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[@LeoCooperMMA]

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[@drunkpaulocosta]

Haha your biggest idea was a video you stole the title from. The cover photo from. And the idea in general from. And that's the Channel Cage Warrior. You wasted 58 minutes of everyone's time being an unoriginal content remaking bot who left out the most important era in the sport(Pre Dana White) Like you expanded his idea to an hour... Congratulations. Literally the only thing you did. I don't care if his video on has 500 views. Anyone who see's you used the same photo. And exact word for word title of the video knows I am right. Get a real personality because uou are a shid show mate. And you should uppercut yaself for thinking nobody would notice

[@drunkpaulocosta]

Liking your own post ya nothing

[@drunkpaulocosta]

Imagine being you bro hahahaha I'd delete my channel if I got exposed this hard bro. What's your excuse?

[@drunkpaulocosta]

You stole this video idea. The exact wording of the title. And the exact cover photo you used for the video thumbnail from the Cage Warrior YT channel. And you deleted my other comment exposing that? Is that how you wanna play it homie because you stole from a creator with only 500 views?

[@drunkpaulocosta]

I am unemployed and have a broken leg. I'll sit here all day and post it on everyone's comment too. Nothing better to do. Cop it on the chin. Admit ya messed up and make a new title and cover photo.(you know like you should have) Don't delete people who point out your low humm vibrations. And expose your minimum effort retirement plan What you are doing is stepping on small creators and drowning them out in the algorithm to your content. When you literally stolen from them and deserve the opposite. Shame on you Leo. Have a shred of integrity. Anyone thinking I'm a hater. I'm not. He's talented enough to not need to do this. But he has. Type the video title in and Cage Warrior. Yeah I will see what I am on about

[@Alimcl990]

You forgot the part when Paul Craig ko’d Jon jones in 5 seconds then got 15 title defences and certified himself as the greatest fighter of all time. Great video!

[@atseditedhighlights3493]

Also forgot jon jones debut where rogan said “Black guy jones, White guy _____”

[@mattmcgourty7971]

@@atseditedhighlights3493 Black guy Jones, white guy Gusmão

[@atseditedhighlights3493]

@@mattmcgourty7971 Thanks i forgot when i wrote the comment

[@skxesitry5955]

⁠. @@atseditedhighlights3493

[@conorthompson943]

The way Dana screams Conor's name never fails to make me laugh

[@MooseKnuckle66]

He gets all red

[@conorthompson943]

@@MooseKnuckle66 he looks like he's about to pop

[@rdgpromotions6087]

@@MooseKnuckle66 Dana pink.

[@jabrondestoroyah]

He sounds like a Karen calling for her son at the Walmart throwing shit around

[@conorthompson943]

@@jabrondestoroyah lol the distress call of a mother karen, more illusive than that of the yeti

[@juliocruz7554]

thanks for dropping an HOUR worth of content this is just what i needed :)

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I aim to please Julio

[@Sec_Dec]

Bro, That Leon V Usman 2 never fails to give me goosebumps. One of my favorite moments in sports ngl

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Definitely my favourite part to make.

[@jamesholyfield3304]

14:22 😂😂😂 iconic UFC moment . We need the Derrick Lewis & Rousey super UFC babies

[@CammyPee]

this video needs millions of views with the amount of work you put into this bro

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Cammy!

[@simoneblax]

@@LeoCooperMMA I agree completely, great job Leo!

