Honestly, I didn’t think Izzy Vs Strickland was recency bias at all. When they showed the striking stats mid fight and showed Izzy had only landed something like 14% of strikes thrown, I was absolutely baffled.
Also Izzy said (in the 2nd round?) to his coaches in between rounds that he couldn't get his jab working, which is another feather in Sean's cap when it comes to not letting your opponent hit you.
Literally any fighter can have a night like that. Really cool that Strickland won, and glad it has shaken up the division, but Izzy is one of the best strikers of all time, and anyone who thinks otherwise is probably riddled with bias. People don't want Izzy to rematch him because they understand what will most likely happen, and don't want the division to stagnate, which is perfectly understandable. But let's not pretend about it.
I think Dominick Cruz vs Cody Garbrandt wouldve been a better edition to this list than Chito vs Cory, not that what you said was false but those are two of the biggest names in that divisions history, it had title implications and the entire story after the fight was how good Cody’s defense was
It was not Sean Stricklands best day and also Izzy's worst, it was a masterful performance from a focused fighter who had excellent fundamentals fighting someone who had no answer for any of it
Arguably Fedor's best performance relative to competition if you ask me. In his prime, Fedor was equally a world-class striker and a world-class grappler.
Fedor was the most complete fighter of his time, no elite striker but still on level with actual elite strikers, no pure wrestler but could outwrestle dedicated and bigger wrestlers. He was the first real mma fighter in an age where kickboxing, Wrestling and bjj would compete against each other instead of being combined like today
9:55 Describing izzy as one of the best offensive strikers in history is inaccurate, he's the definition of a defensive striker. He fights on the outside almost always, I can count on one hand the rounds izzy has been the aggressor in a fight.
That's not what offensive means... it's still offense if you are throwing while backing up, just like it's still defense when Strickland is moving forward. You can't say Izzy isn't one of the best offensive strikers when 67% of his wins are by KO/TKO
Dom landed 95 total strikes with just 4% less accuracy than Cody. All y’all remember about that fight is Cody breakdancing and Round 4, Dom won 2 rounds on every scorecard.
@@bradleysd that's what you get when you watch that fight via tiktok clips. Cody's performance against Dom was the most overrated performance of all time. Dom was winning that fight until the accidental headbutt.
I think you actually underrated Sean’s performance. That was the single greatest defensive performance I’ve ever seen in mma. Especially considering who it was against and how big of an underdog he was. It was virtuoso level.
And that 34% is misleading, because it includes checked leg kicks. He was swinging at air anytime he went upstairs and the majority of those leg kicks they counted were checked. It was an incredible performance by Sean.
It would be great to follow up this list with a series of videos, maybe one for each fight, where you analyze how the opponent was able to shut down the elite striker
Was asking myself about the brevity of the JDS fight sample then you immediately argued for it. I freaking love the rhetoric in these videos. I miss Cro Cop.
and to think for izzy/strickland, izzy’s strike count was puffed up from a ton of leg kicks than definitely got checked. if they recounted i’d guarantee he’d be around 20% mark
When you look deeper into the stats and see Izzy's percentage on head strike attempts that is truly baffling. His percentage was in the 30's because of leg kicks which was the only thing he could somewhat consistently land. Sean basically nullified Izzy's game and walked him down the whole time
Most of these were either against elite wrestlers or against some of the greatest of all time. I feel like that makes a big difference in the narrative.
