Should have mentioned Rob Whittaker, he has had way more success at middleweight than he had at welterweight by far, becoming champ and beating everyone in the top 5 apart from Izzy until his recent defeat to Dricus.
RIP Rumble Johnson. Ya, I can only imagine what his trajectory had been if he'd always fought at light HW. I'm still impressed at what some of these guys can shed for weigh ins. Crazy
Agreed. Put his antics aside and imagine him in 155. Guy might've been unstoppable with his wrestling, although probably would've had less cardio due to weight cutting etc.
I’m all for some Rumble love but saying he could be a champ at 4 weight classes is kind of crazy when he wasn’t a champ in any weight class and was missing weight and drained in pretty much all but light heavy where he lost both his attempts
Anthony Johnson (God rest him) was an absolute monster.Terrifying, softspoken power house of a man. I know the weight cuts were a problem, but his achilles heal was the RNC.
The heaviest Dan hooker weighed was 189, not really a HW. "He has also competed in a heavyweight fight, for which he weighed in at 86 kg / 189 lbs, against Mark Creedy, winning by knockout in the second round."
Yeah, you wonder why his manager and coaches decided that he should be fighting at WW. It's right up there with Cain Valesquez not training at altitude prior to his disastrous loss to FV in Mexico City and Wanderlai fighting Mirko. The people who advise these fighters don't appear to know what they're doing sometimes.
“A lot of people talk to me about giving up some size to Babalu, you know I’ve pushed people Babalu’s size out of the way looking for a fight.” The bad guy strikes again 😆
I agree, but you posted this in a shorter timeframe from posting than the video is long. I'm posting in less time than the video is long as a response to your comment even
i just recently realized thay sean strickland fought on the undercard of Johnny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler 1. i musta seen him fight since that was the one in Ft. Worth
Ha, I'm literally doing the search now. Edit: Watched it. My man was looking well-fed but he was still fighting someone at least 50lbs heavier than him - what a savage!
Good on you for skipping past Chael’s heavyweight run. It wouldn’t have been a good use of bandwidth, it’s painfully obvious he’s the greatest ever at that weight.
I'm rather surprised that Alexa Grasso wasn't mentioned. She always had promise at 115 but it was clear ahe was struggling with the weight. But once she went up to 125, she looked so much healthier and could focus more on her skills than her weight cut. She isn't even a big flyweight, but the results at 125 speak for themselves.
He couldn't switch. Flyweight wasn't a thing when he was competing at bantamweight in the UFC. For this vid he doesnt qualify since it wasn't in his control
"Weight cutting isn't really that much of a thing in jiu-jitsu" Are you kidding me :P People cut HARD and they fight 15 minutes after weigh-ins. I've seen people running around in rainwear 30 minutes before their weigh-in to throw the last 500g
No Robert Whittaker? Guy went 3-2 at Welterweight before moving up to Middleweight going on an 8 fight win streak to become champ, then after losing the belt showed dominating performances over contenders, arguably won back the belt, and sits currently with a record of 12-3 at 185.
A carcaça do strickland e do whitakker é de meio médio mesmo, apesar que as vezes o cara acaba indo melhor numa categoria em que ele é pequeno. Igual o marreta e o rumble johnson que eram monstros e lutavam em categorias menores tb e foram deslanchar quando subiram (os 2 subiram 2 categorias)
No mention of Vitor Belfort? he was a middleweight and has the record for most KO's and he fought as a heavyweight originally then dropped to 205. Just think of what his career would have been like if he was a middle weigh all along. Sadly he only spent half his career at that weight division.
he wasnt exactly fighting at heavyweight, they just only had two weight classes, 200+ for Heavyweight and under 200 for lightweight. weight cutting wasnt really a thing yet so he fought at "heavyweight" because he was walking around at about 210
I might be in the minority here, but i still think Kelvin Gastelum was better off at 170. If he figured out the discipline issues at the time of his Belfort/Bisping/Adesanya run, but at 170, I think he could have won the belt. Even after the flu and weight miss, the fight with Woodley was close.
His energy and explosiveness looks much better when he’s at 185 lbs tbh and closes the distance very well, I just think he’s good but not elite, he fought a younger woodley who wasn’t in his prime yet and had a 10 pound advantage you can’t look at that fight
Great video as always, I’d just like to point out some inaccuracies. Chael should not be on this list, we’re talking about a guy here who never lost a round, undefeated and undisputed. Chael put the worst beatdown on Silva that Brazil had ever seen (that was until he did the same to Wanderlei). 49-0, biggest arms, greatest charm, inflicts all the harm. The women’s pick, the men’s regret. Remember when you’re the best fighter in the world, they got a name for ya. They don’t call you a great fighter, they call you CHAEL SONNEN. Beat him, if you can.
