Daniel Cormier REACTS to Shavkat Rakhmonov beating Ian Garry, Pantoja submission vs. Kai Asakura

[@jooshmma]

It almost feels like Ian wasn’t fighting to win, but to not get finished and be the first to “survive” shavkat. After hearing him in the post fight conference he was too okay with losing tbh

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

@@jooshmma so outstriking Shavkat, stinging his face with jabs, and nearly submitting him was "fighting to survive?"

[@jooshmma]

@ i was 99% Ian wouldn’t finish that choke for whatever reason he can’t finish rnc he did the exact same thing to mvp

[@tapin7951]

⁠@@Fightconnoisseur96 the majority of his strikes were mainly all leg kicks 😭😭 look at Ian’s face then take a look at Shavkats. “Stinging his face with jabs” Ian landed maybe 7 jabs the entire fight 🤣🤣🤡

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

@@tapin7951 he landed a lot in the third and more in the 4th until he was taken down. Shavkat's shots were landed in the clinch or on the ground, Ian has the advantage standing at distance.

[@migcarmed]

@@Fightconnoisseur96and yet he lost. I did not see a lot from Ian as well. Also got the impression that he was too cautious.

[@CaBdosdos]

It showed how insanely good Ian Gary is to make last night look your average high level mma match.

[@AJAY.Dahone]

Shavkat tore his mcl

[@tysonoovayuk8663]

Shavkat Rakhmonov🇰🇿 went into the fight with a torn MCL. and still won 😂

[@jessebremner5209]

I've had a torn mcl since last December and i play hockey..took 6 months off and have been playing for the last 6 months and it's still not fully recovered and it definitely limits your explosiveness and ability to train as much

[@lagravitas3267]

DC bro please get healthier. We love you man.

[@ytuser6091]

💯

[@tysonoovayuk8663]

Shavkat Rakhmonov🇰🇿 went into the fight with a torn MCL. and still won lol

[@derekcarruthers2197]

That's funny cuz people don't walk on a torn mcl. Nice excuse tho

[@jessebremner5209]

​@derekcarruthers2197 I've had a torn mcl for a year..I've worked and walked on it for the whole year..after taking some time off playing hockey I've been playing for the last 6 months..just less explosive..you don't know what you are talking about..mcl you can do stuff.

[@surgem.1717]

You can 100% walk on a torn MCL. What a lie​@@derekcarruthers2197

[@IntuitiveIQ]

DC, do you think Dana would let some champion come in from another organization and beat the UFC champion? He knew that Pantoja would win, and now he can continue to say that the UFC is a different level than other organizations. Pantoja didn’t even get scratched. It was completely one-sided. Dana White is brilliant.

[@cowcow233]

But they seem to be trying to push Japanese fighters. Big market in Asia

[@carlostorres-mc9bm]

@@cowcow233 yes of course he will continue to fight in the ufc thats the point

[@yasuo177]

No, Dana wanted more interesting and media person. And wanted to promote ufc tournaments on Japan and earn on this more money. My respect for Pantoja's fights and hard work, but he is boring. And people dont want to buy PPV for him. Asakura fighter like Sean O'Malley, Pamtoja like Merab or Umar.

[@GreenerGrass_]

⁠@@yasuo177pantoja actually is exciting striking. It’s only boring when he chooses to sit in half guard otherwise he’s a pretty exciting fighter. But he isn’t anything like merab.

[@yasuo177]

@@GreenerGrass_ i mean not only fighting style, Pantoja havent charisma & trash talks. Ufc is big show, and fans want this.

[@Mylove_94]

That fight was one of the best technical fights I’ve seen…then it got really good lol. Ian is the real deal. I like them both but Ian won my heart.

[@globals9420]

better say he defended your heart

[@NoelRamboGuitar]

@@globals9420 boohoo

[@yakabatuka]

ur the the man dc! happy holidays

[@breakupgoogle]

🎄🎄

[@Bjaxxon]

Say merry Christmas ya liberal .