Tj vs Barao 1 could be on here too. I don’t know the actual striking stats of the fight but Barao was knocking everyone out at that point and seemed like he just couldn’t touch TJ
Francis vs ciryl? The "most dangerous hard hitting striker" couldn't land anything to save his life, ciryl would hit him and be out of there before francis could even land
i think a huge missed opportunity would have been had machida retained vs shogun at 113 and took on jon jones for the title. man... that'd have been hype
Some of these don’t do the scenario justice at all and blindly go off stats. As a stats guy I’ll say 1000x yes numbers DO tell the full story but a lack of robust data is the reason I’d doesn’t always. Machida vs jones is a good example. Go watch the fight back. Many of the shots missed were him attempting to get the timing of Jon’s leg kicks as machida was finding a way to break the impenetrable kicking range aka circle of death that peak Jon was able to maintain. This required flurry after flurry of him eating a huge leg kick but eventually he cracked Jon incredibly hard after timing the leg kick perfectly a few times in a row and was now in boxing range . Which was a problem for Jon . And against the champion machida’s rate and efficiency are both far above average. Those are the numbers that matter here. Not machida compared to him fighting other ppl not named Jon jones. He got a lot more than air vs Jon closed to the other fighters of the division. Had Jon not faked a kick as his corner suggest and Superman punched machida flying in timing this kick, the machida era might still be a thing and not a meme lol
Lyoto vs JBJ kinda strange. Machida outstruck Jones the whole fight till he caught him with a punch and choked him. I guess with his blitz he missed first few strikes but landed the last couple and the kick. Would like to see Jones striking average for that fight cause he was out struck...
@@noahcutteri personally remember machida missing most shots and the lengthy distance-based striking of jones being stylistically tough for the blitzing fighter with a smaller reach outside of a few successful punches at the end of big blitzing movements. Also rewatching the fight now there were a few strikes that jones blocked or avoided but the commentators started freaking out like he got hit
Calling Izzy an offensive striker is a little wild. Izzy lost strictly based on the fact that he couldn't step forward while throwing punches. Greatest defensive striker? Yes. His offense has been historically lackluster.
Whoa!!! I saw the big bold letters and and and one was in bright red to catch my attention! Oh holy cow it’s a nice round 10 list too!?!? How did you know that’s what appeals to our short attention span consumer brains?!?! Jeez, I was basically forced to click this video!!!
What?! I thought mma on point top 10 videos were based on something that happened on the last UFC card that aired. So wheres the “Top 10, 10-8 rounds in mma history” video i was expecting?
I love how Stipe haters just gloss over the first fight where he completely dominated Francis. Stefan Struve is the only fighter that has a win over Stipe and no loss.
Strickland winning was not a big upset, youu're just another victim of recency bias. Half the comment section thought Sean could win when he was roasting Izzy at the press conference for Sean vs Pereira and Izzy vs. Whoever getting all up inside his head back then owning him at the presser. Sean had all the tools to win and great striking, was more like 50/50.
I’d like to see the opposite of this video where non strikers put on a striking clinic
Usman vs Burns
@@beaualoevvLMFAO good to see conor fanboys are still just as delusional as he is. 😂
I second this!
Good idea yo
Bloody brilliant
Man that pic of Strickland yelling at Izzy is an instant classic. Absolutely iconic image already.
Becomes even better when you find out that Sean was screaming memes at him
@@user-mn9wc5ru5wwhat memes?
Honestly, I didn’t think Izzy Vs Strickland was recency bias at all. When they showed the striking stats mid fight and showed Izzy had only landed something like 14% of strikes thrown, I was absolutely baffled.
Also Izzy said (in the 2nd round?) to his coaches in between rounds that he couldn't get his jab working, which is another feather in Sean's cap when it comes to not letting your opponent hit you.
Should Izzy get the rematch immediately?
@@SweetSourPickleno
It was even 11% - I was just as shocked. Incredible
Literally any fighter can have a night like that. Really cool that Strickland won, and glad it has shaken up the division, but Izzy is one of the best strikers of all time, and anyone who thinks otherwise is probably riddled with bias. People don't want Izzy to rematch him because they understand what will most likely happen, and don't want the division to stagnate, which is perfectly understandable. But let's not pretend about it.
I think Dominick Cruz vs Cody Garbrandt wouldve been a better edition to this list than Chito vs Cory, not that what you said was false but those are two of the biggest names in that divisions history, it had title implications and the entire story after the fight was how good Cody’s defense was
Cruz's accuracy was impressive considering his volume, and Garbrandt neutralized it from bell to bell.
Cruz landed often he just has pillow fists lol
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Bro, cruz didn't get outclassed THAT badly
@@Aybee.AB-.-72 Cody's 3 rounds were so good that it made people forget that Cruz actually won 2 rounds.
