10 Stars The UFC Pointlessly Killed Off

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[@saxamophone76]

Actually the Hendricks/Costa fight was a beautiful passing of the torch moment. Hendricks passing down his classic style of missing weight to the next generation.

[@danielbaker1510]

gave costa the secret juice formula too

[@jasonmerced718]

😂😂😂

[@DarkLight-Ascending]

Juiced Hendrix had a chance.... No juice Hendrix did not. Paulo learned from this, And never fights w out his juice. ITS NO SECRET, PAULO!

[@smolspoon5281]

Sent me

[@zachwalker522]

Ha, I see what you did there.

[@papawshane]

They tried to do the same thing to Nate Diaz, having him fight with Khamzat Chimaev, it's like they just wanted to bury him. I am so glad he got Tony instead. It was more like a legends match.

[@Khedran]

Knowing now that Khamzat cant maintain that first round pace thru the entire fight, and that his submission technique specifically needs sharpening, if Nate could weather round 1, he would probably have subbed khamzat late.

[@champ1159]

​@@KhedranThat would've been awesome

[@kychristell1779]

Yeah I mean...maybe it wasn't a total mismatch in hindsight

[@drewfromyay882]

​@@KhedranNate doesn't have the wrestling defense of Usman though and he's a weight class smaller.

[@jonlawinger]

See, this way we still have the luxury of saying (maybe even believing?) the fight could have been competitive.

[@jjhfcf_metal6259]

Randy Couture vs Lyoto Machida was dirty too. No celebration for Randy. No tribute. No proper send off. It was vindictive shit from Dana White.

[@rileyhayden8929]

Dana will never say it but god he is the prettiest business owner ever

[@markzuckergecko621]

​@@rileyhayden8929gay

[@ammosexual415]

I believe randy asked for that fight though

[@allanjohnson7729]

@@rileyhayden8929 Dana ain’t that pretty….

[@micahbodha6129]

Thats Dana through & througj. Vindictive,bitter & jealous man.

[@hunterglover8175]

I think it comes back to Dana being a fan of Vince McMahon. He’s said it many times and you can look at similarities in presentation and things in the earlier days of the sport especially. In wrestling they tend to “bury” anyone who is on their way out of a company to make a new or upcoming star rise up higher. They obviously can’t make someone lose in the UFC but they can obviously set up matches like these. They don’t always go the way the ufc wants which is just one of the many reasons this sport is so amazing.

[@madgavin7568]

Khamzat Chimaev vs Nate Diaz is the perfect example of this. Nate was on his way out, Khamzat was (and kind of still is) on the come-up. The UFC wanted to damage Nate's value as much as possible outside of the UFC with an utter mismatch of a fight. Fortunately Khamzat missed weight and Nate ended up fighting a washed Tony instead (I predicted Nate to win because of that and he did). Nate thankfully dodged a bullet, but only because the UFC's new golden boy was unprofessional and not because the fight was essentially an execution to the point where the SAC should have intervened.

[@RevShifty]

I've mostly stopped watching the UFC because of that. If I cared for the middle school drama and bullshit management style, I'd just watch professional wrestling instead. I don't need some fake bad boy or corny prefab sob story, I just want to watch the fights. I'd be way happier if they quit the carnival bullshit, personally, but that'll never happen.

[@motianton]

@@RevShifty it's the money maker

[@RevShifty]

@@motianton Yeah I understand that. I just don't care for it, personally. It does nothing for me but take up time between fights. I didn't care for that kind of thing in middle school, I certainly don't enjoy it as an adult.

[@Day9294_]

​@@RevShiftyYou can still watch the fights. Just don't watch the pressers or countdown shows. Just watch the fights without having to watch any background stuff

[@IvanMartinez-ze6es]

i feel the meatball fight was a result of the UFC trying to push molly into the higher ranks seeing how popular she was, thankfully erin put a stop to that

[@drewfromyay882]

Yeah she was on a 3 fight win streak, they were giving her a chance to ascend to greater things.

[@kugashira1018]

@IvanMartinez-ze6es Why "thankfully"? Molly is pretty cool and entertaining.

[@robertmccabe1919]

@@kugashira1018she’s literally only being pushed because she’s English 😂 meatball and paddy can gtfo 🤡

[@Zjadacz]

@@kugashira1018 She's annoying as hell, mate

[@danelynch7171]

Blanchfield is an absolute monster too... They might have been "feeding" molly to her to build her resume and get her on people's radar. Blanchfield is looking like a future champ so might as well pump her name up as much as possible.

