In the argument he had wih Chael Sonnen in the Ultimate Fighter he had this primal rage in his eyes. He looked at Chael like he wanted to eat his liver. But then again, rumor has it he is the missing link between gorillas and humans.
@@seanc7990 sorry I've completely misread your comment, I thought you were talking about Derrick Lewis's celebration. Probably smoked too much today, my bad 😅
@Noob7gg Francis is definitely one of, if not the scariest though. He's also got more skill than most of the old school guys, he can actually land the haymakers, even against high level strikers. Guys like Tank and Sylvia were scary bc they had huge power, but they could also be locked up more easily by more skilled kickboxers.
The things Yoel would have done to him might have made him lose another eye. We all know.if that fight happened, GSP ain't coming back cause he has to face Yoel or Whittaker.
It was cool of you to put Cro Cop in this. Always been a huge Pride fan so it was nice seeing one of their legends make it. I've read some analyses saying that a big part of why Cro Cop wasn't as successful in the UCF was because his style works better in the ring, where he can gradually corner his opponents which almost guarantees an incoming high kick. Whereas in the octagon his opponents can endlessly circle away from him. And apparently Anderson Silva is the opposite with his countering style, which is why he was really good but not god tier in Pride yet became one of the UFC GOATs. Anyway, glad I stumbled upon this channel! I've been a fan of yours for many years and your KO of Rockhold is one of the clips I rewatch most frequently.
Cro Cop was THE SHIT back in his days... that man's legs were something else... never seen anyone kick that fucking hard ever... people think John Jones kicks hard? They have no clue how hard this dude kicked... if you were hit by a left roundhouse to the head it was lights out... every... single... time... there wasn't a question if that kick would knock the opponent out, he was out cold... and I actually think Cro Cop should have been fighting one division down... he always seemed less of a bulky monster than the rest and that he would work wonders in the Light-Heavyweight division instead of the Heavyweight where his kicks would be even more devastating to the lighter bodies of his opponents... just my take though, don't have any facts to back it up... So glad that Michael remembered that "Right leg, hospital, left leg, cemetery" line... really shows how terrifying Cro Cop was in his prime... wasn't the biggest champion ever but holy shit you needed a lot of guts to get in a ring with him knowing that one bad moment could mean that you would end up with the worst ringing you've ever heard in your head in your life...
I can't help but realize: Just how UTTERLY TERRIFYING prime Mike Tyson was. He just walked into the ring with a freaking cloth with a hole cut into it so he could wear it as a shirt. Then I've never seen someone dominate people so much bigger than him. Fight so often. Even his training footage is terrifying. I respect the full circle life journey Mike Tyson has achieved. I'm super proud and happy for him. He deserves it.
my old jiu jitsu coach said he got to see mike tyson once when he was training for a fight. he said he wasnt allowed to say hi because tyson was in a different mindset when training for a fight and would attack someone if they got too close while training. just to hear that is absolutely terrifying to think of lol
Prime Tyson was hands down the 🐐. Head movement, footwork, speed, accuracy and obviously power. Never got hit, demolished opponents offensively and on the counter.
This just makes it more obvious how scary prime Tyson was. None of these guys even come close. They made their opponents cautious. Tyson made his opponents look like they were about to shit their pants. You can see the look of pure terror in their eyes.
For real, he fought some guys that were ignorantly confident, but more often than not during the staredown they had this look on their face like "oh goddamnit, why am I doing this again? What good is money gonna do if I'm in a coma?"🤣🤣
One fight that always stood out to me was against Michael Spinks in June 1988. Both were undefeated, yet many commentators viewed it as a mismatch. I remember watching Spinks walk out to the ring. He was absolutely terrified and didn't even try to hide it. Ninety-one seconds later he gets flattened and immediately retires.
@@legionarybooks13 Spinks fought at MW as an amateur & was not only fortunate to negotiate a HW title fight against an ageing larry holmes, he was also gifted the belt in an atrocious farce of scoring, repeated in the rematch. He was never going to compete against a genuine, highly ranked HW.......& he knew he had winged it......scared to death or not, the outcome would have been no different, tyson could have smashed him to pieces with 1 hand behind his back. It was incredible that spinks was touted as the the best HW at the time, many people considered him too skillful for the marauding tyson.......referring to the fact that he was lineal champ to substantiate their prediction of spinks winning on points, using boxing, speed & movement to bewilder the 1 dimensional brawler they considered tyson to be. Spinks was a lamb to the slaughter, unable to meet Tyson's gaze, & fully expecting a round 1 ko loss......walking into the ring with strapping to his knee.....if not for the payday, spinks wouldn't have turned up. He swallowed it.......throwing a ponderous right hand to invite a low threat bodyshot counter & rolled over. Retired thereafter & took up counting cash as a hobby.
