Conor was a double champ in the organization he fought for before he came to the UFC. McGreggor is the only fighter in history, to my knowledge, to ever hold FOUR championship belts and not defend a single one of them. Disgraceful.
I’m old so before iPhones and maybe RUclips Hendo was like… the white whale of hard ass mf’s him and Fedor. Hendo having a business plan and steam rolling mf’s is really inspiring.
@@beaualoevvthen every goat is overrated. Jon Jones is about to retire, he is gonna leave without fighting the interim holder(which is an obligation that the champ needs to fight the interim when healthy)does that mean he's scared of Tom? Ofc not. Im not even a Jon Jones fan but he definitely isn't scared of Tom. Does him retiring mean he's scared? Does that mean he can no longer be top 3?
I think gsp developed IBS during training for the Bisping fight. He said stress played a factor in flare ups and would focus on his health rather than continue fighting.
@@beaualoevv What a wild and absolutely comical take. Fought BJ twice, Hughes twice, Serra twice (avenging his TKO loss), beat Koschek, Dan Hardy, Alves, Shields, Nick Diaz, Hendricks and beat the Middleweight champ after a 4 year layoff and you think hes scared to fight. LOL. You don't have to agree he's goat but scared to fight? LOL.
To a newcomer, this is a welcomed history lesson and one much needed when discussing the historicity of fights and fighters alike. Big ups to you MMAOnPoint👍🏻
I probably got seriously into mma 4-5 years ago, MMAOnPoint is a god send for people trying to quickly catch up on all the mma lore. 90% of mma history that I know to this day was probably learned in a month by binging their videos those years ago
Jon Jones gets what he wants because if he doesn't fight the UFC doesn't make as much money as they could be if he is fighting. Guy is a HUGE PPV draw.
@@BatCaveOz I'm almost certain that Dana would fuck Jon Jones if he asked. Dude is way too protective of him; there's something fishy about it. JBJ must have some blackmail material on Dana and/or the UFC.
Lovato Jr is also one of the nicest guys. I met him at my first bjj tourney where my professor couldn't be there. Lovato offered to coach me in my bracket as long as it wasn't against one of his students. Really nice guy.
One more thing I'm learning through this video is that Michael Schiavello is the ONE commentator in all organizations other than UFC😂 His voice can be heard in 80% of the clips in this video.👏a legend!
My fave thing about him is I'm from Melbourne so he would call the local fights I used to go to all the time. Legit saw the dude come up from the bottom
3 Champs in 11 months is huge when talking about heavyweight. A division where the champ fights once every 2 yrs if your lucky. 205 and heavyweight don't live up to the "best fighting the best standard" of the ufc. Neither have this decade.
Dan Henderson vs Carlos Newton is one of those fights where you have to go back and watch it again. Under the modern criteria Newton would have absolutely won, it's very similar to the argument that people make for Randleman versus Rutten. But a punch delivered by Newton broke Henderson's jaw in this fight and he basically had to rely on his wrestling. Under different scoring criteria it is undoubtable that Carlos Newton would have become Canada's first and only Tournament Champion 🏆🇨🇦
@@mynameisnotbob6369 Agreed. This was around the aforementioned period where they started to emphasize more points for grappling, which is why it's odd that they scored the fight at UFC 20 for Rutten (though I can see how they did even back then due to Randleman's inactivity after round one). The judging criteria saw another change in standards after 1990s as ur mentioned. And again most recently this year. Regardless if it was about damage back then, Henderson shouldn't have won that fight. Carlos Newton's record is also deceiving, it does not reflect what type of martial artist he was, he often faced men much bigger than he was and also fought many of the best in his era.
