ever seen
You forgot the "/s"
MMA GURU is part of the narrative saying Kahbib and Islam are croch sniffers.
Holding on legs for dear life
Nobody cares what that whale thinks lol
@@user-qj4hn4wj1j They're literally the ones absolutely mauling their opponents who are hanging on for dear life You can say other Dagis are boring or "holding onto legs", but it's delusional to say that about them two
Khabibs striking is underrated and very entertaining. Imagine a guy who’s chin is you crackable, has cardio to fight at a high pace in round 1 until round 5, and is a jab merchant with reckless head movement. You can’t tell me that isn’t a fun striking style. As great as Jon striking is, his boxing is his major weakness. Lyoto Machida was countering Jon for every move he did, DC was giving Jon a ton of trouble with his boxing and pushing the pace and so was Guftason. Also you haven’t mentioned that Aspinall has an amazing chin, nearly every fight he’s been in, he’s taken bombs to the face with no effect.
Lyoto was countering him yes but then Jon dropped him XD
@@amphibianenthusiast1887 But it’s still a weakness that Jon showed. Jon eventually found a way to force a counter to counter the counter but he also struggles in his first fight with DC where DC was having a lot of success with his hands, Jon was great at clinching and working off of that to win. In Jon vs DC 2, DC found a way to take away that clinching threat and was winning majority of the exchanges due to his boxing and constant pressure, Jon was throwing knees to counter, forcing DC do drop the right hand and eventually leading to a head Kick wobble and finish. Guftason was putting the pace in the first fight with his pressure and boxing and was winning until he started to slowdown slightly in round 3, allowing Jon to operate slightly more with the pace and edging himself a win. In the 2nd fight, he found a finish. Imagine someone with heavy hands, apply a ton of pressure and can defend takedowns as a decent level. Imagine Pavlovich vs Jon or especially Aspinall. Pavlovich had nearly the same reach and by far the hardest hitter Jon will face, if Pavlovich gets Jon close to the cage, I won’t be surprised if Jon gets layed tf out cold. Aspinall also has great enough wrestling where Jon’s wrestling isn’t as much of a problem, Aspinall does have the quickest hands in HW of all time, one of the best boxing that Jon will every face, the quickest heavyweight and hardest hitter Jon will face and Aspinall has a insane chin so imagine Aspinall vs Jon. I wouldn’t be surprised if Aspinal sleeps Jon in the first round. Aspinal is also the biggest, heaviest and tallest Jon would ever face.
@@quintong8370Sped found
he got touched up on the feet in all his fights, he was basically a scarier version of pantoja, and chins dont matter at heavyweight anyone can get cracked
@@amphibianenthusiast1887 that was great corner advice, thats how Jon beat Lyoto, but Lyoto is a way better striker than him
another W video idea from the craftiest craftsman to ever walk the earth
Islam and Khabib literally finish pretty much all their fights
They’re also entertaining outside of the ring, they’re very funny
Their latter fights, not all.
People can say what they want but they finish the very best guys and keep evolving and getting better
khabib had casual fans tuning in to watch a pure grappler because he had unstoppable pressure and vicious ground and pound
khabib was always ready for a scrap, but islam is safety first always
Khabib is sometimes under appreciated and sometimes over appreciated. For me he is the GOAT, that's it. He is being something else which MMA world never seen before.
What are you talking about curry monster
You are literally Muslim 💀
Cringe not surprised a Muslim said this
Eh, I’d argue Islam is better. Similar grappling abilities but Islam can strike in a threatening manner
Wheres belal muhammad hes the goat
All jokes aside, he is actually skilled but just too overhated rn
Champion Belal
If Belal was more of a WWE gimmick he’d be the Muslim version of Colby 😂
35 fights 35 victories including 32 wins by knockoutttt including 22 consecutive KOs and he has KOd every opponent he’s faced over the last 8 years. Ladies and gentlemen, he is the undefeated, undisputed, universally recognised TRUE UFC welter wait champion of the Woooooorld BLAhall rememebr the naaaame
He fcks goats u mean
Idk man Cain Velasquez in his prime was a monster.
Man Cain Velasquez vs Fedor would have been a firefight people forget man people forget
People are still crying and bitching about khabib. The khabib haters are worse than khabib fans.
I swear they either never watch his fights or they only hate him bc of khabib fans. I'm a massive khabib fan, but Im not the unhinge kind and just appreciate fighters. That michael johnson fight felt like bullying and I always go back to it every now and then.
