The 3 Toughest Matchups For Every UFC Champion

I went through every UFC champion from Jones to Pantoja and selected the threetoughest matchups for them out of everyone in the division. This doesn't necessarily mean they beat the champion, but would put up a really good fight. Let me know your thoughts

[@argc]

Jon Jones biggest fears 1. Tom Aspinall 2. Drug Tests 3. Anti eye poking gloves

[@krabikabik3485]

4. Wife on steroids

[@IemandLol-wc3eq]

Jon murders Tom every time

[@argc]

@@IemandLol-wc3eq Jon doesn't wanna fight Tom so much he'd rather get arrested 💀

[@argc]

@IemandLol-wc3eq only options Jon got against Tom are eye poking and oblique kicks

[@GradeAmonster]

@@IemandLol-wc3eqHe does nothing but get knocked out

[@Razor_Lettuce]

Jon jones weakness is just life in general

[@YoYoLogo]

😂SO TRUE

[@jamesrichardson2039]

Or Aspinal

[@Lomaisundisputed]

His weakness is being the biggest disgraceful cheat in the sports history

[@user-rw7bv2rt9m]

​@@LomaisundisputedPEDs😅

[@groscaramelmou2583]

And fair judges/refs who dont allow him to cheat

[@amroab6465]

Drug testing vs jones

[@MMAMustafa123]

Lol

[@xxihavelumberxx2565]

BOOK IT!!!

[@jvsilky7199]

Petrino not looking like a threat anymore after that loss to “on paper” Anthony smith.

[@aryanpramanik454]

I think islam and leon are each others toughest test

[@TheChamp91100]

HOW U FIGURE

[@seandavis9320]

I got Leon in that. I wanna see that fight though.

[@muhammadshuraim6175]

@@seandavis9320damn really I thought except the obvious weight disadvantage it’s islams fight

[@prodbyLaz]

@@muhammadshuraim6175 Kamaru would’ve been Khabibs hardest fight around 2020-2021 when he retired. Islam beats anyone in 145. I think he beats most people at 170. So Leon being his biggest test makes sense.

[@muhammadshuraim6175]

@@prodbyLaz for sure but I think Islam takes Leon (and you can’t compare gsp and khabibs position gsp is way better than Leon while skill wise islam is better than khabib)

[@JamesK13]

Including Vitor petrino over Jan blachowicz is wild

[@benporter3982]

vitor is better

[@user-tj6cc3yh4y]

Vitor's best wins are over anton turkalji in a close fight and Tyson Pedro. There is absolutely no way you can say Vitor is better with that resume

[@Gertu_23]

@@user-tj6cc3yh4y Charles had a way better resume than Islam before their fight and still got destroyed, Resumes don’t matter as much as skills do

[@MMAbreakdowns0]

​@@Gertu_23I agree that skills matter more than resume but have you seen petrino fight.He's a low output striker who mainly depends on his power and his grappling is good but he just isn't that technical.

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

​@@Gertu_23 blud thinks Vitor has better skill set than Jan, this guy couldn't even KO Pedro, genuinely one of the worst takes, I have ever heard.

[@TheChamp91100]

VOLK SHOULD HAVE ONE TUNE UP FIGHT BEFORE GOING AFTER TOPURIA.. HE NEEDS HIS CONFIDENCE BACK

[@BlobsterX]

Put him against Aljo in a contender fight imo

[@seandavis9320]

​@@BlobsterX Agreed, no KO risk for Volk in that fight.

[@clint6716]

Aljo or Oretga

[@Joshstix95]

Ortegaaaa

[@alexramirez8059]

What if he loses?

[@Schmeisserinho]

"Dricus has struggled with cardio in the past" we've been saying that for ages, and yet he went five rounds with strickland at a fairly wild pace. Whether you think it was a robbery or not, i think we now know a bad gas tank is not one of is major issues.