God, it’s always great to hear Tommy ToeHold at the start of the video
Keep in mind, many of izzy's sig strikes are checked leg kicks
It was not Sean Stricklands best day and also Izzy's worst, it was a masterful performance from a focused fighter who had excellent fundamentals fighting someone who had no answer for any of it
Such clear bias show by them to probably get on the casuals good side
Not true at all, Sean is just the first guy to constantly put pressure and keep he’s defence tight.
Sean is a beast, and Izzy didnt have an off day.
@@medicinaljutland1133100% agree, Izzy didn’t have an off day, Sean made him have an off day if that makes any sense.
This is gonna be the best 11:46 min toilet break ever. Thanks tommy!
I’m literally on the toilet rn lol
(Just thought you needed to know)
Edit go to h I accidentally clicked the link and it ruined my poo
Fedor out struck Cro Cop and that’s one of the craziest feats in mma.
Pride never dies!
Arguably Fedor's best performance relative to competition if you ask me. In his prime, Fedor was equally a world-class striker and a world-class grappler.
Fedor was the most complete fighter of his time, no elite striker but still on level with actual elite strikers, no pure wrestler but could outwrestle dedicated and bigger wrestlers. He was the first real mma fighter in an age where kickboxing, Wrestling and bjj would compete against each other instead of being combined like today
Khabib just ate those Barboza kicks like tiramisu
Close
Haaaa! Good thing they didn't make Khabib miss weight.
9:55 Describing izzy as one of the best offensive strikers in history is inaccurate, he's the definition of a defensive striker. He fights on the outside almost always, I can count on one hand the rounds izzy has been the aggressor in a fight.
Relax virgin
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That's not what offensive means... it's still offense if you are throwing while backing up, just like it's still defense when Strickland is moving forward. You can't say Izzy isn't one of the best offensive strikers when 67% of his wins are by KO/TKO
@@maddoxwilson76
Awesome video guys. One of the best ones from you guys.
I'm interested to see the stats of Cody Garbrandt vs Dominic Cruz. Complete role reversal that fight
Holly Holm should be number 1 with the Loud NOISES she makes when Punching 😂😂
Holly "HYA HYA HYA" Holm
She ain't got nothin on Chookagian, had to watch them fights muted
What has loud noises got to do with missing strikes?
She would fux u up while grunting
@@Eggzy-b7f they're way more noticable when they're yelling while hitting air. It gets annoying to listen to.
Great vid as always! Next one "10 times elite wrestlers couldn't wrestle" OR " 10 times elite BJJ's got tapped"
Dude, NOON-yez
Dom vs Cody deserved to be on this list...
Dom landed 95 total strikes with just 4% less accuracy than Cody. All y’all remember about that fight is Cody breakdancing and Round 4, Dom won 2 rounds on every scorecard.
@@bradleysd that's what you get when you watch that fight via tiktok clips. Cody's performance against Dom was the most overrated performance of all time. Dom was winning that fight until the accidental headbutt.
Jones holding Santos at 25% and just 10% for head strikes was also crazy
How does Tommy always get the best videos
You think that because he turns you on.
gotta do one that has no takedowns or little control time
Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. Max vs Volk 3 didn't make the list??!! Outrageous!!
Some Japanese lady yelling in Pride " The Last Emperor!!! " 😂🎉 G.O.A.T , another good list Editor has skills
I think you actually underrated Sean’s performance. That was the single greatest defensive performance I’ve ever seen in mma. Especially considering who it was against and how big of an underdog he was. It was virtuoso level.
And that 34% is misleading, because it includes checked leg kicks. He was swinging at air anytime he went upstairs and the majority of those leg kicks they counted were checked. It was an incredible performance by Sean.
Soundtrack to this one is 🔥🔥🔥
It would be great to follow up this list with a series of videos, maybe one for each fight, where you analyze how the opponent was able to shut down the elite striker
Was asking myself about the brevity of the JDS fight sample then you immediately argued for it. I freaking love the rhetoric in these videos.
I miss Cro Cop.