[@kugashira1018]

"Joanna Xenomorph" is quite possibly the greatest nickname I've ever heard. 😂😂

[@discobites]

I think the Molly Blanchfield matchmaking was brilliant, actually. I think you’re overestimating how many eyes were on Erin at the time.

[@henrytate5206]

I feel like the Penn/Yair matchup was the UFC warning BJ. Kinda like a “Oh, you won’t just retire on your own? Here, we’ll help you with that.” BJ seriously thought he could go down to 145 and beat an up and coming prospect. I think that played out exactly how Dana wanted. Granted, Penn still fought 3 times in the UFC after the Yair fight. But those losses weren’t as brutal.

[@CaptCKernel]

The Hall loss was brutal imo

[@BTRshow]

But BJ didn't retire after that, he still wanted more fights. The ufc just had to stop sending him fight offers because BJ %100 was gonna sign and show up. That's all the ufc could truly do, was just stop giving him offers. To this day, I firmly believe BJ would return if the ufc offered it.

[@TA-hf6si]

B.J Penn for the good and bad is a fighter. He'll fight anyone.

[@Strangegloves]

I think the hughes gracie fight is rather symbolic....it was a fight that proved u couldn't just be good at one discipline any more....that night matt hughes combined a lil boxing a lil jiu-jitsu and a lot of wrestling to show that the time of being good at one thing was long gone........

[@RosenLaz]

Look, I’ll never in my life forget what it was like getting to roll vs Kelvin the week before he left for the ultimate fighter and my absolute pride for everything he accomplished following the show. His weight problems aside. Not a soul gave Izzy the fight that he did for years. I’ll always have respect for that man.

[@shamrock6008]

He's like Uriah Hall. Never quite achieved what they seemed destined to, but my lord are they killers on the right night. Ironic they were both TUF 17 finalists.

[@jordanterry6248]

How many videos do you find a way to shoehorn this impossible to confirm claim to fame into? It doesn’t really have anything to do with this video except that it talks about Kelvin but what you’re saying is not relevant to what the video is saying about him

[@TA-hf6si]

Great fighters with "weak" minds. It's a shame to see them not reaching what they definitely could.@@shamrock6008

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

Lol, relax dude. Cool things do happen when you leave the house and unsurprisingly you want to tell people about them.

[@kevinjohnson4498]

They tried to do Nate Diaz dirty too, giving him Khazmat for his last fight after giving him Leon before that. Luckily Khazmat missed weight so bad he changed divisions and Nate got to beat up on Ferguson at the end.

[@weareall1]

Zombie did not do that bad man. He held his ground.

[@gti5700]

Yep and was throwing bombs back at Max

[@zachlovescats95]

I was so disappointed when he started swinging for the fences right before he got ko'd. I knew what was gonna happen. I thought he could actually win if he played it smart and grappled with holloway on the ground.

[@markzuckergecko621]

I love how they showed Power Slap while they said "there are things that sound better on paper than they really are...."🤣

[@chaosdromanah8620]

I'm suprised that Randy Couture vs Mark Coleman didn't appear on this list

[@oliverkell6103]

Both ancient at that point tho

[@markzuckergecko621]

@@oliverkell6103 old Randy isn't the same as old normal people though, let's not forget him kicking Tim Sylvia's ass when he was on the wrong side of 40.

[@DTex.45ACP]

I don't think its possible to do Royce Gracie dirty given the amount of shady shit he pulled in feeding puppies to wolves.

[@codetheartisttv3880]

Who

[@ScottieFindsFish]

watching meatball molly get exposed was so satisfying

[@pablogomeztorres892]

That punch turned Pedro Munhoz into Dominick Cruz 😂 2:42

[@cefalu63]

The UFC has never, will never, give a damn about their fighters. No sports league ever will. If they could get away with death matches they would.

[@danelynch7171]

What are you talking about? That's such a wild position to take!😂😂

[@stabyourcat]

The BJ Penn v. Yair fight was rumoured that it was punishment for BJ for always saying he wanted to fight but backing out constantly.

[@Alexanderfranksofficial]

I mean if the rumors around Dillon Danis potentially being signed to the UFC are true, I predict that they give him the Sean Gannon treatment.

[@S1ngefou]

The Bisping one has to be the quickest turn around for a champ losing a fight. I saw the GSP fight then weeks later found out about the Gastelum fight, so odd.

[@josephjackson1016]

As far as bisbing he shouldn't have been fighting long before his last match specially with him only having one eye so as far as him I don't think that lost takes much away from him becoming a champ with one eye and defending the belt mutlple times with one eye is just insane and shows how tuff that man really is.