[@sandman62100]

People that hate on Ian are definitely jealous. He proved that is top 3 and will definitely get that belt one day.

[@shadyganley8877]

😂

[@carguy2256]

He didn’t attempt to do anything and when he was gifted an opportunity on the back he couldn’t do anything. All he did was survive

[@kawkaw6490]

​@@carguy2256that's what I thought, Ian Garry fans are abit weird, I mean Ian Garry had one chance to choke out Shavkat and he couldn't. That's was all, other than that, no punch ,no kicking,nothing .I mean it's not like Shavkat was hurting him or anything but at least Shavkat was punching him , kicking on his back for majority of the fight. I didn't like that but Shavkat clearly win by decision. .

[@Lockdown335]

@@carguy2256 Meanwhile ShatKat didn't get anywhere near the back and barely did a lot more other than a handful of better strikes and some top control that he didn't do a lot with along with his stalling against the cage. There wasn't much in it and that RNC was probably the biggest moment of the fight given it was the closest anyone got to a finish regardless of how you feel.

[@OXY187]

Ian was good. Disappointing performance by Shavkat. Belal would eat him alive.

[@nikobellic9004]

Competitive fight both guys showed very good skills , shavkat made many mistakes but still won. The easiest rounds to score was 1,2, 4 and 5.......shavkat clearly won rounds 1,2 and 4 as for Gary he got round 5 ....the only round that could go either way was r3 and I gaved it to shavkat... So I had 4-1 shavkat Shavkat had the better boxing and was scoring several eye catching punches in the first 4 rounds, his jab was good too snapping Gary's head at several point... -Gary wasn't landing anything with his boxing in the first 4 rounds but he was landing a lot of leg kicks instead, hmalso he had solid take down defense against upper body take down but not single legs... His grappling defense looked very good too.

[@Kctroof]

Ian had 40 more significant strikes and shavkat was 2 out of 10 take downs and ian almost choked shavkat out lol. Shavkat literally won by not being able to take ian down for 2 rounds . Shavkat has better boxing ? Then why was he trying so hard to take him down and had 40 less significant strikes?

[@MAkAVeLlIiii]

​​@@Kctroofidk where you got your stats from but you are either lying on purpose or just misinformed. Ian landed 5 more sig punches but threw 40ish more than shavkat. Shavkat landed 55% of his shots whereas Garry landed 50% of his. Ufc stat page. No need to lie bro. We all have access to the real stats....*I'll note that most of Garrys significant strikes were leg kicks...not boxing...which shavkat clearly had better boxing... stats prove it.

[@channelnameee1]

​@Kctroof the strikes were a lot more significant for Shavkat

[@Kctroof]

@@skyBearish yes for ian

[@Kctroof]

@@channelnameee1 it was 42 sig strikes for ian to 37 for shavkat

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Community seems to be warming up to good grappling; even gurus coverage acknowledged how good the Evolev Sterling fight was, only complaining it should have been main card.

[@msv-yu9ui]

Yeah, I really don't get why they put Landwehr vs. Doo-ho or Mitchell vs. Gracie on the main card over Evloev vs. Sterling.

[@Calmzat]

@@msv-yu9uicause of people like Kyle Mee

[@ayazeke]

It seems that Shafkat went into battle sick. He looked much smaller than in his previous fights. Besides it seemed that his leg injury had not fully healed yet. He could barely stand on his feet and the kicks were uncertain. I hope he comes out healthy with Belal

[@darren1989]

He just fought a man on his level and as big as him . He isn't unbeatable and Garry should that . Belal fight will be interesting

[@globals9420]

@@darren1989yeah he is not unbeatable but still they lose to him) He is like Jon Jones, definitely they get tough challenges but at the end of the day their hand keeps rising up! When the going gets tough the tough get going! So tougher guy Shavkat won yesterday night like always!

[@MAkAVeLlIiii]

​@@darren1989garry didn't show us that shavkat is beatable? Shavkat won lmao.

