Chael, you should know that Khabib flatly refused to fight at 170. He has repeated over and over throughout his career that 155 is his division, he dismissed any idea of competing at 170 on multiple occasions.
Weight bulling is a real thing. Look how McGregor shined at 145 after he endured the sacrifice of those brutal weight cuts . I don't see Topuria rolling over or cleaning out 170 like he did 145
Here is the thing guys. Ilia is not moving to LW. At least not in his next two fights. Ilia is smart. He's telling UFC that he needs a better deal without saying that publicly. He doesn't want to be in the bad books of the UFC or his fans by saying he is not interested in fighting Volk or Lopez. He's just saying all this to the UFC to pay him more to stay in the division. He very well understands that UFC has to keep him FW and Islam will not fight another FW. It's just a smart strategy by Ilia to negotiate without p!zzing off the fans.
That might be true but have you seen ilia’s cutting weight vids? Horrifying, as younger fighter he failed to make a weight for bw, and when UfC wanted he move up in LW and KOed Herbert so there is more to his moving to LW
@tatarose5628 No I haven't seen the vids. But for every fighter weight cut is always a fight before the real fight. In the case of some fighters like Khabib, Khamzat and maybe Ilia too it's actually bigger than the real fight. Weight cuts are not healthy, they have long term effects as well so in case Ilia is serious about moving to LW then maybe he developed some health complications.
Mcgregor never defended his titles and look how he’s done. Ilia atleast defended. Fact is, you can’t force him to make weight for 145 and there’s a lot more fights to make for him at 155.
Yeah, it worked out great. Maybe if Ilia continues emulating him, then one day, he can be found liable in a civil court for grape and lose all his sponsors, too!
@@LarryMayvid I assumed it would be taken for granted that people would have enough sense to know I didn’t mean he should emulate his personal life which everyone knows is a shit show. But there’s always gotta be that one guy who trolls comment sections to throw in some kind of snarky critique. Anyone can troll and critique. Look at you, the word is rape. Your fn replying to a comment and stating a fact. Conor was convicted of rape in a civil court. Content creators say “grape” so they don’t get demonetized. I’ve already given you far too much attention. I’m done 🤡🧌
Ilia shared his aspirations of becoming 3 divisions champion. He also claimed that beating Belal is easy money for him. According to his coach he is -185lb and he needs to cut weight to get to 170lb. He might as well start with conquering 170 division first.
topuria is in a difficult spot. He is barely 5'7 with a fully defined six pack at 180lbs. That build must be brutal for cutting weight. LW is already a tough division for him due to the average fighter being tall af lol divisions are so distorted in the ufc, WW is too much
If he’s popular a crowd favourite, they throw roses. typically in bullfighting if you do a good job you get to cut and keep an ear, if you do a great job you get both ears, if you have an outstanding fight you get the ears and the tail. Getting the tail is very difficult and very prestigious. If you want to learn a little bit about bullfighting read Ernest Hemingways “the sun also rises”
He needs to fight Lopes and do the Volk rematch, tired of guys moving up with like 1 defense tbh. Plus we just watched this champ (Islam) do it twice. Something else please.
@@Loudaddy let evo lopes and volk sort it out between them for the interm belt then illia can come down and whoop whoever comes out on top. Max could even stay down he has a better chance of winning that belt back now. Way more exciting fights for illia in lw, can’t let this generational talent go to waste fighting mid contenders. I mean volk isn’t mid but he’s pushing 40, lopes has multiple loses, has good performances but also looks quite vulnerable as well, that 3rd round against ige was bad, totally gassed out and on the verge of getting hurt badly. Even looked gassed against Ortega late. Evo hasn’t finished a single fight, that’s got to be some kind of record. Do you honestly think any of these guys could beat illia, waste of our time and his. Illia wants to fight the best guys he can, you should be thankful illia wants to give fans top notch fights
Holey crap Chael, that was beautiful bro, pops new what he was talking about, and you sure did too. Good for you Chael give em hell, ask those real questions!