Crazy how normalised this is. Fighting at a lower weight class so you can be bigger come fight night shows me you’re only good when you’re the heavier guy.
Should have mentioned Rob Whittaker, he has had way more success at middleweight than he had at welterweight by far, becoming champ and beating everyone in the top 5 apart from Izzy until his recent defeat to Dricus.
Yeah I consider Whitaker to be like the cover example of how changing weight classes can completely elevate your career to new levels
How can they have that fat 5”9 welterweight in Gastelum and not the 6”1 Whittaker
@@davidng8870 Whittaker is not anywhere close to 6'1 😭 he looked tiny against an actual 6'1 guy in Du Plessis
Anthony smith too
@@alfonsomartin6518 they looked equally tall to me, idk
RIP Rumble Johnson. Ya, I can only imagine what his trajectory had been if he'd always fought at light HW. I'm still impressed at what some of these guys can shed for weigh ins. Crazy
Still crazy to me that he passed, my dad told me about it and he don’t watch mma. It made me super sad because I liked him a lot. Rest Easy my friend.
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“A middle weight is a light heavyweight with a lot more discipline “
Welterweight!?
I mean kinda true
@@roachmancam9012Welterweight is Kelvin Gastelum with a lot more discipline
Or someone scared to compete with people their size cutting weight is for pussies
Dude middle weight is worst weight. They have only more skill than HW. Iykyk
The hydration test in one FC is a meme at this point.
I know Covington is on everyones shit list but ive always respected him for fighting at a natural weight
Agreed.
Put his antics aside and imagine him in 155.
Guy might've been unstoppable with his wrestling, although probably would've had less cardio due to weight cutting etc.
Yeah he's one of the very few top fighters that actually fights at his natural weight fair play
He actually cuts 10 pounds and non of the fighters weighs the same in fight night so it's fair
@goat7728 Yeah he walks around at about 180 or 185 but most of them are about 200 and more in between fights so he cuts a lot less than everyone else
@@paulosullivan3205thats smaller than chandler and khabib are at 155
Craziest thing about Rumble was he legitimately had the talent and skills to be a champion in 4 weight classes.
And also the fact that he was still flat-lining people with the same level of power in each of the 4 classes
I’m all for some Rumble love but saying he could be a champ at 4 weight classes is kind of crazy when he wasn’t a champ in any weight class and was missing weight and drained in pretty much all but light heavy where he lost both his attempts
Same as anyone in the ufc
@@jordanterry6248people just say anything
At pretty much any point he was in the ufc, Gsp Silva DC or Jones was the champion in his weight class.
Fighters constantly fighting below their natural weight. Many fighters end up doing better once moving back up to their natural weight.
Anthony Johnson (God rest him) was an absolute monster.Terrifying, softspoken power house of a man. I know the weight cuts were a problem, but his achilles heal was the RNC.
Old strickland just looked majestic
Kinda sus but I gotta agree
Champ DeSean would've seen that hair & thought younger him was soft & weird 😅
@@sidnotthesloth1827 men Rodman the most sus dude I wouldn't speak
He looked like Zac Efron
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The heaviest Dan hooker weighed was 189, not really a HW.
"He has also competed in a heavyweight fight, for which he weighed in at 86 kg / 189 lbs, against Mark Creedy, winning by knockout in the second round."
RIP Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. You are missed🙏
Anthony rumble Johnson making welterweight was crazy. He said himself he was at death door making the weight. RIP rumble
Yeah, you wonder why his manager and coaches decided that he should be fighting at WW. It's right up there with Cain Valesquez not training at altitude prior to his disastrous loss to FV in Mexico City and Wanderlai fighting Mirko. The people who advise these fighters don't appear to know what they're doing sometimes.
Do 10 fighters whose face has changed the most since their MMAA debut. Please like this. Ive been pitching this video for years now.
Wanderlei Silva, cauliflower face.
Wanderlei Silva, cauliflower face.
Wanderlei Silva, cauliflower face.
Wanderlei Silva, cauliflower face.
The clip of du Bronx kinda shows why people thought that he gives up because that fall looked like a ric flair flop!
Rich?
Lineker is a fighter with an extensive career, but I always think of that cup shot whenever I see him
Full sized out of camp dan hooker vs in camp izzy in sparring will have you thinking dan hooķer could be a top 5 middleweight 😅 if you know, you know
That old school Chael line was so good.