@@zotter1652 Yeah if Tank didn't win within the first 5 mins he was usually too tired to win.. I was disappointed with the Kimbo fight.. Almost seemed fixed. Hard to say for sure..
Rogans comment where he said cro cop looked at Wanderlei like he was dinner! is still one of the best ways I’ve ever heard that stare down described 😂👍
Michael, THANK YOU for putting Shane Carwin in this list! I feel the man doesn't get enough recognition and is often overlooked. He was such a beast, the guy fought MMA with nagging knee, back, and neck injuries from his highschool football days. He was a full-time engineer, and a part-time fighter. Just imagine a 100% full-time Shane Carwin? That would be the stuff of legends 🤣 I also feel like today's refs would have stopped the Brock/Carwin match in the first round 😂
agree I would say this list is pretty bad in general she put Ronda Rousey over people like tony Ferguson, francis, john jones, yoel. all these fighters have a greater fear factor than ronda lol
@@maxthememer1780 even if you have to have an obligatory female fighter, it's gotta be Cyborg or Amanda, I know Ronda had her reign of dominance and I'm sure it was extremely intimidating for most of her opponents, but I would rather fight someone who's probably gonna take me down and armbar me immediately than someone who's going to smash my face in with punches. Maybe Valentina too, just because she's so technically sound she's probably gonna tag you 50 times before you can even touch her. It's sure as hell not Ronda.
@@maxthememer1780 You are talking about NOW, with recency Bias. Francis wasn't around when she was in her fighting prime. In 2015, before Ronda lost, Francis made his debut and nobody was talking about him. Tony was on a 5 fight streak, but nobody really cared until AFTER the Josh Thompson fight in 2015, and now he's lost 4. Jon Jones Just had his OSP fight fight which was largely criticized, and then he went on to have fights against Reyes and tiago which a lot of people thought he lost. Try to remember that Rhonda only lost 2 fights. This isn't the most intimidating fighters to us fans, it's most intimidating to their opponents their opponents. And Rhonda scared the s*** out of every girl she fought, because she was tearing through all of them
I can definitely see a part 3 coming because I would have included Brock Lesnar for rather obvious reasons and Tony Ferguson for the fact the dude is a psycho especially when he gets bloodied up and give his opponent the psycho stare with the smile was pretty intimidating
@@slickrick5811 Not at all. Jose turned down the rematch and RDA pulled out with the excuse of the sore foot. He was one of the most feared man until diaz submitted him.
a little weird but the way fighters particularly strikers were scared of GSP's takedowns was pretty wild. you could make a compilation of them completely shook by his double-leg feints
Fedor, Francis, Anderson Silva and Khabib if "fear" means fixation on their attributes and no solution to counter People feared Fedor's GnP and just about everything about this guy, he was nuts. People fear Francis's power, they fear Silva's movement and striking. Great fighters like Gaethje, Poirier and McGregor fear the grappling and wrestling of Khabib
Conor having the "fear factor"... gotta disagree. As you said, he was really good at getting in ppls head n shit. That doesn't necessarily mean the dudes "feared him".
They did fear him , im not juss saying that cuz hes my favorite fighter but his opponents knew if he caught them they would go to sleep , multiple people that faced him have said it. They wad nervous goin up against him , because he had knock out power & he was the hardest hitting featherweight 💯 that left hand man is something different & plus if u went up against somebody that predict the exact round & time they knocked u out , u would be a little nervous to
@@GrizzlyxGaming absolutely not he was good at psychological warfare because he would talk a lot but that’s about it. Tony Ferguson deserves his spot instead the guys nickname el cucuy and his ferocious fighting style left people looking like they got hit by a train and in his prime it seemed like he could slice you up for 5 rounds and couldn’t tire out
Fear of losing still counts If you're opponent is easily getting 10× the attention and money than you are when you first started and he's finishing everyone he fought and making it look easy, you will get nervous when you fight him. They get nervous in the trash talk as well and Conor's fightin style helps a bunch! A pressure heavy style by a guy with KO power who's also a really good counter puncher. That's a deadly combination. There's paralysis by analysis and there's paralysis by not knowing what to do and getting slept the next second
Just wanted to comment: Bisping, have followed your career since the the UFighter. I must compliment how professional and fantastic your commentary truly is. It truly is impressive and I couldn’t be happier for you and seeing how your career has turned out. You have grown into a true gentleman (most of the time) and represent you and your family and the sport so well. I bet your family, friends, teachers from grade school, are just blown away at the man you have become. God Bless!
@@bisping 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Still think Thiago Silva should have been on there. His demeanor, mannerisms, the throat slash, the tattoos, plus he just looked off 🤣 he looked like someone that would kill you and just go on about his day
I disagree with your assessment of what is intimidating. Connor wasn't scary, he was annoying, he got under his opponent's skin and got them to make mistakes. He would be what the NHL calls a "pest", a player who can irritate opponents into losing their cool, not because they are some bad ass, but because they can chirp and taunt and provoke until they get a reaction.