[@Thedestroyer-hj8kc]

5:10 that aged well after ufc 301

[@rif5556]

That Vitor Petrino one did not age well lol

[@young_bee]

Bro did you watch the Almeida vs Blaydes fight? Blaydes was getting completely dominated by a guy 30 lbs lighter than him. The fight was far from “effortless”

[@Razor_Lettuce]

No TF he wasn’t 😂

[@karv7224]

@@Razor_Lettuce he got taken down 8 times in one round and was on his way to losing

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

Jon would win against Blaydes anyway, even if Blaydes stops the Takedown, Jon is leagues above him in striking.

[@harshatomas835]

​@@rajyavardhansingh4491Blaydes has good striking and also power in his hands unlike Jones

[@TPNE99995]

I I think he puts dumb choices in the video like that just to make it controversial and get people to comment

[@nitinchandran1664]

Jon jones vs tom aspinall would be such a sick fight

[@riyaz_.r1711]

love your content bro 🙌🏽 always makes for a good watch

[@camoj7681]

Who’s here after vítor petrino got subbed

[@willmalcolm5909]

Gotta love lionheart

[@BoriPrince24]

Are yall forgetting that jones outwreslted every wrestler he fought, even DC

[@justasmartguy7299]

Yes but it was he's prime era, now he's washed af, so slow and fat

[@jaysheriffe6292]

Recency bias i guess, but it's still wild people are treating him like some pushover. With that being said, Jones is past his prime and barely active so Tom has a very good chance at beating him now.

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

That was 7 years ago. And DC was way out of Prime by then.

[@BoriPrince24]

@@persistentlypathetic6820 brother that was prime DC

[@chka1043]

So? He didn't outwrestle dominick reyes or thiago santos..... Were they olympic level wrestlers? No and it doesnt matter because Jon struggles against taller fighters in all facets of mma whether it be striking or grappling. Jon jones is probably going to struggle to outgrapple tom and will probably get KOd on the feet

[@giveamanafish2324]

I liked that you put some already beaten guys in their toughest matchup. There's a lot of good rematch that could definetly go the other way, like Strickland vs DDP, or Pereira vs Jiri.

[@marcelosilva2495]

So... O'Malley went life and death with Yan but Yan isn't a top 3 difficult fight for him? Seems legit!

[@anshumankrishnan2085]

Isn’t it

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

Let's be real. Sean would piece him up pretty bad. Both men aren't the same since they last fought..

[@GGGxe]

@@persistentlypathetic6820oh, ur DUMB dumb lmfao

[@Titoyayo02]

Keep Up the videos, very original

[@stephenmarkelov1829]

good job great video agreeed 100.

[@BlakeHardisonMMA]

Bro only got ONE list right in order 💀

[@stuntah2101]

Tom Jones vs jon aspinall for the n word belt (bones wins by elbow knockout)

[@polarman1747]

Did anyone tell you aspinall doesn't really like when you do spin moves on it.

[@barttwayne967]

Arman with second best wrestling? Did you forget about his fight against Gamrot?

[@OctagalePringle]

0:30 Getting pretty cocky there, Tom

[@L47M]

Dude ALWAYS finds a way to *Glaze* Aspinall in EVERY VIDEO & I'm here for it Hahhaa !! 🍯💀

[@eventhorizon3962]

I mean who wouldn't 👀

[@harshatomas835]

Aspinall deserves it

[@m3rl707]

Aspinall is a beast. Future of the division

[@andrewisthisyou2478]

He’s not beating jones in 2 rounds tho☠️☠️☠️ this is absurd a guy who is the highest fight iq in history and is undefeated after 2 decades that fight is much closer than people think it’s not a walk in the park for spinal

[@harshatomas835]

@@andrewisthisyou2478 Jone has to eyepock

[@goldiedagoat]

5:03 aged horribly

[@theodoretex1068]

I hate that a Dagestani or DagestanI adjacent is close to a title shot in almost every division

[@zdendabreh]

Why?