Topuria was at 155 lbs then he went down like so many lightweights did, they all came back to lightweight so why no Topuria? Charlie Olives, Dan Hooker, Dustin Poirier, Michael Johnson did so what's the problem? There's no one at featherweight to fight for Topuria. Maybe Evloev and Lopez at the most but those are not motivativing fights for Topuria.
challengers can move up but champions halting the whole division because they are the target and without them the division is without direction to the degree it's totally pointless
Dude, the fighters at 145 aren’t a challenge for illia, do you really think any of them could beat illia. Lopes has had multiple loses, evolev hasn’t finished anyone, volk is pushing 40. Why waste our time and his fighting mid contenders. Hes a generational fighter, dont you want him fighting the best possible fights
Except he goes to 170 and fight night, he’s fighting a 200lb guy who rehydrated, etc where he’s not gonna cut and naturally be around 170…. Dude would be fighting up almost 20 to 30lb-- not gonna be good for em. Bad take.
Chail, brother I agree 100%.. I never believed that just because you are a bit hevier it makes you favorite, it has some advantage but also being smaller has advantages, you are quicker.. You a bad mofo chail and mma fans are very pround of you as a very cool journalist and as a fighter and a showman you have all the respect from us, from real hardcore mma fans.. thsnk you fot all your carier and what you are doing right now as a journalist.. we love you man, and appreciate your pasion for tge sport we love so much..🫡
What you smoking Chanel?! Nothing could be worse for his career than going to welterweight. Imagine him getting mauled by the likes of Shavkat, Belal (not a fan but he’s way bigger and would man handle him with his wrestling), Usman or Chimaev if they decide to come back down, even Buckley, JDM, sean Brady, MVP and Leon all smash him just on sheer size advantage.
at the end of the day illia will do what ufc tells him to do. idk what these people moaning about, if its not possible to compete in both divisions, ufc will tell him to stay in 145
imho a dumb move by topuria. yes he beat volk and max at 145 but in terms of legacy he could so easily build up a bunch of defenses at 145 now and be considered the goat. at least in my book personally beating the goat alone does not make you the goat
The great Pat Sonnen! lol anyways I think Illia would be an awesome lightweight, he could def be champion there. He’s a huge 145er to begin with, 155 seems like it would be a natural move
One man's chicken shit move is another mans strategic manoeuvre. If you are looking at it from career perspective, you can potentially earn more money by being a multiple weight champion. And logically if you want the two belts feather in your cap, you start at the lowest weight you can make and then move up. Its what Conor did to become the biggest star in the UFC, and that man looked like a skeleton on the scale the night he weighed in for Aldo. No-one called that a chicken shit move at the time. But Chael equates a cut to 155 as being equivalent to a cut to 145, so why not dispense with cutting altogether and make 170? So you won't be considered a coward? Ridiculous. Khamzat nearly had a title at welter before he was forced to move up, his career would have been greater if he had gotten the 170 strap before moving up, he just couldn't cut it anymore. Khabib cut lots of weight to make 155, is he a chicken shit? Chael has one narrative for one guy, and an entirely different spin for another, meaning he lacks any real conviction on the subject
Realistically Islam has a better chance of moving up than topuria so he will need to wait for Islam to become double champ before he fights Islam so he will need to fight a contender. Even then at 170 he loses to Leon JDM Shankat and Usman (don’t forget he took khamzat to a close fight on 1 week notice)
Considering Ilia has run directly towards the toughest tests at 145 and 155 none of what Chael said makes any sense given the man we are discussing. Sure it applies generally but that’s not what we were discussing. A bit of digression as usual 😂
I think your having fun. In my honest opinion, those would be straight miss matches. Those dudes could take his power no problem. Topuria would eventually catch a (L) so bad that I would turn him into Tony Ferguson.
He wants Makachev at all costs.. even if it means to leave the belt and move to 155 he will do it, besides there are a lot of interesting fights for him there like paddy, charles, chandler, and the man itself Islam.
I like the match up choices. Paddy vs Topuria has a built in past dispute , which would be great. Paddy has some (small) bit of Conor McGregor charisma to carry a back and forth feud. But he has a reverse dominant skill set with his grappling jutitsu. Perhaps the fight would be challenged on the ground (for a change )
Islam said if illia wants to come up to 155 and fight him for the belt he can but he would need to fight a tip contender at 15t first. He thought Charles would be a good fight.
