Pantoja has 8 wins over top 10 fighters, 5 of which are over the top 2. I agree he doesn't beat Merab but saying he still has a lot of work to do is fuckin wild.
Yep, casual take from him for sure. If Pantoja beats Asakura he basically has the chance to lap the division again. TJ definitely a little clueless in this video 😂
He shouldn't even be champ rn Erceg beat him 😂 he has maybe a punchers chance vs the top bantamweights there's basically no route for him to be double champ
"Pantoja has alot of work to do" 😂 hes literally already lapped the division and beat most of the people twice. If he beats asakura hes genuinely the most deserving champion to take a shot at double champ out of all the champs. Definently worst take from you
It’s so disrespectful. Brandon Moreno is so hyped up Pantoja has to take his life at this point just so people can stop trying to have them fight again and shove Moreno down our throats 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@Skyx5m50 tbf their last fight was really entertaining and probably fight of the year but people are acting like moreno beating royval (the guy pantoja beat twice) makes moreno get a title shot again after losing to the same guy 3 times 😭 i genuinely think out of all the champs pantoja right now deserves that double champ shot the most with probably ilia/islam behind him none has cleaned the division like him only because hes a flyweight hes hated on but hes extremely entertaining
Giving Pantoja a 10% chance is straight up madness. He is the better striker and the better grappler. Merab certainly would be the favorite, but nowhere near 90%.
Fr, definitely a casual take from him icl. And he said Pantoja still has work to do in FLW like what? His work is done, he just has the chance to lap the division again 😂
what's with the pantoja segment? talking about him like you have beef he's been dominant and is decisively the best fighter at 125 in the ufc. everyone writes him off it's kind of frustrating
Pantoja hasn’t beat the brakes off anyone he takes to decision. In fact, he’s usually also getting his ass kicked and if not for that chin he would be gone by now.
ikr ppl think we are crazy now but belal is lowkey going to go down as the goat. literally real life rocky balboa he’s the perfect underdog and undefeated fighting specialist
wyo, Khalil countered Alex when Alex came in using his speed. He didn't blitz like how DDP does lol. Who blitzed was Jiri and he got caught bad. DDP has better defense but there's only so much you can take with a high guard against a power puncher
Belal is a nightmare matchup for Strickland and Chimaev. If either of them got the belt and he got the chance to move up he would become double champ with ease
Belal vs Strickland is literally unstoppable force against immovable object. Ultimate wrestling decision machine versus ultimate striking decision machine
@@Kgopani3101 Strickland always struggles with anyone who pushes him backwards. Also sucks at wrestling so Belal would bully him. And Belal won't get tired either
Belal by head kick knocks out cold DDP on the very first round. Calls for Alex Pereira for the undisputed light heavyweight championship. MARK MY WORDS!
The idea that the grappling between Islam and Topuria would be a stale mate is crazy to me. Islam will win these exchanges. Where is the evidence that Ilia can grapple with him?
Seriously did we not see him unable to have any effective grappling against max? He took max down twice and did nothing with it. Ilia has a good ground game but he isn't touching Islam
If Arman gets taken down by Islam who is literally double ilia's size with better wrestling, I seriously doubt Ilia could do anything to defend Islam's takedowns lmfao. Especially considering Ilia got taken down by bryce mitchell
@zarifinator1327 He is not "literally double Ilia's size" where tf are you getting that from. Bro walks around maybe 8-12lbs heavier. It's significant, but don't exaggerate to make your point more valid.
I really think Islam vs Topuria is one of the most interesting fights that MMA has ever seen. Just the mash up of their skills & their styles is perfect for a elite level super fight
topuria has a 100% chance to KO anyone including the heavyweights. truly the greatest athlete in combat sports in history. we are dealing with the first 5 belt champion
If this were an actual sport where merit counts, Pantoja would be the first to become double champ , he already cleaned his division (multiple times over in the case of his sons named Brandon), the other champions have done nothing like that to even deserve the chance of a double championship. He has the strongest chin in the game, he has the grappling skills to beat Merab, he has the volume striking and pressure style to contend with Merab and he has more cardio than anyone the Georgian has ever faced, not as much cardio as the machine but probably enough to have the time needed to secure the fight with his skills. The beginning of this video almost felt like a bad joke. Pantoja should be higher in all of the lists of this sport, he is already in the top 3 if not top 2 best flyweights of all time
I dont see anything from Ilia that shows me that he can compete with Islam in grappling. I also think Islams clinch game and knees are being overlooked.