It’s more about him being a hypocrite lol taking money from dictators and not actually fighting someone like himself you know a wrestler not a bunch of strikers like Conor and Justin and Dustin , maybe something to do with him retiring early to save his *29-0 record . I can keep going honestly he’s fake humble
@@lonemaus562 He actually did fight wrestlers and grapplers. There wasn't even that many at the top anyways, but he still did. Islam actually mainly fought grapplers coming up though.
@@lonemaus562khabib isn’t fake humble you just think that unless you have met him in person you don’t have any proof he’s a fake humble person, I believe he is humble
People who hate 'Islam' actually just hate Islam.
These opinions are the reason why I support your channel. Thanks for being honest. Admitting these facts despite being a Volk and Charles fan shows your courage. There are thousand haters out there who could never do that for reasons you just mentioned. Your content is well appreciated. So keep up the good work Sir!
islam is actually one of my favourite fighters now -great skillset -entertaining -funny The haters just seem to hate on all the dagestanis
Dagestanis aren't simply wrestlers like Colby or Usman, who got no submission at all, or pure submission guys like Maia and many others, who got great BJJ but can't get it to the ground due to the lack of wrestling. The Dagestanis can take you down with their Olympic lvl wrestling (their team literally packed with Olympics medalists), they can also apply judo throws (Abdulmanap was Judo master), other Sambo techniques, and then they will sub you or choke you on the ground or G&P you. The Dagestani grappling I see as the most complete and dominant style rn. And now they are incredibly good in striking too
Facts 💯
Khabib did really became underrated at this point. People act like names like Olivera Volkanovski or Usman have 15 title defenses and top elite wins compared to him while there isn’t a huge difference.
Every fight is a mix of both. Now you have some people who think he’d run through volk Oliveira gamrot arman Leon and usman if he came back and khabib is the number one goat of all time then you have the other side who screams he’s not even too 15 all he did is hug Dustin and Justin than beat out of prime washed Connor and won the belt off of rank 12 and would get dominated by Oliveira. He’s a fighter that is both since he has so many haters but so many fans
Khabib would have lost to Kamaru Usman. He would have went to war with Volk or Charles. Khabib is number 6 In goat conversation.
I appreciate you for not being one of these w3ird guys on KZhead that has a dislike for the Dagis and other fighters from that region on the world. Nowadays people gain relevancy by calling them names and actually insulting them as people. MMA community has been so toxic since these content creators and their fans started flooding social media. It is completely unrecognisable from how it used to be in 2017 times
i dont get it its now mainstream to hate on Khabib or Dagis
to be fair though, the two worst types of UFC fans: 1a. the dagestani fans 1b. the anti-dagestani fans
I'm from Dagestan, i want to say thanks for your support. Seeing comments on my nationality from mma guru etc. it's really sad.
@@psolo3true but that’s a weird mentality to have. “The Dagestan is have some awful fans so fuck the humble fighters”
@@ismailagasievGuru is an incel, i would overthink an insult from a guy that bitter and miserable
Post USADA Jones is fucking mid on the feet. He got mogged by Dominik "the Athlete" Reyes and by a one legged Santos
he out struck santos 4-1
@@ZaharJudah No he didnt he almost lost. It was a split decision and Santos Hurt his knee and Jones didnt do shit
Exactly without the juice Jones was unexplosive
@@manuelp.2001” no he didnt “ lmao the most delusional and stupid comment I’ve ever seen . Look up the stats of jones vs santos . Jones outlanded santos for 4 rounds . Jones may have outlanded santos in the last round but santos won that round by damage . But still , 3-2 win for jones . Shouldn’t even be a split decision in the first place .
The same dudes who call Islam boring when he subs and ko's people are the most hardcore colby and bryce Mitchell fans.
Facts lmao
I think you missed out on Daniel Cormier. His brand of wrestling was the most fun to watch along with his fast hands. That dude was a treat to watch and had so many finishes.
26:16 the lucas tracy theme
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I SWEAR I WAS THINKING THIS! Can’t be a Lucastracy list video without this😂😊
Never understood how people say that khabibs style is boring. If you're a true fan of mma then you should appreciate their skill set on the ground. Khabib is probably one of the most/ if not the most active grappler in mma. When he got you down he went straight to work and started beating the piss out of dudes. Now granted yes his record is padded and he isnt the mma goat obviously but he was definitely one of the great ufc LWS and probably the most dangerous mma grappler the sport has ever seen.
