Such a shame that Yoel made the switch to MMA in his late 30's. He would have without a doubt have been a long reigning champion if he started in his mid 20's.
I still remember the absolute shock in Rogan's voice when said "good lord that's a terrifying man." After rumble knocked out Teixeira in like 15 seconds
Rumble Is so underrated, and was definitely the greatest LHW of all time that never won the belt and he was undoubtedly the hardest hitting In the division all time. Looking at his TKO of Gustaffson In the 1st RD (In his hometown of Sweden) was absolutely jaw-dropping too, and that was a guy who'd gone 5RDs with Jon Jones of all of fighters and given him the toughest fight of his career. RIP to a legend.
During a Tony Ferguson fight, Joe Rogan pointed out that Tony was using wing Chung and said that Tony was the only person he's ever seen successfully use wing Chung in the octagon. Tony was also known for pulling guard to which one of his opponents mentioned in an interview that it was like falling face first into a blender lol
It's so surprising to me that 2011-2015 heel Jon Jones and Prime Tony Ferguson never killed anybody In the octagon, every time I looked at any of their past fights against top 5-10 contenders In their division those fighters always look like they'd just escaped a brutal mugging, when In actuality they just got done going 5 RDs with a boogeyman. Fucking scary.
Tony with rda at the altitude of Mexico City fought 5 rounds well, being able to do another 5 calmly and that day I was scared with his infinite cardio
@@gm-ns1996mg4p I watched that fight live on my television. in an elevated altitude like that and Tony doesn't even looked tired after a grueling 25min fight against a hard hitter like RDA was just the testament for Tony Ferguson's inhuman fortitude.
@@manityviloxi5829 yeah but when he fought canonier did he turn his back and run away every time he entered his range? No he actually stood with him instead of running and spamming leg kicks
@@ferrm1992 khabib still wins that fight 7/10 tony would’ve cut him open a bit off his back but he wasn’t good at getting back up to his feet when his opponents had a good base
@@ferrm1992 never even seen dude really hurt and I’m one of those “your not great till you lose and come back better types” I think Tony hurting him off the back would’ve changed stuff for khabib a lot let alone lasting too the final and still taking damage off his back cuz he wasn’t submitting that Tony and unlike a lot of his opponents was more than comfortable on the ground.
@@firerbenoit2808 when your an elite wrestler basically fighting boxers, that’s how you don’t get hurt. He struggled against Tibau and dudes ass, and won the belt off Al who shouldn’t have been near the belt. Dudes legacy is incredible flawed lmfao from pulling out of fights for weight cut issues too dodging Tony for years and than having his manager pos Ali set up dude too fight justin after training for months too fight a monster wrestler.
@@dr.loomis4221could of easily ended Khabibs streak way back then, among the many cancelled fights between the two, if there was a guy to beat Khabib it would of been prime Tony.. Khabib knows that too.
Tony was truly a one of a kind fighter, he would kick a fucking metal pole and the pole would be dented and he would have no reaction. Kinda reminds of Mike Tyson running with a broken foot
@@jamesrobert4106 Justin Gaethje is an outlier, according to him he has the highest bone density out of everyone in the UFC, I don't know how true that is but it makes sense that he punches and kicks full force without fear of breaking his bones.
I'd also thrown in Prime Fedor, Ngannou, Cro Cop, Cain Velasquez at his best, Shane Carwin during the first round, Junior Dos Santos and Melvin Manhoef
Tony is my favorite fighter. Me and my fighters got together to watch ufc 229 and immediately my friends were hooked on tony. He came in with a heavy chip on his shoulder in that fight only 6 months after shredding his knee. He put on fight of the year that night, on the night khabib and conor fought. I love this man genuinely and I hope he can get the closure he needs after UFC. he's had a hell of a career and I'm always gonna be a fan of him
Right on man! I have to admit that was the day I got hooked on Tony as well. I came to watch Conor vs Khabib as I was a casual and never watched a ppv before and I left a Tony fan and he's only grown on me more after seeing his interviews and training videos. I wish he never did that 2nd weight cut prior to the Justin fight or waited for Khabib, I think he would have given Justin a harder fight. Seeing him lose that fight felt like losing a family member man.
Ah man you missed prime Tony.. if your a big fan of Tony I suggest You go way back into his early days on the ultimate fighter show, see a glimpse of young crazy Tony. Truly a one of a kind
Tony was done dirty by dana and ufc when McGregor taking the belt as hostage in tony's prime, also ufc promoted Whittaker as undisputed but not tony . Then he was done dirty his cte and his own toughness, double weight cuts ,taking fights on short notice.
Pretty accurate. The character Biscuit Oliva is based on Sergio Oliva the myth, bodybuilder and both Sergio and Joel were born in the same place in Cuba (pinar del rio) which means pine grove of the river. The five-time Olympic wrestling champion Mijail Lopez is also from that place. So I think there is something in that river that makes them mutate.