[@KamilleBidanApologist]

Getting back into watching ufc again and one of the things pulling me back is the lore of this combat sport and of its fighters. So, videos like this - with spectacular narrative and production - are stuff that I bingewatch 😂 Instant sub and looking forward to more content from you, man 🫡

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Lots of good stuff in the pipeline mate. Thanks for joining in and i appreciate the love

[@Lorendrawn]

Canon events: GSP deciding to get up after Matt Serra rocked him Petr Yan's illegal knee Hooker vs Felder decision Nuñez deciding to keep trading jabs with Pena in the first dight Shevchenko trying the spinning kick against Grasso Namajunas deciding to hold on to the kimura against Andrade The first O'malley vs Vera fight

[@amsexequtioner7028]

Crazy how we are living through an era of MMA right now that is what the 1970s heavyweight era was to boxing. I mean we have this sport’s Ali infront of us in Bones and just had the joe Louis in GSP, we should definitely enjoy it while it lasts or it will be gone faster than we could imagine and we will be forced to tell our kids about this while not having any emotional attachment to this era. We already missed out on the three African kings era and we thought it would still be running strong till 2027 and we did not appreciate it properly. Hopefully we have dudes like Lee Cooper that keep maintaining the legacy of the UFC with vids like this. Thank you Cooper

[@stripedambition2003]

love bro

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I say all the time to not take any of these guys/girls for granted. Volkanovski of course the most recent example - they come and go in the blink of an eye, so appreciate them whilst they're here! Thank you for the comment!

[@faithalone5081]

Nah 2010 is the 1970s era of boxing Heavyweight lesnar, cain, jdm, dc werdum(who ended fedor the current goar of hws run) now you have a bunch of fat hws and a top heavy hw division Lhw JJS RUN was active af too fought four times in 2011 Middleweight end of andersons run Welterweight gsp Featherweight jose aldo Bantamweight 2010 cruz fought dj Also dj starts his title run

[@Wongphee]

There is no way u compared Ali to Bones bro😭

[@juegobuenoyomalo9501]

Jones is probably close to Mike than anything. Controversial outside the ring, youngest champion, indisputable goat on his prime, aggresive, scary, hyper dominant, and both lost that fire at the end of their careers, Mike focused more on money, Jon more on "legacy". Fighting style is very different, of course, Jones is better about distance, Mike had like terrifying KO power, but I think you're comparing personas, because no one is like Ali on the UFC. Maybe the diaz brothers? I mean no one is like ali nowhere I guess. To me, Ali is closer to Chael Sonnen, like the one that was able to match the trash talk with the skill, although of course Ali did lose some rounds I guess so that's not a fair comparison.

[@erikmorales17]

I just realized Sean Combs from Chaels gig is diddy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@HBarGD]

Amazing video, I enjoyed every second 💪

[@Chris_TeeK]

awesome video, started watching the UFC at UFC 300 and this helped a lot understanding the history of the sport

[@TheAceStriker]

Leo Cooper dropping another banger as usual

[@logosfocus]

the powerslap promo uncle dannar cut with his wife was a masterclass in getting your hands dirty big boss work

[@smoochumsmcgee]

sheesh what a treat. you’re the goat

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@fourclout4]

edwards v usman 2 was the fight i watched live that turned me from a super casual catching a fight here and there to watching every Saturday regardless of names.

[@vuk3303]

49:42 one day people will finally realise that this was just a way to show off UFC 5 graphics, it never actually happened

[@UFCFightSimulations]

exactly absolutely masterful from Leo

[@seanisnotjohn]

Like Tony Ferguson's ""7 fight losing streak"""

[@RalphMalaga2]

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[@JustAwesomee]

Love these type of videos. Excited to get into it

[@p_ttown1979]

it honestly is crazy the butterfly effect cejudo beating DJ had. hard to imagine the timeline rn

[@NTUConfetti-fs6jb]

Wrong, didn't happen

[@NTUConfetti-fs6jb]

The origin of the term human cock fighting came from the first recorded MMA match Coedy vs Ckarastride. This was then shortened to Co vs Ck. Both of these were humans rather than other animals such as chickens, and the names spelt Cock, hence the term Human Cock Fight.

[@NTUConfetti-fs6jb]

34:17, can you explain why the abandoned streets have cars on them? Huh?

[@obunga7957]

@@NTUConfetti-fs6jbD1 hating☠️☠️☠️

[@OHBJJ9634]

I thought nutconfetti was being funny but no he is just miserable

[@Kaozoz]

I knew it

[@vancethesuuperman]

First video of yours that I've seen. An absolute banger. Would love to see more

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Vance! Plenty more coming!