Lineker still missed weight at 145 in One and was forced to vacate the title.
still waiting for the top 10 moments when the fighter talked trash during the fight😢
“A lot of people talk to me about giving up some size to Babalu, you know I’ve pushed people Babalu’s size out of the way looking for a fight.” The bad guy strikes again 😆
Honorable mention for Frankie Edgar who, by modern standards, is probabily bantweight.
MMA Right On Point 💯
I agree, but you posted this in a shorter timeframe from posting than the video is long. I'm posting in less time than the video is long as a response to your comment even
@@ltxero4303 Making The Right Choice In The Present While Using Common Mvthafuckin Sense Will Only Attract A Positive Future.
@@ynotefil not wrong. Have a like.
“I never make the same mistake twice, I make it 5 or 6 just to be sure. after the 6th time I was sure” what a great quote
#1 was obvious. RIP Rumble.
i just recently realized thay sean strickland fought on the undercard of Johnny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler 1. i musta seen him fight since that was the one in Ft. Worth
I’d like to see a video with:
Longest win streak into retirement
Fighters who won all their rematches
Top 10 UFC Fighters who received a BJJ Belt Promotion after an impressive or dominant UFC Performance
Now i have to go find Dan Hooker fighting at Heavyweight. I refuse to believe it haha
Ha, I'm literally doing the search now.
Edit: Watched it. My man was looking well-fed but he was still fighting someone at least 50lbs heavier than him - what a savage!
It was an amateur fight on short notice he came in at like 190 pounds way underweight. Stopped the guy as well haha
BJ Penn fought Machida at heavyweight
I like how they appreciate the Hall of famers so much that they cycle through the names so fast you can’t even read them.
The Hangman as a MW Champ is wild af
Good on you for skipping past Chael’s heavyweight run. It wouldn’t have been a good use of bandwidth, it’s painfully obvious he’s the greatest ever at that weight.
Ufc should have 165, 175, and 195 weight class.
Agreed. But it’ll probably never happen
@@Qazagh_Qyjat_1465165 no , 175 no, 195 yes
I dont know if theres a video on this but how about top 10 fighters with the most controversial wins?
Good content
Jones vs Reyes should be 1st
du plessis vs Strickland
@@yuini4227 not that controversial
I'm rather surprised that Alexa Grasso wasn't mentioned. She always had promise at 115 but it was clear ahe was struggling with the weight. But once she went up to 125, she looked so much healthier and could focus more on her skills than her weight cut. She isn't even a big flyweight, but the results at 125 speak for themselves.
LOL funny Bayliun at the end, _you know what I ... mean._
How was DJ not at number 1? He legit went from being ragdolled at 135 to becoming arguably the GOAT by moving down
He couldn't switch. Flyweight wasn't a thing when he was competing at bantamweight in the UFC. For this vid he doesnt qualify since it wasn't in his control
Cant believe Charles fought at featherweight for so long
Weigh ins 7:00am fights 7:00pm. Same day on a calendar.
I've never seen the guys weighing in with towels lol
good job
Where can we find Pancrase T-shirts?
Hey! Uncle Chael got a win against rampage before that ko loss to Fedor
Probably most people could guess who’s number one before watching the video
The ufc's hands of stone is Sam stout 😤😤 had the honour to train in the gym with him and Mark the machine while Mark was training for the aldo fight
"Weight cutting isn't really that much of a thing in jiu-jitsu"
Are you kidding me :P
People cut HARD and they fight 15 minutes after weigh-ins.
I've seen people running around in rainwear 30 minutes before their weigh-in to throw the last 500g
No Robert Whittaker? Guy went 3-2 at Welterweight before moving up to Middleweight going on an 8 fight win streak to become champ, then after losing the belt showed dominating performances over contenders, arguably won back the belt, and sits currently with a record of 12-3 at 185.
du pleesis f8cked him tbh, but he fights soon and should win
Yea surprised he isn't mentioned.
A carcaça do strickland e do whitakker é de meio médio mesmo, apesar que as vezes o cara acaba indo melhor numa categoria em que ele é pequeno.
Igual o marreta e o rumble johnson que eram monstros e lutavam em categorias menores tb e foram deslanchar quando subiram (os 2 subiram 2 categorias)
Cannonier didnt "leave" the army...he was kicked out...but hey semantics
Still wondering how is your voice without the deeeeeeep falcette.
“Gilbert Burns only lost to the best at Welterweight.”
Shows picture of Masvidal and not Belal.