The fact that people say Robert went 10 rounds with Yoel as a feat goes to show how much of a monster Yoel was despite never being a UFC champ. I'm convinced that Yoel was stylistically a bad match up for GSP and that he would have been able to beat one of the greatest fighters of all time. He probably would have beat Michael Bisping too.
Well we know he can beat Weidman and Rockhold, both of which are better fighters than Bisping honestly. GSP would just get man handled the size difference is immense. Prime Silva gives him the most problems
This is the one. Wonderful video Tracy. Tony is my favorite fighter. I’ve been his supporter for years and glad you gave him some shine. Prime El Cucuy was SCARY!
Tbf it’s not like bisping was like this omalley or like poatan type character that the ufc protected and fast tracked to a title to try and make a bunch of money. Bisping was in the trenches for a LONG time fighting everyone and as a late minute replacement against a prime and literally terrifying champion in rockhold that was about as complete a fighter as it was at that time and a guy who’s beaten bisping before and with almost no notice for bisping and him coming off the couch and filming movies bisping went out there and captured the belt and completely shocked the entire ufc brass and mma community. Say what you will about the guy, whether you like him or not, and he’s he’s a dick and yes he once capturing the belt for sure the ufc decided to for a short time shelter him from guys like Whittaker and Romero and Souza and gave him guys like Henderson and later gsp after a long layoff but you can’t fault bisping for that, because obviously back in those days gsp was the draw at the time especially after being out that long and it wasn’t bisping who held things up but gsp playing hardball which also fair play and after a long and super up and down career for bisping to finally lay claim to the belt and with one eye mine you and fighting completely steroid free against a bunch of guys we KNOW were on the juice he wanted to make as much money as he could before he inevitably lost the belt and began to decline. Yeah again I feel for guys like Whittaker or Romero who I personally think would have been dominant reigning champions particularly Whittaker but I also get where bisping was coming from and the ufc as well. I think Whittaker at least will hold that belt again as well and this is particularly true if Chimaev ends up getting a title shot as I think Chimaev blows through adesanya but hits a roadblock in Whittaker that I’m not sure he can get through
@@suntansuperman598 Are you not 'putting your thought on izzy' by saying he is not scared of Alex? hahaha. One thing is for sure, that boy shat his pants with Yoel
Boogeymen in mma is such an interesting concept. The fight which had boogeyman vs boogeyman was Yoel Romero vs Jacre Souza. It was like a pass of the torch moment for the boogeyman at middleweight.
@@jesselee653 homie if you are going to say that the statue of adensaya would have already grow mold, izzy fougth the same in most of its figth because counterstriking is a viable tactic and romero realized that if he gived adensaya the same coin he would have higher chances of destroying him, why romero would fear izzy, he is a cuban(one of the toughest places in the world while new zeland is 1 world country) world champion in freestyle wrestling who bas oblitarated every guy he has faced? Blessings from peru and i apologize for my english
Wish you included the josh thompson quote after he fought tony ferguson. Thompson basically said that after a career of 28 fights, tony is the one that made him afraid of fighting. Thompson became gun shy during sparring and just couldn't fight like he used to after the ferguson fight. Tony Ferguson's championship run was so damn terrifying, no wonder why khabib AND connor both ducked him into old age. No one comes out the same after a ferguson fight.
Here in Brazil we use an expression like this "ran more than the devil runs away from the cross" which was the case with khabib / conor with Tony . They ran more than Tony what the hell flees from the cross avoided Tony that year of2017 . Khabib ran making excuses to the weight cut and Conor ran to fake fight with Floyd and ended up being left to Kevin Lee
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxxwouldn't say that ferguson would definitely be the one to beat khabib. But if asked who had the biggest ever chance to beat khabib, I say tony. I mean its practically a match made in heaven. They pretty much cancel each out to the point, where I'd say the only deciding factor would be cardio. Both were absolute workaholics. Both had the biggest cardio in the sport. Sadly we never got the fight that would have likely been fight of the decade.
I commented this on another video but Rockhold's run from Strikeforce and after his run in with trtvitor was so impressive. He was damn near perfect with the exception of his boxing defence. His personality seems to make folk forget how much of a beast he was. Also, Rumble at 205 is arguably the biggest boogeyman ever. Considering the monumental damage Glover has pushed through against knockout artists to then go on and win, only for Rumble to finish him in a few seconds. I still wish we had Rumble v Ngannou R.I.P.
Rockhold hard arguably some of the greatest ground and pound and a various amount of highly technical leg kicks..if it weren’t for his chin he would be one of the GOATs.. he was that good. Still a legend of the sport
Yeah Luke is a beast. Great kicker and underrated grappler. People clown his chin but he got ktfo by heavy hitters barring Bisping, who is still a good boxer himself.
I disagree that Yoel was as scary in the Adelasagna fight as his previous fights, he got more defensive as time went on, almost like a counter-striker, just watch the Costa and Adesanya fights, he was more of a counter-puncher and he would wait.
I hope Yoel Romero gets the Bellator title!!! The fact he still competes at high level at his age is insane!!! #LaCandela I feel a bit sad for Tony Ferguson and how it ended but his career will be truly iconic. He just need to retire now like Cerrone.