Islam vs ilia would ve like islam vs volk 1 and 2 Itd be a competetive fight and islam would finish him late 4th rd. And we'd hear how Islam only fights featherweights lol
@@MultiAssassin31 Yeah just like Volk, charles and Dustin were supposed to do lmao Islam mauls ilia and y'all BUTTHURT salty 🤡 would cope by saying he only beats featherweights lol
@MultiAssassin31 Ah yes, flavour of the week is ilia lmao Before y'all said charles would KO makhachev lol, makhachev scared charles out of lightweight title picture lol and ended volks career. Also, Dustin sleeps ilia
Islam, Pantoja, DDP, and Topuria in that order. Islam 80%, Pantoja 45%, DDP 42%, Topuria 40%, Pereira 5%. DDP has that drunken master vibes, never count him out! Don't forget his physicality and mythical fighter status after the nose surgery. Pereira beating Tom/Jon is just punchers chance. Honestly, Pantoja has a WAY better chance at beating Merab than Topuria has beating Islam. Islam is peak MMA and could be a welterweight, while Merab is a wrestling one trick that can't strike for his life going against someone much more well rounded, cleared his division, and (for double champ) wouldn't have to cut. Probably faster too as a flyweight.
im sorry but pantoja is litteraly the guy how cleaned out his divison the most out of all champs and merab with his resume is probably a top 15 fighter of all time
I would not say Makhachev's kickboxing is elite. It's decent, he is not really known as being a particularly good striker, he's just known for being more well rounded than Khabib is.
@@slashkokane he may have, but it was not a wide margin. He got pieced up pretty badly and you can see how badly Makhachev was bleeding. If Islam didn't secure the takedown in the last round, there's a very real chance Dustin could've turned it around.
I remember before Oliveira fight I was telling people Makhachev has better striking than Colby and they were disagreeing lol, now people say Makhachev has elite striking, there is really no middle ground with some people they always exaggerate good or bad.
@@timurjack8773 With the Islam and Charles fight, what we saw was not necessarily Islam being better at striking than Charles, but rather, we saw what we already knew was that Charles having really bad striking defense lol. He gets knocked down in many of his fights. Got floored by Chandler, by Gaethje, Poirier, it was only a matter of time until Islam did the same, the only difference is, Islam had confidence in his ground ability against Charles and got the win in that way. I would wholeheartedly agree that Islam has better striking ability than Colby. The only thing Colby really had going for him was his gas tank. He's able to push a pace for 5 rounds and keep striking. Not powerful strikes, but just a large number. Islam would beat Colby. Honestly though I still would like to see that matchup, because I'd like to see if Islam can take down someone like Colby.
I feel like Alex Pereira would just cut down DDP. Strickland was just piecing him up and pereira is stronger at that weight and able to defend takedowns atleast. The kicks and punching combos would just break down DDP. Personally, DDP gets KOd.
But the ufc has been protecting alex from any kind of competent grappler so ddp would be the best grappler alex has ever faced and let's not forget has submission losses in mma
Pantoja has a good chance against merab. He’s technically sound everywhere with a decent enough ground game and gas tank he can nullify or keep up on his back. Definitely better hands and chin saying he has 15% or whatever is atrocious
Man you are terrible to compare Ilia vs Islam to Islam vs Arman lol. Arman is leagues above to Ilia in the wrestling department. Y'all really think because he submitted bryce (After destroying him on the feet) he is this elite grappler/wrestler. Y'all dumb
@EliasRoy , Topuria has only 1 submission in UFC, and thats after Bryce took him down and controlled Topuria for 1 minute, then Topuria beat Bryce with striking and finds a submission thanks to that.