I think Fedor Emelianenko has a bit of an intimidation factor about him. Very stoic and serious, always gets the finish and that solemn cossack entrance music makes him seem like a Spetznaz assassin coming to get the job done.
francis ngannou and khabib i think should be on here. francis nagannou's knockout power is unreal and khabib being an absolute force of nature with an unbreakable chin had to be terrifying
From past experiences,it seems that those who count a lot on intimidating opponents to help them win fights, have only to lose one or two fights to lose that advantage and then they have difficulty to come to their former glory.
One more i'd like to add on to this list, Mike! This scary dude would be doing fight commentary one day, then be a hollywood movie star, and then come in on short notice to knock out an actual Samurai into the 4th dimension, capturing the Undisputed UFC Middleweight title. I even heard that he's a RUclipsr these days! Of course, i'm refering to Micheal 'The Count' Bisping! 😄
I’m surprised you overlooked my man Ryan Hall. Hahahaha! I kid Ryan of course. I love that dude. I wish I could post a pic of him here because I would post one of him making the “I don’t know” gesture. 😆😆😂
Watched a replay of UFC 116 on VHS a few days ago, d'ya know Carwin winked at Lesnar(who had a huge grin on his face) going into round 2? Then Carwin lays down and lets him get the arm triangle? ..Your moment of cage rage was much scarier than that mate !
THAT WAS GOOD MAN the number 1 spot I remember watching that guy take people's heads off back in the day and there were a lot of people ready to see him in the UFC but like everything time you can not beat time, but he was so fun to watch the best one was when this poor guy from Mexico he was like a WCW type guy he more less was killed in that ring lmao
Brock Lesnar, by far, would be the scariest guy to stand across from, Tank Abbot maybe tied, or a close second. Edit: Great list, please make a "These 10 fighters had FEAR FACTOR".
- Mike Tyson - Fedor Emilianenko - Wanderley Silva - Chuck Lidell - Brock Lesnar - Tank Abott - Quinton Rampage Jackson - Chris Cyborg - Amanda Nunes - Francis Nnganou - Buakaw, the Muhay Thai god (dude is a human tank) - Vitor Belfort in his early career - Dan Severn (dunno if I could say he scared the opponents but he surely imposes the ultmost respect of any sane human being).. Alex "Poatan" Pereira is also making his way to the list
i agree with all three. yoels knockout power was insane. watching him knockout chris weidman with that knee was terrifying to see. seeing francis knockout jairzinho with just 1 punch when all the others missed was mind blowing. and watching khabib walk down every single opponent and eat everything they could throw just to take them down and beat them down was something you'd expect out of a movie
@@kyle21843 yeah imagine being known as one of the hardest hitters in the division in Gaethje, throwing everything you have at Khabib, and he just tanks it and continues to walk you down.
@@PotentSenzu yea fighting Khabib would suck really bad, not only would it be incredibly demoralizing for future fights, but he's probably gonna hit you a thousand times, somehow I feel like that would be worse than just getting blasted with one KO punch.
Joe Rogan has that insider info when ufc complains about fighters declining offers to fight Cain. He was scary too. Especially because he was so cool, calm and collected all the time and he fought some big guys like DC did. Both of them are scary. They look like your friendly neighbor or fun uncle, but they are also absolute killers.
Wanderlei belongs on the list. I would also say Tito belongs on the list since he was so dominant during his prime, the first in the UFC to truly trash talk and intimidate his opponents. Say what you will but Tito was the first to turn it on for the camera.
@Michael Bisping yo Mirko was never actually part of an anti terrorist group (he never did anything with the actuall group except maybe physical training) he was just there to make them look better like: look how badass we are we got mirko in our team
That's fair. If you're a potential terrorist and you hear the government is training with Mirko, you'd probably be like oh shit. Maybe it's time to find Jesus.....
I remember queing up to get into UC9 in Bristol, and James Thompson arrived. Holy f*ck was he scary looking, and that was him just getting out of his motor.
i think Valentina Shevchenko shouldve atleast been mentioned. she has a little more fear factor then ronda did. valentina makes it clear to her opponents that she can beat them anywhere the fight goes. her last fight wasnt the best but her fights before that she was the bullet and shot right through all of them. i cant rember who but the one fighter said she would take valentina down and beat her and wen the fight started valentina took her down and beat her just to prove she was better.
I think there is a difference between being scared of someone and being scared of losing to someone. I think McGregor falls into this second category, where the humiliation of losing to him is what people were really afraid of.
AMANDA NUNES!!!! Except for Valentina Shevchenko and Juliana Péña, EVEY women she fought fear her. On the other hand, the Lioness is absolutely fearless!