Very inciteful, I've never associated cutting weight to be chickenshit, but i understand. But if the tougher competition is at the lower weight class then it could be considered tough. I think most would consider 10 lbs a negligible advantage/disadvantage. So what if there was less weight classes and they were divided by not only weight but size too?
I think to face Topuria requires a fighter who is clever and agile in using his feet or kicks, both to maintain distance and weapons to destroy Topuria, namely with hard and continuous "calf kicks" (Topuria's style and standing position, it is very possible to do Calf Kicks) and occasionally to the chest and head, besides that he must also be good at boxing and fighting on the ground... And fighters who have the skills and abilities and fighting style are like "Usman Nurmagomedov" the Welterweight champion from Bellator or maybe "Umar Nurmagomedov" the No.1 contender in the bantamweight class… 👍👍👍💪💪💪 or maybe the upgraded “Volkanovski”…? or "Diego Lopes"…? Or "Yair Rodriguez" (but he is not good in ground fight)… ❓❓❓
That's a good breakdown. I feel that a fighter in his prime plus knock out power nettilizes a lot of stuff . All. Strategy changes when you get hit hard and can't handle it.
I think ilia should let the division sort out a number one contender Volk should fight Diego or Movzar and in the meantime let him fight a top contender at lightweight
I like that match up. But do we as fans want a Michelle waterson send off, or a Robbie Lawler. I would prefer they all get adored, appreciated , admired , applauded. Final Exit with satisfaction
People will cry about this but the UFC is going to match up paddy with hooker or poirier or gaethje or chandler and if he wins, he'll get a title shot immediately
MMA community pardon my Uncle Chael. You see he’s getting a bit old and he’s neglecting to mention that the fighters in welterweight are significantly bigger than this man. He’s 5’7 that’s why he fights at 145. 155 is doable. 170, really? Imagine him versus Leon or even JDM or Cumshot. Come on.
No doubt. 170 lbs has never been BIGger😂 lots of 6ft --- 6ft 3 guys --- Ilia would be really small at 170lbs..... but he is TALENTED enough to make a run at a Championship vs Islam at 155 lbs
That's a good point . I don't see Topuria beating up Buckley, Belal or shavkat, not in this particular universe. They weight cut for a reason. It places fighters were they can be their most competitive. You have to (win some ) or why do it.
Thats why you can hate Colby but the dude really doesnt cut weight and you gotta respect that. Also you dweebs can hate on Izzy but just remember he beat Alex who was huge for that weight class.
Why do the Russian’s get a fast pass to greatness?? Who did kahobib beat? His cousin didn’t beat Jon Jones resume…but they’re in the same class cuz why???
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Chael your dad must have been a bloody legend bro.
Chael is Chael’s dad’s DAD
Yes, I am a legend
@@562XXXXX so then.... Chael is his own grandpa?
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How about ilia at 205? I could see a ilia vs jiri if jiri beats jumball
ilia vs aspinall for the belt
ilia vs derrick lewis
Stefan Struve should come back and fight Ilia at 265
Give him Jones
Chael, you should know that Khabib flatly refused to fight at 170. He has repeated over and over throughout his career that 155 is his division, he dismissed any idea of competing at 170 on multiple occasions.
Sounds liike a Chicken Shit
Weight bulling is a real thing. Look how McGregor shined at 145 after he endured the sacrifice of those brutal weight cuts . I don't see Topuria rolling over or cleaning out 170 like he did 145
@@kev30631 yes, welterweight many taller fighter than Topuria
Even the few times when he missed weight he still refused to go up weight class lol and two of those were for titles I think
Khabib never refused welterweight because it was never offered in the first place, he made it public that he would not fight his friend Kamaru.
No lie as a wrestler who used to cut a lot, this was one of the most thought provoking videos I’ve watched in a while
Chael back in studio hits different
You aint never lied. Facts
Vid starts 1:29
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Welterweight should be bumped up to 175, and make a new 165 division!
130-145-160-175-190-205-220+ 15 pounds increment is around 5KG, which is fair difference. 3kg difference between weight classes is total bs
I retired from being single because I was tired of keeping weight. I get it, Ilia.
keeping weight? Did you mean cutting weight?