Its interesting to contrast the two of them. Both creative and maybe not the most technical fighters, but different in their orientation (one a defensive counter fighter for the most part with fight ending power and a gifted tactician, the other all attrition based offense, weaponizing pace and at his best a strategist). Yoel the epitome of sheer physical talent while Tony was the epitome of hard work. But yeah, two of my favourite fighters and hopefully Hall of Famers in the future
Ik dude needs to respect fighters its easy for his ass to talk when his patty ass is making videos on men more successful than him and would literally turn his balls to dust
Tony Ferguson is undoubtedly the best lightweight in the UFC history, with or without a belt. In his prime, prior tearing his fibular collateral ligament, Tony Ferguson was an unstoppable machine.
I think if a second version of this video ever comes out, Khamzat Chimaev has to be added, he literally picked up li jingliang and held him for a solid 6 seconds.
Love Tony and he looked amazing in the first round against Chandler. I hope he beats Bobby Green. Doubtful, but I hope he does. He looked slow and shit vs Diaz. Somebody send this video to Tony. He deserves to see this amazing tribute.
These 2 were true scary monsters in their prime leaving most of their opponents cut up, bloody or unconscious. Kudos to Whittaker eatin and surviving Romero's best shots on him
Khababy fans are so confident now, but we never saw him bleed, I refuse to believe Tony couldnt have atleast accomplished that much in his prime. Who knows how the eagle would have reacted to damage, we never got to find out, im not THAT delusional I think Tony would have lost comfortably but I still wish we got to see that fight ill never be satisfied with the mma math.
I still think Khabib would’ve lost the first two times the fight was booked. Khabib would’ve won the 4th and 5th time it was booked because Tony was passed his prime at that point. The most competitive fight would’ve been the 3rd time it was booked that was pre-injured Tony and Khabib barely got into his prime.
@@Realivangarcia Meh it could be age and dmg but Tony did get exposed later in his career. Just sucks an unbelievable amount of d1cks that mma fans are gonna have to argue about it for the rest of time now.
That was a great video god damn, the script paired with the music and editing made it an amazing watch. Good job Lucas Tracy mma outdid urself with this video
LoL Romero is literally wolverine made of adamantuim, Tony's toughness was legendary I think he broke against Gaethje before he bent and thank you for calling out Adesanya's running from Yoel for 25 min he looked so stupid saying he was going to finish him
@@champ1159 But if someone stands still aren't they a pretty good target? Whitaker didn't have a problem fighting Yoel why can't Izzy the "amazing striker" hit him first? Why can't a champ beat someone that is standing still ridiculous
An inclusion you coulda made for the Yoel half, was that Tim Kennedy, who is a part of that legendary nine, ‘The Murderers Row’, actually almost finished Romero. He had to hold his glove but Yoel did sit on that stool for 30 seconds longer and thus stoolgate became a thing. And Tony’s part was way shorter than Yoel’s. Anyways I think you coulda made a point that Tony was forged in the fire of American individualism, through The Friday Night Lights, through the tough Wrestling mats, etc.. Only reason why I say Tony’s backstory through Football, Wrestling, Baseball coulda had more light shun on it was because people always speak on kalabeeb being from dagestan or how many others including yourself in this video speak on Yoel’s come-up through the communist/liberation of Cuba. Other than that, please keep these comin because this was fukin sick🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏
I love Yoel but you leave out a whole lot of context. He was dominated by Brunson for the majority of the fight and most people would argue he robbed Jacare. That isn't really "running through"
Did you see his third round against brunson? Romero almost took him off of this earth lmao. It doesn’t matter if he was getting beat, he was never hurt, took flush head kicks in usual Romero fashion and eventually brunson broke
One of the best videos I've ever seen on MMA Imo, simple but talking about stuff I think a lot of MMA fans agree upon specially tony I always wonder about the fight with him and khabib
There are scarier guys although some are arguable but definitely more intimidating than Ferguson tho like prime Ubereem, Francis, Derrick Lewis, Bigfoot, Rumble, Wanderlei, Rampage, Chuck, TRT Vitor, Cro Cop, Lawler, Cain Velasquez
@@TonySTMon2195 i guess everyone has different people who intimidate them When my father showed me ufc as a kid, wanderlei was intimidating the sht out of me, but chuck didnt at all, i also didnt see any talent just him brawling it out, his post fight celebration was the only thing that impressed me Don frye the same But i guess in those times noone really knew what they are doing , fight iq got invented afterwards :P
Very very very interesting video, great storytelling too. This was really informative and a great history lesson for a relatively new fan of the sport. Kudos to you, Luke... +1 sub - effortlessly
I have a new found respect for you talking about my favourite fighter Tony Ferguson this way respect to you Lucas. He proved how tough he was when he nearly had his arm snapped by Olivera and never gave up.