for me the Ilia vs Islam fight is the real 50/50 chance fight: Ilia CANT submit islam Islam CANT submit ilia Ilia CAN ko Islam Islam CAN ko ilia And in chances of KO i see 60% for ilia and 40% for Islam, i dont see any of them being submit 1, because any of them would tap, and 2, because i dont see any of them going to sleep, but i do see a great elite grappling and scrambles, with not really a dominant winner, maybe islam make some danger with that high kick, but i do see ilia knocking islam out with one of those nasty combinations
I find it curious that most of the people say that islam is more skillful than Ilia, I think that if islam had nothing to do with khabib and wasnt his successor, people wouldnt hype him up so much. Of course he is great, but Ilia has undoubtedly better striking, and has very similar level of wrestling, I believe that Ilia would have 60% chance of beating islam. Dustin had a surprisingly good performance against him, imagine what Ilia could be capable of, since he is better than Dustin everywhere. And let me say something bold now, I believe Ilia could potentially become the first ever three-division champ, I think if he went up to 170 he could demolish belal, he could either ko him or submit him or just win by decision, Belal would have no chance at beating topuria with control time
dont think we'll see another double champ for a while, islam and illia are the most likely right now but illia will probably stay at 45 for a couple more years and islam is just waiting to see if someone beats belal before he moves up if u include womans mma i honestly think zhang could for sure beat valentina and pena better pray valentina doesnt move up
Belal 100% shocks the world (again) and beats ddp by a decision if somehow that fight ever happened i can guarantee it the bias is crazy its a 50/50 fight and ddp is not to much bigger than belal anyway
Islam had close fights with both Dustin and Volk and I think Ilia is more dangerous than either of them because he likely has better grappling defense and a bit more power
Compared to before, Poirier's grappling defense and tactics were much better vs Makhachev because he was training with Gamrot and he didn't make mistake to try any guillotine vs Makhachev as well. As for Volk, Volk simply can't be submitted, Ortega had fully locked mounted guillotine and triangle, Volk survived those. Topuria never showed that, Bryce took Topuria and controlled him on the ground.
@hazeshi6779 yeah but Jones has never fought a striker on the level like Alex. I get Alex isn't the best grappler, but his striking is some of the best ever
I don’t remember John being the Champion Tom is the Champion I think John won the interim champion belt while Tom was busy defending the belt yea yea yea 😁
Yeah, Islam is not gonna stand and bang. That’s ridiculous, he’s gonna do what he’s done for his last 27 fights and that is always pursue the take down and submit. You cannot compare him to usman or Colby
@@EliasRoy yeah but Ilia’s boxing is so elite you cannot be in the pocket with him at all. As soon as it gets into boxing range for more than 1 second it’s over for Islam it’s exactly what happened to Volk & Max they were treating the pocket like the floor is lava trying to avoid it with everything they had. Volk dropped Islam in the pocket & washed Dustin had some success there when he decided to actually throw punches
@@zarifinator1327 Bryce is a good grappler & wrestler. Islam got KOd by Adriano Martins & dropped by Volk(nowhere near the boxing of Ilia). Also many thought Volk was gonna get destroyed by Islam’s grappling & he worked hard at it in camp & did well, Ilia can do the same
Islam could be the first triple champ skill wise. he can easily be double champ but too late in his career to bulk up to a proper middleweight size. Properly bulk up islam will be as powerful as khamzat on wrestling and grappling. Tbh, current size of Khabib will easily handle any middleweight on the ground and smash other than khamzat,little questionable with khmzat, khamzat is not a welterweight anymore he is big and strong
Pantoja has 8 wins over top 10 fighters, 5 of which are over the top 2. I agree he doesn't beat Merab but saying he still has a lot of work to do is fuckin wild.
Yep, casual take from him for sure. If Pantoja beats Asakura he basically has the chance to lap the division again. TJ definitely a little clueless in this video 😂
People cannot stop shitting on the guy despite his insane run
Thought I was the only one that caught that like what😭😭😭
He shouldn't even be champ rn Erceg beat him 😂 he has maybe a punchers chance vs the top bantamweights there's basically no route for him to be double champ
@@LordSpinduherceg lost the last round so no
"Pantoja has alot of work to do" 😂 hes literally already lapped the division and beat most of the people twice. If he beats asakura hes genuinely the most deserving champion to take a shot at double champ out of all the champs.