JDS with hair was an animal.
and to think for izzy/strickland, izzy’s strike count was puffed up from a ton of leg kicks than definitely got checked. if they recounted i’d guarantee he’d be around 20% mark
or less
Next video: Fights that showed us that a fighter is on another level then we thought. Examples; Volk vs max 3, Cody vs Cruz
Do “times elite grapplers had butter fingers”
When you look deeper into the stats and see Izzy's percentage on head strike attempts that is truly baffling. His percentage was in the 30's because of leg kicks which was the only thing he could somewhat consistently land. Sean basically nullified Izzy's game and walked him down the whole time
Half of these are when strikers were taken down and held down
Surprised Max Holloway wasn't on this list. He's one of the most accurate and high-output fighters, but surely he had an off day too.
Definitely the third Volk fight.
still landed 127 sign. strikes at 42%@@LuckyLog97
This is peak Fedor who could beat anyone in the world.
I was expecting Holloway vs. Volk 3, but Max probably landed more than I realized.
great lists as always
what's the secret
Most of these were either against elite wrestlers or against some of the greatest of all time. I feel like that makes a big difference in the narrative.
I love when they make a list and you know what the inspiration was before even starting it lol ( Izzy is my guess)
Griffin Vs. Silva really made me question reality
Lets be honest, izzy didn’t land 90 strikes, a lot of them were on the armes or were checked leg kicks
I think Fedor fought everyone at their own game and won. Just a scary scary man
You mean Till did enough to get gifted a UK decision.
Tj vs Barao 1 could be on here too. I don’t know the actual striking stats of the fight but Barao was knocking everyone out at that point and seemed like he just couldn’t touch TJ
Francis vs ciryl?
The "most dangerous hard hitting striker" couldn't land anything to save his life, ciryl would hit him and be out of there before francis could even land
Francis did blow his knee out before the fight which is why the match was how it was lol
tbf Francis wasn't really known for his accuracy
Cody Garbrant vs Dom Cruz was one for me!!
Was the judge that gave the fight to Chito by the name of Mike Bell?
Before I even watch. I bet Izzy is on this list for the Strickland fight.
8:55 gotta appreciate editor luke 😂
I dunno maybe the max stats don’t make the list but Holloway vs Kattar should at least be an honourable mention for style points
Chito looks like a cartel hitman.
Dom cruz better be on here 😂 man looked like a fool vs cody
He landed 88 on 30%, which is just 3% worse than his average
In Lyotos defence JBJ figured out how to nullify strikers a long time ago. Take their eyes out
If overeem had a chin, he’d be on his 10th title defense by now
Lets go new video
10 times fighters fought wrestlers
i think a huge missed opportunity would have been had machida retained vs shogun at 113 and took on jon jones for the title. man... that'd have been hype
DC should be in the GOAT conversation
He is homie
He almost certainly would be if JBJ didn't exist.
@@redbill7154 Yeah, Jones #1 , but must be in the top 10 GOAT list , no doubt, very close to #2
Some of these don’t do the scenario justice at all and blindly go off stats. As a stats guy I’ll say 1000x yes numbers DO tell the full story but a lack of robust data is the reason I’d doesn’t always. Machida vs jones is a good example. Go watch the fight back. Many of the shots missed were him attempting to get the timing of Jon’s leg kicks as machida was finding a way to break the impenetrable kicking range aka circle of death that peak Jon was able to maintain. This required flurry after flurry of him eating a huge leg kick but eventually he cracked Jon incredibly hard after timing the leg kick perfectly a few times in a row and was now in boxing range . Which was a problem for Jon . And against the champion machida’s rate and efficiency are both far above average. Those are the numbers that matter here. Not machida compared to him fighting other ppl not named Jon jones. He got a lot more than air vs Jon closed to the other fighters of the division. Had Jon not faked a kick as his corner suggest and Superman punched machida flying in timing this kick, the machida era might still be a thing and not a meme lol
“Juicy”
I was sure Cody Garbrandt vs Dominick Cruz would be on here.
Who else thought cruz vs garbrandt would be on this list?
if cro cop only hit 10 / 103 how is that 20% is like 10 something or am i tripping
I thought the same thing. 10 of 100 is 10 percent. so its actually less than 10. Don't know what they were thinking.
Never mind. Listened to it again. its total strikes vs significant strikes.