Aspinal is soooo underrated, his speed is crazzzzyyyy
No he isn’t, his boxing is worse than guys like JDS, his grappling is weak compared to DC or Werdum. Francis with a torn ACL would bumrush him
@@DADRB0B55 ur coping dude aspinal has a bunch of finishes in under a min how is that not fast buddy?
@@DADRB0B55Stop this bullshit man. Aspinall has a better boxing technique than any heavyweight. He has perfect combinations, head movement, footwork.... He has a 100% takedown accuracy and take down defense. Definitely DC is a better wrestler than him but Aspinall is the better grappler. DC can't keep his opponents down. Bro that 18-9 guy Werdum is not a match for Aspinall. He got destroyed by Volkov🤣
Jones got outstruck by Reyes, was getting outstruck by Santos before the freak injury, couldn’t journeymen Smith and OSP and almost lost to Gustafsson.
His performance against smith was so dominant it could’ve been a 50-40 bro. He was literally toying with him. The Reyes and santos fight are two examples but outside of that he’s had some of the most impressive striking performances I’ve seen
only for 3 rounds when jones wasnt taking it as serious as the 4th and 5th and the way jones striked at that time he wasn’t rven use to ppl his size blitzing in while throwing kicks
@YahArieh yep the greatest of all time, the champion of the world, is not taking fighting seriously. Best mindset for fighting
@@ZaharJudahhe was taking it serious. The reason he couldn’t outstrike reyes is because reyes is better than him. Jones had to wait until reyes started slowing down
@@Totalnikkadeathso reyes isn’t better than him
why ain’t CM Punk on this?? Punk had a skill set that brought so much fans. he was pretty much an early day Conor mcnugget
I remember when I was getting into mma, watching Jon Jones’s highlights made me feel like he was kick boxer of beauty that everyone was hyping Isreal adesanya up to be. While Izzies fights largely consisted of like 5 kicks a round and were pretty hard to sit through.
Thanks for speaking the facts as always !! Keep up the good work
MMA Guru seems to be cashing in on the popular "Dagestani privelage" and "Dagestanis' are boring" take
Yeah he is the one who created that absurd narrative because he is 🤡 racist
@@Asiyah2000guru looks like Dagestanis though. Look at him and shara bullet how is he racist
@ssglbc1875 Dagestani don't have hair in their mouth and pick their noise and eat lol go take a hike 🤡
Daggi privilge is real
@@zappersolo7588 Lol, no there isn't, look what happened to Magomed
Great point about Wonderboy and Janek ❤ Thank you actually in regards to Jan and pointing that out. Lets see if he still has it after a very bad injury
Good takes Lucas. I completely with you in this video.
Big NO on the Jones part. He always has problems against guys his own size, his boxing defense is shit. He's spamming leg kicks like Izzy and and falls apart whenever he doesn't have a reach advantage. If Reyes can outstrike you, you're not a striking goat.
He still wins those fights other than Reyes
1 out of 29 opponents you brought up and he still won that fight 😂Wannabe hardcore so bad
you been killing it recently with videos, ideas and views man. Already over 20k not even 9h after posting
People say Arman is boring. Dude is all action never faint and step back. Pure pressure
keep dodging the wobblestone cobblestone and granite chin tier list lil bro. we will keep commenting.
We need a list of fighters that get too much credit. Silva, Jones, Adesanya etc
No one gives Silva that much credit nowadays. Everyone calls him overrated nowadays aside from the old men who has been watching mma since 1999.
It’s just hard for people to fathom that Tom aspinall or Jon Jones would kill any person that’s ever lived in a tournament because there’s been so many people throughout history. It just shows you that most people lack fundamental critical thinking skills… cause yeah you can take any mutant 6’7 300 lbs of muscle you want that was captain in the spartan army, and he’s getting choked unconscious in 30 seconds
Absolutely right 💯💯
Good point!
gotta respect the brotha brotha wrestling
Blachowicz and Thompson and such nice guys too! Keep it up champs
Nice efficient analysis
Lucus glazy back at it again
i will never forget khabib's ground and pound on edson barbosa and johnson . nasty .
Brenden Allen gets no credit and is always in some entertaining scraps, lands lots of elbows
Idek why he’s hated, He kinda looks like an annoying guy but even then that’s a stretch for how much people dislike Allen. He’s a good prospect that has good fights.