[@channelnameee1]

​@@MAkAVeLlIiiihe didn't look amazing against top competition, great fighter but overrated. Has 2 decision losses in amateurs, one of those coming a year after turning pro

[@Jemreaux]

There’s always excuses lmao he fought better competition

[@Username-gk3eh]

I don’t know why dc ain’t getting the views he deserves . Dc is too good as an analyst as well . Hope he reaches a million soon .

[@sandman62100]

19 wins. 18 finishes. I don't think people understand how special this kid truly is. Unprecedented. So proud to be Kazakh! 🇰🇿 🇰🇿 🇰🇿 Mark my words: this man will go down as the greatest of all time. He is a once in a generation level of talent and I don't ever see him being beat. On top of that he is also VERY handsome and ripped! 🙏Alhamdulillah🙏

[@KZ_MMA-KZ]

You're annoying

[@xdImmanuel]

😂😂😂😂I love shavkhat but this is the craziest thing I’ve ever read

[@Atifa.k]

People are underestimating and overlooking belal like i heard people say that shavkat will win belal and khamzat easily but trust me belal will win shavkat in decision but khamzat will take shavkat down in the 10 second

[@PiffFighting]

Shavkat and Ian both average

[@Fermcrhxdv_9295]

Брат бізді ұятқа қалдырмаш, бала сияқты жаздын

[@lukapotamus_23]

Love the content DC!

[@johnbailey5428]

DC is a really good guy!

[@PauloFernandes-x7e]

Pantoja is the man

[@equestrian34]

Ian can make anyone boring, quite a skill

[@wyattstorm98]

Shavkat made that fight boring. Ian actually made it fun to watch 🤦🏼‍♂️ keep hating dork

[@moefinesse9878]

Shavkat fought with a torn MCL. That is insane. Man is a different breed of mankind!

[@Lebron36637]

Dc thank you for doing this . I always look forward too it . Also good guy bad guy

[@rikzrk453]

DC is such a nice guy and elite mma stepper

[@scottgonnella2383]

Garry was on defense the whole night. He never was in position to win the fight. Garry ain’t championship material just yet. He still young.

[@Dippitydee]

Machado Garry definitely could have won if he had succeeded in choking Shavkat. But I agree that Shavkat won fair and square even though it was a close fight.

[@loganletourneau247]

@@Dippitydeewell no shit lol

[@DynastyIcon]

"just yet" is crazy work... dude stepped in on like 3 weeks notice and almost finished Shavkat who had a full camp.. a full camp, Ian gets it done... "never in position to win", "just yet" just stick to watching fights bro

[@Йодыч-у3у]

@@DynastyIconу Гэри был назначен бой с Бакли, тоже прошел полный лагерь

[@zeroworries]

@@DynastyIcon They were both scheduled to fight and switched opponents last second wtf are you on about 😂

[@eljay2224]

2:55 stop eating popeyes during broadcast!!

[@АдильМырзатаев]

This is actually a story that is told in MMA fairly often. 1 man doesn't meet your high expectations while the other goes far beyond your low expectations. So the person who won doesn't necessarily gain stock because the person who lost actually gained more in most people's minds. My favorite recent example: Khamzat and Burns at WW.

We love you DC ❤

[@TheFinalBo33]

Shavkat didn’t even throw his signature spinning heel kick.

[@Tyler-g4f]

Apparently im in the top 15 percent of KZbin with 2000 hours watching 😂😂

[@NekitGallus]

Ok

[@Matt-jc2ml]

Where do you see this?

[@CoopsMMAPOV]

Sounds like you’re single and you live with your mom

[@ytuser6091]

​@@Matt-jc2ml exactly

[@2KRAW]

DC, thank you for making me laugh until my ribs hurt. You're the best bro.

[@ytuser6091]

Thank you for your amazing work GOAT

[@SoyDuckHot]

im like 5 years younger thsn Daniel and I’m freaking the fuck out

[@Mr-E.]

