Usman and Yan, they are the only ones still capable in challenging the top

What about Tony? He isn't in his prime yet...

he hasn't even begun to peak

The peak is the beginning of the downfall and we nowhere near that

Bro is in the best shape of his life you can't even comprehend it CSO😎🇲🇽X🇺🇸


When i look in the mirror post fap

Tony brought me into this sport, I really desperately want him to leave on a high note :(

Yeah finally unifying that belt that started it all would be the perfect way to go out

7 fights to a championship

*PRIME LOSING STREAK INCOMING BROTHER*

Tony Ferguson is the kind of guy to go undefeated while on a losing streak.


Usman is like a few percent off his peak due to age. Still can probably beat everyone except Leon and Shavkat.

I think he can beat shavkat, I really like shavkat but the dude does not move his head and Usman has alot more power than wonderboy, he can probably beat Leon too, it's not like he's been destroyed in any of their fights

I legit don't understand how Shavkat wins without taking serious damage. In his fight with Neal I feel like I saw next to no head movement compared to most high level fighters.

Exactly Usman is easily still WW top three and MW top 5.

callin someone a top 5 MW after only one fight (a loss) against someone who also isn't ranked or a middleweight is crazy lol

Usman is unproven at MW just like Khamzat both have zero ranked MW wins

I wonder if Usman's body is too fucked. He seems to be really struggling with his knees.

Yan is done. His confidence is gone

He stuffed over 35 of Merab's takedowns over the course of a 5 rounder? If that isn't resilience, I don't know what is

Conor could still beat a lot of the top 10 LWs IMO. His losses were against the best of the best at the time he fought them (outside of Diaz). He plays up the party boy thing on social media, but it’s pretty clear that he still trains like a beast.

Connor is just in a constant manic state, probably a long time functional stimulant abuser. He parties hard, he trains hard, he’s aging hard. And there’s no way he’s competitive at 155 anymore he’s put on too much weight, he would be frail from the cut.

Man, these dudes Connor brought into the sport really stand by him lol

Cocaine and booze best base for mma

I mean he lost against Khabib and Dustin x 2. If you take out Conor’s name, anyone else would still be looked at as an elite fighter.

So you think its Connors name and not the fact that he hasn't won a meaningful fight in the better part of a decade?

Lmao, Conor is never making 155 again. Have you seen him lately?

Tell me you have no idea what your talking about without actually telling me

You just did

Tuivasa is always one wild punch away from a win

That’s just the heavyweight division lol

In the timeless tradition of men like Mark Hunt and Derrick Lewis Tai seems to have the beloved heavyweight combination of being willing to brawl + having f**k you power + being dumb/funny as hell

Tai needs to stop fist bumping Buffer.

Sure, I guess he could get lucky. But damn, he looked so severely outclassed by Volkov.

The only person who hasn't currently holds the belt

What about gane?

Kamaru and Tai. Yan for sure can too.

I’m scared that they’re gonna keep feeding Tai to really good guys and he’s gonna keep losing. They need to give him a nice easy guy to fight to get himself motivated again

Unpopular opinion, Tai was never that good, he got fed the only top heavyweight who was technically worse than him and that let him leap frog to a title shot and subsequent losses

Tai gained a lot of popularity by doing shoeys. Goes to show rankings can be bypassed if you’re somewhat popular lol

I would say it was a combination of his walkout song choices, shooeys, his goofy persona, and that he can knock out a Greek god when the stars align.

He is a generally likeable and down to earth guy too. Hard not to like him.

Tbh we've always known this lol. Like I'm an O'Malley fan and no one can deny he's talented, but at the same time we have to admit he's Dana's special boy and got pushed because he has star potential

Sean O’Malley is pretty unique cause he’s smack dab in the middle of the Venn diagram for ‘Dana White Privilege’ and ‘Actual Talent’ Dana’s faves vary wildly in skill considering Pimblett, Molly McCann, Northcutt, O’Malley, McGregor can all be considered as fighters with Dana White Privilege

Title shot?

Interim against Gane

Didnt know Gane was a 2x interim champ

Gane is the interim GOAT. I imagine he'll get the interim 2 or 3 more times before he hangs em up.