Wanderlei Silva was pretty scary when he was juiced out, in Pride.
They were all juiced out, but yes, Silva scared everyone at the staredown, everyone aside from CroCop lol
In the argument he had wih Chael Sonnen in the Ultimate Fighter he had this primal rage in his eyes. He looked at Chael like he wanted to eat his liver. But then again, rumor has it he is the missing link between gorillas and humans.
Fedor was pretty intimidating too, with that blank stare that didn't give af ever
Joe Rogan was by FAR the guy with the most Fear Factor. I hear he even hosted it for years.
..... Is the lamest and cringiest thing you could possibly have come out with. Jfc.
Fr tho, have you seen how big he is? 💯🔥
For real. I heard Joe made people eat Kimbo Slices testicles on that show, could just be a rumor.
@@remyhavoc4463 the bigger dey are da harder dey fall.
Joe Rogan is a fart
The way Francis falls into a hammer fist on the throat after he gets a knock down is THE most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen in combat sports.
That's not Francis...
@@UkePeas yes it is, go watch the stipe and overeem ko
@@seanc7990 sorry I've completely misread your comment, I thought you were talking about Derrick Lewis's celebration. Probably smoked too much today, my bad 😅
@@UkePeas that was Herb Dean's fault.
@Noob7gg Francis is definitely one of, if not the scariest though. He's also got more skill than most of the old school guys, he can actually land the haymakers, even against high level strikers. Guys like Tank and Sylvia were scary bc they had huge power, but they could also be locked up more easily by more skilled kickboxers.
Mike I'm your fan but you have to finally admit that Romero was fkin terrifying..
Scary enough to make mike fake an injury and then have it disappear when gsp fight was offered
For real , even in his forties the guy is scary
The things Yoel would have done to him might have made him lose another eye. We all know.if that fight happened, GSP ain't coming back cause he has to face Yoel or Whittaker.
I lo yu maik, i loooo yu. see yu soon boi
@@allenmk138 I mean you can speculate but it means nothing...
Francis Ngannou should definitely be on this list
Id put him on just for shear size alone but he's too soft spoken and nice and respectful to be that scary ...until the cage closes!
I disagree tbh Francis is a sweet heart and extremely down to earth
He's a nice guy
@@wheelchair_charlie Cro Cop is a nice guy too and he's on this list.
@@awreckingball nice guy or not, the average person would shit their pants if they had to fight that man
It was cool of you to put Cro Cop in this. Always been a huge Pride fan so it was nice seeing one of their legends make it.
I've read some analyses saying that a big part of why Cro Cop wasn't as successful in the UCF was because his style works better in the ring, where he can gradually corner his opponents which almost guarantees an incoming high kick. Whereas in the octagon his opponents can endlessly circle away from him. And apparently Anderson Silva is the opposite with his countering style, which is why he was really good but not god tier in Pride yet became one of the UFC GOATs.
Anyway, glad I stumbled upon this channel! I've been a fan of yours for many years and your KO of Rockhold is one of the clips I rewatch most frequently.
Cro Cop was THE SHIT back in his days... that man's legs were something else... never seen anyone kick that fucking hard ever... people think John Jones kicks hard? They have no clue how hard this dude kicked... if you were hit by a left roundhouse to the head it was lights out... every... single... time... there wasn't a question if that kick would knock the opponent out, he was out cold... and I actually think Cro Cop should have been fighting one division down... he always seemed less of a bulky monster than the rest and that he would work wonders in the Light-Heavyweight division instead of the Heavyweight where his kicks would be even more devastating to the lighter bodies of his opponents... just my take though, don't have any facts to back it up...
So glad that Michael remembered that "Right leg, hospital, left leg, cemetery" line... really shows how terrifying Cro Cop was in his prime... wasn't the biggest champion ever but holy shit you needed a lot of guts to get in a ring with him knowing that one bad moment could mean that you would end up with the worst ringing you've ever heard in your head in your life...
I can't help but realize: Just how UTTERLY TERRIFYING prime Mike Tyson was. He just walked into the ring with a freaking cloth with a hole cut into it so he could wear it as a shirt. Then I've never seen someone dominate people so much bigger than him. Fight so often. Even his training footage is terrifying. I respect the full circle life journey Mike Tyson has achieved. I'm super proud and happy for him. He deserves it.
my old jiu jitsu coach said he got to see mike tyson once when he was training for a fight. he said he wasnt allowed to say hi because tyson was in a different mindset when training for a fight and would attack someone if they got too close while training. just to hear that is absolutely terrifying to think of lol
This is mma shouldn't be on the list
@@RK-10 u sound so childish
Mike tyson, with that stare, his little gold tooth. The things he’s said. Man there will never be anything close to a mike tyson very scary guy
Prime Tyson was hands down the 🐐. Head movement, footwork, speed, accuracy and obviously power. Never got hit, demolished opponents offensively and on the counter.