I'm still convinced Yoel Romero is a lab experiment
Probably
Just like the roids he is on
@@imjustherewastakenWell yeah there's a significant chance he's on roids
@@Abdirazak_sulley
Cringe RUclipsr that guy
@@JustinJohnson-vc1gr there’s a significant chance everyone on the ufc is on roids
Tony's laughing at Pettis while being covered in his blood is so iconic. That image showed everything you needed to know about Boogeyman El Cucuy
He wasn't laughing too much against Gaethje. That was one of the most savage, beatings I have ever seen.
@@jamesrobert4106 True, but Gaethje has had his fair share of beatings too
@@jamesrobert4106Two weight cuts in less than a month is on board
@@jamesrobert4106Eddie Alvarez killed Justin worse then he did tony.
@@jamesrobert4106 Gaethje wasnt smiling when he got destroyed by Eddie Alvarez
Alvarez - Gaethje was a worse beatdown than Ferguson-Gaethje
Such a shame that Yoel made the switch to MMA in his late 30's. He would have without a doubt have been a long reigning champion if he started in his mid 20's.
How you know?
@@crimsonking4151 because the roids worked better then
@@bendover7841 hmm maybe but his physique is very similar to when he competed in the olympics
@@uchuynguyen4763 correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t the Olympics roid central too?
@@LUVVAAA Yes, very. Especially Russians
I still remember the absolute shock in Rogan's voice when said "good lord that's a terrifying man." After rumble knocked out Teixeira in like 15 seconds
Rumble Is so underrated, and was definitely the greatest LHW of all time that never won the belt and he was undoubtedly the hardest hitting In the division all time.
Looking at his TKO of Gustaffson In the 1st RD (In his hometown of Sweden) was absolutely jaw-dropping too, and that was a guy who'd gone 5RDs with Jon Jones of all of fighters and given him the toughest fight of his career.
RIP to a legend.
@@darkclaw1462 I think it was jist a bad technique match up whenever he fought DC. I think he had a good chance against Jones
He was overrated
Rogaine is retarded, who'd thought?
@@darkclaw1462 Jan might be the hardest hitter at 205 ever
During a Tony Ferguson fight, Joe Rogan pointed out that Tony was using wing Chung and said that Tony was the only person he's ever seen successfully use wing Chung in the octagon. Tony was also known for pulling guard to which one of his opponents mentioned in an interview that it was like falling face first into a blender lol
Silva and DP used it successfully too
pulling guard is a pussy move though and shouldnt be seen as a good thing
@@poatan6304Came to say this. Poirier does a lot of wing chun elbow deflects
@@komrademoses yes Sir
Sean Strickland uses a combination of Boxing and Wing Chung.
It's so surprising to me that 2011-2015 heel Jon Jones and Prime Tony Ferguson never killed anybody In the octagon, every time I looked at any of their past fights against top 5-10 contenders In their division those fighters always look like they'd just escaped a brutal mugging, when In actuality they just got done going 5 RDs with a boogeyman.
Fucking scary.
That machiada sub was like a murder scene
@@prodsage2719 even his only loss would be attempted murder outside the octagon
Tony with rda at the altitude of Mexico City fought 5 rounds well, being able to do another 5 calmly and that day I was scared with his infinite cardio
@@prodsage2719 same goes to Ferguson vs Barboza. it looked to me like Tony Ferguson stab Barboza with a broken bottle of vodka.
@@gm-ns1996mg4p I watched that fight live on my television. in an elevated altitude like that and Tony doesn't even looked tired after a grueling 25min fight against a hard hitter like RDA was just the testament for Tony Ferguson's inhuman fortitude.
You know we clown on Israel for being passive against Yoel. But looking back I don’t really blame him.
We wouldn't have blamed him if he hadn't spent weeks talking about he's gonna be the first guy to finish him.
@@smokey6455 that just communication he said the same about cannonier
Whittaker wasn’t passive tho
@@manityviloxi5829 yeah but when he fought canonier did he turn his back and run away every time he entered his range? No he actually stood with him instead of running and spamming leg kicks
I blame both cuz both didn't do much ngl
Tony at his prime was something else man
I’ve always thought Khabib was pretty invulnerable but prime Tony is the only guy I think would have cracked that code
@@ferrm1992 khabib still wins that fight 7/10 tony would’ve cut him open a bit off his back but he wasn’t good at getting back up to his feet when his opponents had a good base
@@ferrm1992 never even seen dude really hurt and I’m one of those “your not great till you lose and come back better types” I think Tony hurting him off the back would’ve changed stuff for khabib a lot let alone lasting too the final and still taking damage off his back cuz he wasn’t submitting that Tony and unlike a lot of his opponents was more than comfortable on the ground.
@@BichoCheeks Khabib's greatness comes from the fact that he was never really hurt. How many other fighters can say the same?
@@firerbenoit2808 when your an elite wrestler basically fighting boxers, that’s how you don’t get hurt. He struggled against Tibau and dudes ass, and won the belt off Al who shouldn’t have been near the belt. Dudes legacy is incredible flawed lmfao from pulling out of fights for weight cut issues too dodging Tony for years and than having his manager pos Ali set up dude too fight justin after training for months too fight a monster wrestler.