Top-tier quality content! You guys are crushing it as always. So stoked for the very well-deserved success. I subscribed around 200k subscribers, and it has skyrocketed since then. Keep it up, guys! 🙏
best video yet! love it. gotta say l really respect GSP & Khabib - they're my top 2 talents ever. If GSP had beaten Khabib, which l kinda doubt would've happened, he would be the GOAT of mma.
definitely , just got done hearing how every doctor denied him the able to fight with his condition besides one doctor and turns out to win the title . that's some good stuff right there.
breaks my heart to see gegard leave the ufc when he did because I truly believed that he would become champion but i guess it will always be a big what if.
BJ Penn's victory over Matt Hughes was one of the biggest stories of 2004, but he was only going to get peanuts to defend his title in a main event. He went to Romanex and got paid more than twice as much. Murilo Bustamante won the middleweight title in 2002, defended it once, then went to Pride.
GSP physically couldnt defend the middleweight title because of the issues with his body, in part from gaining the weight. I do think he would have had a unification bout with bobby knuckles if he could, but not if it was Romero XD
19:09 but watching BJ Penn in the last fights that he had mainly The Ultimate Fighter fight that was sad to see. It reminded me of like one of those fighters in the Nintendo game he was just standing there and taking a major beating I believe it was I could be wrong but Frankie Edgar
Some people don't understand that some fighters don't care about "defending" the title and that's perfectly ok. Earning it is already a great accomplishment
Some people dont understand this isn't WWE and there are top contenders waiting to fulfill their own dream of being champion, holding the title hostage is a bum ass move no matter how you slice it.
24:55 I love how Khabib was so genuinely happy to see George those two love eachother Khabib's father's favorite fighter was GSP so Khabib actually idolized him in a way aswell there's a part of me that is happy they never fought I doubt Abdulmanap would have wanted that to happen either because for the first time in his life he would have been torn watching His son and his favorite fighter of all time go at it because honestly GSP was to strong for Khabib and I think Abdul would have been crushed to see him lose to George and I doubt George would have felt very good about the victory afterwards either best let them be friends to the end like Abdul would have wanted.
Bas Rutten is not talked about enough in my opinion, truly a pioneer when my dad first got me into mixed martial arts as a kid one of the first tapes he ever showed me was bas rutten in pancreas
The issue is that most had at least once fight in the UFC. There is Fedor, Bibiano Fernandez, but I can't really think of many more names that are notable.
It's like there's a hidden entity behind closed doors that has access to the future and has the perfect set of people to create a juggernaut enterprise. Like Star Wars.
16:43 wow that makes me want to cry honestly not really sucks. Imagine doing something that you love even though there's something wrong with you the best doctor about the situation clears you but nobody else will ever maybe that doctor retired and now he's screwed that sucks. That's depressing but still pretty freaking cool that he won the title and one again after
We have the same opinion on the Hendo knockout on bisping. My uncle ordered that ppv so I got to see it live and I lost my shit. I was super into the us vs uk season and I hated bisping watching that season, so when hendo knocked him into another dimension I was ecstatic!
At 15:52 😅 looks almost like he's tapping while setting up a body shot. Don't let those UFC judges see that. Sterling may have lost his belt even quicker vs O'malley.
The reason why the ufc was able to get out of debt at first was tuf..they said you got a 5k bonus for a ko or submission besides that you got nothing but be grateful to trying out for the ufc so they basically had a lot of those tuf fights for free
There is one fighter that is arguable that it was his choice to leave. His medical condition made it impossible to get cleared in the US, so it was either fight in obscurity or retire.
I am not sure GSP is the GOAT, but elite for sure. I always liked him both as a fighter in the ring, and around the sport. He always seemed respectful and had honor. Always touched gloves, congratulated his opponents, etc. Even when he kept getting called for low blows against Hughes, he apologized and really it was Matt that was lowering down so what would have been a thigh kick became an illegal hit.
you maybe correct about GSP & PED's but i dont care if he did use them or not. As a human being that carried himself with decency, he will never be mentioned in the same phrases as those Other fighters you listed. he retained an Integrity they never can!
@StevelyBruckShut He had the chance to fight Anderson when he was champ and declined it. He strategically cherry picked Bisping regardless of the eye, he knew it was a favorable match-up compared to all the others.