Definently worst take from you
It’s so disrespectful. Brandon Moreno is so hyped up Pantoja has to take his life at this point just so people can stop trying to have them fight again and shove Moreno down our throats 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@Skyx5m50 tbf their last fight was really entertaining and probably fight of the year but people are acting like moreno beating royval (the guy pantoja beat twice) makes moreno get a title shot again after losing to the same guy 3 times 😭
i genuinely think out of all the champs pantoja right now deserves that double champ shot the most with probably ilia/islam behind him none has cleaned the division like him only because hes a flyweight hes hated on but hes extremely entertaining
Tbh he's had ass takes couple times not surprised
@MakeFood-sc4ofit’s cause he’s soooo boring
@MakeFood-sc4of I mean to each their own I suppose 🤷🏻♂️
Pantoja literally knocked out islam. Pantoja can definitely be first quadruple or quintuple champion with ease
People forget, man.
iasnia babu
@@jesusbaena8435did you read
U forgetting about cheal
@@kevlopz3374 people also forget nobody cares about Pantoja
Giving Pantoja a 10% chance is straight up madness. He is the better striker and the better grappler. Merab certainly would be the favorite, but nowhere near 90%.
Fr, definitely a casual take from him icl. And he said Pantoja still has work to do in FLW like what? His work is done, he just has the chance to lap the division again 😂
Yeah, I think that Pantoja can beat Merab
Pantoja who gasses in every single fight, and wont get the finish vs the cardio machine lol should be 95%
You are slow asf. It should be 99% for Merab and 1% for pantoja. Pantoja gases out and is straight dookie. Merab by crotch sniff 5 rounds
what's with the pantoja segment? talking about him like you have beef
he's been dominant and is decisively the best fighter at 125 in the ufc. everyone writes him off it's kind of frustrating
Pantoja beat the breaks of Moreno on 3 different occasions.
Mexicans and 4th fight are a deadly combination
@@EliasRoylol
Pantoja hasn’t beat the brakes off anyone he takes to decision. In fact, he’s usually also getting his ass kicked and if not for that chin he would be gone by now.
Yeah TJ is a casual when it comes to the fighters/champions that are “lesser known” or talked about in the ufc.
Jon Jones still running from Aspinall I see
Nah not the Belal disrespect in the thumbnail 😂😂😂
well, it's really his own fault in a lot of ways. No one wants to hear he doesn't want to fight Islam, he should always just leave it ambiguous
ikr ppl think we are crazy now but belal is lowkey going to go down as the goat. literally real life rocky balboa he’s the perfect underdog and undefeated fighting specialist
@@myrusEWglazing is crazy, but yea belal is a perpetual underdog
You’re really underestimating Pantoja. He’s lapped the division he’s in, and I honestly think could give Merab a run for his money
Everyone underestimates him. He’s a horrible fighter. Merab by crotch sniffing 5 rounds
You CLEARLY watched like 2 Pantoja fights
You would have to pay someone to watch Pantoja fight💀 that’s how shit he is. You the only Pantoja fan
I feel like dricus has a decent shot against pereira since rountree had some success with blitzing against pereira and that’s how dricus strikes
wyo, Khalil countered Alex when Alex came in using his speed. He didn't blitz like how DDP does lol.
Who blitzed was Jiri and he got caught bad. DDP has better defense but there's only so much you can take with a high guard against a power puncher
@@IDraw99 he literally did blitz tho, his corner were even telling him to extend the blitz with an extra punch or two
Belal is a nightmare matchup for Strickland and Chimaev. If either of them got the belt and he got the chance to move up he would become double champ with ease
Strickland getting UD'd by Belal would melt the entire community.