God. Prime tony was something to behold. He really gave his body and soul to the sport. To his own detriment.
Extremely overrated
@@dr.loomis4221na
@@dr.loomis4221could of easily ended Khabibs streak way back then, among the many cancelled fights between the two, if there was a guy to beat Khabib it would of been prime Tony.. Khabib knows that too.
No you just think so you fan boy, the mma fighters who beated them think otherwise.
@@searchrightthings.947 lol, finished vomiting sh*t?
Tony was truly a one of a kind fighter, he would kick a fucking metal pole and the pole would be dented and he would have no reaction. Kinda reminds of Mike Tyson running with a broken foot
I remember that leg kick video, yet Gaethje nearly snapped him in half with leg kicks. 😳
@@jamesrobert4106 Helped that Gaethje didn't fight like a meathead for once.
@@jamesrobert4106 Justin Gaethje is an outlier, according to him he has the highest bone density out of everyone in the UFC, I don't know how true that is but it makes sense that he punches and kicks full force without fear of breaking his bones.
@@jamesrobert4106 might have also helped that Tony had an ACL injury which kinda ruined his career
Bro mike fought with a broken back- SPINAL!
Yoel is THE boogeyman of the UFC
Agree, he's my favourite of all time
La Candela!
Lol forsure! Yoel just different type of animal
I'd also thrown in Prime Fedor, Ngannou, Cro Cop, Cain Velasquez at his best, Shane Carwin during the first round, Junior Dos Santos and Melvin Manhoef
@@icelandiccubicle3418Khamzat Chimaev in the first round is the biggest boogeyman in UFC today
Tony is my favorite fighter. Me and my fighters got together to watch ufc 229 and immediately my friends were hooked on tony. He came in with a heavy chip on his shoulder in that fight only 6 months after shredding his knee. He put on fight of the year that night, on the night khabib and conor fought. I love this man genuinely and I hope he can get the closure he needs after UFC. he's had a hell of a career and I'm always gonna be a fan of him
Right on man! I have to admit that was the day I got hooked on Tony as well. I came to watch Conor vs Khabib as I was a casual and never watched a ppv before and I left a Tony fan and he's only grown on me more after seeing his interviews and training videos. I wish he never did that 2nd weight cut prior to the Justin fight or waited for Khabib, I think he would have given Justin a harder fight. Seeing him lose that fight felt like losing a family member man.
Ah man you missed prime Tony.. if your a big fan of Tony I suggest
You go way back into his early days on the ultimate fighter show, see a glimpse of young crazy Tony. Truly a one of a kind
Fun fact : the second before Romero kos Rockhold, you can hear a man yell “he’s gonna kill you” referring to Romero😂
Tonny is the kind of guy that if you broke one of his limbs, he would attack you with the same limb as a weapon
Dark souls boss energy🤣
Tony was done dirty by dana and ufc when McGregor taking the belt as hostage in tony's prime, also ufc promoted Whittaker as undisputed but not tony .
Then he was done dirty his cte and his own toughness, double weight cuts ,taking fights on short notice.
If he was screwed
Yoel is a literal Baki character
Pretty accurate. The character Biscuit Oliva is based on Sergio Oliva the myth, bodybuilder and both Sergio and Joel were born in the same place in Cuba (pinar del rio) which means pine grove of the river. The five-time Olympic wrestling champion Mijail Lopez is also from that place. So I think there is something in that river that makes them mutate.
The fact that people say Robert went 10 rounds with Yoel as a feat goes to show how much of a monster Yoel was despite never being a UFC champ. I'm convinced that Yoel was stylistically a bad match up for GSP and that he would have been able to beat one of the greatest fighters of all time. He probably would have beat Michael Bisping too.
Well we know he can beat Weidman and Rockhold, both of which are better fighters than Bisping honestly. GSP would just get man handled the size difference is immense. Prime Silva gives him the most problems
I love mike but he would’ve gotten gutted like a fish
Obviously Bisping was ducking him and Rob and only defended against a 46 year old Hendo😂
Imma be real. I love Yoel. But GSP would've shit on him. Patience beats rage, rage beats IQ and IQ beats patience. GSP had those 3
@@olivierallaire6302 rage beats IQ?
This is the one. Wonderful video Tracy. Tony is my favorite fighter. I’ve been his supporter for years and glad you gave him some shine. Prime El Cucuy was SCARY!