Gamrot is an underrated grappler, his fight against Arman was great
arman you mean
@@ItsameAlex yeah my bad 😂. I changed it now. Thanks
the new format is really good
Absolutely my kinda video.
love you bro
Thank you for the khabib and islam takes
i saw that post u were talking abt, some dude was saying that tom aspinall couldnt strike with orlovski and had to go "dagestani wrestler mode" 🤣
I sorta agree with the Jon jones one, he just can’t box but you’re on point with everything else
the tom aspinall being able to defeat any man in history has to be the most hilarious side story of any youtube channel I can recall in recent memory
Liked the longevity part, very underrated.
*Makhachev:* By far one of the most underrated. 😂 🤣😂😅 Its hilarious, dude has a community of utterly butt hurt haters who, perform physics defying mental gymnastics to find something they could criticize him about.... always something they would never criticize another fighter about.
Pre champ Islam was boring as hell but hey still really good
Jones has fantastic kicks, elbows and knees. Both in fundamentals and in creativity. His only weakness is his average boxing coupled with his low punching power. He's solid everywhere else on the feet.
We need a meaty hooks tier list part 2 flukas 🙏🙏
The intro scared me. I thought we were gonna get a slide show, monolog
Tom Aspinall hasn’t proven enough imo. If Jones retires after fighting Stipe and Tom clears out the division and gets some defenses he definitely has a case
Aljamain sterling definitely should have got a mention bc prior to the knee he was on a tear and then he still defended his belt multiple times. I'll admit i was pissed about the knee and how he handled it, but he made it up. Fans and even the ufc disrespected him which is so dumb. He even made kattar look like an amateur and yet people consider it a bad win even though those sequences were handled so well.
Fr aljo needs some respect I love it when he gets on his hands and knees in front of other grown men to avoid being kneed
@@hotelmoscow8665 Still beat yan, henry, kattar, cory, and tj. Then if you're going to say that then mention henry vs merab bc Henry was right in merab's crotch literally and I like henry (that was hard to watch him lose like that).
he's a good fighter I just really want that rule changed to see if him and merab wouldn't get folded by those same guys they can beat with the no grounded knee rule@@galaxyvulture6649
Sandhagens been in the lab with the beakers going
Please drop the Lucas Tracy official playlist with all of the songs you use in your videos 🙏 I need these crafty songs so I can impose my will and throw big meaty hooks to those songs in training
😂😂 I absolumtely love this guy una
Khabib and Islam aren't boring, true. It's the people who think they are them but cant do shit as soon as someone knows how to defend. One day someone will have an answer for Islam and hes gonna look lost if he cant wrestle and he'll just lay and pray like they always do
Comment was going normal, then just wtf at the end??? Nice unfalsifiable theory
remember when you said that ufc 300 “wasn’t gonna make any sales”😭
Aspinall also has very underrated head movement. Who else do you see slipping and rolling punches at heavyweight.
Ppl who say “oh no rules blah blah blah” have never been in an actual fight with someone who can fight. Lol
Gotta go with Shamil on this one 🔥
Dennis Siver been getting disrespected since forever. Dudes an animal and probably the Goat
Most fans who trash Khabib and Islam simply don't like their fan base, if you check with them... they like Khabib and Islam.
2 things: 1 - Petr Yan is a super underrated grappler, dude legit was a better wrestler than Merab, Merab just never stops. If you shoot 49 times you better get more than 20% success and you better at least be able to hold someone down in the last round when they should be exhausted. 2 - I wouldn't be surprised if an unknown but trained person won the worldwide tournament. Hear me out, I've been around enough to know there's tons of unfound people who are incredibly skilled, not only in gyms, in every aspect of our society theres super talented people who never get found but can whoop pros at whatever job. I can totally see a case where some guy who is trained actually wins that tournament. We've seen it before where a relatively unknown person beats the superstar.
An unknown trained person would get knocked the fuck out or get choked out unconscious within seconds by any decent heavyweight mma fighter...