@@25Soupy he means he got married and fat
@@25SoupyNo, I'm pretty sure he didn't cut weight. Best we could do is keep it and not gain 😂😂😂
Here is the thing guys. Ilia is not moving to LW. At least not in his next two fights.
Ilia is smart. He's telling UFC that he needs a better deal without saying that publicly. He doesn't want to be in the bad books of the UFC or his fans by saying he is not interested in fighting Volk or Lopez. He's just saying all this to the UFC to pay him more to stay in the division. He very well understands that UFC has to keep him FW and Islam will not fight another FW.
It's just a smart strategy by Ilia to negotiate without p!zzing off the fans.
That might be true but have you seen ilia’s cutting weight vids? Horrifying, as younger fighter he failed to make a weight for bw, and when UfC wanted he move up in LW and KOed Herbert so there is more to his moving to LW
@tatarose5628 No I haven't seen the vids. But for every fighter weight cut is always a fight before the real fight. In the case of some fighters like Khabib, Khamzat and maybe Ilia too it's actually bigger than the real fight.
Weight cuts are not healthy, they have long term effects as well so in case Ilia is serious about moving to LW then maybe he developed some health complications.
I don't think he wants to fight Lopez for fear of losing. Lopez striking and submissions are high level.
Mcgregor never defended his titles and look how he’s done. Ilia atleast defended. Fact is, you can’t force him to make weight for 145 and there’s a lot more fights to make for him at 155.
Yeah, it worked out great. Maybe if Ilia continues emulating him, then one day, he can be found liable in a civil court for grape and lose all his sponsors, too!
@@LarryMayvid I assumed it would be taken for granted that people would have enough sense to know I didn’t mean he should emulate his personal life which everyone knows is a shit show. But there’s always gotta be that one guy who trolls comment sections to throw in some kind of snarky critique.
Anyone can troll and critique. Look at you, the word is rape. Your fn replying to a comment and stating a fact. Conor was convicted of rape in a civil court. Content creators say “grape” so they don’t get demonetized. I’ve already given you far too much attention. I’m done 🤡🧌
@@LarryMayvid clown
Chael’s Dad was awesome! I wish we could have been able to meet him with Chael via video.
That might be my new favorite anti-weight cutting rant 😂
Ilia shared his aspirations of becoming 3 divisions champion. He also claimed that beating Belal is easy money for him. According to his coach he is -185lb and he needs to cut weight to get to 170lb. He might as well start with conquering 170 division first.
If you believe he would stand a chance against someone like Shavkat who is 16cm taller than Ilia you are just stupid. I am sorry.
I’m glad you brought up the boxing weight classes. I’m not a fighter but was a powerlifter and always laughed at the boxing weight classes.
topuria is in a difficult spot. He is barely 5'7 with a fully defined six pack at 180lbs. That build must be brutal for cutting weight. LW is already a tough division for him due to the average fighter being tall af lol divisions are so distorted in the ufc, WW is too much
Chael is a monster on the mic 🎤 period
Patiently waiting for response to Gilbert
Conceive believe achieve 😂
51 minutes worth 😂
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Really getting tough to watch, and I hate saying it because I love this guy
Uncle Chael- The Rose 🌹 is because Topuria nickname is The Matador. I think they throw roses when the matador kills the bull in Spain
If he’s popular a crowd favourite, they throw roses. typically in bullfighting if you do a good job you get to cut and keep an ear, if you do a great job you get both ears, if you have an outstanding fight you get the ears and the tail. Getting the tail is very difficult and very prestigious. If you want to learn a little bit about bullfighting read Ernest Hemingways “the sun also rises”
If Topuria can crack Max granite chin, no one at LW is safe.
He needs to fight Lopes and do the Volk rematch, tired of guys moving up with like 1 defense tbh. Plus we just watched this champ (Islam) do it twice. Something else please.
@@jahvedcole here here, sick of it!
@@jahvedcolewhy do you wanna see the volk rematch?
This is why everyone hates illia. His slob nobber fans are so delusional. Get off your knees lil bro
Ilia will definitely have a speed advantage at 155 lbs--- certainly has the hands to KO any 155lbs er
He doesnt want to give up the 45 title and move to 55. So the weight cutting excuse is BS. He wants to fight at both 45 and 55
And…..