[@idgit608]

This video delivered. Definitely worth the wait Leo.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Glad you enjoyed man. Was definitely a tough one to do!

[@megancloses]

Subscribed. And just got my BA in UFC due to this vid. ❤ thanksss

[@aliryan-uy8qq]

so much potential in this channel

[@Crego_]

Let's go this video is so good! Congrats on getting a sponsor and that sponsor money, you deserve it!

[@HurricaneChise]

This was incredible. I’m just getting into UFC and this video was truly a gift.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@holloway_goat]

absolutely incredible. Massive W video Leo. Hope to see more videos like this, can’t wait for 300 Video next week. What a way to celebrate my 17th

[@Enigma-ij1rk]

I randomly got this video recommended and ended up watching the entire thing. Great job making this!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Welcome aboard Enigma

[@ketonmyd4790]

He stole the idea from Cage Warrior on YT Type the same name into YT. He even stole his exact cover photo and wording for the title. Do yourself a favour and I follow him dude steals from Small creators to try and do a Gavia It's legit YT for dummies level content. All he did was make his 12 min video 50 That's it. Clowns a bummb

[@Fitnewscom]

Can't wait for this one, thanks for entertaining me this afternoon

[@LeoCooperMMA]

My pleasure Vergil

[@MorethanGUNZ]

18:23 That is so sad. Ruthless organization that underpays it athletes where after years of fighting for little to nothing, they still don't have enough to live on.

[@PaKiKiNg908]

SUPER FIRE VIDEO!!! Best mma channel right now

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Means alot man. Theres many better right now but i appreciate the love all the same!

[@dylanrobbins1245]

Amazing work Leo, subbed!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you so much Dylan, welcome aboard

[@smb_plush]

This is going to be one of the biggest MMA channels very soon.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thats the goal!

[@conorthompson943]

@@LeoCooperMMA you got mighty mouse reacting to you bro the goals fast approaching!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

@@conorthompson943 I know! Still find it insane hahaha

[@conorthompson943]

@@LeoCooperMMA I find it insane if he responds to a question I ask in a live video can't imagine pouring the time and effort you do into the content and them having him review it, so awesome! I see you do lives occasionally I've not checked one out but Imma go back through some, all the best to you bro!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

@@conorthompson943 Pretty wild man. Streams are every Tuesday and Sunday at 7pm Uk time if you wanna jump in 👊

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

God I feel old been watching since UFC 6 & I was at 38 here in London in my early 20s 🤣 great video mate.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you brother. Only began watching in 2018 properly but fell in love since then!

[@joshualee6991]

Awesome video Leo!

[@ShreddyKrueger14]

A Masterpiece brother, a masterpiece 👏🏽

[@LeoCooperMMA]

High praise man, thank you

[@hmz260]

great video commenting for the algorithm

[@UFCFightSimulations]

had to watch comment and like on both my accounts 😂😂. As always, banger video mate. Can’t wait to see what you got planned for after 300. Hopefully a CM Punk or Brock Lesnar career Documentary would be cool. JKs aside a O’Malley or TJ Dillashaw one would be interesting. Blessed Day UFC Fight Simulations (UFS)

[@Zack-jw5el]

How’d we skip 20 years?

[@NunoVasquesCambra]

Gotta make room for CM Punk, the BMF Belt and The Rock 😅

[@ebk_bounceout969]

Real

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I wanted to delve into the broader sense of scale - particularly the transition from a sport of respect and honor into one of entertainment. The rock, BMF title and Punk all represent that (for better or worse)

[@goodhumourwagon]

14:00 Daniel is awesome. lol

[@WYAKNOX]

This was a great video you earned a sub

[@ghoul5371]

We needed this video

[@chrislopez9266]

Think you got a banger on your hands bro. Randomly got recommended watched the whole thing, great video. That’s coming from someone that all I watch is KZbin. Gained a sub! Do have one note, how’d you end on Izzy beating Po tan, and not my boy Strickland 50-45’n him. Lol

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Glad to have you onboard Chris! Honestly with Strickland it sorta just slipped my mind. (I had alot to cover!)