[@CriticalSports013]

I enjoyed the Meatball matchup

[@carn5haun343]

Derailing the meatball hypetrain was the highlight of the year

[@AndrewJW]

I love how you guys shout out your editors. I wish more channels did that

[@HWHY]

Entertaining edits, especially the placements of Dana-reactions Cool hand, Luke.

[@shmk1]

I enjoyed the Blanchefield victory

[@VonLegend.]

Max is an absolute badass and genuine good dude for how he handled that zombie fight. Didn’t do more than necessary and seemed to go out of his way to make sure it was no worse than necessary.

[@Johnny.bar99]

Hendricks, an ex-steroid user, getting beat by a new steroid user was poetic.

[@joshuab3715]

I heard an interview where they explained the BJ fight. His contract is for SO MUCH money, that he would NEED to fight a serious contender.

[@djskip150]

This list makes me think about what would have happened if Khamazat didnt miss weight and actually fought Nate Diaz instead of Tony for his retirement. Idk what the UFC was thinking with that??

[@horobi-san4427]

Khamzat would have won and got a title shot, probably They were setting him up for that before the weight miss

[@zachlovescats95]

Khamzat is way too big to be fighting at welterweight anyways. He'd probably do worse considering the amount he'd have to cut.@@horobi-san4427

[@wscsace]

Molly was only pushed because of paddy

[@PrinceIsot]

Love how its titled like they were written out of a show 😂

[@Cainb23]

Sean Gannon thing is still top 5 most corny things the ufc have ever done. Imagine jockeying for position against street fighters that almost always stay in their own lane. One of the most shining examples I love the fighters and the sport but I absolutely hate the company and everyone involved that doesn’t or didn’t fight

[@davethomas543]

" The guy who unarguably beat GSP in his prime , while the guy was juiced to the gills " ..................

[@folksurvival]

GSP also used PEDs though.

[@zachlovescats95]

It's insane people don't call out gsp on steroid usage. You can tell looking at his stomach and neck he used.@@folksurvival

[@RobRochon]

That statement in the video is one of many that MMA on Point makes about GSP which makes me think they have a low-key hate on for the guy. First off it is "arguable", especially considering that the judges got it right 1-3-5. Secondly, who on earth that rationally follows the sport could possibly say that GSP, in his last ever fight at welterweight, in fight 27 of 28, with numerous injuries including knee reconconstruction, was "in his prime"?!?!? A fight which immediately afterward he announces that he needs to take a break from the sport to recover mentally and physically?!?!? That statement was beyond stupid.

[@Kyle_919]

I liked seeing Molly lose just because Barstool sports pushed her and Paddy so hard.

[@JWMCMLXXX]

UFC got too big. It's kind of a bummer like a lot of the time. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what happens if Dana ever abdicates the throne.

[@THE-CHAMPION-HAS-A-NAME]

I absolutely loved seen blanchfield beat the crap out of molly, it was very enjoyable

[@mezme84]

I lost it a Joannxenomorph 😂😂😂❗❗❗

[@benjiowen8433]

I enjoyed watching Meatball Subbed. That was funny

[@woodzrc3128]

2:13 most of the uk enjoyed the match up and result.

[@Kjk172]

I feel a lot of these entries could be easily explained by trying to push the other guy rather than trying to rid the former star.

[@jmacadelic_]

I hate UFC’s matchmaking sometimes. Watching Frankie Edgar get knocked out in last fight was hard to watch

[@jeremywatson9129]

Johnny wad already done when he fought Costa.

[@rootapt-getworld]

I love watching th growth of the channel champions lol

[@hakr1298]

Say what you want, the beating costa did to jhonny still makes me sad

[@BBRRTT98]

fawk Johnny Hendricks. the juiced up fighter got his ass beat by another juiced fighter

[@madgavin7568]

A lot of people didn't really like Hendricks so most fans are apathetic at what happened to him. Not saying its right of course.

[@adnanabbasi8918]

i disagree with McCann vs Balchfield. Blanchfield hadn’t had any signature wins before Molly and that was a fight that was needed

[@diegoandres8711]

Khamzat vs Nate Diaz would have been brutal if khamzat didn’t miss weight.

[@danelynch7171]

Khamzat would have battered him in the first but Nate would have started to pull away with it late in the second. By the 3rd, he would have been slapping the beard off that kid and looking for a spot to grab a choke. It was a smart call to change the match up.

[@madgavin7568]

@@danelynch7171 Delusional. Khamzat would have absolutely rag-dolled Nate from beginning to end, who is not Kamaru by any means. It would have looked like Rory MacDonald vs Nate Diaz, which was where Rory rag-dolled Nate.

[@sonny9493]

​@@danelynch7171lmao Nate would have been killed.