Well in the next 30 to 40 years, the technological and medical advancements will be great. Stem cell treatments to keep the brain young, lab grown organs from your own body (no autoimmune rejections) to replace any organ that is old and malfunctioned. Cancer therapies will be very advanced too. If you are 40 now, there is a chance you might live another 60 to 70 years. Try to stay healthy for the next 30 years until you are 70, and then let the new medical advancements take over from there. Alternatively, if you don't believe any of that is happening or will happen, then just consider you have another solid 40 years of life left.

[@DirtyHairy01]

Take care DC! 😊

[@Username-gk3eh]

DC is Chuck 😂 . DC and Chuck are similar . Two great guys and funny too

[@KwikyFN]

Great card all around.. Thought volkov got the win lowkey, dont understand how Gane wins that. He essentially gave up in that third round.

[@yasuo177]

Boring card..

[@Bajiquan221]

asakura was lacking power tbh man he hit pantoja with a bunch of clean shots but he wasnt doing damage to pantoja. so i dont think hes ready to take the belt any time soon it was like light heavy weigt trying to fight a middle weigh.

[@symh2813]

Yea but Pantojas skull is made of titanium so it's hard to judge his power, I don't think many guys in the division could eat that knee from the first round.

[@lubrudu]

dc when do you bring the beard back, just watched some old interview looked badass

[@breakupgoogle]

volkov didnt do enough

[@jking-]

💯 especially in the 3rd round

[@jtsnow8440]

Love Pantoja but he is not getting close to the greatest 125er of all time.. DJ has 11 consecutive title defenses

[@nufamilia]

Who is Belal? Been a fan for years and no idea who he is. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@tyr10n1]

I guess you could google it? 😮

[@rodrod1515]

Merry Christmas 🎉❤

[@bcboy_]

ads at the start of every vid feels odd where almost every other creator has them in the middle. Just turns into **clicks on DC video, skips 1min** every video

[@John-s6u7c]

Borat is so happy now ! Wawaweeea !

[@filleti1027]

pantoja has a look a like fightstyle as charles oliveira has, but charles is a superstar and pantoja get hated, i dont know why, both deserve the superstar status

[@TheSteviejaymack]

Facts

[@nicholascoob1350]

One is a LW, the other is a FLW.

[@stevep4236]

Mighty Mouse is not coming back

[@Marvin-ut4xs]

Shhhhhid , DJ is on the airplane right now lol. DJ loves competition. DJ is coming back to claim what's rightfully his like the man in the iron mask

[@stevep4236]

@@Marvin-ut4xs Maybe if UFC gives him the bag...which I doubt

[@joshuawilliams9754]

DC wiping that chicken grease off the camera😂

[@captain_ali_01]

7:15 there we go again.. fighters not siding with the fighters..cruz was right.. dc just wants to be the nice guy in all this

[@ytuser6091]

Cruz is just a jealous person he sees the success and fan base DC has that he might never be able to do

[@Macktube]

I wonder if Pantoja's father is proud of him yet?

[@scramble9579]

Time and time again

[@big_boy_chris]

Ian is legit but lets not get crazy now. Take into consideration that Ian and MVP are the two the largest 170lbs UFC fighters in the division at 6'3". Ian also trained with Shavkat in the past so he knows how to deal with him. All I'm saying is: Nobody cared that Ortega almost submitted Volk. Why are we gassing up Ian for the same thing? It's not like Shavkat was saved by the bell or anything. Shavkat defended, got out, then proceeded to get on top and pound Ian's face in; all while having a torn MCL. It went exactly how I thought it would. Ian would be the toughest opponent for Shavkat simply for being a former training partner and the familiarity with each others styles. Folks like Usman, Belal and Shavkat all outclass Ian given that they're all 100%.

[@symh2813]

The main reason is that the majority of people thought Shavkat was just going to maul him, I'm not sure why they thought that but that's all I saw online. When Shavkat couldn't maul him and almost got finished these people realised that Ian is actually very good.