This just makes it more obvious how scary prime Tyson was. None of these guys even come close. They made their opponents cautious. Tyson made his opponents look like they were about to shit their pants. You can see the look of pure terror in their eyes.
For real, he fought some guys that were ignorantly confident, but more often than not during the staredown they had this look on their face like "oh goddamnit, why am I doing this again? What good is money gonna do if I'm in a coma?"🤣🤣
One fight that always stood out to me was against Michael Spinks in June 1988. Both were undefeated, yet many commentators viewed it as a mismatch. I remember watching Spinks walk out to the ring. He was absolutely terrified and didn't even try to hide it. Ninety-one seconds later he gets flattened and immediately retires.
Yea, Tyson a different beast.
@@legionarybooks13 Spinks fought at MW as an amateur & was not only fortunate to negotiate a HW title fight against an ageing larry holmes, he was also gifted the belt in an atrocious farce of scoring, repeated in the rematch. He was never going to compete against a genuine, highly ranked HW.......& he knew he had winged it......scared to death or not, the outcome would have been no different, tyson could have smashed him to pieces with 1 hand behind his back. It was incredible that spinks was touted as the the best HW at the time, many people considered him too skillful for the marauding tyson.......referring to the fact that he was lineal champ to substantiate their prediction of spinks winning on points, using boxing, speed & movement to bewilder the 1 dimensional brawler they considered tyson to be. Spinks was a lamb to the slaughter, unable to meet Tyson's gaze, & fully expecting a round 1 ko loss......walking into the ring with strapping to his knee.....if not for the payday, spinks wouldn't have turned up. He swallowed it.......throwing a ponderous right hand to invite a low threat bodyshot counter & rolled over. Retired thereafter & took up counting cash as a hobby.
I don’t remember who it was, but one of Mike’s opponents threw in the towel because he just didn’t want to get hit by him anymore.
Notable mention what about Rampage Jackson I was a teenager when he was fighting but man he was scary lol.
I'd defiantly have Rampage on the list, his stare downs are intense as fuck.
The gold teeth & big link chain around his neck,oh yea..
He was the first fighter i saw where i was like "this isn't fun anymore, this is actually scary"
@@GibbsVideography Exactly I mean he will even smash doors if he has to lol.
Not really in ufc tho. More terrifying in pride
Tank Abbott comes to mind.. He was pretty scary and one of my all time Favorite UFC fighters
Tank wasn't unbeatable, but you were in for some shit either way.
That's why I think the Kimbo fight was suspect, there was an unpaid toll.
@@zotter1652 Yeah if Tank didn't win within the first 5 mins he was usually too tired to win.. I was disappointed with the Kimbo fight.. Almost seemed fixed. Hard to say for sure..
@@Redeyedye you had to EARN that five minutes!
I love that Shhoob is just a comedic highlight reel. Not in a good way. 🤣
“Not single, not double, not triple…five.”-Michael “The Count” Bisping.
Rogans comment where he said cro cop looked at Wanderlei like he was dinner! is still one of the best ways I’ve ever heard that stare down described 😂👍
Yes I pull that clip up when he was talking to Wynne Fetterman occasionally just to listen to it again.
Michael, THANK YOU for putting Shane Carwin in this list! I feel the man doesn't get enough recognition and is often overlooked. He was such a beast, the guy fought MMA with nagging knee, back, and neck injuries from his highschool football days. He was a full-time engineer, and a part-time fighter. Just imagine a 100% full-time Shane Carwin? That would be the stuff of legends 🤣
I also feel like today's refs would have stopped the Brock/Carwin match in the first round 😂
Well said. And I thought that fight was getting stopped. Alas, I was wrong.
Same, and probably thousands of other folks. But, Brock prevailed and proved to be the better man.
The Brendan Shwaub part 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Love the videos Mike and always enjoy hearing from them.
Nice shout to Rumble at #2
Dude was on a tear right when I started watching the sport.
Bisping was terrified of yoel ramaro so much so he still won't talk about it
agree I would say this list is pretty bad in general she put Ronda Rousey over people like tony Ferguson, francis, john jones, yoel. all these fighters have a greater fear factor than ronda lol
@@maxthememer1780 hell yea and lets not forget the 🦅 Khabib
@@maxthememer1780 even if you have to have an obligatory female fighter, it's gotta be Cyborg or Amanda, I know Ronda had her reign of dominance and I'm sure it was extremely intimidating for most of her opponents, but I would rather fight someone who's probably gonna take me down and armbar me immediately than someone who's going to smash my face in with punches. Maybe Valentina too, just because she's so technically sound she's probably gonna tag you 50 times before you can even touch her. It's sure as hell not Ronda.