GSP medically vacated. He was never a natural 185 lb athlete. His weight gain & regiment caused colitis. It was a result of him force feeding himself to be competitive at 185 lbs. He didn't want to stay at 185 lbs. It was never his natural weight class.
Hendo really is the embodiment of a prize fighter. Dude knew his worth. Wish more mma fighters had this mentality
1/2/4/5 Hendo
No you don't. The best fighters will not fight the best fighters. It will turn into the bullshit boxing has.
Conor was a double champ in the organization he fought for before he came to the UFC. McGreggor is the only fighter in history, to my knowledge, to ever hold FOUR championship belts and not defend a single one of them. Disgraceful.
I’m old so before iPhones and maybe RUclips Hendo was like… the white whale of hard ass mf’s him and Fedor. Hendo having a business plan and steam rolling mf’s is really inspiring.
The rivalry between eddie alvarez and chandler is sooo underrated
Two of the best fights ever, i wish we had a trilogy
To be fair GSP made the right decision. As we have seen fighters fight way past their prime and take unnecessary damage.
@@beaualoevvthen every goat is overrated. Jon Jones is about to retire, he is gonna leave without fighting the interim holder(which is an obligation that the champ needs to fight the interim when healthy)does that mean he's scared of Tom? Ofc not. Im not even a Jon Jones fan but he definitely isn't scared of Tom. Does him retiring mean he's scared? Does that mean he can no longer be top 3?
I think gsp developed IBS during training for the Bisping fight. He said stress played a factor in flare ups and would focus on his health rather than continue fighting.
@@KamikazeSam27He may not be scared of Tom, but he’s definitely scared of the much higher chance of losing.
Also, now he gets to train and sparr with teachers like John Danaher for... Fun and love of the art, just because.
@@beaualoevv What a wild and absolutely comical take. Fought BJ twice, Hughes twice, Serra twice (avenging his TKO loss), beat Koschek, Dan Hardy, Alves, Shields, Nick Diaz, Hendricks and beat the Middleweight champ after a 4 year layoff and you think hes scared to fight. LOL. You don't have to agree he's goat but scared to fight? LOL.
To a newcomer, this is a welcomed history lesson and one much needed when discussing the historicity of fights and fighters alike. Big ups to you MMAOnPoint👍🏻
I probably got seriously into mma 4-5 years ago, MMAOnPoint is a god send for people trying to quickly catch up on all the mma lore. 90% of mma history that I know to this day was probably learned in a month by binging their videos those years ago
I’ve never heard the word historicity. Had to look it up lol
“You can’t just come back and pick fights for a belt” Dana ‘Jon Jones can do whatever he wants’ White
"Jon Jones will never headline a UFC fight again".
- Dana White
Jon Jones gets what he wants because if he doesn't fight the UFC doesn't make as much money as they could be if he is fighting. Guy is a HUGE PPV draw.
Yh what's your point
@@CSNA_Gaming he ain't tho lol.
@@BatCaveOz I'm almost certain that Dana would fuck Jon Jones if he asked. Dude is way too protective of him; there's something fishy about it. JBJ must have some blackmail material on Dana and/or the UFC.
This is probably the best video you guys have ever put out! Love the long format and deep backstory on every fighter! Keeps this style coming!
Lovato Jr is also one of the nicest guys. I met him at my first bjj tourney where my professor couldn't be there. Lovato offered to coach me in my bracket as long as it wasn't against one of his students. Really nice guy.
Good lord i thought the ladt video was your greatest upload yet. This channel has THE BEST content💯
Every time I see that Ngannou clip of his entrance for the Fury fight, I think it's from a movie. They had the highest quality cameras for that fight.
One more thing I'm learning through this video is that Michael Schiavello is the ONE commentator in all organizations other than UFC😂 His voice can be heard in 80% of the clips in this video.👏a legend!
Definitely used to be THE international card guy for a long time haha.