Belal vs Strickland is literally unstoppable force against immovable object. Ultimate wrestling decision machine versus ultimate striking decision machine
@@WithNoRegret1more like stoppable force vs moving object
Belal's boxing sucks ass, that's how he pushes his opponents back to the cage, Strickland would jab his face off
@@Kgopani3101 Strickland always struggles with anyone who pushes him backwards. Also sucks at wrestling so Belal would bully him. And Belal won't get tired either
Belal by submission to become middleweight champion
Belal by decision*
Belal by head kick knocks out cold DDP on the very first round.
Calls for Alex Pereira for the undisputed light heavyweight championship.
MARK MY WORDS!
Said no one ever
@@Mefistosteles484 bruh you crazy 😭😭
Keep uploading constantly man I really do like your content
It’s so odd 310 still has no main event
You were depressed this morning but you looked in the mirror and realised u r handsome and u said "we are so back!!" @IntentChief
Pantoja is probably gonna main event 🤣🤣🤣
0:59 Pantoja has a lot of work to do at FW? Lmao he’s 9-0 against the top 10.
The idea that the grappling between Islam and Topuria would be a stale mate is crazy to me. Islam will win these exchanges. Where is the evidence that Ilia can grapple with him?
Seriously did we not see him unable to have any effective grappling against max? He took max down twice and did nothing with it. Ilia has a good ground game but he isn't touching Islam
Islam couldn’t submit Volk
The thing is that you don’t need the same level of grappling to defend. I think Ilia might be good enough to defend the grappling
If Arman gets taken down by Islam who is literally double ilia's size with better wrestling, I seriously doubt Ilia could do anything to defend Islam's takedowns lmfao. Especially considering Ilia got taken down by bryce mitchell
@zarifinator1327 He is not "literally double Ilia's size" where tf are you getting that from. Bro walks around maybe 8-12lbs heavier. It's significant, but don't exaggerate to make your point more valid.
The merab disrespect is INSANE
Why you hating Pantoja? He’s lapped the division twice lol proper casual
Belal slander is craaaaazy
Pantoja does NOT have work to do, it’s 80% rematch’s for him. He deserves it
Nahh “Belal has Canelo level boxing” is CRAZY 😂 bros coaches were smoking crack while watching bro on pads 😂
I really think Islam vs Topuria is one of the most interesting fights that MMA has ever seen. Just the mash up of their skills & their styles is perfect for a elite level super fight
TJlovesFights has the best chance for the next double champ
this guy is the illia glaze king
Man he’s overlooking pantoja vs merab so much
topuria has a 100% chance to KO anyone including the heavyweights. truly the greatest athlete in combat sports in history. we are dealing with the first 5 belt champion
got a price on that pack you smokin?
😂😂😂😂
Toporia beats Usyk and Beterbiev
@@johan.762 oh, ofcourse. Prime Tyson gets slept in the first round too
He’s obviously joking bro.
If this were an actual sport where merit counts, Pantoja would be the first to become double champ , he already cleaned his division (multiple times over in the case of his sons named Brandon), the other champions have done nothing like that to even deserve the chance of a double championship. He has the strongest chin in the game, he has the grappling skills to beat Merab, he has the volume striking and pressure style to contend with Merab and he has more cardio than anyone the Georgian has ever faced, not as much cardio as the machine but probably enough to have the time needed to secure the fight with his skills. The beginning of this video almost felt like a bad joke.
Pantoja should be higher in all of the lists of this sport, he is already in the top 3 if not top 2 best flyweights of all time
Pantoja vs merab would be a fun one tbh
Never underestimates Pantoja ability to win a split decision
The Topuria riding here is crazy 😂😂😂
Lol he’s topurias biggest fan it seems
Right!! Topura ain’t hanging with Islam on the ground
Islam isnt the only person that does sambo. @JohnSaintilma
Bro he is that good tho lmao
@@rafaelvilaruel5112 Can you breath down there sheeeeeeesh
pantoja slander will not be tolerated
ANOTHA ONE, always love your vids. Best part of my friday
DDP has a good submission game icl, I think he'd get close finishing Alex
I heard the pantoja take, and now don’t wanna watch the rest of the video
Jon should fight Tom
He’s a duck. Never will
I dont see anything from Ilia that shows me that he can compete with Islam in grappling. I also think Islams clinch game and knees are being overlooked.