Let's be real if you were going to get kissed by someone who knocks you out it's a scary thought
@@maxthememer1780 You are talking about NOW, with recency Bias. Francis wasn't around when she was in her fighting prime. In 2015, before Ronda lost, Francis made his debut and nobody was talking about him. Tony was on a 5 fight streak, but nobody really cared until AFTER the Josh Thompson fight in 2015, and now he's lost 4. Jon Jones Just had his OSP fight fight which was largely criticized, and then he went on to have fights against Reyes and tiago which a lot of people thought he lost. Try to remember that Rhonda only lost 2 fights. This isn't the most intimidating fighters to us fans, it's most intimidating to their opponents their opponents. And Rhonda scared the s*** out of every girl she fought, because she was tearing through all of them
I can definitely see a part 3 coming because I would have included Brock Lesnar for rather obvious reasons and Tony Ferguson for the fact the dude is a psycho especially when he gets bloodied up and give his opponent the psycho stare with the smile was pretty intimidating
“Bloody Tony” was an absolute TERROR
Imagine mcgregor being on the scariest fighters list and ngannou not
He was on first list: ruclips.net/video/QTK8ABjXSuA/видео.html
EVERYBODY wanted to fight McGregor...who was intimidated by Conor?
@@slickrick5811 Not at all. Jose turned down the rematch and RDA pulled out with the excuse of the sore foot. He was one of the most feared man until diaz submitted him.
a little weird but the way fighters particularly strikers were scared of GSP's takedowns was pretty wild. you could make a compilation of them completely shook by his double-leg feints
You know who was intimidating? In his prime, Chuck the iceman Liddell
Yep
Agree! ruclips.net/video/QTK8ABjXSuA/видео.html
Good shout. From what I read, he didn't get scared at all before a fight. He loved it, and couldn't wait to get in the ring.
That's a fantastic list Mike
But I believe the most intimidating situation in a dark alleyway, would be hearing..
"I Looooooooob youuuuuuuu, boi!"
Fedor, Francis, Anderson Silva and Khabib if "fear" means fixation on their attributes and no solution to counter
People feared Fedor's GnP and just about everything about this guy, he was nuts. People fear Francis's power, they fear Silva's movement and striking. Great fighters like Gaethje, Poirier and McGregor fear the grappling and wrestling of Khabib
Alex pereira will be on the list soon
Conor having the "fear factor"... gotta disagree. As you said, he was really good at getting in ppls head n shit. That doesn't necessarily mean the dudes "feared him".
They did fear him , im not juss saying that cuz hes my favorite fighter but his opponents knew if he caught them they would go to sleep , multiple people that faced him have said it. They wad nervous goin up against him , because he had knock out power & he was the hardest hitting featherweight 💯 that left hand man is something different & plus if u went up against somebody that predict the exact round & time they knocked u out , u would be a little nervous to
@@GrizzlyxGaming absolutely not he was good at psychological warfare because he would talk a lot but that’s about it. Tony Ferguson deserves his spot instead the guys nickname el cucuy and his ferocious fighting style left people looking like they got hit by a train and in his prime it seemed like he could slice you up for 5 rounds and couldn’t tire out
Remember Dustin said when he first fought Conor he “had a aura around him, he didn’t seem like a human being” bruh that’s super saiyan fear factor
@@devinsilva2102 nah Dustin just said that cause he was a pea head at the time.
Fear of losing still counts
If you're opponent is easily getting 10× the attention and money than you are when you first started and he's finishing everyone he fought and making it look easy, you will get nervous when you fight him. They get nervous in the trash talk as well and Conor's fightin style helps a bunch!
A pressure heavy style by a guy with KO power who's also a really good counter puncher. That's a deadly combination. There's paralysis by analysis and there's paralysis by not knowing what to do and getting slept the next second
mirko crocop was terrifying...
Just wanted to comment: Bisping, have followed your career since the the UFighter. I must compliment how professional and fantastic your commentary truly is. It truly is impressive and I couldn’t be happier for you and seeing how your career has turned out. You have grown into a true gentleman (most of the time) and represent you and your family and the sport so well. I bet your family, friends, teachers from grade school, are just blown away at the man you have become. God Bless!
I was surprised Wanderlei wasn’t on there. Good list regardless.
keep pumping them out very good Mike B
How can you make this list without Francis ngannou on it
He is on first list we did ruclips.net/video/QTK8ABjXSuA/видео.html
GSP, Matt hughes, Wanderlei, Rampage, BJ Penn. Khabib, Charles Olievera a complete fighter on the ground and standing up. Ill be scared. 😬
Chuck Liddell, Rampage Jackson, Cain Velasquez, the 205lb division from 05-10
Tank Abbott was about as intimidating as it got in the early days.
Hey mike you forgot to mention rumble knocking Glover out in 13 seconds!