Dudes a fuckin legend. He’d commentate a colonoscopy
He is the worst voice/commentator in MMA, an absolute punish to listen to and I’m saying this as an Australian 😂
My fave thing about him is I'm from Melbourne so he would call the local fights I used to go to all the time. Legit saw the dude come up from the bottom
@@SevastianGrimm Bro unless you are aboriginal then you aren't Aussie. You are European.
Australians are black
Thank you so much for mousasis recap yes he's definitely a beast he never got his deserved recognition from Dana white.
Gagards rant was hilarious 😂😂😂
3 Champs in 11 months is huge when talking about heavyweight. A division where the champ fights once every 2 yrs if your lucky. 205 and heavyweight don't live up to the "best fighting the best standard" of the ufc. Neither have this decade.
That van damme wink killed me 😂
Lol he's in love. 🍻🙋
I'm surprised Jens Pulver wasn't mentioned. Still a LW GOAT, in my opinion. 👍
Jens defended his belt
But he defended his belt, so he doesn’t fit the format of this video
"you can't just come out and hand pick fights you want for titles" Dana white 🤣🤣🤣🤣 typical dana quotes aging like milk covington, jones, cejudo etc
This is a fantastic video.
The passion comes through about MMA.
*What a great channel this is. I'm sincerely grateful that we 'crossed paths'.*
Dan Henderson vs Carlos Newton is one of those fights where you have to go back and watch it again. Under the modern criteria Newton would have absolutely won, it's very similar to the argument that people make for Randleman versus Rutten. But a punch delivered by Newton broke Henderson's jaw in this fight and he basically had to rely on his wrestling. Under different scoring criteria it is undoubtable that Carlos Newton would have become Canada's first and only Tournament Champion 🏆🇨🇦
If the newton fight happened after the 90s he would have won
@@mynameisnotbob6369 Agreed. This was around the aforementioned period where they started to emphasize more points for grappling, which is why it's odd that they scored the fight at UFC 20 for Rutten (though I can see how they did even back then due to Randleman's inactivity after round one). The judging criteria saw another change in standards after 1990s as ur mentioned. And again most recently this year. Regardless if it was about damage back then, Henderson shouldn't have won that fight. Carlos Newton's record is also deceiving, it does not reflect what type of martial artist he was, he often faced men much bigger than he was and also fought many of the best in his era.
If the fight happend in 2001 the decision would have went diffrent
@@mynameisnotbob6369 I agree 100%
@@canadianbacon9819 i would consider modern mma when ufc implemented mandatory gloves and when guys like maurice smith came around
This whole video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm finna be on this list within a decade.
Top-tier quality content! You guys are crushing it as always. So stoked for the very well-deserved success. I subscribed around 200k subscribers, and it has skyrocketed since then. Keep it up, guys! 🙏
I think i subscribed in early 2018.
Conor won 4 belts and never defended any of them, #1
@@beaualoevvConor lost to Khabib, you could argue that Islam is equal or better.
@@gh0rochi363Islam has fought who?
Porier, Volk twice, charles oliveira. He will not lose and will retire with one loss@@Lukasmaximus360
this video was amazingly edited
Those Reem body shots! OOOF
10:24 - Sometimes when life gets tough you just have to take it on the chin, but nobody is more prepared to do that than this guy.
Conor #1 to never defend
best video yet! love it. gotta say l really respect GSP & Khabib - they're my top 2 talents ever. If GSP had beaten Khabib, which l kinda doubt would've happened, he would be the GOAT of mma.
I never knew that about Lavato Jr. What a story… 😢
definitely , just got done hearing how every doctor denied him the able to fight with his condition besides one doctor and turns out to win the title . that's some good stuff right there.
Hendo was one of my favorites. The fact he trained a lot about 6 miles from my house was crazy too.
Claude Van Damm winking at fedor 😂
Excellent piece
breaks my heart to see gegard leave the ufc when he did because I truly believed that he would become champion but i guess it will always be a big what if.