Ilias wrestling has never been tested at the highest level yet people assume he’s godly
Belal has hands like Canelo!
Islam vs ilia would ve like islam vs volk 1 and 2
Itd be a competetive fight and islam would finish him late 4th rd.
And we'd hear how Islam only fights featherweights lol
Casual, ilia finishes Islam
Glazer spotted
@@MultiAssassin31 Yeah just like Volk, charles and Dustin were supposed to do lmao
Islam mauls ilia and y'all BUTTHURT salty 🤡 would cope by saying he only beats featherweights lol
@ post your bet slips? Ilia sleeps Dustin and Charles
You’re a casual
@MultiAssassin31 Ah yes, flavour of the week is ilia lmao
Before y'all said charles would KO makhachev lol, makhachev scared charles out of lightweight title picture lol and ended volks career. Also, Dustin sleeps ilia
Sooo ready for the vid
done pantoja so dirty
Islam, Pantoja, DDP, and Topuria in that order.
Islam 80%, Pantoja 45%, DDP 42%, Topuria 40%, Pereira 5%.
DDP has that drunken master vibes, never count him out! Don't forget his physicality and mythical fighter status after the nose surgery. Pereira beating Tom/Jon is just punchers chance. Honestly, Pantoja has a WAY better chance at beating Merab than Topuria has beating Islam. Islam is peak MMA and could be a welterweight, while Merab is a wrestling one trick that can't strike for his life going against someone much more well rounded, cleared his division, and (for double champ) wouldn't have to cut. Probably faster too as a flyweight.
Bro getting shat on for his Pantoja take😭
Why didn’t you mention Pantoja beating Islam? He has a chance!
He already knocked him out!
whole different person 😭😭
im sorry but pantoja is litteraly the guy how cleaned out his divison the most out of all champs and merab with his resume is probably a top 15 fighter of all time
I'd say neil magny has more of a chance of beating aspinal as compared to belal having the chance of beating DDP/Strickland/chimaev
Dana isn’t letting Alex vs jones happen. The belal hate and ilia glaze is funny, surprised there isn’t a gambling ad.
Ilia would open as a massive underdog, bet ilia by KO and retire at 20
You mean 30 if he gets double champ right?
Belal and islam are not the same size. Belal and his muscles are MASSIVE and he would have a massive strength advantage here.
I would not say Makhachev's kickboxing is elite. It's decent, he is not really known as being a particularly good striker, he's just known for being more well rounded than Khabib is.
Didnt he outstrike Dustin?
@@slashkokane he may have, but it was not a wide margin. He got pieced up pretty badly and you can see how badly Makhachev was bleeding. If Islam didn't secure the takedown in the last round, there's a very real chance Dustin could've turned it around.
I remember before Oliveira fight I was telling people Makhachev has better striking than Colby and they were disagreeing lol, now people say Makhachev has elite striking, there is really no middle ground with some people they always exaggerate good or bad.
@@timurjack8773 With the Islam and Charles fight, what we saw was not necessarily Islam being better at striking than Charles, but rather, we saw what we already knew was that Charles having really bad striking defense lol. He gets knocked down in many of his fights. Got floored by Chandler, by Gaethje, Poirier, it was only a matter of time until Islam did the same, the only difference is, Islam had confidence in his ground ability against Charles and got the win in that way.
I would wholeheartedly agree that Islam has better striking ability than Colby. The only thing Colby really had going for him was his gas tank. He's able to push a pace for 5 rounds and keep striking. Not powerful strikes, but just a large number. Islam would beat Colby. Honestly though I still would like to see that matchup, because I'd like to see if Islam can take down someone like Colby.
@@phil_matic islam sparked volk
Ilia has the BMF curse now so he’s going out spectacularly next fight
Only mistake is merab is no way stronger than pantoja.
Amanda nunes don’t count woman’s featherweight division hadn’t exist since fight island
Belal has a name! 😤
I feel like Alex Pereira would just cut down DDP. Strickland was just piecing him up and pereira is stronger at that weight and able to defend takedowns atleast. The kicks and punching combos would just break down DDP. Personally, DDP gets KOd.