@@malvarez8484and he has one defense and is holding that division up. He has the same defenses as Sean o Malley. He hasn’t done anything
@@Loudaddy let evo lopes and volk sort it out between them for the interm belt then illia can come down and whoop whoever comes out on top. Max could even stay down he has a better chance of winning that belt back now. Way more exciting fights for illia in lw, can’t let this generational talent go to waste fighting mid contenders. I mean volk isn’t mid but he’s pushing 40, lopes has multiple loses, has good performances but also looks quite vulnerable as well, that 3rd round against ige was bad, totally gassed out and on the verge of getting hurt badly. Even looked gassed against Ortega late. Evo hasn’t finished a single fight, that’s got to be some kind of record. Do you honestly think any of these guys could beat illia, waste of our time and his. Illia wants to fight the best guys he can, you should be thankful illia wants to give fans top notch fights
Holey crap Chael, that was beautiful bro, pops new what he was talking about, and you sure did too. Good for you Chael give em hell, ask those real questions!
8:16 was that an edition error not bleeping over that? Cause Chael don't swear!
Best argument Chanel. Pound for Pound title should be given to whoever is willing to fight at any given weight
Bro imagine Topuria knocks Conor out at 160
never thought about it like this but I'm sure they dont do this because of the pure size difference and strength difference
Topuria was at 155 lbs then he went down like so many lightweights did, they all came back to lightweight so why no Topuria? Charlie Olives, Dan Hooker, Dustin Poirier, Michael Johnson did so what's the problem? There's no one at featherweight to fight for Topuria. Maybe Evloev and Lopez at the most but those are not motivativing fights for Topuria.
Dan hooker is a heavyweight
challengers can move up but champions halting the whole division because they are the target and without them the division is without direction to the degree it's totally pointless
I hate that every champion wants to move up which is horrible for the division and I think it's unfair to deny challengers the opportunity
Dude, the fighters at 145 aren’t a challenge for illia, do you really think any of them could beat illia. Lopes has had multiple loses, evolev hasn’t finished anyone, volk is pushing 40. Why waste our time and his fighting mid contenders. Hes a generational fighter, dont you want him fighting the best possible fights
Except he goes to 170 and fight night, he’s fighting a 200lb guy who rehydrated, etc where he’s not gonna cut and naturally be around 170…. Dude would be fighting up almost 20 to 30lb-- not gonna be good for em. Bad take.
Chail, brother I agree 100%.. I never believed that just because you are a bit hevier it makes you favorite, it has some advantage but also being smaller has advantages, you are quicker.. You a bad mofo chail and mma fans are very pround of you as a very cool journalist and as a fighter and a showman you have all the respect from us, from real hardcore mma fans.. thsnk you fot all your carier and what you are doing right now as a journalist.. we love you man, and appreciate your pasion for tge sport we love so much..🫡
This is about Colby getting his ass kicked by a bigger dude, in case anyone was wondering
How’s Colby’s face doing?
You are off on this one Chael.. The monsters at 170? That’s not a big deal?
Damn chael shots fired!
I can see why Illia wanting to fight at 155 because that's a very tough division more than 170.
What you smoking Chanel?! Nothing could be worse for his career than going to welterweight. Imagine him getting mauled by the likes of Shavkat, Belal (not a fan but he’s way bigger and would man handle him with his wrestling), Usman or Chimaev if they decide to come back down, even Buckley, JDM, sean Brady, MVP and Leon all smash him just on sheer size advantage.
Talk of Illia at 70 is just silly. For reference Chimaev fought at 170 until recently. 45 to 70 is insane jump and Illia is not a huge feather
at the end of the day illia will do what ufc tells him to do. idk what these people moaning about, if its not possible to compete in both divisions, ufc will tell him to stay in 145
imho a dumb move by topuria. yes he beat volk and max at 145 but in terms of legacy he could so easily build up a bunch of defenses at 145 now and be considered the goat. at least in my book personally beating the goat alone does not make you the goat
Someone with a brain. This is like calling Conor the goat cause he slept aldo in 13s but never fought at 45 again. Ilia is doing the same thing
Uncle Chael trying to set up Ilia v Colby 😂
When did the promos go to 90 seconds🤣
1:27 video starts.