Great vid!
GSP did have oilgate tho 😂
BJ Penn's victory over Matt Hughes was one of the biggest stories of 2004, but he was only going to get peanuts to defend his title in a main event. He went to Romanex and got paid more than twice as much.
Murilo Bustamante won the middleweight title in 2002, defended it once, then went to Pride.
GSP physically couldnt defend the middleweight title because of the issues with his body, in part from gaining the weight. I do think he would have had a unification bout with bobby knuckles if he could, but not if it was Romero XD
He didn't gain weight to fight at middleweight...
@@Lukasmaximus360yep, he didbt have to cut much
10:13 Prolonged eye contact!!! 😂
MMA On Point = 💯
That last comment from Dana about coming back and picking fights is hilarious after the last few years
19:09 but watching BJ Penn in the last fights that he had mainly The Ultimate Fighter fight that was sad to see. It reminded me of like one of those fighters in the Nintendo game he was just standing there and taking a major beating I believe it was I could be wrong but Frankie Edgar
Gr8 vid!
Excellent story telling.
nice analysis
GSP is the goat. No out of the ring issues. No steroids. He is the best of the best. In my opinion, of course.
0:54 seconds in... Connor needs to be on this list twice.
Some people don't understand that some fighters don't care about "defending" the title and that's perfectly ok. Earning it is already a great accomplishment
Some people dont understand this isn't WWE and there are top contenders waiting to fulfill their own dream of being champion, holding the title hostage is a bum ass move no matter how you slice it.
Bisping was the fourth ace in GSP win column. Newton faced 4 aces (Hughes, Sakuraba, Henderson, Silva) but lost to all 4.
24:55 I love how Khabib was so genuinely happy to see George those two love eachother Khabib's father's favorite fighter was GSP so Khabib actually idolized him in a way aswell there's a part of me that is happy they never fought I doubt Abdulmanap would have wanted that to happen either because for the first time in his life he would have been torn watching His son and his favorite fighter of all time go at it because honestly GSP was to strong for Khabib and I think Abdul would have been crushed to see him lose to George and I doubt George would have felt very good about the victory afterwards either best let them be friends to the end like Abdul would have wanted.
Bas Rutten is not talked about enough in my opinion, truly a pioneer when my dad first got me into mixed martial arts as a kid one of the first tapes he ever showed me was bas rutten in pancreas
Did you do a video on 《Most decorated fighters to never fight in the UFC》?
The issue is that most had at least once fight in the UFC. There is Fedor, Bibiano Fernandez, but I can't really think of many more names that are notable.
I had to rewind and caught the prolonged eye contact Bo Burnham reference 😆
It's like there's a hidden entity behind closed doors that has access to the future and has the perfect set of people to create a juggernaut enterprise. Like Star Wars.
Can i get a 20 minute in depth video on the background on whatever the fuck that was between JCVD and Fedor.
They love each other
🍻🙋
dana white with gsp "you cant come out and handpick fights for titles"
jon jones "wanna see me do it again?"
GSP had the Vaseline scandal.
16:43 wow that makes me want to cry honestly not really sucks. Imagine doing something that you love even though there's something wrong with you the best doctor about the situation clears you but nobody else will ever maybe that doctor retired and now he's screwed that sucks. That's depressing but still pretty freaking cool that he won the title and one again after
Overeem was built like a ninja turtle.
Lovato's story is amazing. If there's a MMA hall of fame he should be a shoe in.
We have the same opinion on the Hendo knockout on bisping. My uncle ordered that ppv so I got to see it live and I lost my shit. I was super into the us vs uk season and I hated bisping watching that season, so when hendo knocked him into another dimension I was ecstatic!
At 15:52 😅 looks almost like he's tapping while setting up a body shot. Don't let those UFC judges see that. Sterling may have lost his belt even quicker vs O'malley.
