A Casual's Guide to the UFC

[@LeoCooperMMA]

This is my biggest and best video yet, and it took a STUPID amount of time to make. If you enjoyed it, pressing the like or subscribe button would mean so much. And if you want to go the extra mile, you can subscribe to my Patreon below to get exclusive perks and help fund the channel

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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"""

[@Spunky201]

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[@juliocruz7554]

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

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I aim to please Julio

[@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

[@Chris_TeeK]

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

[@ToxiicRulo]

Absolute cinema. I've been a big fan of the UFC since the early 2000's and still learned a lot from this. Great content

[@LeoCooperMMA]

@@ToxiicRulo My man. Thanks for the kind words!

[@erikmorales17]

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

[@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.

[@logosfocus]

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

[@HBarGD]

Amazing video, I enjoyed every second 💪

[@jamesholyfield3304]

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

[@WillArtie]

what does he say there? I don't quite get it...

[@smoochumsmcgee]

sheesh what a treat. you’re the goat

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@JustAwesomee]

Love these type of videos. Excited to get into it

[@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.

[@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 👊

[@Crego_]

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

[@dalepickering5768]

Watched this too see if there was anything I missed over the years, unfortunately didn’t find anything, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the video from start to finish, one of your best yet! Been watching ever since ufc landed on spike and this video really took me through the whole nostalgic journey. Loved it, keep up the hard work bro your smashing it!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Dale! As someone who begun watching religiously only in 2018, i hope i did the past eras justice. Definitely more stuff i could have improved but i'm glad you enjoyed it regardless

[@TheAceStriker]

Leo Cooper dropping another banger as usual

[@vancethesuuperman]

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

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Vance! Plenty more coming!

[@aliryan-uy8qq]

so much potential in this channel

[@idgit608]

This video delivered. Definitely worth the wait Leo.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

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

[@vitoleskur]

May be a normie take, but Khabib vs Conor is a once in a lifetime type of fight. There will never be a fight with that much hype and that spectacular of a finish plus the post-fight skirmish. It was amazing and will never be replicated again

[@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

[@DG-Gilmore]

Great video so far dude, however at 31:12 you say "for all intensive purposes" you should know that's it's "for all intents and purposes"

[@p_ttown1979]

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

[@MakesMartialSense]

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

[@LeoCooperMMA]

My pleasure Vergil

[@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.

[@aboriginalalex]

Really good introductory video mate. Hard work paid off

[@HurricaneChise]

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

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@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!

[@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

[@megancloses]

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

[@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.

[@hmz260]

great video commenting for the algorithm

[@kubakowalczyk3442]

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

[@riley_yuknow]

I saw a Nina Drama short and got intrigued and now I’m here lol. Thank you for making an informative video

[@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

[@DG-Gilmore]

Bro you spent more time on CM punk than Mighty Mouse 😂

[@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!

[@ShreddyKrueger14]

A Masterpiece brother, a masterpiece 👏🏽

[@LeoCooperMMA]

High praise man, thank you

[@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)

[@user-xs3ps1nq3e]

a CASUALS guide. Since when was the deep details of the MMA medieval era casual? casual would imply they probably only started watching in Prime McGregor or Silva era.

[@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.

[@dylanrobbins1245]

Amazing work Leo, subbed!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you so much Dylan, welcome aboard

[@joshualee6991]

Awesome video Leo!

[@caseyhudson8284]

Love the video and the channel great work!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Casey!

[@markschildt2885]

I really enjoyed this video, great work man

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Really appreciate that Mark, thank you!

[@RiversEdge-e9y]

uncle lee blessing us on good friday

[@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!)

[@YoYoLogo]

i will remember ufc 261 forever lol it was incredible

[@WYAKNOX]

This was a great video you earned a sub

[@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

[@juneydapps8042]

Great video.Subbed for the next one!

[@ddpj..]

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

[@SCHNAUD]

this video is unreal mate wow

[@ghoul5371]

We needed this video

[@syzionaurifex5383]

Somewhere in a parallel universe Conor didn’t get hammered the night before and ended up knocking out Khabib… But we live in reality 😬

[@HowdoIchangeMy]

Man hit man, men happy :)

[@Wolf-p1m]

you are good you kept me on my seat! Thats hard to do !

[@kalvinreese8387]

Thanks for the upload

[@katiesmashes878]

A one hour video is a big task.

[@daveg8266]

Super impressive, very well done.

[@juanangelpoblanovazquez3595]

Underrated channel

[@bjlllllfontenot9744]

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

[@lukethurston9590]

Amazing video my friend

[@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

[@dylanrobbins1245]

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

[@DreamVille127]

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

[@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

[@steve-wy6sk]

Great video bro

[@MonkeySponge]

Leo, u the man big dawg killer work.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Appreciate it man! Glad you enjoyed 👊

[@HD_TV]

Great video brother

[@lilgiantsfan72]

Brilliant video!

[@matz4k]

Check title bro, Gonna watch later. Already hyped 💪

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Lifesaver bro. Thank you hahaha

[@beanedm4642]

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

[@JimShelley3003]

Phenomenal job👏🏻

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thanks Joe!

[@64ellz]

that was a great video

[@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

[@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

[@hughdooley3249]

This was brilliant!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

[@cooperfontenot23]

What an incredible video

[@scottswift8153]

More of this

[@kimblandino]

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

[@ARG0T]

Pretty sure the video started in 1993

[@syzionaurifex5383]

You neglected to mention the great REQUIS

[@marky2s631]

This is a really good video

[@ThatGuyGloomy]

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

[@ThatGuyGloomy]

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

[@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.

[@loganbutler2337]

Does the original video of Lesner still exist? The one that includes the bud light slander

[@GSMnocap-memesdaily-]

Awesome good shit bro

[@seanisnotjohn]

This is the greatest sport on earth

[@flashswipee]

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

[@hoffpauirconcrete.semperfidCC]

Nice work

[@NoS33dz]

great vid💯😊

[@LJ-ZH22]

very good video!

[@noah-sv6zp]

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