Topuria cant deal with the height difference at 170lbs.
The great Pat Sonnen! lol anyways I think Illia would be an awesome lightweight, he could def be champion there. He’s a huge 145er to begin with, 155 seems like it would be a natural move
One man's chicken shit move is another mans strategic manoeuvre. If you are looking at it from career perspective, you can potentially earn more money by being a multiple weight champion. And logically if you want the two belts feather in your cap, you start at the lowest weight you can make and then move up. Its what Conor did to become the biggest star in the UFC, and that man looked like a skeleton on the scale the night he weighed in for Aldo. No-one called that a chicken shit move at the time. But Chael equates a cut to 155 as being equivalent to a cut to 145, so why not dispense with cutting altogether and make 170? So you won't be considered a coward? Ridiculous. Khamzat nearly had a title at welter before he was forced to move up, his career would have been greater if he had gotten the 170 strap before moving up, he just couldn't cut it anymore. Khabib cut lots of weight to make 155, is he a chicken shit? Chael has one narrative for one guy, and an entirely different spin for another, meaning he lacks any real conviction on the subject
You answered the question I had as to why people cut weight
Fiziev or Gamrot would be excellent tests for Topuria
Has anyone tried fum?
Realistically Islam has a better chance of moving up than topuria so he will need to wait for Islam to become double champ before he fights Islam so he will need to fight a contender. Even then at 170 he loses to Leon JDM Shankat and Usman (don’t forget he took khamzat to a close fight on 1 week notice)
Belal Bullies ilia too
@ facts
175 @ 11 wow I'm 40 still yet to reach the number
Harsh @ TIMES BUT PAT GETS RESPECT ON THIS CALL!
WEIGHT BULLIES ARE RUNNING Ramped!!!
Considering Ilia has run directly towards the toughest tests at 145 and 155 none of what Chael said makes any sense given the man we are discussing. Sure it applies generally but that’s not what we were discussing. A bit of digression as usual 😂
chael sonnen making old man bi-focals look cool
All hail Pat Sonnen 🙌🏽
Need Gilbert interview on your show
Chael “I just want to share with you” Sonnen
How many ufc fighters outside of hw division fight at their natural weight you think?
Fuck yeah. RIP Mr. Sonnen
Ilia @185.... He can take on israel adesanya and then fight driccus deplessis if he beats sean strickland
I think your having fun. In my honest opinion, those would be straight miss matches. Those dudes could take his power no problem. Topuria would eventually catch a (L) so bad that I would turn him into Tony Ferguson.
@kev30631 I am taking a lol to the extreme sir...
Chaels bodyweight doesn’t need to be managed. Out of respect it simply falls in line with wherever he wants it!
Your reaction is that he should go to 170? Wtf are you talking about. Another attempt for Chael to think he's thinking outside the box
Completely applies to the freatest weight cutter of them all...Jon Jones.
He wants Makachev at all costs.. even if it means to leave the belt and move to 155 he will do it, besides there are a lot of interesting fights for him there like paddy, charles, chandler, and the man itself Islam.
I like the match up choices. Paddy vs Topuria has a built in past dispute , which would be great.
Paddy has some (small) bit of Conor McGregor charisma to carry a back and forth feud. But he has a reverse dominant skill set with his grappling jutitsu.
Perhaps the fight would be challenged on the ground (for a change )
Let him fight Paddy at 170 for fun , and then Charles O at 155
He is moving up so his brother can take 145 over . Calling it
Why not just put him at Heavyweight Chael? That’s the easiest path to a title shot.
Mr. Hand sanitizer paddy pimbelet 😂
Islam said if illia wants to come up to 155 and fight him for the belt he can but he would need to fight a tip contender at 15t first. He thought Charles would be a good fight.