[@Luis-ow9is]

not putting the CHAMP first in the video title is crazy. Respect Pantoja

[@PauloFernandes-x7e]

Understandable DC hates Brazilians

[@pureblood9514]

He is my P4P #1. The dude is a bad ass.

[@tomaswall6935]

That's because this was the real main event

[@yasuo177]

Because Pantoja is not interesting person.

[@saadsethi2949]

I love Shavkat but he got exposed today. Props to Ian, he fought really well.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Shavkat had a torn MCL

[@jacobtalamantez9909]

love you unc

[@LIIIIIFE]

ALEX RAN THROUGH RIZIN BOY. BACK TO THE D LEAUGE YOU GO RIZIN BOY

[@jooshmma]

Cejudo vs Pantoja maybe

[@darvinmijatovic2015]

I don't hate either Ian or Belal

[@jooshmma]

“Me and miles playing fantasy this weekend” wasn’t sus at all

[@lagravitas3267]

Only DC and the two judges think the world is crazy for thinking Volkov clearly won

[@ESPSJ]

I thought Volkov clearly won even though it was a closer fight. Adalaide Byrd should be fired, she's not capable of judging. She obviously has no clue what she's watching or how to score it... she's a boxing judge and even gets those decisions wrong so imagine how clueless she is about MMA....

[@TexasAF_1]

I wanted to hate on Ian but after this fight I gotta give him his props. And Belal will finish shavkat and make it look easy no doubt.

[@beanteam2217]

Belal and finishing doesn’t belong in the same sentence

[@TexasAF_1]

@beanteam2217 Belal finished Sean Brady. Oh, guess they do go together.

[@beanteam2217]

@@TexasAF_1 1 finish is the last 5 years, please stop lmao. And let’s be real that was clearly a early stoppage.

[@TexasAF_1]

@beanteam2217 keep making excuses. Belal had Sean beat everywhere the fight went. Shavkat will be KOd with 3 rounds

[@beanteam2217]

@ that’s hilarious, I’m sure he will beat shavkat. But to think he will ko him is comical😂

[@ScorpioOx]

Dominick Cruz is very pleased that you took notes. You did your homework. Head pat and a lollipop from the Dominator.🍭 I like how Security didn't know who Belal was. Very fitting. Made me chuckle when Rogan said “Security doesn't know he's the champ. Let him in,” Muhammad is not very popular. He's not marketable. Do the math on that statement. The UFC will be happy to see him relinquish the belt. Shavkat Rakhmonov will learn from this fight with Garry and come back and bury Belal. And "New!" You're welcome for the view. 😘

[@just_a_guy10]

Hot take Ian Gary beats Balal easy with that sub game.

[@IgorGutman]

simulated chars beefing vs. simulated chars

[@ClydeB1]

Shavkat didn't look the same. It wasn't his best performance.

[@samwho1731]

LOL That is what happens when you meet your match.

[@johnpickwick407]

sort of what happens when you're about a year away from your last fight

[@vitoandolini2064]

and still get the victory. He'll definitely beat Belal.

[@LifeLess1999]

I told everyone bro was an amateur clearly not a contender in the UFC

[@markrussellco]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@satyasanatan5100]

WRONG DECISION🌴🌴🌴

[@TheGolden_YT1]

Daniel Cormier you’re the best fighter in UFC history bro

[@CaBdosdos]

I agree with DC on the Volkov decision. Your fault for leaving it up to debate, end the fight or put a stamp on it.

[@crazypato3752]

"your fault for leaving It to debate" terrible take by you

[@Beastlypiano98]

Good matchmaking= competitive, close fights. Are we supposed to accept that any time we have a close fights it's ok for the winner to be a coin toss? This is the biggest organization of fighting, millions of dollars in this business and we can't hold the commission's judges to a higher standard? Currently, it's unacceptable. They are ruining these fighter's careers.

[@andrewrai5752]

He barely beat Garry! Garry almost submitted him!

