10 Times UFC Divisions Completely Stalled out

[@vulkanlives8188]

D Johnson may be the only champ who stalled a division by being too fucking good

[@thisisutubnottwitterwhyhandles]

I have a feeling that Alexandre will do a similar thing. I don't see a difficult matchup at all for him in that division.

[@regularstan6212]

Right

[@joelboutier1736]

Seriously. The man is so good that no one paid any attention to flyweight. Everyone pretty much said "Who cares who's coming up in flyweight. They're not gonna beat Mighty Mouse."

[@martijnoerlemans765]

Anderon Silva maybe?

[@vulkanlives8188]

@@martijnoerlemans765 you're right he was champ for like almost a year longer than DJ

[@Fsardin]

Gsp really came to middle weight, got the belt and was like good luck everybody

[@daevonthesavage7483]

Man wanted to see if he could do it. Did it. Then was like, "Ok, cool, Bye!" 😭🤣🤣

[@LTD9392]

He knew it was a perfect opportunity to fight a stylistically easier matchup in Bisping and then dip before fighting any of the real killers in the division.

[@cammaltby6218]

@@LTD9392exactly what jones is doing now haha

[@LTD9392]

@@cammaltby6218 exactly lol

[@mr.j9103]

@@cammaltby6218Yup😂

[@nicorepetto5781]

Jones is the king of stalling divisions

[@Monkey_11]

And dominating them

[@AlphaQHard]

@@DaciousMC *dvdsions

[@tjmoore2356]

@@Monkey_11 only one division he's dominated

[@matepavic6929]

​@@Monkey_11 He fought in 2 divisions, dominating one, at least mostly, and has one fight in the other. Chill out with dominating part.

[@jokesonyou5629]

Him and khabib

[@bobjacob1338]

Jons gotta be on this list at least 3 times

[@Mathis313]

Yeah jons

[@JamieCoville]

Ngannou "Released on his contract?" He let the sunset clause set making him a free agent.

[@BTRshow]

Dana made it sound like they cut ngannou because he was too hard to work with and some people run with that

[@OmnipotentSpud]

Jones literally seems less chaotic when he's bullying a whole division and fans. The dude had one of the craziest comebacks ever still found a way to squander the good faith.

[@almazingsk8er]

I can't believe I am about to defend Jones... but what does good faith do for him? I mean, honestly, he is one of the most hated fighters of all time. For many good reasons. Yeah, he got some good press after the Gane win but with his legacy I don't blame him for feeling like he doesn't have much left to prove. If I had the leverage to hold out for a big pay day for a relatively easy fight, I would do it too. Not saying I like it, but his behavior is indeed what is best for him, and I can't really fault him for being selfish in such a brutal sport and industry, especially at his age.

[@Qazaq_Qiyat_1465]

The fact that he has less money isnt on the UFC but on his inactivity and suspensions which are his fault so Jon Jones only has himself to blame and needs to shut up and just fight.

[@whocares9033]

*one of the craziest PED fueled comebacks ever I fixed that for you Jones is trash for cheating. He may have actually been a good fighter, but we'll never actually know

[@BTRshow]

Jones is less chaotic when he is "fighting" (in the media for fighting, even tho he doesn't fight many people anymore). The instant that attention and limelight is off of him, he is going right back into being a wife beating, coke snorting, cop's worst nightmare POS that he is

[@GinkgoPete]

​@@almazingsk8erJon is the one that always brings up legacy. A very large part of legacy is good faith. Youre not gonna be remembered fondly if people hate you.

[@MrHorsesongs05]

Defending an interim belt is ridiculous. Aspinall's next fight should make him undisputed. Regardless of opponent.

[@tjmoore2356]

For real, if Jon wants he he can fight Tom

[@markzuckergecko621]

Interim belts are ridiculous on the surface. Either the champ is going to be out long enough to vacate, or you just call the top contender the top contender. Interims have never been anything more than top contender fights with a make believe belt attached.