[@theodoretex1068]

@@zdendabreh cuz they’re (on average) one dimensional fighters/characters to the sport. It’s difficult to point out what another khabib clone brings different to the ufc

[@LUCIFER24247]

Pantoja's biggest threat is Brandon Royval as his TD defence is improved and he dominate Pantoja on feet in Ufc 296

[@harshatomas835]

Pantoja would whoop his ass anyday

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

Vitor Patrino beating Alex Pereira might be the worst MMA take I have ever heard, so stupid

[@bradencardenas9664]

hoppero the biggest jdm fan on yt

[@Rob-le8xv]

this dude really said vitor petrino for fkin alex pereira LOOOOL we watched that fraud check

[@baohuantran6437]

Did I just hear micheal chandler

[@AdvaithRamakrishnan]

if you think more about it then what the dude is saying is correct.

[@cowboysfan2254]

If khamzat gets passed rob he will be a nightmare matchup for anyone in the middleweight division

[@sburghardt_]

What about Brian Ortega for Ilia Topuria

[@conboy66]

Hahahaha topuria would murder him

[@bluepunisher113]

KO in the first trade

[@chka1043]

Brian is a great matchup for topuria ilia probably KOs him

[@giveamanafish2324]

I would love to see Aspinall whip Jon Jones' ass. And if Jon Jones managed to beat him fair and square, I would argue that this would categorically make him unquestionable goat (despite PEDs and the questionable Reyez win). This fight needs to happen

[@josephd287]

The arnold allen bias is funny

[@gcelite36]

I'd like to see Pereira against a good grappler/wrestler. He out-strikes everyone, but can he survive the heat on the ground?

[@tysonhaller9379]

He did well at defending himself on the ground against Jan. I think he could survive ankalaev on the ground and tear up his legs then finish him tbh

[@BlakeHardisonMMA]

If you think Arnold Allen has a better chance of beating Topuria than Volk does you’re delusional

[@topica7545]

U forgot to put tuivasa for Jon Jones

[@sahirmuhammad3167]

Anthony smith take aged like milk

[@ryeljr1086]

i think KKF is Pantojas toughest matchup, elite boxer with high volume with great takedown defense

[@cementairbag5918]

NO PETR YAN ON THIS LIST IS NUTS

[@ibromsnt2412]

Bro is that joey salads in the thumbnail

[@adrienealonzo5744]

Vitor Petrino just got finished my anthony smith

[@AaronTats]

the JDM pick at number one for Leon is based

[@m3rl707]

JDM is just that guy. Would love to see Shavkat Vs JDM title eliminator

[@haristareen12]

I would have said Jan for Alex

[@Unknown-tizy]

Cannonier injured until July

[@bryce____1114]

Chandler over Charles and Dustin is hilarious😂

[@AbamYT2]

Chandler played all the first rounds. He could take every fight, but after the first one he stops thinking.

[@Dpw20001]

Allen got done dirty against evloev

[@JCB_TV841]

“Jon Jones scared of Tom Aspinall”😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@markduncanspencerjr.]

16:25 you mean bedtime right?

[@mehrabhasantanim338]

Finding 3 hard for some decision Top 1 is really hard, other than that 2,3 pretty easy for chams

[@janvasicek8843]

I'd say Poatan could be a good oponent to Jones xd, he wants to be triple champ no doubt

[@gamebeast9019]

crazy how chandler is #2 biggest threat to the p4p #1 fighter in the world, yet people are still picking conner to beat him

[@candyrails]

Because he got choked out by Poirier

[@cooperturner215]

No way he said Mohammed would be tough on Leon Edward’s he is the welterweight weight goat 🐐

[@jeepamir508]

12:19 - you mean his performance against Arman

[@norman6328]

That Petrino pick was horrible even before UFC 301, should have picked Rountree or Jan

[@Natureoragami]

Michael chandlers cardio after the first round 😅

[@Copperheadmma]

Jared tore his mcl in December 6:44

[@hossein7899]

I believe Denoit Saint Denis would be a problem against Islam makhachev. I thought he did very well vs Poirier until he got caught. Maybe if he is more defensively sound, he will be a threat to anyone.