[@caseyhudson8284]

Love the video and the channel great work!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Casey!

[@kubakowalczyk3442]

this video is incredibly well made you can be proud of yourself

[@kalvinreese8387]

Thanks for the upload

[@markschildt2885]

I really enjoyed this video, great work man

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Really appreciate that Mark, thank you!

[@dylanrobbins1245]

1:30 life imitates memes, literally wringing his hands together

[@YoYoLogo]

i will remember ufc 261 forever lol it was incredible

[@juanangelpoblanovazquez3595]

Underrated channel

[@lukethurston9590]

Amazing video my friend

[@1nonlycheesy]

Great video mate

[@lilgiantsfan72]

Brilliant video!

[@HowdoIchangeMy]

Man hit man, men happy :)

[@jollux8035]

jose aldo's loss still hurts me so much, his legacy in the eyes of a casual viewer crumbled that day. I'm biased because I am brazillian, but my god bro that shit hurt.

[@JimShelley3003]

Phenomenal job👏🏻

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thanks Joe!

[@rodneylentz7222]

I think fighters should create shorts that fit their brand. Suga should keep the pink. Topuria could make cool shorts with the nickname El Matador

[@davidjones8043]

Wrong, didn't happen

[@MMA-Pon]

finally got around to watching this one cus ive been so busy and wanted to watch it all in one go. perfect documentary to get hyped for 300. This was amazing Leo

[@MonkeySponge]

Leo, u the man big dawg killer work.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Appreciate it man! Glad you enjoyed 👊

[@HD_TV]

Great video brother

[@steve-wy6sk]

Great video bro

[@kimblandino]

Re-title this The History of the UFC 2015-Present.

[@ARG0T]

Pretty sure the video started in 1993

[@hughdooley3249]

This was brilliant!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@Ev_box]

great video, very well made. one honest critique tho is that i feel like you spend too much time on recent ufc history. like, half the video is just post khabib mcgregor which is only 5-6 years of history compared to the 20 years thru the first half. the new stuff is what most people already know about, was expecting some more insight into early ufc

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Yeah definitely a valid criticism. Appreciate the kind words man. I''ll strive to improve in the future

[@Ev_box]

@@LeoCooperMMA all love

[@katiesmashes878]

How does the UFC not crush this guy? They should not discourage use of their fight library, to be used by you tubers. Promotion is promotion

[@daveg8266]

Super impressive, very well done.

[@J__Way]

Great video

[@beanedm4642]

wish you talked more about the early years, was kinda disappointed by how you talked mostly about events everyone already knows about

[@SupplementalSense]

Even though the UFC was going bankrupt, that UFC 30-70 range was the best the UFC was ever going to be. I can remember knowing almost every fighter on every card they had back then because there weren't 50 events per year with a roster of 500. You'd see the same fighters on every PPV so they became big names and some superstars. Less is better.

[@bjlllllfontenot9744]

People Fr don’t know lesner was a national champion wrestler bro was legit and a genetic freak

[@hoffpauirconcrete.semperfidCC]

Nice work

[@scottswift8153]

More of this

[@64ellz]

that was a great video

[@benmcreynolds8581]

How do you even take on a epic project like this? I can only imagine the INSANE amount of copyright claim BS you must have to put up with to create something of this nature around the UFC? Idk how anyone can make videos on the UFC with how crazy they are & YT is around copyright BS. In reality it all should be fully covered by fair use especially when you are putting so much effort into creating such a high quality informative documentary style video format. I really hope YT improves their system so content such as this don't have to jump thru a million hoops. Fair use does cover this type of content creation. YT just acts like it can't improve it's dysfunctional system. Huge amount of props to you man. You make some of the best content. Have a great day bro 🤘🏻

[@LeoCooperMMA]

A lot of trial and error man. Most of my old stuff got claimed but i mostly avoid errors these days. Appreciate the love bro

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

​@@LeoCooperMMA you stole it from Cage Warrior... Are you a sociopath acting in the comments or what bro? You get rich off this then I'll sort it myself. You won't be unchecked in this. Stop stealing from Small creators. Delete this video. And move forward. But right now you about to be claimed for stealing content and I have already emailed YT exposing you. Get ready for another breach

[@Xand3r7]

The goat is back

[@UFCFightSimulations]

xander the GOAT!!!