[@skeletoncrew6500]

@@markzuckergecko621the difference between an interim champion and a title eliminator is that the latter can be promoted to champion if the actual champion is out for that long (like Aldo, Arlovski, Barao, Whittaker, and maybe someone else)

[@edvardsusackis2637]

That is literally the only reason for having an interim championship.

[@BTRshow]

Tom aspinall don't want to be renan barao with like 5 interim title defenses

[@CaptCKernel]

What the HW division is going through post-Ngannou just sucks. Cant blame Francis for grabbing that bag, the UFC just botched it imo Its hard to get behind Jones who got an immediate title shot with zero HW fights, then waited for Stipe for "legacy" only to not fight or relinquish the belt...all the while you see guys like Jiri and Jamahal get hurt, vacate, and come back quicker than Jones will. Its honestly really shitty to the fans but even shittier for Aspinall

[@harsha1989able]

As far as I (and any other genuine fan of the sport) am concerned, Tom Aspinall is the real heavyweight champion of the World right now, the baddest man on the planet... Not Jon Jones... And I say it as the biggest Jon Jones fan...

[@christianemanuel6514]

I feel it’s been stalled since the DC Miocic fights. 3 fights, 3 years apart and then the all the Ngannou problems followed. Miocic is the common denominator 😂

[@ButtSmash]

@@harsha1989able He is simultaneously holding the belt and refusing to fight who he needs to fight... like thats literally what the belt means Jon... you fight whoever you are asked to fight. Fuck Jon Jones

[@CaptCKernel]

@@christianemanuel6514 I've never heard or thought of that before but I cannot disagree...which sucks cuz I like stipe but yeah that makes a lot of sense...i could see it more of the UFC being the UFC but that's very valid

[@BTRshow]

Jones is only in it for himself but he is so desperate to stay in the limelight that he doesn't want the ride to end.

[@christianbrunswick6932]

I feel like the Figgy/Moreno fights stalled up the Flyweight Division for a time too. About two years at least

[@BTRshow]

Some of the rematches were unwarranted but the ufc REALLY wanted figgy as champ

[@znx2038]

Hey! You look like a young Stipe!!

[@ronnn.10]

this was one of the best top 10s i’ve seen in a while

[@MuhGlassRibs]

Lightweight during the conor and khabib era really stalled out

[@whocares9033]

Because Conor knew if he fought again everyone would see how mid he really is

[@M0CKAVELLI]

You could argue it still is

[@BTRshow]

Any Russian champ holds up the division because they can't compete for a third of the year because of Ramadan and other religious practices. Nothing against the religion but just saying it plays a role

[@the_odd_cat553]

@@BTRshowA third? Ramadan is 1 Month out of Twelve.

[@jordanterry6248]

It’s crazy how much the lightweight division has been stalled. It seems like it’s spent more time stalled than not considering how it first started and then the examples they mentioned

[@jonvia]

The build up to the Bisping vs GSP fight was glorious but we all knew George was selling wolf tickets and would vacate the belt.

[@BTRshow]

Tbh, so long as he vacated quickly (he did), I don't mind. Anything to sell a ppv with legends.

[@RGDITHERS]

Bayliun videos are always my favorite! Spoken and presented well without feeling like I'm being yelled at (Tommy)

[@CornerStoreDrums]

MMA On Point is the definition of top shelf! 💯

[@JustinWilson-i9p]

How dare you say Mcnugget changed the hype around featherweight?!!? Put some respect on Aldo and Halloway

[@combatsports_2758]

at least spell holloway right

[@patriotplays6990]

The Aldo disrespect in this video was WILD.

[@craigpiercer79]

I think it's a giant missed opportunity to bring up Mousasi and not use the Tommy Toe Hold impression of him!

[@boskobuha6321]

Ngannou vs dillashaw is a fight to make

[@Octagonal199]

Imagining that fight got me feeling bad for T.J.