The reason why the ufc was able to get out of debt at first was tuf..they said you got a 5k bonus for a ko or submission besides that you got nothing but be grateful to trying out for the ufc so they basically had a lot of those tuf fights for free
I miss hdnet and all it's MMA content it was something different and exciting every week
After the Nigerian Nightmare made Eddie's corner throw in the towel I doubt he will ever fight again.
There is one fighter that is arguable that it was his choice to leave. His medical condition made it impossible to get cleared in the US, so it was either fight in obscurity or retire.
I never knew about Lavato. Amazing story.
Lovato punching Mousassi in the back of the head in that fight changed the fight.
Glory doesn’t own K-1. They just bought their old pre-2012 video library
Is this the before you buy voice ?
I am not sure GSP is the GOAT, but elite for sure. I always liked him both as a fighter in the ring, and around the sport. He always seemed respectful and had honor. Always touched gloves, congratulated his opponents, etc.
Even when he kept getting called for low blows against Hughes, he apologized and really it was Matt that was lowering down so what would have been a thigh kick became an illegal hit.
Good ole Hendo Henderson…. MMAs favorite lot lizard. Here today gone tomorrow coming to an organization near you. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
you maybe correct about GSP & PED's but i dont care if he did use them or not. As a human being that carried himself with decency, he will never be mentioned in the same phrases as those Other fighters you listed. he retained an Integrity they never can!
GSP achieved his dream and got out for his family. All the while humiliating Dana. Thats a W.
A 30 min video that isn’t Tommy ToeFung? That’s crazy.
10:11 lmao, was JCVD trying to get in Fedor's pants?
GSP didn't want that Whitaker smoke, just a one-eyed Bisping and dipped.
GSP would of easily beat whitaker but then you have paulo costa, a more juiced hendricks
You say that like he knew Bisping had one eye
@@beaualoevv lmao according to whom?
@StevelyBruckShut He had the chance to fight Anderson when he was champ and declined it. He strategically cherry picked Bisping regardless of the eye, he knew it was a favorable match-up compared to all the others.
@@kr1me2000 disagree.
Dream wasn’t owned by the same company as Pride. It was owned by the company that ran K-1 and HERO’S
Can confirm baus's pain. I had the same thing and I couldnt move without screaming in pain because im no where near as tough as baus haha
If stipe never fighters.. Jon is running off in the sunset with the hw title 🏃🏿♂️
Nah he whoops Aspinal then rides off
What’s the outro music ?
GSP medically vacated. He was never a natural 185 lb athlete. His weight gain & regiment caused colitis. It was a result of him force feeding himself to be competitive at 185 lbs. He didn't want to stay at 185 lbs. It was never his natural weight class.
GSP never walked around at 170.
LMAO what's up with JCVD. 🍻🙋
Ya people have no idea about Hendo .. first guy to hold two belts in two weight classes..
seeing chandler in that war against eddie makes me wish he didn't wait for conor, dude coulda had 3 really good fights in that time.
Hit & run ftw boys
F The White boys? WTF. 🍻🙋
Needs more Tommy or the tennis commentator guy.
What about the most delusional MMA fighter of all time? Kevin Lee finally gets #1
Ya know in hindsight it seems pretty obvious Jean-Claude was not straight…
Wait, he came out already?
Jason, my man.....
Give us some SOUL
Is the voice of the game review guy ?
Fear The Consequences!
I feel like disappeared isn't the right word for a few of these
You know, MMA on point missed the chance to made the title as "10 Champs who won and gone"
Damn. Fedor gets to be a living shotgun blast, a champion, and also gets a wink from JCVD?
A man can truly have it all.
Holy shit this whole time I thought it was GDR who chose to drop the belt
Leon 💀
Surprised Jens Pulver didn't make the list.
Background song?
If eddie doent get dropped its not a fight
9:23 No, he had another MMA fight in 2006 actually.
Heres a video for you. "Fighters that speedran the destruction of their legacy". Inspired by Jones ofc..