But the ufc has been protecting alex from any kind of competent grappler so ddp would be the best grappler alex has ever faced and let's not forget has submission losses in mma
Too many photos of max getting ko’d my tears haven’t stopped
Pantoja has a good chance against merab. He’s technically sound everywhere with a decent enough ground game and gas tank he can nullify or keep up on his back. Definitely better hands and chin saying he has 15% or whatever is atrocious
There is 0 chance Ilia beats Islam IMO.
I PRAY WE SEE ISLAM VS IIia in the next few years!
what "Phenomenal kickboxing" does Islam have???
He does, casual
@@Adonijahhh the one he used to drop and submit Oliveira, to KO Alexander Volkanovski and to beat the shit out of Dustin Poirier
The kickboxing that he used to drop Charles, Ko volk, and outbox dustin.
bro said canelo like boxing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You’re treating Pantoja like Dana treated Might Mouse back in the day 😬
Dope video
Never count ddp out. You know alex wouldnt be, he literally has wildcard bullshit power to win fights out of nowhere.
Man you are terrible to compare Ilia vs Islam to Islam vs Arman lol. Arman is leagues above to Ilia in the wrestling department. Y'all really think because he submitted bryce (After destroying him on the feet) he is this elite grappler/wrestler. Y'all dumb
Topuria funnily has more submission wins than knockouts
@@EliasRoy I also have bunch of submissions in my local tournamament. Does that mean can I also submit Islam? Dana should call me
Bryce was able to take him down too
I wanna see him against Movsar first just to gauge how good his grappling is. As of right now its unproven.
@EliasRoy , Topuria has only 1 submission in UFC, and thats after Bryce took him down and controlled Topuria for 1 minute, then Topuria beat Bryce with striking and finds a submission thanks to that.
Wrong Tony Ferguson title run starting 2025 🙏
God damn a matchup between islam and shavkat would make me salivate on my screen
That's an exeptional fight
my dream is for arman to beat islam, topuria beating diego lopes, then beating arman for the double champ status
I doubt ilia would fight Arman, they have great respect for eachother
@@atukapie8599 so? it aint like how it is with merab, or with islam and belal, i dont thinkt hey are actually that really close, just respect eo
Why?? Islam vs topuria would be a much better fight than topuria vs arman
@ but i’m a huge ilia fan and ilia has more chance to beat arman
Remember the name.
Tbh I don't think we'll ever get Ilia vs Islam. I think Islam has two more fights maximum at LW before permanently moving to WW.
Islam teaching belal how to hold the belt 😂
for me the Ilia vs Islam fight is the real 50/50 chance fight:
Ilia CANT submit islam
Islam CANT submit ilia
Ilia CAN ko Islam
Islam CAN ko ilia
And in chances of KO i see 60% for ilia and 40% for Islam, i dont see any of them being submit 1, because any of them would tap, and 2, because i dont see any of them going to sleep, but i do see a great elite grappling and scrambles, with not really a dominant winner, maybe islam make some danger with that high kick, but i do see ilia knocking islam out with one of those nasty combinations
Also, alex sleeps both Tom and Jones. They just don't have the boxing defence to compete
@Jalen-It-Hurts okay, let's see the fight then 😅
Aspinall would sub him in the first round easily bro, probably one of the most one sided matchups on this list
Jon Jones can beat Pereira easily
Tom hits harder and faster with wrestling, joke of a take there dude
@@dethdaemon all false claims
I find it curious that most of the people say that islam is more skillful than Ilia, I think that if islam had nothing to do with khabib and wasnt his successor, people wouldnt hype him up so much. Of course he is great, but Ilia has undoubtedly better striking, and has very similar level of wrestling, I believe that Ilia would have 60% chance of beating islam. Dustin had a surprisingly good performance against him, imagine what Ilia could be capable of, since he is better than Dustin everywhere. And let me say something bold now, I believe Ilia could potentially become the first ever three-division champ, I think if he went up to 170 he could demolish belal, he could either ko him or submit him or just win by decision, Belal would have no chance at beating topuria with control time
Yo TJ, who do you think will win the fight on friday. Paul or Tyson?