[@homersimpson6585]

@@Octagonal199don’t feel bad he was ducking cm punk for years

[@jakegenocide]

Mr. Blownapart is for sure upset about the first entry.

[@stinkypeterson7699]

HA!!! I love that you mentioned Nicco Momtano! I forgot all about her til now. She was no champion. This is such a great list and such a great great channel. I’ve been watching since the beginning and years later I’m still hooked

[@thatbeightolguy]

Top 10 “Mythical Creatures” in MMA

[@GibbsVideography]

The audio cable that tripped Tony on that list?

[@BTRshow]

Solid choice

[@KarlBainbridge]

You forgot the two years without a W135 title defence between 245 and 269. People try and frame Nunes as a good thing when the division’s fall in relevance was on her watch. Even if you don’t directly blame her she’s the Tim Sylvia esque figurehead on top. The one thing you can say with Rocky as champion is the field is massively open, and that can only be a positive.

[@questionmark1152]

Jones has stalled so many divisions he's now stalling DIVISONS.

[@franciscoramirez9867]

Yea boii have a nice day everyone!

[@somberhaze4538]

There should be a set amount of time during which, regardless of circumstance injury or otherwise, the titles must be defended or they are lost.

[@BTRshow]

They do that in boxing. No matter how popular the champ, you either defend in a timely manner, or you get stripped.

[@zacbradley5869]

I just noticed you said Ngannou defend against gane in 2020 but it was 2022. I’m sure you know was just confusing error :-) Love the channel so much

[@DReynolds_OG]

The fact that 8/10 of these happened within the last 10 years is demonstrative of how much the power is tilted towards Dana more recently. None of this happens in other major sports.

[@BTRshow]

Other promotions have it set up to where it can't get too political. Tournaments and seasons help with that. In the ufc, either you play ball with Dana or don't play at all

[@RobWstringofnumbersnletters]

'Divisons'? Boys, please. My tism is going wild

[@Anchorwing.]

Jones stalls the line and does lines in stalls 🐐

[@BTRshow]

He'll punch your life out then punch his wife out

[@peacefrog64]

I remember when they brought the lw division back and how much of a t-rex Sean Sherk was. Nasty g n’ p but short arms.

[@FaisalQuadri22]

Jon Jones “beat” Dominick Reyes *Cuts to a photo of Jon getting rocked in the fight 😂

[@randazza]

I've watched that fight a few times, and Reyes decisively won the first 2 rounds. Round 3 was close, but 4, and 5 was all Jones. Definitely not a robbery.

[@whocares9033]

Nah, Jones should have all his wins re.oved for his PED use and attempts to cover it up Dude is a POS that should never have been in the UFC

[@domros1095]

Let’s not forget that FRANCIS was recovering from knee surgery and couldn’t fight! It’s not as if he was healthy after completing his contract. That part of the story needs to be highlighted as a contributing factor into him not fighting!

[@patwalsh1045]

ngannou wasnt released he was a free agent when his contract expired and he chose to not resign

[@BTRshow]

Ngannou would have to be a crack baby to resign amidst his boss and Jones, who ran away from ngannou for like 2 years, calling ngannou a coward. The disrespect was absurd and he didn't even leave yet. He pretty much had to leave

[@xaviersmall4461]

It's kinda funny that you referenced Demetrius Johnson with how Amanda held up her division like he did yet you didn't put him on the list. 😂😂😂

[@tharimrattler]

One of the greatest thumbnails of all time 😅

[@hardnewstakenharder]

That Chael Sonnen grammar on the thumbnail lol.

[@BlockyRaptor]

Divisons

[@joshuapatrick682]

Jones stalling another division while Omalley keeps sandbagging at 135… I see UFC hasn’t changed since I’ve stepped away. Good, it sucks to support their exploitation of athletes.