[@danelynch7171]

@@sonny9493 sure thing boss. Just like he always gets it. 🙄 Diaz is able to weather the early storm and his gas tank and experience carry him to a decision finish with khamzat getting the Stockton slap and leaving him with that classic confused stare everyone gets. 😂

[@DavidLittle1990]

He said “shooting basketballs isn’t punching someone in the f*#kin face” hahahah

[@herbcentral4205]

Nobody likes meatball Molly so it was good to see her humbled 😂

[@dr.loomis4221]

If they're truly a star then they'll rise to the occasion

[@Alarak87]

It sucks when you mention fighters being their own worst enemies and not knowing when to walk away. There are a few currently on the roster who are overdue. I don't have recency bias, but I believe at least 2 knockouts in a row is serious consideration for a change in style or possible retirement. Fighters can come back from a submission or various other injuries, but a knockout just seems like it takes a bit of their soul as well. Arguably, no fighter is 100% after their first knockout loss, and several later, I'd argue they are 50% or worse. There are exceptions, including many from prior MMA On Point videos, but still, there are fighters who have gotten so bad after a few knockouts that it's not worth the PPV money to watch them continue to get slaughtered unless you are just purely sadistic.

[@joshhunt3242]

Feeding cain after years of injury right to prime ngannou was a crime

[@Morgan-uf4id]

i enjoyed meatball molly being cocky saying she’ll smash her and the getting bullied haha

[@MrEddiewise05]

Hendricks/Costa was a great passing the torch fight. And Hughes/Gracie was a fight that had to happen.

[@aidana4033]

Can we all agree Tommy is the GOAT of MMA on Point?

[@VR-yj1xs]

Dana definitely finds it hard to say no to BJ

[@hulkman245]

When Molly vs Blanchfield was made i was hoping that the hype behind Molly would put her as a big favorite so i could win some big money😅😅

[@ODMagicMike]

I remember watching Hughes vs Gracie live and just being sad. Royce is a legend and getting absolutely dominated at his own game was hard to watch.

[@desyncer]

Except every one of these fights had a point and you even provided the reasons for most of them. Most of the others were all about passing the glow of an ageing legend to a young upcoming star. Bisping is unique in that he suffered the detached retina and that really slowed down his fight schedule. When he beat Anderson Silva then got the call for the short notice fight for Rockhold 2, he knew he didn't have a lot of time to make was he could from the sport. So he took what he thought were the easiest fights for his "title reign" by fighting an old Hendo and a retired GSP coming up a weight class instead of fighting any real MW contenders like Souza, Whittaker, Romero or Mousasi. Once he dropped the belt, he knew there was no way back through the contenders or a trilogy with Rockhold. So he took the short notice Gastelum fight to get a last quick decent payday before riding off into the sunset.

[@larrysanders27]

Great video but the Bisping-Silva win wasn't controversial, the non-ko knee might have been, but Bisping clearly won that fight!

[@jefferyflood]

I always wanted to mention for years but it's weird that Luke Taylor was born the exact day before I was born

[@folksurvival]

Why is that weird?

[@Yussup458]

Jonny Hendricks decline was actually so sad😢

[@matlock8150]

Nah f that weight bully

[@Xtreme_Number4]

​@@jamesmelton4412i still dont think usada played that big of a factor. I think robbie took his soul then add the iv ban and his firing of mike dolce and he was done for.

[@defiantking7777]

He was on PED’S.

[@defiantking7777]

@@Xtreme_Number4he lost to Robbie by split decision. Wasn’t bloodied, cut, knocked down, or dominated. So Robbie absolutely did not “take his soul”. Hendricks used to send guys flying in the octagon and when USADA came all that ceased. He looked fat at 170 etc. he was on PED’S

[@shamrock6008]

​@@Xtreme_Number4you can't seriously think the man lost his touch of death strength, his physique and aggressiveness because of a split decision? Dude was on so much sauce lol

[@danreder8985]

I remember thinking the same thing when Hughes fought hoyce. My friends all had the same thoughts too, WHY!

[@meh7348]

"why isnt molly fighting strikers on ever London card" This is exactly what's wrong with the sport and it's rankings. I don't understand why they keep the facade up, just ditch the rankings and go by Instagram followers or some shit which is pretty much what they are already doing. Giving people opportunities based in shit talking and popularity rather than skill, and Dana wonders why hardcores rarely pay for ppv's.

[@drham9339]

Why would they book tai vs pavlovich

[@kartikayysola]

To be fair, you could say that about a lot of guys Pavlovich has fought recently.

[@leebinpoggersmomento6101]

Because Pavlovich was on the come up?