[@user-ly5de3pj7z]

U lost me when u said chandler can beat islam

[@whoknowsorcares9200]

Vitor Petrino one did not age well lmao

[@yaciinho]

You don’t think DDP’s or Edwards’ toughest opponent is Khamzat Chimaev ?

[@paulgiarmoleo3469]

Fax

[@Vonbyrd]

Khamzat never making 170 ever again

[@harshatomas835]

DDP has a decent BJJ so it wouldn't be easy for Khamzat

[@paulgiarmoleo3469]

@@Vonbyrd thats true khamzat is a slob

[@MultiAssassin31]

For Ilia It’s Diego lopes, Ilia flatlines movsar, cooks max, and KOs volk again

[@Nousxgi]

Bro Pereira stomped Proajaska

[@pokbalpok8389]

I dont think aspinall beats jon as easily as people think he will

[@Shivshivi695]

He put Mike over Dustin 😂

[@Natureoragami]

Jones vs UDADA his hardest match 😂

[@josephd287]

I just wish leon and islam would fight people (ive given up on jon)

[@candyrails]

Strickland should be fighting Cannonier instead of Costa feels like such a pointless fight

[@Moonl55]

I disagree with a lot of these picks aside from Heavyweicht. For me it’d have to be. LHW: 1. Nikita Krylov, good striking fight IQ and the grappling to hold down Alex or finish him on the ground 2. Magomed Ankalaev, the best wrestler in the division with good kicks but not great fight IQ 3. Aleksandar Rakic, probably the most well rounded 205er with good grappling and fight IQ I disagree with Jiri, since he holds his hands very low. For Middleweight I’d have to say 1. Jared 2. Izzy 3. Fluffy Hernandez, it’d be interesting to see how Dricus does against a very tough well rounded guy who can push the pace on him. Since dricus often puts a pace on others) For welterweight I appreciate you putting JDM at #1 since Leon’s big issue is the jab, and JDM can destroy him with that straight. So I’d have to say, 1. JDM 2. Shavkat (use the straight similarly since I don’t love his takedown entries against someone like Edwards) 3. Belal (jab + good wrestling) so I agree with your welterweight picks. When it comes to Lightweight I think 1. Arman Tsarukyan 2. Max Holloway (featherweight skill with good ability at keeping space and cardio could conceivably drown Islam even tho I doubt it) 3. Ilia Topuria (could catch Islam but does his worst against wrestlers from what we’ve seen) And featherweight I think 1. Max Holloway (of course) 2. Movsar Evloev (good wrestler but not enough finishing instinct to really present a threat) 3. Sean O’Malley (weak to body shots and counterable but could give Ilia some issues with his range) I think that Arnold Allen is too chinny to really give Ilia issues. Then 1. Umar Nurmagomedov (can hang in there on the feet and take O’Malley down with much better finishing instinct than Merab) 2. Sandhagen 3. Merab (just don’t think O’Malley is a good matchup for Merab honestly) Flyweight I think it’s 1. Steve Erceg (will beat Pantoja IMO) 2. Kape 3. Royval

[@Moonl55]

Oh I guess I would put Islam at #1 for welterweight since I think he beats Leon

[@SSeeleyy]

@@Moonl55 leon mauls him nightmare matchup

[@ahmedunal5629]

Royval loterallyy lost to pantoja

[@Moonl55]

@@SSeeleyy for what reason? I’ve seen no good arguments to convince me that Leon beats him especially after that last performance. Plus Leon ain’t mauling anybody bro. He hit Colby with like 50 significant strikes after he talked shit on his dead dad.

[@SSeeleyy]

​@@Moonl55 Elite TDD biggest reason why Islam looks so good at LW is because he's a weight bully also very skilled but most of that is just meldonium anyway also Leon's 5 inches taller way longer Legs and a nice 4 inch reach advantage.