Yoel Romero is the guy she tells you not to worry about
Why did bisping have to fluke a champ reign. Potentially altered the careers of whitakker, yoel, weidman, souza by holding up the belt
Tbf it’s not like bisping was like this omalley or like poatan type character that the ufc protected and fast tracked to a title to try and make a bunch of money. Bisping was in the trenches for a LONG time fighting everyone and as a late minute replacement against a prime and literally terrifying champion in rockhold that was about as complete a fighter as it was at that time and a guy who’s beaten bisping before and with almost no notice for bisping and him coming off the couch and filming movies bisping went out there and captured the belt and completely shocked the entire ufc brass and mma community. Say what you will about the guy, whether you like him or not, and he’s he’s a dick and yes he once capturing the belt for sure the ufc decided to for a short time shelter him from guys like Whittaker and Romero and Souza and gave him guys like Henderson and later gsp after a long layoff but you can’t fault bisping for that, because obviously back in those days gsp was the draw at the time especially after being out that long and it wasn’t bisping who held things up but gsp playing hardball which also fair play and after a long and super up and down career for bisping to finally lay claim to the belt and with one eye mine you and fighting completely steroid free against a bunch of guys we KNOW were on the juice he wanted to make as much money as he could before he inevitably lost the belt and began to decline. Yeah again I feel for guys like Whittaker or Romero who I personally think would have been dominant reigning champions particularly Whittaker but I also get where bisping was coming from and the ufc as well. I think Whittaker at least will hold that belt again as well and this is particularly true if Chimaev ends up getting a title shot as I think Chimaev blows through adesanya but hits a roadblock in Whittaker that I’m not sure he can get through
One eye, he would get killed if he fought Yoel
honestly whittaker, jacare and yoel all would've ripped bisping to shreds tbh
More like why did GSP have to ruin everything by beating a fluke champion and become one himself
@@WastedBananas everyone in the top 10 at the time would've smoked him except maybe hall and brunson
I would say just for Adesanya that Alex Pereira is his personal boogeyman. He's only just managed to beat him but Alex haunted him for years
leave him alone bruh. he won. Alex ain't no damn Boogeyman. the Internet LOVES to put THIER thoughts on people. Izzy ain't scared of alex
@@suntansuperman598 Are you not 'putting your thought on izzy' by saying he is not scared of Alex? hahaha. One thing is for sure, that boy shat his pants with Yoel
If Romero started 10 years earlier he would have been the greatest mma fighter of all time.
_jon Jones enters the chat_
@@JBJMMA*While fleeing yet another DUI induced car crash after a rousing night of domestic abuse and dick pills*
Boogeymen in mma is such an interesting concept. The fight which had boogeyman vs boogeyman was Yoel Romero vs Jacre Souza. It was like a pass of the torch moment for the boogeyman at middleweight.
very true. paolo was meant to take the crown but he fucked up
The introduction of Yoel is crazy. 😭
Lucas is so much better on script than off
Yoel Romero looks like a real life Kratos, specially when he called Bisping a boy
Bisping will never have my respect for ducking Romero, Whittaker will always have my respect for taking on Romero not once but TWICE
50 minutes of kikckboxing with that bogeyman really Rob is hall of fame worthy
Adesanya will literally turn his back and sprint away 🤣🤣🤣🤣LMFAO
@@jesselee653 homie if you are going to say that the statue of adensaya would have already grow mold, izzy fougth the same in most of its figth because counterstriking is a viable tactic and romero realized that if he gived adensaya the same coin he would have higher chances of destroying him, why romero would fear izzy, he is a cuban(one of the toughest places in the world while new zeland is 1 world country) world champion in freestyle wrestling who bas oblitarated every guy he has faced?
Blessings from peru and i apologize for my english
Nah they both shit a brick
@Jesse Lee Lmao, izzy ran away on multiple occasions.
@@omaramaya2893 And Yoel stood still for most of the fight
Really enjoy these types of videos from you Lucas !!
Looks like tony will be fighting bobby green next. I hope he can get back on track.
They’re both passed their primes I hope this is at least competitive
Tony via darce choke 💯
@@Realivangarcia hell nah Tony getting slapped
I thought he was supposed to fight Kevin Lee again
@@RealivangarciaBobby green went toe to toe with fiziev, he’s not that washed. That’s a tough fight for Tony but hopefully he gets that W
You make some of the best MMA docs on RUclips, i like that you're doing these more often
Yoel kissing Rockhold after knocking him out and saying he loves him is somehow sweet and disrespectful at the same time LOL
Top quality content, this documentary style really suits you 👍👍👍
Hurts me to see Tony on the losing skid he was what really got me into mixed martial arts
Sick documentary, dude, you keep putting out this quality of content, you’ll blow up for sure
Wish you included the josh thompson quote after he fought tony ferguson. Thompson basically said that after a career of 28 fights, tony is the one that made him afraid of fighting. Thompson became gun shy during sparring and just couldn't fight like he used to after the ferguson fight. Tony Ferguson's championship run was so damn terrifying, no wonder why khabib AND connor both ducked him into old age. No one comes out the same after a ferguson fight.
Here in Brazil we use an expression like this "ran more than the devil runs away from the cross" which was the case with khabib / conor with Tony . They ran more than Tony what the hell flees from the cross avoided Tony that year of2017 . Khabib ran making excuses to the weight cut and Conor ran to fake fight with Floyd and ended up being left to Kevin Lee
So true, Khabib very well knew that Tony was that guy who was to take that squeaky clean zero off his record.
