A Casual's Guide to UFC 302

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[@hi_tech_reptiles]

If Dustin pulls it off I'll eat my hat. And your hat. I'll eat all the hats.

[@OrangeJuiceDripping]

Free hat

[@xavi_6767]

lucky for you, Islam will spare you from eatnig others hat. Very bad for health.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

@@xavi_6767 for a second I thought you meant the religion and I was super confused lol

[@kevinthomas4653]

All my hats are basically just glued together bags of dicks. I live in a rainy area.

[@pandatot8806]

all hats are safe

[@5roundwarr]

I WAS MENTIONED 4:55

[@LeoCooperMMA]

hahahaha

[@marktheshanker]

I've been hearing a lot about you recently

[@brendanlorenzo7298]

It’s great how you cover current events but I’d love to see you do a video on one of the old greats. Either Anderson Silva or GSP

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Ill defo cover some of them in the future, though i will say, it's alot harder to find footage of old legends that i can use since using broadcast footage of any fight is basically an auto copyright claim lmao. Appreciate the kind words as well!

[@SFKYGRE]

Yeah islam is winning

[@AcrylicStew]

Yeah but we all hope not.

[@bendover7841]

​@AcrylicStew who is we all? I don't want a journeyman to get the title and retire.

[@rossahmad3473]

Instead of a Hollywood story ending, sadly this will be Russian documentary; Bland and just the facts. But we still love you Dustin "shine bright like a diamond" Poirier.

[@rossahmad3473]

For every"pull no punches" in the narration, i drank a sip of whiskey, after the vlog, i am mildly buzzed.

[@BlackKevin808]

Fantastic video, Leo. Hell yeah.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thanks for the love Kevin!

[@koalawithchaingun53]

9:36 that was no tragedy for Abdulmanap 😅

[@blackbeard8739]

Content's getting better by the day, keep it up, man! and also Poirier is winning at 302 by KO.

[@pizzaburgerparty]

Man I truly hope so. Thatd be bonkers

[@blackbeard8739]

@@pizzaburgerparty truly

[@Minardiparty]

Next Saturday*

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Yeah this video was originally scheduled for this saturday lmao

[@SpOrAtiK]

I have been wishing this kind of video existed so many times but I only came across your channel today. Its always a struggle to find the right video to get my casual mates hyped up for events. Thank you 🙏 Subscribed 👊

[@LeoCooperMMA]

My man! Welcome aboard

[@deanb5055]

NEXT SATURDAY

[@hughjerekson1428]

Costa Strickland is not a good matchup..Strickland walks him down and beats him 4-1/3-2 at worst

[@hughjerekson1428]

Costa is done, his fight with rockhold was pathetic

[@Jacksonisgoofy]

Dustin ko him pls

[@LOLPEM]

Dream about it

[@zeanous3626]

@@LOLPEM i dont believe people like this actually exist

[@theunbeatable6598]

Lmao Islam gonna Maul Dustin He ended charles who lost to Arman coz he didn't want tonight makhachev

[@LOLPEM]

@@zeanous3626 you see

[@eIcucuy]

I literally have dreams Dustin will win, last night I dreamt that Dustin knocked Islam tf out thats how much I want him to win and when I found out it was just a dream I felt disappointed asf

[@Mr4chk]

I had a dream tony knocked out Chandler a year before they actually fought

[@eIcucuy]

@@Mr4chk that kind of came true Tony knocked him down. Ik Tony got wrecked but that was a totally different fight

[@DeezBoi]

The Diamond 💎

[@asdf3668]

13:02 you said it correctly. islam had 2 title defences

[@asdf3668]

3 title wins

[@quandaledingle7143]

Poirier by guillotine in the first round. Putting this months rent on that.

[@shhhh8401]

Dustin But

[@Waywayistheway]

DUSTIN WILL SAVE THE DIVISION 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@MMA-Pon]

ITS HERE GUYS

[@LeoCooperMMA]

IT IS!