[@BTRshow]

The ufc trying to exploit fighters and fighters are trying to exploit their place in the rankings, whether it be champ or just ranked. Some fighters are awesome, but it's mostly a political mess

[@Angel-ui8ur]

All this mess could all be avoided if they just got rid of interim titles. If the champ is injured and or simply unable to defend their title then they should just be striped.

[@luizansounds]

If they want to keep the interim belt they could do a 6 months min for interim belt and 1 and a half years for the title to be stripped, it's not ideal but it's a bit weird

[@NickHeights]

12:06 The vital piece of information missed is that all of the shambles with promoting Aldo to champ again only happened because Rumble pulled out of the fight with DC that was meant to be the main event for UFC 206. That meant Max and Pettis had to pushed to the main event. So Dana decided to make it for the interim belt since he hates main events with not title on the lline, therefore promoting current interim champ (Aldo) to champ, and stripping Conor.

[@Bedardo12]

You missed the quotations marks on John "beating" Dominick

[@why-hf6gc]

Respect to Jiri and Jamahal doing the right thing off an injury

[@rhdbmw9361]

Best part is their relationship! So happy they have each other. Love you Steve-o! 😎🤙🤙🤙

[@Fluoride_Jones]

I know it was different times, but BJ Penn was at the top of the LW divison for so long, even winning the welterweight title during that period. Highly inpressive stuff. I doubt we'll ever see a contender be so dominat for that many years again. Similar to Wandereli Silva in Pride.

[@Kyle_919]

There’s not enough fighters anymore who are game to fight anyone at anytime. All the champs today are holding out for double champ status or easy wins. People like Holland, Thompson, Gaethje and Dober are keeping the lights on by going out there and putting on a show regardless of the outcome

[@BTRshow]

Those are cool names but they aren't champs. Contenders and ranked fighters shouldn't have to carry their division and be the main reason to watch because their champs are busy with easy fights, taking a long break, or going for double champ. Feel bad for good contenders in lame divisions

[@fight.family.forever]

Wonderful video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@hakr4751]

The way the udc just closed an entire division for inactivity is crazy, considering how many times that stuff happened in the new era, funny thing since lightweight will go on to be the most important and most stacked division in the sport history Imagine if it stayed closed forever? All the superstars the ufc had wouls never have emerged, and mma would never reach any popularity among casual fans, since they wouldn't be doing those crazy numbers they did

[@Timujen]

Fire in these beats at the end

[@michaelkim2147]

Jones is like ducking and picking fights throughout his career like what's his name Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wait for contender's prime to pass by then fight them at the weakest point. He's scared of Aspineli right now.

[@BTRshow]

Jones could have fought stipe in 2017. Both were champs and on winning streaks but stipe was literally one punching people. Had to wait until stipe is in a retirement to randomly beg for the fight

[@6footcutie]

The background music has a high pitched ringing sound to it, like I've got tinnitus... Keep thinking my oven timer is going off

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

GSP is an all time great no doubt but it's so disappointing the best middleweight roster we ever had was frozen just because George knew Mike had one eye. He signed a multi fight deal with his fingers crossed with zero intentions to defend the belt because no other MW had one eye.

[@BTRshow]

Short sided now looking at it because now GSP is trapped with the ufc forever. He's my goat but that dude ain't going anywhere now

[@grahamwebb1367]

any division jon gets in yep

[@MrStcrook69]

Conor better be on here at least twice

[@deanchalmers8239]

First of all, Grasso v shevchenko 2 never should have happened. Secondly while the judge scores were fucking messed up Grasso should have a win on her record for the second by unanimous decision

[@BTRshow]

Valentina is the sorest loser and won't get back in line. She isn't beating grasso, she needs to get over her ego and accept that

[@corndogsauceman5495]

Except shevshanko won

[@Schmeisserinho]

honestly I'm not ready to say LHW is safe from the curse until we see an actual title defence fight. (and also the rumors of Alex fighting Tom for tripple champ status might add to the stalling of the division, lmao)

[@luizansounds]

Its Safe for now, for at least 1 more title defense

[@BTRshow]

Jones is a cancer to the ufc, but the ufc is so desperate to put on any big name on their cards that theyre willing to play ball with jon. Problem is, jon never throws the ball back. He just holds on to it, pass it to the one dimensional kid occasionally, then pretend to go home.