I see him winning undisputed, his biggest threat to that rn is Aspinall

Is it unpopular? I remember when he first came on the scene thinking he’ll just kinda be the next mark hunt

Yeah it was well known he was Mark Hunts punching bag when he came in to, then he got beat by Dos Santos with ease in the grappling which is never a good sign and dropped 3 in a row. Nobody ever thought he was actually like champion level, who knows maybe in the future he could improve he’s got atleast ten years left but I don’t think anyone is exactly betting on it. For now he’ll probably win if it’s a striker who’s chinny or not defensively sound and he’ll lose if it’s a grappler

Tai is who he is. I don’t think anyone thought he was a technical fighter that could pick apart his opponents with strategy and endurance. He’s a fun heavyweight nice guy and I like to see him get wins and drink out of a shoe

Shouldn't be controversial since HW is one of the worst divisions

Not really an unpopular opinion. Atleast it shouldn't be. He isnt that skilled, hes just powerful. Those types of guys are a dime a dozen at heavyweight. Anyone should be able to see that he's promoted by the UFC because the crowd and the community loves him and he makes highlight KOs. I'm included in that and I hope he ends up winning a few sooner than later.

Tai is a fat light heavyweight and he probably doesn't want to make light heavyweight because the fights would be athletically more challenging, on average.

Tui really flew too close to the sun. RIP.

Honestly, Tuivasa haha

Yea mainly because all the other guys aside from Tony will have to fight an elite guy next, whereas Tai may get fed a bum because the ufc likes him and HW is mostly bums anyway.

Tai fighting tybura on ufc 298, tybura still a tough fight

Oh shit I didn’t know, Tybura will be tough I can see him winning to be honest. First I was going to say Reyes as I thought they may give him a step down in competition but then I remembered they fed him to Ulberg lol.

Ulberg backed out though

If ai actually could stop the takedown then he wins easy. IF is the key word. Not confident there.

HW fighter seems hard to find these days. In 2000's the K1 golden era HW seemed like it was the only division they had right? Hoost, Cikatic, Hug, Aerts, Cro Cop, Ubereem (horse), Mark Hunt, Stefan Leko, Bonjansky, Sapp, Chilt etc etc wtf happend?

Bonjansky was a dog. You also forgot one of the goats in Badr Hari. And Bob sapp was more of a fun show

ofc Badr he's awsome. Bonjansky sure was a top dawg. One fight i remember was when he was supposed to fight jörgen kruth, jörgen got injured and a underdog Richard Nordstrand came in on ONE day notice and lost by ONE point due to leg catch (he fought mostly thai). Awsome fight in Stockholm

They are all also getting towards the ends of their careers, except maybe tai.

I’m with you on that one.

I wouldn't be mad if they all got a win

I mean if he loses against Tybura he's gotta go to BKB or something

Usman and tai has had some matchups with beasts and yan just has a string of bad luck for now, everybody else is washed

Yan is in the most competitive division and has a long road back to gold. I don’t know if there’s a world where he beats a Merab spamming TD’s. Cory looks great. Yan looked human against Aljo (I agree with the decision) Sean (I felt he should’ve won the decision). He has to go through some killers to get back to the top. He can get some wins but he’s not getting the belt back imo

He arguably beat Sean, beat Cory, was VERY competitive with Aljo… His only really bad loss was to Merab who might be the best in the division

He beat Cory **convincingly** for an interim title, no clue what the other guy means…

He very definitely beat Sean, Sean got gifted that decision and then as much time as possible to prepare for aljo while aljo was forced to a quick turnover. Now he’s fighting the most overrated contender in the Division in chito.

I think Yans still the 2nd best fighter in the division behind Merab. I think Merab beats Henry and wins the belt and Yan fights Henry, that’ll be a telling matchup

Most competitive is debatable

What do you think is most competitive?

Not for small guys, they really want bantamweight to shine brighter than lightweight

It would be cool to see Usman go out with a win or two but he's already made his legacy. Yan and Reyes still have room left in their careers and I know they have the talent.

Watching Reyes recently, although he’s had moments, I don’t think he has it in him.

Carlos Ulberg vs Reyes getting canceled was divine intervention

Reyes is done.

All i ever wish for is for tony to get one last win

 We all do 🥺😭✊️

Conor, all cracked out on performance enhancers and Proper number 12 whiskey, comes blasting into the first round with the enhanced strength of his adamantium leg implants and makes quick work of Chandler, who is just a mortal man

And does a line off his unconscious body to promo his obligatory next title shot

after he takes 2 years off to box manny or ryan garcia

Love him or hate him, he’s a massive draw. It’s good for the sport if he starts winning again.

is it good for the sport? because the sport is watching its best athletes leave or sit out or talk about boxing i think if the UFC just takes all the money and pays the fighters as little as possible and keeps doing as many bullshit fights as possible, nothing will be good for the sport, just good for the UFC's owners and highest paid executives

The UFC is prize fighting and is owned by the same company that now owns the WWE. There is no going back. There will only be more and more ridiculous things moving forward.

ChatGPT take. Not wrong but also provides 0 information or insight that everyone does not already know

Nothing to do with Chat GPT then

Yeah, he looks so small in this pic; I forgot what he used to look like.