@@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxxwouldn't say that ferguson would definitely be the one to beat khabib. But if asked who had the biggest ever chance to beat khabib, I say tony. I mean its practically a match made in heaven. They pretty much cancel each out to the point, where I'd say the only deciding factor would be cardio. Both were absolute workaholics. Both had the biggest cardio in the sport. Sadly we never got the fight that would have likely been fight of the decade.
I commented this on another video but Rockhold's run from Strikeforce and after his run in with trtvitor was so impressive. He was damn near perfect with the exception of his boxing defence. His personality seems to make folk forget how much of a beast he was.
Also, Rumble at 205 is arguably the biggest boogeyman ever. Considering the monumental damage Glover has pushed through against knockout artists to then go on and win, only for Rumble to finish him in a few seconds. I still wish we had Rumble v Ngannou
R.I.P.
Rockhold hard arguably some of the greatest ground and pound and a various amount of highly technical leg kicks..if it weren’t for his chin he would be one of the GOATs.. he was that good. Still a legend of the sport
Yeah Luke is a beast. Great kicker and underrated grappler. People clown his chin but he got ktfo by heavy hitters barring Bisping, who is still a good boxer himself.
ngannou is just bigger, but p4p, i think Anthony hits harder
Crazy that Yoel is still competing and winning in a high tier organization
This is the best MMA video I've seen in a long time
Well done man.
This was solid 👍
Tony Ferguson
this was great you should do more stuff like this
I disagree that Yoel was as scary in the Adelasagna fight as his previous fights, he got more defensive as time went on, almost like a counter-striker, just watch the Costa and Adesanya fights, he was more of a counter-puncher and he would wait.
imo the best yoel was the one who fought rockhold and whittaker the second time. he became too old and inactive after that
The sad thing about Tony’s boogyman title is it got to his head, he really thought he was an invincible boogyman but everyone is human.
I hope Yoel Romero gets the Bellator title!!! The fact he still competes at high level at his age is insane!!!
#LaCandela
I feel a bit sad for Tony Ferguson and how it ended but his career will be truly iconic.
He just need to retire now like Cerrone.
Pavlovich is the next boogeyman
Its interesting to contrast the two of them. Both creative and maybe not the most technical fighters, but different in their orientation (one a defensive counter fighter for the most part with fight ending power and a gifted tactician, the other all attrition based offense, weaponizing pace and at his best a strategist). Yoel the epitome of sheer physical talent while Tony was the epitome of hard work. But yeah, two of my favourite fighters and hopefully Hall of Famers in the future
Why he do Weidman like that 😂😂😂
He made Weidman sound like he wasn't the man to finish Anderson Silva twice 😂😂😂
Ik dude needs to respect fighters its easy for his ass to talk when his patty ass is making videos on men more successful than him and would literally turn his balls to dust
its ironic that neither one of them won UFC gold
This video was so good man. Thank you!!
great vid! keep it up lucas!
Tony and Yoel have always been my favorite fighters in their weight classes.
Tony Ferguson is undoubtedly the best lightweight in the UFC history, with or without a belt. In his prime, prior tearing his fibular collateral ligament, Tony Ferguson was an unstoppable machine.
My favorites are him and Charles, that fight in Mexico City with rda he fought 5 rounds at altitude, being able to fight another 5 calmly
Saying Undoubtably is Disrespecting Khabib, BjPenn and Eddie Alvarez
@@chieff_TEddie Alvarez even defended his belt after being beaten by Conor. Khabib bjj bendo Edgar oliveira these are top 5 top 10 easily
Well made video and a beautiful homage to 2 hero’s of the sport
keep up with this content man, absolute banger
Man I miss prime Tonny.
I think if a second version of this video ever comes out, Khamzat Chimaev has to be added, he literally picked up li jingliang and held him for a solid 6 seconds.
This was really great. Very enjoyable. I agree 100% 2 absolute boogeymen of MMA. And 2 future hall of famers
Bro I like your style, jokes here and there. Good stuff man
Tony will forever be my favorite fighter that 12 fight win streak of amazing fights will never be replicated
Yoel could easily compete in competative bodybuilding dude had the most insane genetics ive ever seen
Love Tony and he looked amazing in the first round against Chandler. I hope he beats Bobby Green. Doubtful, but I hope he does. He looked slow and shit vs Diaz.
Somebody send this video to Tony. He deserves to see this amazing tribute.
I don't think he was trying against nate but idk. we'll see
This video needs more views and this channel deserves more subs
awesome vid man, very in depth
Man needed to put that Izzy hate in there, literally couldn’t do 1 video without it Tracy😭
Yoel really enchanted his skin with thorns 😂
Imagine if Yoel debuted in his early or mid twenty’s……
Thank you for giving Tony some credit
great video, keep up that good work
Great job on switching the video styles up!
These 2 were true scary monsters in their prime leaving most of their opponents cut up, bloody or unconscious. Kudos to Whittaker eatin and surviving Romero's best shots on him
Tony is my favorite fighter even with his 5 loss streak
Sick video LT 🥶
Awesome vid
Subscribed vigorously
Khababy fans are so confident now, but we never saw him bleed, I refuse to believe Tony couldnt have atleast accomplished that much in his prime. Who knows how the eagle would have reacted to damage, we never got to find out, im not THAT delusional I think Tony would have lost comfortably but I still wish we got to see that fight ill never be satisfied with the mma math.