[@zero89-pc4eu]

Please mma gods 🙏🙏🙏

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Manifesting a Dustin win 🖖

[@420yaboi3]

Coasta is on the card so that means Islam will loose

[@LunaS3000]

Hyped to see Islam defend the belt against someone in the LW division. The opponents he’s beaten in his own weight class aren’t exactly impressive. Relative to other great LW champions at least.

[@Mushroomy509]

Made a joke of Charles tbf

[@sekki327]

Volkanovski walks through the whole lw division your argument dosent make sense

[@LunaS3000]

@@sekki327 lol what?

[@WalkingN3rd713]

Fun fact: Volk was 155lbs when he fought Islam. Both times

[@invincible____67]

Charles sucks yeah

[@JohnWick-el9yw]

Watch dustin ko islam 😂

[@Rapid14]

L thumbnail

[@dilcoolio9280]

Realistic thumbnail

[@spoiledveggie]

As much as i want Dustin to win, we all know he will be destroyed by Islam.

[@truz8134]

A man can dream, can’t he?

[@Umadoveracommentg]

Realistically Islam wins easily, but if anything would be like a movie it’s DP winning the title by guillotine

[@simonbotana2793]

lol

[@thepulpfloyd]

Your editing style is amazing! Why do most KZbinrs refrain from using fight footage? Is there a risk of the videos being taken down due to copyright infringement?

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you man! Broadcast footage is an automatic copyright strike basically so i only use footage from promos :)

[@babysharpMMA]

@@LeoCooperMMAnoted

[@Manuel_Chinaski]

Dustin by flying inverted guillotine in 12 seconds to beat Conor’s record .

[@xiMaarKo]

That would be epic 😂. I wouldn't know wether to laugh or cry if that happened. If anyone deserves to win a belt its Dustin Poirier , especially after such a great career.

[@keyboardwarrior6591]

Makhachev has been made to be the villain by the fans since the day he was crowned a champion, people made Charles, Volk and Dustin the heroes when in reality none worked as hard as Islam, and none of them deserved to be champion more than him. Let’s go Islam, hopefully you make all the haters quiet 🫳🎤

[@novicelifts5197]

I agree except volk. Volk imo work exactly as hard as makachaev if not more. Makachaev is the better fighter tho especially now that he is hitting his prime

[@WaterDofungo]

i'm islam fans and i support him to win, but i feel sad that dustin end his career without getting that belt. so sad...

[@turtle1154]

You've definitely got a beard but no moustache

[@Basit-AA]

I want Islam to win but i had a dream last night where Dustin wins by TKO Round 1 😐

[@MoroziYenot]

Islam by whatever he wants

[@ebk_bounceout969]

Islam is gonna crush him like a can

[@holocade4908]

I think Islam wins aswell but I remember people saying this exact same thing with adesanya vs Strickland

[@Metalhed1300p]

Gayest cockgobbling phrase this sport has to offer

[@Vase94]

​@@holocade4908Entirely different situation & fighters.

[@holocade4908]

@@Vase94 Not really a different situation at all. If anything Sean was regarded even lower. My point is that this isn't really a realistic mindset to have considering how unpredictable MMA is

[@griffinpeterson6097]

Gilly FN

[@michaeloliver1143]

Why do so many people dislike Islam? I think he’s funny and he might be the most complete fighter in the entire UFC, what’s not to like?

[@sekki327]

Muslim russian dominant and best friend of the one who made their champ tap

[@beyonderhell7825]

Because he comes from a long line of terrorists

[@WaterDofungo]

almost nobody hates islam. they hate his fans.

[@WalkingN3rd713]

Because he's a muslim and a Russian. As simple as that

[@hansgeorg718]

I only dislke that he doesn't fight against lightweights which is not really his fault. And he could be more active

[@revan5293]

Islam round 2 by rnc

[@Nhojsyah]

You ain’t him. Jack slack is him

[@bk_1410]

It’d be funny asf if DP hits a flying knee when Islam goes for a takedown

[@Chuby_ubesie]

Dustin is just too poor in grappling, Islam will finish him easy

[@jacobcrowley1675]

Dustin by Gilliy mark my words

[@Neo-cj1im]

Wait am I a casual?