[@alihasan4894]

That was more of like GSP when he came into the ring to fight mat Hughes 😅. I am not impressed with your performance

[@Luminary2024]

Shavkat was almost subbed in rd 5, outstruck in some exchanges and fence stalled to decision atop of some dirty moves (fence & short grabs). I don’t even like Ian but this is true.

[@daveh9080]

Bro Ian just survived. That’s all he did. Shavkat had a blown mcl going into the fight and Ian still just survived. I didn’t like his gameplan and he couldn’t finish the fight in the 5th. I’m not that impressed.

[@Madi_Ernar]

Ian did have more strikes, but Shavkat's strikes were more dangerous. He wasn't almost subbed, he contolled Ian's legs to not allow him to use his legs for leverage to finish the choke.

[@vitoandolini2064]

@@Madi_Ernar half of Ian's strikes were legkicks. Shavkat landed more headshots and bodyshots. And we must give Shavkat credit for that choke. He withstanded, swiped and got fullmount. Many others would be submited in that tight position, but not Shavkat.

[@Madi_Ernar]

@@vitoandolini2064 I'm not a professional wrestler, but i did it a little, and from what i can tell Ian couldn't have choked him out in that position, because he couldn't use his legs as leverage. Ian has 0 submissions in UFC.

[@Snailshroom]

100% agree with you on Gane and Volkov. It wasnt that far off

[@ars7714]

it was robbery💯

[@breakupgoogle]

yeah it wasnt great from either, i can argue either way.

[@turgondoitean1378]

Round 2 and 3 was very clear

[@Linclonable]

dc's takes are getting worse and worse as he ages

[@ytuser6091]

wrong

[@bruh5996]

Love you dc🙏

[@comparison9436]

I thought shavkat favorite vs belal, but he couldnt knockout Ian. He is weak.

[@maffuw]

DC i got a final due tonight can u write it for me? I'll give u 50$

[@hashirsiddiqui4227]

MORENO WILL BEAT HIM HE IS THE BEST

[@ML.Y26]

Stop with the bullshit. Shavkat got exposed as the boring and overrated fighter he is and got gifted a boring decision. If he is injured now, is because Ian's oblique kicks.

[@tysonoovayuk8663]

Shavkat Rakhmonov🇰🇿 went into the fight with a torn MCL. and still won 😂

[@Ceavvan]

Smith should retire man, his lost almost equal his wins

[@unionafrican6094]

All support, DC❤

[@DagestanTAKESOVERAmericanpeopl]

When shavkat gonna knock out muhammad belal with headkick all fans will turn out to be shavkat fan soon in sha allah and shavkat will also beat islam if he go up we know you dc you like islam thats why you start hating on shavkat you dont need to do that😁

[@jackbadabing5609]

Dc is sly

[@djrigmarole7077]

DC in an Arsenal shirt would make my day!!! ❤

[@davidbarfield1970]

If any fight could/should be a draw, it's Shavkat and Ian... there was no true winner in that fight

[@turdferguson-]

😂😂😂😂😂 Shavkat CLEARLY won that fight. Maybe learn what you're watching before you comment. This is what happens when people who don't train or fight try to talk about fighting.

[@tysonoovayuk8663]

Keep crying 😂 Ian fans are funny

[@TheGolden_YT1]

Dc brooo

[@MichaelRoberts-t7m]

💩🐱 overated

[@KZ_MMA-KZ]

Talk about how Volkov got robbed

[@MerabGOAT]

Shavkat “Bautista” Rakhmonov

[@ubvrox]

That’s unfair, bautista was really trying to stall, Shavcat was actively trying to take down, but Gary was strong and has been training with Maia and Charles.

[@niyazakikhan6313]

How is he “bautista” with 18 finishes behind him? Doesnt make sense at all

[@MerabGOAT]

@ I’m talking about this fight lil bro was clinching the whole time

[@Luis-ow9is]

@@MerabGOAT he was definitely stalling against the cage