[@BTRshow]

Plus jones was scared of Francis and held up his move to heavyweight until Francis left. Idc what jones did to lyoto and Rashad evans. Jones is a cancer now and has been for the past like 4 years

[@goIdfishgamer]

Khabib made the lightweight division move like mud didn’t necessarily stall it out

[@pandabro2474]

Top 10 fights that almost happened

[@MF-kr4hf]

The commentator said about 10 times that Conor is stripped of his title, but never why..

[@MrJuggalo909]

It's crazy. That would of been BJ's house for 5+ years.

[@nathanchristman6660]

Winner of Blanchfield vs fiorot more than likely would get the next title shot barring a weird outcome of shevchenko vs grasso 3.

[@BTRshow]

Schevchenko wants that bad because she is a sore loser

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

Well at least all the guys on this list have a very strong pullout game.

[@Spacezee110]

I was confused at the thumb nail. And why it said divisons. Then I read the title lol

[@jplester9719]

Jones ducking Francis for 3 whole years during some of his best years is crazy he's neve fighting Aspinall as his ego wont allow it, Aspinall is 100% beating him and Jones knows it so scared to lose his goat status.

[@whocares9033]

Jones needs an asterisk beside all of his wins for all the PED he was doing

[@seanmackay2489]

you guys got over a million subs… you don’t have to pretend the patrons are “making the video possible”

[@joelboutier1736]

What a mess MMA is. Injuries, contract negotiations, PED suspensions, brawls outside the cage... what's gonna screw up the next division?

[@luci4463]

atleast these lhw's are responsible enough to relenquiesh their titles not like Jones who is holding back a fucking devision. I'd respected him more if he pulled gsp after winning heavyweight crown. But Nah bro Has to push a fight against a guy who can't even walk without a cane. Nah bro just relenquiesh .

[@markzuckergecko621]

This is the "growing pains" stage of the sport, it could be worse. When it happened in baseball, the Yankees just won every damn year for a few decades.

[@whocares9033]

"Growing pains" lol That was over a decade ago UFC has fallen so hard, due to Dana White being such a huge POS

[@senorhavingalittletrouble]

Before I even hit play, how many times is Jones in this list

[@BTRshow]

Not enough

[@onefortyandwiry]

Anyone else notice the typo in the thumbnail?

[@Oncopoda]

Typo in thumbnail. Please correct before I go insane. 😢

[@patwalsh1045]

****khabib was in america with the fight vs tony booked during the beginning of the pandemic and chose to go back to russia where he knew he wouldnt be able to travel back in time for the fight.

[@lupe103344522]

1:05 for the men of culture 🦶

[@austinv9964]

Petis taking the fight Vs Clay was so stupid!

[@vukgladanac2850]

Nice

[@limpelephant1]

This list could just say Jonesx10.

[@lostlakepictures7378]

Luke lived on Tattooine. Not Dantooine. I don’t want to be that guy…

[@brandonm8901]

That's not how you pronounce Staph, boss

[@Strangegloves]

Let's be totally honest the heavyweight title is cursed !!!! All of this happened to the champs.....Cotoure's contract issues, Barnetts steroids, Mir's bike accident, Sylvia's failed drug test, Cotoures contract issues again, Brocks illness, Cains injuries, Francis contract n now jones injuries ffs !!!!

[@tylerakerfeldt7220]

Okay so half of the GSP entry was about Whitaker. Who wrote that part?

[@JKMeZmA]

I really hope Pereira defends the title a few times to settle the division a bit before he probs moves to heavyweight.