[@Alimcl990]

302 is going to be a great card, thanks for the video Leo ❤

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@MannanGoel]

Finally it is out. 302 fever is real now

[@LeoCooperMMA]

YESSIR!

[@barryirlandi4217]

loved it!

[@joshualee6991]

El diamante!!! 🥊🥊💎💎💎

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Poirier crew rise up!

[@89creighton]

Holland is a badass

[@AcrylicStew]

Sean Strickland is the goat.

[@xiMaarKo]

The wing chun master of the UFC 😅

[@GengoSenmon]

Great at press conferences but sadly an extremely boring fight style

[@xiMaarKo]

@@GengoSenmon I disagree. I'm a fan of his style.

[@GengoSenmon]

@@xiMaarKo Go watch boxing then. They are every bit as boring, but way more skilled at spamming boring jabs all night.

[@xiMaarKo]

@@GengoSenmon I've been watching mixed martial arts since 2007 , I like all combat sports. Your just a casual and a hater 👍🏽

[@oofym353]

These videos are way too melodramatic to get casuals hyped, not to mention long time fans.

[@robzybex4197]

Holland is almost as cringe as Adesanya.

[@conboy66]

Did you say the mvp fight was close 🤣🤣💀

[@viktorbratan9985]

Im the biggest Islam fan there is, but mma math is telling me Dustin is gonna win. It’s always like that I can’t remember wich exactly but Islam would beat two records with a win. So there is that , and on top of that it’s just to good of a story for Dustin to lose so he’s gonna win somehow MARK MY WORDS 😭

[@koalawithchaingun53]

Why MMA Math? I don’t mind rooting for Dustin but MMA Math leans towards Islam if anything.

[@viktorbratan9985]

@@koalawithchaingun53 sorry mate maybe mma math is the wrong word. I mean more like a curse. He’s on pace to beat the longest winning streak in lw division or something like that and he’s on pace to beat the lw title defenses , don’t quote me on that but something like that. That’s why I have this feeling Dustin is gonna win. 😂

[@Crego_]

Let's go fight week is officially kicked off by this banger!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@ImThatGUY42069]

Why do you always use pointless vocab words to make yourself seem educated? Relax with the over narration and just go in depth

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Just my how i like to tell my stories mate. It's dramatic intentionally. I will say my other videos tend to fit it a bit better but thats just how i like to write. If you don't like it, you don't have to watch :)

[@babysharpMMA]

“Why don’t you sound like a dumb dumb when you make videos” What an NPC-ass question 😂😂😂

[@ImThatGUY42069]

@@LeoCooperMMA In my opinion there just doesn’t seem to be a reason to go so drastically in depth and try to push a narrative on just 3 fights outta so many solid ones, atleast give the same sort of style and shorten it up for some of the other fights on the card aswell. There’s no need to fantasize deeply on 2/3 fights and then make the other one just a highlight on kevin holland that just skips the purpose of a “casuals guide.” your older guides i remember would go over way more of the fight card and actually give some casual viewers insight into what they’re watching on the card not just 3 fights. To me it seems a bit lazy and the narration style is a cover up to make it seem longer and deeper than it really is. No shade just my thoughts and what i’ve noticed thru the last few videos.

[@idgit608]

Hard disagree. We're here for the storytelling and dramatization. The varied deployment of his expansive vocabulary aids achievement of said objective.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

@@ImThatGUY42069 well i can't use fight footage from broadcasts without getting copyright claimed, so it's a little difficult to go in depth on the fighters lower down the card (plus theres generally less interest) And a casuals guide should be exactly that - giving the lowdown of the big name fighters storylines leading up to fight week (like a catch up) i appreciate the feedback all the same though my man :)