Ilia has a higher chance just due to the fact that machachev wont go up to fight belal out of respect
dont think we'll see another double champ for a while, islam and illia are the most likely right now but illia will probably stay at 45 for a couple more years and islam is just waiting to see if someone beats belal before he moves up
if u include womans mma i honestly think zhang could for sure beat valentina and pena better pray valentina doesnt move up
Hilarious how u think that topurias grappling can even compare to islama
Belal 100% shocks the world (again) and beats ddp by a decision if somehow that fight ever happened i can guarantee it the bias is crazy its a 50/50 fight and ddp is not to much bigger than belal anyway
Can you break down Teofimo Lopez vs Lomachenko?
why are all the good fighters bald mayn ? 😂
Belal has Canelo boxing💀
Damn. We aren't doing the women divisions TJ?
Ilia is not taking down Islam💀
Islam had close fights with both Dustin and Volk and I think Ilia is more dangerous than either of them because he likely has better grappling defense and a bit more power
islam fought dustin significantly weaker because of a staph infection.
islam is bigger than ilio, he would smother ilia in round 1 and tko him
The dustin fight was not close
Tko in round 1 is an insane take. @@redrottenmanguyperson9954
Compared to before, Poirier's grappling defense and tactics were much better vs Makhachev because he was training with Gamrot and he didn't make mistake to try any guillotine vs Makhachev as well. As for Volk, Volk simply can't be submitted, Ortega had fully locked mounted guillotine and triangle, Volk survived those. Topuria never showed that, Bryce took Topuria and controlled him on the ground.
I disagree with the pantoja vs merab take. I disagree with the alex vs jon jones take.
I strongly disagree with your chance estimation on almost every fight.
islam not beating shavkat
I think islam beats belal, alex P van ko jones, drocus gets finished by alex, belal loses to Dricus
You don't think jones will just sub alex? Imo that fight would favor jones
@hazeshi6779 yeah but Jones has never fought a striker on the level like Alex. I get Alex isn't the best grappler, but his striking is some of the best ever
I don’t remember John being the Champion Tom is the Champion I think John won the interim champion belt while Tom was busy defending the belt yea yea yea 😁
Topuria`s 45 % is so low bro. Not gonna agree with it .
Even tho I like the Islam vs Topuria fight, Islam needs to defend his belt against a true 155er.
Yeah, Islam is not gonna stand and bang. That’s ridiculous, he’s gonna do what he’s done for his last 27 fights and that is always pursue the take down and submit. You cannot compare him to usman or Colby
Cejudo is a golden gloves boxer just fyi
Ilia is going places if he stays hungry islam is going to loose to ilia from the looks of it
Great video. 80% chance Ilia KOs Islam though
Even though we’ve seen Islam getting knocked out he has significantly improved his defense and is quite defensively resound and risk adverse
@@EliasRoy yeah but Ilia’s boxing is so elite you cannot be in the pocket with him at all. As soon as it gets into boxing range for more than 1 second it’s over for Islam it’s exactly what happened to Volk & Max they were treating the pocket like the floor is lava trying to avoid it with everything they had. Volk dropped Islam in the pocket & washed Dustin had some success there when he decided to actually throw punches
Lol
Ilia got taken down by bryce mitchell lmfao
@@zarifinator1327 Bryce is a good grappler & wrestler. Islam got KOd by Adriano Martins & dropped by Volk(nowhere near the boxing of Ilia). Also many thought Volk was gonna get destroyed by Islam’s grappling & he worked hard at it in camp & did well, Ilia can do the same
Why aren’t you talking abt moving down?
Islam could be the first triple champ skill wise. he can easily be double champ but too late in his career to bulk up to a proper middleweight size. Properly bulk up islam will be as powerful as khamzat on wrestling and grappling.
Tbh, current size of Khabib will easily handle any middleweight on the ground and smash other than khamzat,little questionable with khmzat, khamzat is not a welterweight anymore he is big and strong
Bro no wayyy ur saying ilia has a 45 percent chance of beating islam, bro islam has every tool loterally everything
This guys just glazing topuria while bringing down other opponents and champs 💀