[@williammoore1980]

How does GSP get the blame for the stalling and not Bisping? Michael was ducking Yoel like his life depended on it.

[@christianvinther7679]

This has to be the most shitty thing about MMA. Champions who don't want to defend their title, in fear of losing it, it's destroying, and they take a lot of opportunity's for other fighters... They have to be shipped quicker if not injured. Think about Connor, for example

[@kaostheninja]

Y'all don't seem to understand the women's FW division is gone from the UFC. All the fighters either dropped weight or left the UFC after Nunes retired

[@BTRshow]

They need to build it back up with kayla Harrison. Would it be rich with talent? No, but who cares? We just need more champs and divisions so these cards can actually be stacked.

[@kaostheninja]

@@BTRshow I don't disagree. I'm just saying the UFC doesn't have WFW right now and Dana doesn't seem interested in bringing it back

[@arthurdavie6508]

honestly if we just got rid of the ability to draw then judges would have to pay more attention and decide ona winner, it may be unfair on the fighters if they both fought hard but at least the division could move on more easily

[@BTRshow]

Draws are OK, they beat bad decisions. Anytime we got a draw, the rematch was decisive

[@CJH94]

Thing with jamahal tho is he did that saying he "wants the division to move on" yet now when he's still 6months away he's crying saying "no I'm next". He's entitled to a shot when he's ready but he's in no position to say I'm next when even now he's still 6months away and he's been saying that for a few months now. Also there's alot of talk from fighters close to him that he never wanted to vacate the belt and had to be persuaded into vacating and only felt pressured because jiri did it. Also he didn't even beat the champion to win the belt anyway so the fact he gets a shot after not even being in title discussions before he beat a 43yr old for the belt in the first place and only got that shot because the Two guys who actually were In line had a boring fight that ended in a draw. Realistically he's lucky that he's even in the conversation tbh

[@user-uz8cm2rw7v]

Cris Cyborg is clearly the GOAT. Nunes is no doubt a great fighter but cris has 4 belts from different organisations and has proven still to be the toughest out there.

[@brydermckee2556]

I want to see Jones vs Aspinall soooo bad. stipe fight can wait

[@platinumpagoda3079]

Jon Jones, the only fighter out there dumb enough to still be hard sparring on fight week.

[@mindful_clip]

This fighting era is marked by champs losing the belt to injury or Decisions that might have been a draw. After Khabib left.. everything got waterer downed lol

[@trevormccomber2207]

Really how many times did she actually defend the 145 belt ?? 135 yes a beast but 145 I don't remember all those fight other then the cyborg fight lol

[@BTRshow]

Nunes fought Felice Spencer and Megan Anderson at 145 as title defenses.

[@trevormccomber2207]

@@BTRshow is that all tho at least it wasn't just one I just don't remember them lol

[@Goblin318]

I hates it when connor became boxing

[@davidcolby7024]

Definitely need to put flyweight with Figgy and Moreno. Draw, Moreno sub, figgy dec, Moreno interim, Moreno win

[@DevinRooks]

Typo in the thumbnail btw

[@MJSilverfang]

4:43 Those two fight at 115, not 125...

[@MrDnice617]

Simple fix: Make Aspinall HW Champion--STIPE VS. Aspinall--Jones takes on winner

[@declamatory]

I've heard that the word, "versus", is pronounced "versus", not "vers", as Baylion keeps saying.

[@mmafighter077]

Jon Jones is the reason why the light heavyweight and now heavyweight division sucks. No one takes those division champs seriously because as long as Jones is lingering around, many fans don't feel like those champs are really the best in their division. When Jones goes away, it'll allow those divisions to grow.

[@MainCardMinute]

12-0 betting on the last 3 UFC cards, ALL PLUS MONEY💰

[@MrJuggalo909]

I feel like Big Nog matched up better with Lesnar.

[@alvininthechipmonks]

Holly v kayla should have been at 145 to fix the womens featherweight division. smh