[@danelynch7171]

Because tai is a star and a win over pav would have been huge. And they are both younger, up and coming fighters who need to fight in the road to the title. Your question doesn't make much sense.

[@conboy66]

Molly got beat by a can straight after 😅

[@horobi-san4427]

Not just beat. She practically handed the submission to her opponent. Fraud checked 100%.

[@bendahova6196]

7:18 yooooo “joanaXenomorph”😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@grapplerunit]

Man I just found out Sean Gannon passed away

[@Justin-jg2hi]

Zombie was robbed of his prime.

[@zachlovescats95]

Crapitalism for you

[@petrilachristian5249]

I think Edgar jumping from LW straight to BW is one of the biggest " what if s "

[@rehanahmad5911]

They were just about to do Nate Diaz dirty with khamzat.

[@Master-hunter2000]

I hate to say this but as a British fan molly and paddy had there losses coming they came across they were the next big thing

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

Gracie was supposed to beat Hughes because Gracies were supposed to be grappling gods. They had that aura about them for a long long time.

[@Fierysaint1]

Yes, #2 and #1 are 100% deservingly ranked!

[@wheelgunslingers]

I think TKZ fighting max was more of two respected veterans asking for a fight for their personal pride and memories. I think Dana probably respects those two and made the fight because they both wanted it

[@melgibsonsinternalrage2924]

Damn I forgot all about Jason Brilz that’s a name I haven’t heard in ages

[@TA-hf6si]

Almost all of these are known names but past their prime and the few whom are still in their prime have been semi popular just fighters (on the UFC level). Perfect food for the prospects and newer fans which dominates the fanbase. The prospect gets some name value after defeating a big name that the new fans never saw fight, but have heard the name of. My point being; Nearly of not all of these fights makes perfect sense :)

[@rdeh1678]

Hendrix was never the same without steroids , what a sad case

[@CartersUniversee]

Luke Taylor looks like he'd do me dirty

[@timothyojukwu9718]

The loss against Blanchfield aged well. Molly rather killed herself off when she got tapped in a co-main by a girl that was 1-5 in the UFC

[@estern001]

Oh, I didn't know we were still talking about UFC. What's going on in Bellator? No reason. Have another beer.

[@songokussj3]

R.I.P to all of these fighters the UFC killed off for no reason. They can't keep getting away with this!

[@dengthanchhunga8581]

Completely agree with everything in this video

[@gustavoramiro5449]

Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez definitely should be on a list like that.

[@AngryJT]

Gas vs Bisping was still a solid way to go out.

[@g7721]

Lol If McMann did not talk so delusionally about how good she is and how she will be the future champion, all while being mid at best, I would actually feel bad for her for getting owned without much effort by Erin.

[@folksurvival]

Who's McMann?

[@Muzzphooka]

U literally explained why Johnny Hendricks pissed everyone off

[@barryduff7533]

9/10 of these are old legends being fed to young contenders, who could and should have had a Robbie Lawler type retirement fight, but thats how the UFC like to operate. Ex champs with big money contracts who want to stick around too long get put down, brutal strategy but clearly on purpose. The Molly McCann fight however makes no sense at all, they straight up killed a star for no return.

[@royalkakler]

Totally disagree with Vera and Frankie. Frankie was new to the division and 1-1 against top guys in the division.

[@jack0_]

they probably matched molly up to lose because she was up for contract negotiations

[@josieandy5874]

Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Cotoure

[@Diesel257]

Side note: It would suck to be known as "little" when you're bigger than like 85% of people ie Little Nog.🤔

[@TheLoganSomers]

Tito Ortiz vs Lyoto Machida Randy Couture vs Lyoto Machida Lyoto Machida vs Derek Brunson Rich Franklin vs Cung Le Carlos Condit vs Demian Maia Ilir Latifi vs Derek Lewis Just to name a few others

[@michaeljordan3084]

Joannaxenomorph. Good one

[@WheelChairwayToHeaven]

I get the Gannon fight. It lifts up the entire ufc roster. These days they should freak show that fight with any 155er in the top 15 to offer Gannon as a blood sacrifice

[@goderking1]

Is there a video of impossible come backs after losing majority of the fight? Or 1 punch power fights getting koed by "non power punchers"

[@tenacminotauro9541]

Bisbing eventually got his revenge on fans with his commentary.

[@jbj7599]

Joe silva was notorious for doing this, ruin their stock before they leave

[@kadeemjones30]

I still feel like Ryan bader was robbed of a title shot in 2015 he should’ve faced DC at UFC 192 but instead for some reason they gave it to Gustafson who was coming off a loss to Rumble Johnson