[@Xand3r7]

@@UFCFightSimulations yessir

[@UFCFightSimulations]

@@Xand3r7 Conor’s No.1 Fan

[@Xand3r7]

@@UFCFightSimulations yessir you know it, i Will meet him one day trust

[@cooperfontenot23]

What an incredible video

[@GSMnocap-memesdaily-]

Awesome good shit bro

[@ciaracet0716]

UFC had lightweight before they absorbed the WEC

[@zeyadelmeligy]

Great vid❤

[@DreamVille127]

I wish they never got a uniform. All the different shorts looked way better

[@mugiwarae2119]

If this is your introduction to this channel, do yourself the favor and go down the rabbit hole. All his videos are this good and informative.

[@JulioEuropePharmaVendor]

Imagine being a Vietnam veteran spending years in the Bangkok Hilton as a POW just to call MMA human cockfighting 😂

[@froggyspond1133]

Bangkok is in Thailand.. lol Hanoi Hilton

[@SCHNAUD]

this video is unreal mate wow

[@NoS33dz]

great vid💯😊

[@DatBoiGloomy]

Great vid as always but no DJ mention? DJ VS CCC was awesome, both times

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I definitely mentioned DJ at least once! Glad you enjoyed though

[@DatBoiGloomy]

@@LeoCooperMMA ig i wasnt paying attention lol, i watch youtube while doing homework😂

[@Vanilla_chino]

31:02 the BMF title was made from Nate's idea not Masvidal's

[@matz4k]

Check title bro, Gonna watch later. Already hyped 💪

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Lifesaver bro. Thank you hahaha

[@flashswipee]

Really good video jsut should have added gsps comeeback and smallest title reign ever W nevertheless

[@RiversEdge-e9y]

uncle lee blessing us on good friday

[@marky2s631]

This is a really good video

[@TreeMishra]

Great video

[@juegobuenoyomalo9501]

a video about a 30 year old organization where the last 5 years take like half the video is criminal lmao

[@ketonmyd4790]

Stolen from cage warrior as well Type "Cage Warrior " And the exact title of this video. Give it a like and block this channel This guy's a fucken cowboy and needs karma

[@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial]

It's almost like he uses AI and steals his content from smaller channels Want proof? Type in "Cage Warrior - The entire history of the UFC, I guess" It's actually wild how blatant it is. Stepping on small creators because he has 0 real talent.

[@juegobuenoyomalo9501]

@@VolkovAlexandernovskiOfficial They are similar in name and concept only, and the name and concept is a thing they been doing for a while over the bill wurtz video, if anything they both "stole" the idea from there. This video is 5 time the lenght of the video you mentioned. I think it's very funny the dude is clearly such a new fan and is making a video on the UFC's history, but I don't think he's lazy.

[@Mcnutttyyy]

I wonder if track & field/ distance running will ever be able to make a leap like this. It seems like the sport of running is struggling with the same issue UFC was back in its beginning. Only diehard runners watching and tuned in to the media. Given watching running is a lot more boring than brawls, but adding betting and personality can definitely give it a boost.

[@1owdvl378]

banger video !

[@ddpj..]

I think you forgot the part where dc won a title in every single weight class even women’s too

[@honestfan420]

About to start this video and I better see Chris Leben damnit

[@katiesmashes878]

A one hour video is a big task.

[@How23497]

Fight kits were just an excuse to screw fighters over. Don’t even try the “presentation” excuse, just look at the octagon nowadays it’s obvious that wasn’t the reason