I feel like most casual fans call grapplers boring unless they have multiple quick submission or ground and pound finishes. Examples are Khamzat’s fight few fights and Jailton Almeida before the Derrick Lewis fight
16:37 Exactly, every time I hear this, I just think to myself, that people watch to many movies and need a dose of reality. Respect has to be shown towards the time spent training…point blank
The tom aspinall glaze i think is crazy
I was someone who neither liked bjj or wrestling in the beginning. Then i saw either the Khabib vs Edson or Johnson fight. And he became my favorite fighter instantly. I don’t like when people just lay on top of people and don’t do anything and then i just thought it was boring. But Khabib was so awesome to see and exciting and to this day I would say he’s my favorite fighter of all time. But Islam is getting there for me (but i would say he’s way more of a stand up fighter)
you should make top 10 best strikers in ufc history
1 not Izzy 2 not Izzy 3 not Izzy 4 not Izzy 5 not Izzy 6 not Izzy 7 not Izzy 8 not Izzy 9 not Izzy 10 not izzy
Islam and Khabib are entertaining because their fighting style is so astonishingly technical. It's easy to take the technical aspects of striking for granted because we just like seeing people slug it out anyway, but appreciating their ability to control their opponents for prolonged periods of time requires zooming in and actually analyzing how they play. Dustin put it best: Khabib knows where to put his weight to keep his opponents at disadvantageous positions. Their style of takedown isn't ordinary; once you're down, you stay down and remain pressured. And because of how well they do takedowns and ground control, it's equally entertaining to see people who can actually RESIST their tactics. I mean take a look at Volk vs Islam 1; Volk denied Islam all of his ground control tools. He could have very well won it if Islam wasn't a decent striker himself, which also means he could have also handed Khabib his first loss if the latter stayed longer. Their style of fighting makes you want to engage in what-ifs, THAT's why they're entertaining. They make you think.
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Lucas Glazy has exceeded the MMA Guru
mma guru has just been so bias recently though
Fat neckbeard MMA guru could never compare to our cookbook king flukas glazy
Helping out with Tom aspinal. Don't forget how an 8yo scared Eddie hall with one kick.
Jones can’t box to save his life and has awful defensive footwork. This video proves you’re a casual.
His kicking game and Muay Thai / clinch striking alone makes him one of the best strikers ever. Look at his performance against Gus in the rematch, against DC 2x and against glover and tell me he’s not elite.
His boxing defense is better then 90% of the ufc and it showed when he slipped cirly into that take down your the casual
@@lucastracymma8764 He's not even an elite kicker. Most elite fighters middleweight and under kick better than him. His clinch, ground game, chin and cardio carried him hard in his prime.
@@ZaharJudah Hahahahaha! Jones' striking defence consists of backing up in a straight line with his arms and fingers extended out towards his opponent. He gets away with it most of the time because heavy fighters are garbage and he fought midgets for most of his career.
Flukas bout to have a big meaty comeback in 2028 to become the ufc atomweight champion of the world 🌎 glazy will also show his craftiness and will beat his opponents pillar to post while imposing his will 🔥
I can honestly say for the first time I think I pretty much agree with all of Lucas tracys takes here 🤷♂️
Lukas I usually like your hot takes but to say striking Goats is a little crazy for Jones when Reyes schooled him
Damn. First time I agreed with every point you made. Except rooting for Smith. He is a complete tool But yes entertaining the same Way Schaub and Tito are
Why every time you put Volk on screen you use his fat 1 week notice picture
I don’t even need to see Islam wrestle anymore his striking is so fun to watch
Khabib’s striking is top 5 of all time- Lucas Tracy Probably
Jones is a good striker but his reach provides effective distance management and him being roided to the core allows his strikes to hurt the other guy .
Santos, Vitor, OSP, Rampage all caught on steroids or admit it that’s form top of my head which I’m sure old man 40 y/o champ champ DC was too. I’m sure you look up online you’ll find many of mines opponents were caught or admit to ped usage
Tracy got aura
When Aspinall gets a takedown, you get your submission in 30 seconds or less or your pizza is free
What?
Anyone who claims Jon Jones is a grappler first isn’t hardcore, they are new fans that only know Jon from his later career and haven’t seen him being the youngest Champion in the UFC
Leon Edwards should be more hated. He is more boring than belal and people think he is entertaining because he threw one head kick
Yoel still competing at 47 is just insane though
Its possible that the best first fighters ever were pankration athletes (ancient Greek mma). That was one of the national sports for hundreds of years, when mma has now has only been around for 40 ish years (obviously boxing, wrestling and judo for example are much older though). Of course now technique and advancements spread easier with global communication etc. But you had minds like Plato who was involved in wrestling at a high level for example. Hundreds of years of human thinking about technique, training approaches etc. John danaher thinks their grapplers were probably better, possibly mma would be as well. Mindset is also interesting to consider. People lived considerably harder lives, fought battles where they had to disembowel cunts and shit. The ultimate seeing red bro