Very inciteful, I've never associated cutting weight to be chickenshit, but i understand. But if the tougher competition is at the lower weight class then it could be considered tough. I think most would consider 10 lbs a negligible advantage/disadvantage. So what if there was less weight classes and they were divided by not only weight but size too?
there is not an open door by Charles either, he said no
Tuporia vs Buckley
I think to face Topuria requires a fighter who is clever and agile in using his feet or kicks, both to maintain distance and weapons to destroy Topuria, namely with hard and continuous "calf kicks" (Topuria's style and standing position, it is very possible to do Calf Kicks) and occasionally to the chest and head, besides that he must also be good at boxing and fighting on the ground...
And fighters who have the skills and abilities and fighting style are like "Usman Nurmagomedov" the Welterweight champion from Bellator or maybe "Umar Nurmagomedov" the No.1 contender in the bantamweight class… 👍👍👍💪💪💪
or maybe the upgraded “Volkanovski”…? or "Diego Lopes"…? Or "Yair Rodriguez" (but he is not good in ground fight)… ❓❓❓
That's a good breakdown. I feel that a fighter in his prime plus knock out power nettilizes a lot of stuff . All. Strategy changes when you get hit hard and can't handle it.
is he gonna be as good at the weight?
Chael would love Colby to fight ilia 😂
Can we get Pat Sonnen on the show?
I think ilia should let the division sort out a number one contender Volk should fight Diego or Movzar and in the meantime let him fight a top contender at lightweight
Why should he get to move up after 1 defense when noone else does
“Idk what to do with my hands”
Shoutout Pat Somnen
Topuria should stop being a coward and go Light heavyweight or even Heavyweight. It's just a couple of pounds!!!!
Volk is going to win the rematch anyway
Charles DAD GETS AN "A" IN PARENTING!
Illya vs Chandler
Burns vs MVP or Holland
did gilbert really leak your number?
Topuria vs Poirier
I like that match up. But do we as fans want a Michelle waterson send off, or a Robbie Lawler. I would prefer they all get adored, appreciated , admired , applauded. Final Exit with satisfaction
Dustin is Ilias shortest path to a lw championship fight
I wish Chael would really say what he was thinking ....
Paddy is ranked 13 and hasn't lost in the UFC, all the top guys but Islam have lost in that weight class...
Paddy is two wins away from no. 1 contender.
People will cry about this but the UFC is going to match up paddy with hooker or poirier or gaethje or chandler and if he wins, he'll get a title shot immediately
Just like they did omalley
@@RsSlay Paddy needs to stop gaining so much weight when he's not scheduled to fight.
@@omi30000 He has an eating disorder.
MMA community pardon my Uncle Chael. You see he’s getting a bit old and he’s neglecting to mention that the fighters in welterweight are significantly bigger than this man. He’s 5’7 that’s why he fights at 145. 155 is doable. 170, really? Imagine him versus Leon or even JDM or Cumshot. Come on.
No doubt. 170 lbs has never been BIGger😂 lots of 6ft --- 6ft 3 guys --- Ilia would be really small at 170lbs..... but he is TALENTED enough to make a run at a Championship vs Islam at 155 lbs
That's a good point . I don't see Topuria beating up Buckley, Belal or shavkat, not in this particular universe. They weight cut for a reason. It places fighters were they can be their most competitive. You have to (win some ) or why do it.
Ilia has already stated many times that he wasn't to be a 3 division champ. Chael is just supporting Ilia's own idea
@@LarryMayvidfighters don’t think straight. Look at Tony STILL choosing to fight after lapping everyone in CTE
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45 needs him. Otherwise 70 makes sense cuz I can’t even keep it in my head who’s the champ currently I keep forgetting
You must be dumb then
he didnt move to the LW division, he just wants to
Thats why you can hate Colby but the dude really doesnt cut weight and you gotta respect that. Also you dweebs can hate on Izzy but just remember he beat Alex who was huge for that weight class.
Izzy is 6’4 and has a massive reach adv over everyone at MW he’s big for the class too he’s just lean. Also he’s 1-3 v Alex
Chael I texted you and you didn’t respond 😢
Carlos Alcaraz is a way bigger Spanish sports star
He needs to fight Diego Lopez then he can go wherever he wants.
Why do the Russian’s get a fast pass to greatness?? Who did kahobib beat? His cousin didn’t beat Jon Jones resume…but they’re in the same class cuz why???
Is he really tall enough for the 170lb division?