I still think Khabib would’ve lost the first two times the fight was booked. Khabib would’ve won the 4th and 5th time it was booked because Tony was passed his prime at that point. The most competitive fight would’ve been the 3rd time it was booked that was pre-injured Tony and Khabib barely got into his prime.
@@Realivangarcia Meh it could be age and dmg but Tony did get exposed later in his career. Just sucks an unbelievable amount of d1cks that mma fans are gonna have to argue about it for the rest of time now.
Because Tony is not that good in the first place.
@@zenzupah739 Casual new fans be like:
Zabit is also a Boogeyman. No one would fight him.
That dude is Matrix grade 😂
That was a great video god damn, the script paired with the music and editing made it an amazing watch. Good job Lucas Tracy mma outdid urself with this video
Goat video my guy
Tony will always be my guy! 🔥💯 Sucks, we never got the Tiramisu bout.
LoL Romero is literally wolverine made of adamantuim, Tony's toughness was legendary I think he broke against Gaethje before he bent and thank you for calling out Adesanya's running from Yoel for 25 min he looked so stupid saying he was going to finish him
As if Yoel didn't just stand there like a starue
@@champ1159 But if someone stands still aren't they a pretty good target? Whitaker didn't have a problem fighting Yoel why can't Izzy the "amazing striker" hit him first? Why can't a champ beat someone that is standing still ridiculous
This was great content
great video!
An inclusion you coulda made for the Yoel half, was that Tim Kennedy, who is a part of that legendary nine, ‘The Murderers Row’, actually almost finished Romero. He had to hold his glove but Yoel did sit on that stool for 30 seconds longer and thus stoolgate became a thing. And Tony’s part was way shorter than Yoel’s. Anyways I think you coulda made a point that Tony was forged in the fire of American individualism, through The Friday Night Lights, through the tough Wrestling mats, etc.. Only reason why I say Tony’s backstory through Football, Wrestling, Baseball coulda had more light shun on it was because people always speak on kalabeeb being from dagestan or how many others including yourself in this video speak on Yoel’s come-up through the communist/liberation of Cuba. Other than that, please keep these comin because this was fukin sick🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏
The thing about that incident is that yoel was told to continue to sit. Not really his fault
@@mystik8177 it was his fault
I love Yoel but you leave out a whole lot of context. He was dominated by Brunson for the majority of the fight and most people would argue he robbed Jacare. That isn't really "running through"
Did you see his third round against brunson? Romero almost took him off of this earth lmao. It doesn’t matter if he was getting beat, he was never hurt, took flush head kicks in usual Romero fashion and eventually brunson broke
Yoel would do nothing for 4 minutes and 30 seconds then randomly explode
But he did not run through
This was a really good video
One of the best videos I've ever seen on MMA Imo, simple but talking about stuff I think a lot of MMA fans agree upon specially tony I always wonder about the fight with him and khabib
Sorry boys I'm gonna say it, Tony had a much more impressive career than Khabib.
yes his last few fights were super impressive. the way he defended punches with his face.
Nah 30-0 is insane 😂😂
Delusional lmfao
There are scarier guys although some are arguable but definitely more intimidating than Ferguson tho like prime Ubereem, Francis, Derrick Lewis, Bigfoot, Rumble, Wanderlei, Rampage, Chuck, TRT Vitor, Cro Cop, Lawler, Cain Velasquez
Nobody was scared to fight them idiot. Boogeyman is a fighter ducked by others.
Hector lombard, palhares are themost intimidating ones
Chuck lidell doesnt even intimidate a toddler lets be real
@@backbone93 Cmon man prime Ice was a bad dude
@@TonySTMon2195 i guess everyone has different people who intimidate them
When my father showed me ufc as a kid, wanderlei was intimidating the sht out of me, but chuck didnt at all, i also didnt see any talent just him brawling it out, his post fight celebration was the only thing that impressed me
Don frye the same
But i guess in those times noone really knew what they are doing , fight iq got invented afterwards :P
@@backbone93 if we're talking pure intimidation, Fedor was the man.
Good work bro
great vid
Adesanya lost that fight
Why cus Yoel landed one punch and almost secured a takedown?
You forgot khamzat, he’s the most feared fighter in the ufc rn
No hes not
@@thenedsmmachannel8970yes he is
@@HasanR99 no hes not
Yoel most likely studied gamma radiation before his career in the ufc
Well done!
Very very very interesting video, great storytelling too. This was really informative and a great history lesson for a relatively new fan of the sport. Kudos to you, Luke... +1 sub - effortlessly
Love both of them 🙏
Best mma video i seen in awhile, why dont you do a part 2?
fuck these documentaries get me so pumped
Unbelievable video 😊
I have a new found respect for you talking about my favourite fighter Tony Ferguson this way respect to you Lucas. He proved how tough he was when he nearly had his arm snapped by Olivera and never gave up.