[@kryptonj8]

Excludes the entire Women’s divisions

[@nateegan-og6pu]

No one cares about woman’s

[@khananas8983]

Chandler and Gamrot 😂😂

[@adamsandle7265]

Not even joking Anthony smith if he wrestles Peirera might have a chance

[@benporter3982]

kape is #1 for flyweight

[@user-tj6cc3yh4y]

Kape 29-28d a debuting fighter that came in on 3 weeks notice, already lost to the champ aswell. He seriously isn't

[@kirkhilderbrand3729]

I think krylov is a worse matchup for pereira than petrino, and if I were to make a comparison for petrino I think it would be chito, tough as shit, pretty low output, and crazy power

[@Bosspig720]

Vitor take aged like milk

[@lil_shordie]

why wasn’t brandon royval on there rawdog just beat moreno

[@zneszn]

did you see their last fight back in december?

[@Jerrydiehard]

"He knocked out Jonny Walker which is really impressive" 😐

[@qzeng4983]

Was hoping you would say Porier as Nr. 1 for Islam

[@BigOleStump15]

Idk why but i really wanna see Islam Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena

[@nicolascarreras2864]

Michael Chandler says... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@BlakeHardisonMMA]

Jon Jones vs Aspinall is 50/50 fight, he runs through blades, and I’d favor him over Pavlovich after Aspinall exposed him

[@Natureoragami]

Anyone else here after vitor lost to smith 😅

[@pennance428]

bro jon jones will just stomp his knees

[@cilliankelleher7380]

Where... is... Charles

[@gustavonother919]

pantoja will submit erceg at round number 3

[@BlakeHardisonMMA]

Jones 1. Aspinall 2. Pavlovich 3. Almeida Pereira 1. Ankalaev 2. Jiri 3. Rakic DDP 1. Izzy 2. Sean 3. Khamzat Leon 1. Shavkat 2. JDM 3. Belal Islam (I think he’ll retire as champ but wtv) 1. Arman 2. Gaethje 3. Oliveira Topuria 1. Max 2. Volk 3. Evloev Sean 1. Merab 2. Cory 3. Umar Pantoja 1. Mokaev 2. Erceg 3. Kape

[@lawrencedaos3481]

HOPPERO I'M DEFINITELY GOING WITH YOU ON MAX HOLLOWAY , MAX NOT EVEN IN HIS PRIME YET 2 CHAMPIONSHIP BELT , OVER ALL BEST STRIKER IN DA UFC IO 5 ROUND FIGHTS , AS FOR ILIA JUST DA FEATHER WEIGHT BELT NOTHING ELSE NOT EVEN A 5 ROUND FIGHT UNDER HIS BELT HAVEN'T DEFEND HIS BELT NOT ONE TITLE DEFENSE HES DS ONLY UFC CHAMP WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY TITLE DEFENSES YET . FOR A GUY LIKE ILIA SURE TALK ALOT OF SHIT NO ACTION .

[@janbijos2096]

where's Jan??? he should be at least 3rd in205

[@tresnowden]

BELALLLL????

[@thatPSNguy99]

I bet you’d say the exact same thing about DC that you did about curtis blaydes. oh he’s a wrestler john can’t take him down

[@Big_Smoke28]

Bro is saying that Jon Jones is scared of Tom 💀 Jones fought everybody who was in his way. Spotted a Casual here

[@mbully181]

First minute and 30 seconds and you’re already wrong

[@gustavokolomaznik]

SUGA is FIGGY DEIVERSON FIGUEIREDO

[@gustavokolomaznik]

TOPURIA IS DIEGO LOPES

[@zipuer1009]

vitor lmaoooo

[@abdeslamkallis533]

Nahhhh aint no way you said cchandler

[@mugiwaraerwin9000]

False info putting evloev instead Ortega

[@theo4014]

Jon Jones and Curtis Blaydes are not training partners😂