Love it
This list sucks. Using percentages in fight that's have alot of finishes and majority control time doesn't really do it justice
10 times takedown artists couldn’t get a takedown
Lyoto vs JBJ kinda strange. Machida outstruck Jones the whole fight till he caught him with a punch and choked him. I guess with his blitz he missed first few strikes but landed the last couple and the kick. Would like to see Jones striking average for that fight cause he was out struck...
Jones landed 24 significant strikes at 45% accuracy and machida only landed 13 strikes with 34% accuracy
@@josephnissenson3252 didn't seem like it. I remember Machida winning the first round with striking...
@@noahcutteri personally remember machida missing most shots and the lengthy distance-based striking of jones being stylistically tough for the blitzing fighter with a smaller reach outside of a few successful punches at the end of big blitzing movements. Also rewatching the fight now there were a few strikes that jones blocked or avoided but the commentators started freaking out like he got hit
PED's really do a good job at making the lesser fighter win fights they shouldn't. That's why it's considered cheating....
@@huckleberryharrison6248 machida has also popped for peds
Randy couture vs vitor Belfort should be on the sequel list
Calling Izzy an offensive striker is a little wild. Izzy lost strictly based on the fact that he couldn't step forward while throwing punches. Greatest defensive striker? Yes. His offense has been historically lackluster.
I thought Cruz vs Garbrandt might've made the list.
% of strikes landed is a pretty meaningless statistic when you realise they have no way of differentiating feints from missed strikes.
Really thought Volk vs max 3 would be on here
Whoa!!! I saw the big bold letters and and and one was in bright red to catch my attention! Oh holy cow it’s a nice round 10 list too!?!? How did you know that’s what appeals to our short attention span consumer brains?!?! Jeez, I was basically forced to click this video!!!
Most of Izzy's landed sig. strikes are leg kicks that were checked and barely did any damage to Strickland too. Recency bias or not, that's insane.
Legendary performance by Sean.
What?! I thought mma on point top 10 videos were based on something that happened on the last UFC card that aired. So wheres the “Top 10, 10-8 rounds in mma history” video i was expecting?
great video as usual!
derrick lewis vs the predator
I was listening to the video and couldn't help but wonder who the hell Stephen Thompson is.
You wonder who that boy is?
You called Izzy an OFFENSIVE striker!?
Daddy Strickland
Is izzy in this?
I wonder what inspired this list 🤔
Probably because Jammy Wagonwheels don't have much Jam in them anymore 🤣
I don't know about these new sound fx...
0:56 wait I was at the open Workouts for UFC 234, I never realised Alex Pereira was sparring with Silva. 👀
Wait where is Cody vs Dom?
A great chin and an ability to avoid punches are not equal lol the ability to avoid punches is much more highly valued a skill
There's no rhyme or reason to the order of these. Except for the top 2, but the concept is cool.
Cody Garbrandt made arguably the bantamweight goat look foolish
Good ol Machida sports drink 😂
So we remember Stipe’s last fight where he landed only 1 punch in 2 rounds and that 1 punch got him knocked out
That 1 punch rocked Francis
Stipe did get fucked up, but he threw 13 strikes and landed 12 of them so that a whack stance you are taking
stipe landed at 92% in his last fight. mostly leg kicks and low volume but still absurdly high
I love how Stipe haters just gloss over the first fight where he completely dominated Francis. Stefan Struve is the only fighter that has a win over Stipe and no loss.
@@benwakely6201 He was missing his punches. It’s easy to land a leg kick
Sean had a bad weight cut and on short notice. So no he did not have his best day.
Thank For The Top 10 Video 🙊🤯😃😍👍🥰💐🌟🥇🏆
Strickland winning was not a big upset, youu're just another victim of recency bias. Half the comment section thought Sean could win when he was roasting Izzy at the press conference for Sean vs Pereira and Izzy vs. Whoever getting all up inside his head back then owning him at the presser. Sean had all the tools to win and great striking, was more like 50/50.
6:55 Shevcenko’s best asset would have to be her asset lol
wooooo
Hope that izzy vs Strickland will be here
Wow really running out of ideas
It's crazy how Khabib generate that much power in the ground and pound while holding them there for a extended period of time😅
Jones roids jones
Chito ain’t even close to best striker.
another w video