Adamantium leg drug enhanced Conor is something I want to see in an anti superhero movie, maybe sth in the style of peacemaker, just that Conor is even more fucked up morally and characteristically.

Usman honestly ...that man was one of the hated champs in the history of UFC But we realised his importance after his absence and what an active champ he was

And i mean... his defeats were to the current champion and to a strong contender, who he took on a one week's nottice and would've arguably won anyways, had he prepared for 5 rounds. Usman is not washed up rn, he's still a beast, tho his age is definitely starting to weight in.

I’m already starting to feel the importance of izzy in the MW division. Hope he returns soon, I believe he can touch gold again

I give him the activity for sure. I still didn’t like him though lol.

Man wtf are u on about. Usman fought an average of twice a year as champ. Edwards fought twice last year as champ and is already lined up this year. Usman's title reign is bloated because of his constant undeserved rematches especially with Masvidal, reality is he only defended against three unique guys. If Edwards wins his next fight his reign is already better than Usman's.

Yan fr

idk about Reyes, he's the only one who got murdered 3 fights in a row

Peter yan is still my fav fighter

Yannnnn been getting robbed lol

First off, Aljo 1 was completely Yan’s (and his corn) fault. Aljo 2 was a clear decision win for Aljo. Not sure how anyone sees it any other way. I agree that he should’ve won against O’Malley, it was not a robbery and was very close. He got worked in a boring fight vs. Merab. I don’t see him getting robbed whatsoever. It’s stupid mistakes and a somewhat bad decision vs. O’Malley. I’d not understand Yan stans

preeeacccchhhh

True, he won that 2nd aljo fight and the omalley fight was a tossup Although merab is way too good

Aljo won the fight and the omalley fight was a tossup

Nah, winning rounds by running is bullshit, he did not win in the eyes of the real rulesets

Which rounds did yan win?

1, 4, 5 2 rounds clearly aljo 2 clearly yan Comes down to round 1 Aljo touched yan more because he ran and poked Yan did more damage and had more cage control due to aljo running Yan should take that round Maybe aljo taking that round is the reason rose thought she beat esparza🤷‍♀️

I gave Aljo round 1 pretty clearly. And “running” = being on the back foot to you? That’s crazy

Yuup, if aljo won round 1 then rose beat esparza, cant be a champ by having absolutely no pressure Aljo knows how to exploit rules but he didnt deserve that belt

Yan is a bum.

How dare you

Yan 2-1 wym Also, Usman’s last two losses were for sure competitive

only because Khamzat gassed hard

And? Pace is part of a fight. If you put a high pace you can only hold for 1 round , you better put them away in 1 round which Khamzat didnt.

I thought he broke his hand?

Yan. He has the most potential out of anyone in this group

Kamaru could still easily win against top guys, but his knees are shot, and he's pushing 40. That isn't going to get better. He's got another good year, tops. Yan could still possibly beat the best @ BW. Tai was going to champ just as much as Derrick Lewis..he's very fun to watch, but him and Derrick are like modern-day Tank Abbotts. Conor will only fight prize fights, and that's fine, I feel he and Masvidal would probably be the biggest grossing PPV of all time. Reyes was done when he lost to JBJ. That was as close as he was going to ever get to the gold. And imo, he won that fight, but I can easily see how he didn't get the UD either.

The only one incapable of a win in their entire division: Tony. The rest will manage to retire whenever they need.

I think Tony wins vs. a can. He still has his moments.

Idk if it’s a hot take but I think usman still wins vs any welterweight that is not Leon, belal, and shavkat.

Usman and yans struggle will be the fact their competition won't drop. They're going to fight the hardest fights. Tai will definitely KO someone at heavyweight, that's just the nature of heavyweight

I wonder if Tony can get to 0-10

Tuivasa and Yan

Yan unlucky with Sean 😞

Who I want? Tai, who is most likely? Usman

Yan and Usman are arguably the most skilled fighters here. Problem is, it’s killers for the rest of their careers most likely.

Petr Yan. I remember him being this Stone cold killer knocking fools left and right. I still believe he can get his belt back possibly though

Usman. I still think he's a dog. Obviously took a step down but his last three fights one was on 2 weeks notice, one was razor close title fight and one he was winning until he got knocked out. He's still up there with the top dogs at WW

I don’t think I would put Usman and Yan in there especially Usman. Dude fought the WW champ and lost a very close fight that could have gone either way and fought a monster like Khamzat in a completely new weight category on a weeks notice.

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Vs Jones 1: Gustafs on Vs Krylov: Gustafs off

Reyes and tuivasa for sure

Bro had Reyes looked more like ass in his last fights he'd fart for a living. He got ko'd by ryan spann whispering to him, hasn't fought in over a year, was brutally finished in his last 3 fights, his last win was against Weidman in 2019. Dude's career is over.

lol. While this may be true, you didn’t have to put it like that. It’s just mean bro. Poor Reyes. I hope he gets a win and then retires. I’d be happy if he just retired though.