One of his best aged ko’s after the war Glover just had with Jiri.
Haha brutalising Shaub at the end was gold😂
Thiago Silva, Rampage and Prime Wanderlei Silva need to be on here.
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@@bisping 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Still think Thiago Silva should have been on there. His demeanor, mannerisms, the throat slash, the tattoos, plus he just looked off 🤣 he looked like someone that would kill you and just go on about his day
I disagree with your assessment of what is intimidating. Connor wasn't scary, he was annoying, he got under his opponent's skin and got them to make mistakes. He would be what the NHL calls a "pest", a player who can irritate opponents into losing their cool, not because they are some bad ass, but because they can chirp and taunt and provoke until they get a reaction.
He was so good at it. I still wonder what would have happened if aldo just followed the game plan.
Rousimar Palhares with his leg locks was pretty scary ... especially when you know he is gonna break you even after the bell rings 😳
I think Fedor Emelianenko has a bit of an intimidation factor about him. Very stoic and serious, always gets the finish and that solemn cossack entrance music makes him seem like a Spetznaz assassin coming to get the job done.
A lot of fighters back then mentioned him in that regard, that psycho detached stare... there's even a YT vid on that, if I remember right
francis ngannou and khabib i think should be on here. francis nagannou's knockout power is unreal and khabib being an absolute force of nature with an unbreakable chin had to be terrifying
Khabib should not be on the list
@@paulokraft9591 do you think mcbitch deserved to be on this list
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From past experiences,it seems that those who count a lot on intimidating opponents to help them win fights, have only to lose one or two fights to lose that advantage and then they have difficulty to come to their former glory.
I really like this video format with the story and narration
Rumble was one of my favourite fighters
your channel is brilliant. kudos Mike.
Chuck Liddel should definitely be on that list. In my book at least. Also Matt Hughes. He was a beast!
Back in the day I remember Chris Leiben being hugely intimidating...
One more i'd like to add on to this list, Mike!
This scary dude would be doing fight commentary one day, then be a hollywood movie star, and then come in on short notice to knock out an actual Samurai into the 4th dimension, capturing the Undisputed UFC Middleweight title.
I even heard that he's a RUclipsr these days!
Of course, i'm refering to Micheal 'The Count' Bisping! 😄
I’m surprised you overlooked my man Ryan Hall. Hahahaha! I kid Ryan of course. I love that dude. I wish I could post a pic of him here because I would post one of him making the “I don’t know” gesture. 😆😆😂
Watched a replay of UFC 116 on VHS a few days ago, d'ya know Carwin winked at Lesnar(who had a huge grin on his face) going into round 2? Then Carwin lays down and lets him get the arm triangle? ..Your moment of cage rage was much scarier than that mate !
Hahaha the brendan shaub burn was awesome, thank you Mr Bisping 🙂
I like what your doing content wise Micheal.... keep it up. Highly enjoying
I think when it comes to intimidating looks. Definitely Thiago Silva,vitor Belfort and what about the Diaz brothers or the iceman
Great show as always count!👍🏾👍🏾🌝
loving the shirt choice
Street Kimbo. If you were old enough to watch those South Florida back yard fights. Those gave me nightmares.
You should do one for boxing there are alot more scary people in boxing eg. Sonny liston George foreman deontay wilder etc
THAT WAS GOOD MAN the number 1 spot I remember watching that guy take people's heads off back in the day and there were a lot of people ready to see him in the UFC but like everything time you can not beat time, but he was so fun to watch the best one was when this poor guy from Mexico he was like a WCW type guy he more less was killed in that ring lmao
Damn this channel has grown fast after louis! Good job guys!👏🏻💯
Can’t believe you left Wanderlei off this list!??
The thumbnail for this video is fuckin hilarious
Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez were the best. Loved Junior Dosontos as well. loved those guys!
Brock Lesnar, by far, would be the scariest guy to stand across from, Tank Abbot maybe tied, or a close second. Edit: Great list, please make a "These 10 fighters had FEAR FACTOR".
- Mike Tyson
- Fedor Emilianenko
- Wanderley Silva
- Chuck Lidell
- Brock Lesnar
- Tank Abott
- Quinton Rampage Jackson
- Chris Cyborg
- Amanda Nunes
- Francis Nnganou
- Buakaw, the Muhay Thai god (dude is a human tank)
- Vitor Belfort in his early career
- Dan Severn (dunno if I could say he scared the opponents but he surely imposes the ultmost respect of any sane human being)..
Alex "Poatan" Pereira is also making his way to the list
Early Clay Guida had that for me. You couldn’t see his face and his energy was way too high!!!!! Luv it
Keep up the grind bisping!