The Anthony “Rumble” Johnson List
No mention of Vitor Belfort? he was a middleweight and has the record for most KO's and he fought as a heavyweight originally then dropped to 205. Just think of what his career would have been like if he was a middle weigh all along. Sadly he only spent half his career at that weight division.
he wasnt exactly fighting at heavyweight, they just only had two weight classes, 200+ for Heavyweight and under 200 for lightweight. weight cutting wasnt really a thing yet so he fought at "heavyweight" because he was walking around at about 210
Wasn’t he lhw champ? He did aight
To this day, I'm still so pissed about the scale thing with Oliveira.
Who wins between prime usman and prime Strickland?
I miss Rumble. He was a good dude.
5:47 kelvin looks like mike perry
I might be in the minority here, but i still think Kelvin Gastelum was better off at 170. If he figured out the discipline issues at the time of his Belfort/Bisping/Adesanya run, but at 170, I think he could have won the belt. Even after the flu and weight miss, the fight with Woodley was close.
Absolutely he was built for WW but if you take his inability not to be fat (by athlete standards) as a given then I guess he’s better at MW
His energy and explosiveness looks much better when he’s at 185 lbs tbh and closes the distance very well, I just think he’s good but not elite, he fought a younger woodley who wasn’t in his prime yet and had a 10 pound advantage you can’t look at that fight
DJ is a good one too
I pushed people Babaloo size looking for a fight 🤣🤣
Undefeated, unsisputed
Anthony Smith and Robert Whittaker should be on the list
I need to see Heavyweight Dan Hooker.
If two dudes who weigh 200 lbs cut 30 lbs to make 170, then there's not really a "size advantage" is there?...
The advantage would be that they're not at a disadvantage
Great video as always, I’d just like to point out some inaccuracies. Chael should not be on this list, we’re talking about a guy here who never lost a round, undefeated and undisputed. Chael put the worst beatdown on Silva that Brazil had ever seen (that was until he did the same to Wanderlei). 49-0, biggest arms, greatest charm, inflicts all the harm. The women’s pick, the men’s regret. Remember when you’re the best fighter in the world, they got a name for ya. They don’t call you a great fighter, they call you CHAEL SONNEN. Beat him, if you can.
Anyone been following Dan Hooker? He has gotten a ton of tattoos in such a short period of time.
Crazy how normalised this is. Fighting at a lower weight class so you can be bigger come fight night shows me you’re only good when you’re the heavier guy.
Absolute DREAM fight..... heavyweight Rumble vs Francis!!! 😮😮😮
Sudden death, one touch is all it takes 😅
The biggest weight bullies in LW divisions are Jalin tuner and Dan hooker they look like they could fight in MW 😂
All fans that are wondering how Rumble made 170, its easy to answer... WIZARDRY!! What am absolute legend, gone way too soon. Rest In Power.
We havevto find a way to get rid of big weight cuts. Its no good
Tf you mean 5’10 is short for welterweight 😂
good work mate... I am in...
Jake Collier is literally reverse Jared Cannonier. Think about it, white guy, JC, he started at MW and jumped to HW😅
RIP Rumble ✊🏾
AI has gone so far now with imagery of chael losing. Undefeated. Undisputed.
After 15 years, even professional MMA MFers still can't spell Oliveira's name correctly.
CM Punk and Tony Ferguson belonged in middle weight
I've joked about weight shrinking.may as well get fat.i wanna see fighters gain 50 lbs and just give er
RIP Rumble
Dan Hooker should change promotions not weight classes, back to the regionals
Based Thirty Days Of Night reference.
Sent DC flying across the octagon
Khabib. I'd have really liked to see him at 170.
8:29 cite your sources the bad guy never loss. This Ai is getting out of hand.
John Jones probably should be number 1, for whatever reason not on here, why because he fought that 1 fight at heavyweight.
hear me out... welterweight oliveira sounds terrifying
Colby should’ve been at LW
3:40 sounds russian a little bit. Danislov Hookchev
What about Robert Whittaker ?
Started at welterweight won TUF had a half decent run.
Moves up to middleweight and the rest is history
Rip rumble Johnson
kelvin gastelum shouldn't be there, he is an undisciplined welterweight who should fight at welterweight and was really undersized as a midleweight.
Nah is more explosive at mw, is top 10 caliber just not elite
Rip Anthony Johnson
I'm not saying Sean is on steroids, but...
God bless Anthony Johnson that man could bomb.
Undisputed
No Oliveira or Whittaker is blasphemy
Rip Rumble
Rob whittekar??
FRANKIE EDGAR??!?!?!?
dustin poirier?