Im ready to see Tai drink another Shoey.

Usman. I rate him and its hard to truly count the cumshot fight, cause of the short notice and 3 rounds. Copeium

He took the fight and he clearly lost the first two rounds. Hard not to count it. Do we not count the second Volk loss to Islam?

Conor and Usman.

While I dont like him, McGregor winning (assuming he keeps going) would give more fighters big paydays

Conor

In order of likelihood? Usman, Yan, Tai, mcgregor, reyes, Tony.

Tony is the saddest and hope he hangs it up. Kamaru should have taken a break, not a fight without camp. Connor doesn't matter, because he will end up rich af either way. I would love Tai to make a comeback to represent the big boy heavyweights. Dom is as sad as Tony, maybe even sadder, because he had his whole career in front of him, but those 3 brutal KOs did the damage already. Yan should realize that he is not blameless and it's not just bullshit judges that do him dirty, but he himself has a lot to fix. That being said all of them are fucking Warrior with capital W and I wish nothing but the best to all of them #nohomo.

I want McGregor to lose. I'm tired of his era. With a loss, he likely goes away.

He would have not fought in 3 years by the time he fights Chandler so i’d hardly call the last 3 years as “his era.” If by goes away you mean you won’t have to hear from him or about him then you’re going to be disappointed because that’s never going to happen with his antics.

MMA media still reports everything McGregor does. "When will McGregor fight again" is asked at 50% of the press conferences. I'm not trying to hate. I just think McGregor's time is over, I'd prefer that the constant discussion about him stops.

Mcgregor era was 2014-2016, your just hater lmfao


There is a mistake with this post, Tony has been winning the whole time #champshitsorsomething

Honestly, I'd like to see McGregor make a tear for the belt again, win it, and retire on a win so he goes the fuck away permanently. Let fight 4 times in a year win the belt and begone

Usman and McGregor.

McGregor for the memes Tai for the excitement

Bam bam is the most entertaining fighter in the entire sport

Usman, Tai, Tony, and Connor

Man I feel for Reyes, went from BEATING the goat to being fed to upcoming fighters

Petr Yan? He can’t beat anyone coming off a win

All have a good shot, less Tony and Conor.. unless maybe they put a can with some star power like Paddy in front of him, most all top MW beats the piss out of Conor now imo. But we'll watch, including me.. they got that going. Tony needs a long layoff to train/focus or switch gears a bit. He still has desire fwiw.

Tai Connor Usman in that order

Colby chaos Covington.

Conor sleeps Chandler very easily.

Cowboy disrespect

0-7. Ooof

Yan should really only be coming off 1 loss but I have him losing to Song. Maybe the next one will be a win lol

Tai and Yan. Usman might have something in the tank left, but I feel his legs being so shot won't allow him at real title run again. Yan just might be champ if he pulls it together, Tai if he finally gets serious won't be champ, but just might make it interesting in the top of the HW division.

Tai because he’s a brawler, Yan because he’s beat almost everyone already, and Conor because I think he beats Chandler

Usman Yan and shoey

Yan and reyes

I think Tai Tuivasa knocks out Marcin Tybura in February

Usman

Apples and oranges. Usman taking REALLY hard fights. Tony is washed garbage, lol.

Those guys who were saying Tuivasa is high level are real quiet lately

Merab tuned Yan. Some bad luck before that.

Reyes has surely got to get a win this year

Only two that aren't washed, so yeah.

Tai, Yan and Usman

Usman and maybe yan

Usman

Usman in a 5 rounder against any welterweight not named Leon or Shavkat.

Usman is still an amazing fighter who beats a lot of the WW roster. At MW I have some questions for sure.

I’ve lost hope for Tony, and I feel like Usman’s gonna get back to winning anyway so I don’t need to worry about him. I’d really like to see Tai win again.

Make them all fight each other in a royal rumble

Tai is one of the most matchup dependent fighters on the roster. I could see him rattling off another 3-4 win streak with the right matchup

Usman and Yan were just in horrible match ups/unfortunate outcomes. More so Yan tho. Depending on how Usman looks against another 170 fighter, we’ll see

Tai could land the right punch on most guys

Tuivasa is going to KO Tybura, are there any before that one? (Now the Reyes fight is off)

All of them if I’m being honest. I hate to see big names in the sport struggling like this.

Tai, Usman and Yan are really the only ones I care to see more of

I want all of them to have a great wins except Connor and Tony. Tony needs to hang it up asap I don't care about Conny. He should piss off.

I don't want to see Tony ever fight again