So glad you put in the Schaub Africa clip big Mike 🤟
Yoel and Francis need to be on here. Also honorable mention to Khabib, he was stone cold and told all his opponents exactly what he would do to them.
i agree with all three. yoels knockout power was insane. watching him knockout chris weidman with that knee was terrifying to see. seeing francis knockout jairzinho with just 1 punch when all the others missed was mind blowing. and watching khabib walk down every single opponent and eat everything they could throw just to take them down and beat them down was something you'd expect out of a movie
@@kyle21843 yeah imagine being known as one of the hardest hitters in the division in Gaethje, throwing everything you have at Khabib, and he just tanks it and continues to walk you down.
@@PotentSenzu yea fighting Khabib would suck really bad, not only would it be incredibly demoralizing for future fights, but he's probably gonna hit you a thousand times, somehow I feel like that would be worse than just getting blasted with one KO punch.
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11:17 the "WHAT" after Brendan is hilarious 😂😂 unlike Brendan
Joe Rogan once said that literally everyone in the Heavyweight division was scared to fight Cain Velasquez when he was in his prime.
Joe Rogan has that insider info when ufc complains about fighters declining offers to fight Cain. He was scary too. Especially because he was so cool, calm and collected all the time and he fought some big guys like DC did. Both of them are scary. They look like your friendly neighbor or fun uncle, but they are also absolute killers.
@@zeynand4039 True, couldn't have said it better myself!
3rd time the count has featured Brock on the thumbnail of a countdown video without having featured him on the list
Much love and respect, Mike!
Carlos Condit, very close to winning the UFC title,, true grit ,always a brawl when he stepped into the octagon. Hall of fame for sure.
Always insightful Michael!
I for one would LOVE to see Michael interview Mike Tyson. Please, universe...make it happen.
Great video's every time. Michael can you please explane whats the difference between undisputed and undefeated. Thanks
Chuck Lidell and Wanderlei Silva.
Wanderlei, Francis, Brock, Rampage, Tony Ferguson, Khabib, and of course, The American Gangster, undefeated, undisputed, Chael P. Sonnen
Rumble, 1 of the greatest gifts UFC and the fans ever received. I'll miss my brother for the rest of this life. He was the freak of freaks of nature
The eagle missing and the Axe murderer - please do a top 10
Great list I'm 32 so love the old school fighters, 1 i would add Mark Hunt Peace
Wanderlei belongs on the list. I would also say Tito belongs on the list since he was so dominant during his prime, the first in the UFC to truly trash talk and intimidate his opponents. Say what you will but Tito was the first to turn it on for the camera.
@Michael Bisping yo Mirko was never actually part of an anti terrorist group (he never did anything with the actuall group except maybe physical training) he was just there to make them look better like: look how badass we are we got mirko in our team
That's fair. If you're a potential terrorist and you hear the government is training with Mirko, you'd probably be like oh shit. Maybe it's time to find Jesus.....
Still i bet he was the scariest one there
I'd add Vitor Belfort (in his early UFC days), Dan Severn, Bob Sapp (first 60 seconds in any fight), and Bas Rutten.
I remember queing up to get into UC9 in Bristol, and James Thompson arrived. Holy f*ck was he scary looking, and that was him just getting out of his motor.
i think Valentina Shevchenko shouldve atleast been mentioned. she has a little more fear factor then ronda did. valentina makes it clear to her opponents that she can beat them anywhere the fight goes. her last fight wasnt the best but her fights before that she was the bullet and shot right through all of them. i cant rember who but the one fighter said she would take valentina down and beat her and wen the fight started valentina took her down and beat her just to prove she was better.
Michael Bisping should be on that list !!
My 5
- Yoel Romero
- Brock Lesnar
- Rampage Jackson
- Cris Cyborg
- Wanderlei Silva
Can we get Mike Spinning on the 1 and 2's again please. We need more Dj Mike B
There are many scary ones, like Yoel Romero, Derrick Lewis, Francis Ngannou... but WANDY, I mean, his nickname was "The Axe Murderer"
Wanderlei Silva for sure was intimidating. Maybe Rampage as well.
Someone who I actually really wish to get back in the winning column is Cutelaba. I'd say the uprise of that fighter is worthy an honorable mention.
Yoel Romero, he was scary enough for you not to fight him after he called you out.
How do you not mention the Cro Cop Wanderlei Silva staredown, still sends shivers down my spine.
Nice work
Honorable Mention: Rampage Jackson
I think there is a difference between being scared of someone and being scared of losing to someone. I think McGregor falls into this second category, where the humiliation of losing to him is what people were really afraid of.
Where is Francis ngannou?
Great as Per buddy 👏👏👏
AMANDA NUNES!!!!
Except for Valentina Shevchenko and Juliana Péña, EVEY women she fought fear her. On the other hand, the Lioness is absolutely fearless!
Fabricio Werdum was always the scariest guy to me. A huge dude like that with a crazy ground game......