Ranking The Top 15 MMA GOATS

In this video I rank the top 15 greatest MMA fighters of all time. I discuss names like Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Alexander Volkanovski, Kamaru Usman, Stipe Miocic and More. Who are your top 15 GOATS of MMA? Let me know in the comments.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro / Criteria
1:14 Matt Hughes
2:55 Max Holloway
5:02 Fedor Emelianenko
6:40 Islam Makhachev
9:03 Dominick Cruz
10:40 Stipe Miocic
12:10 Kamaru Usman
13:38 Daniel Cormier
15:17 Anderson Silva
18:11 Jose Aldo
20:08 Khabib Nurmagomedov
21:49 Alexander Volkanovski
24:57 Demetrious Johnson
26:48 Georges St-Pierre
28:01 Jon Jones
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[@lucastracymma8764]

Hey guys, while editing this video I found myself changing my mind on my Makhachev and Fedor pick. I think that given all of fedor’s 29 wins, even though he doesn’t have a win over a top 20 all time fighter, Makhachev hasn’t had enough of those rly good wins to triumph over Fedor yet.

[@idkanymore1298]

Watch, olivera knocks islam out then volk and then he's n1 goat 😎

[@alphared3772]

Also you didn't mention Forrest Griffin in Anderson's best wins. Guy was the 205 champ one fight ago and Anderson stomped him. Not sure if that affects his placement but it's definitely the best win of his career.

[@youcantseeme2244]

That's fair. Islam definitely has the skills to be a top all time fighter tho. And if Charles beats him then he needs to be in the top 15.

[@Johnny-ry9dq]

Silva beat forest griffin who became the 205 champ….

[@afonsodealbuquerque1879]

Hughes did more than Usman, stop discrediting Bj penn, and also remenber Dan Henderson.

[@terrencemaday5946]

So happy your top 3 are Ian Garry, Sean O’Malley and Israel Adesanya

[@flyingmonke]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elangelyt7738]

😂

[@904TYR]

I have a feeling I’m not gonna see this🤨

[@Rob07544]

How did Anthony on paper smith miss out 👍

[@enderhamblin3845]

kind of crazy parker porter is only at 4 but i will let it slide

[@theactingace]

Chael Sonnen. Undisputed, undefeated, unbeatable. Won ♾️ times. Never lost a round, never bled, never hit and never not the ufc GOAT.

[@Niic208]

More like a feminine steroid loser who couldn't even go on a 7 fight win streak once in his life...I put Chael at tito Ortiz level

[@flyingmonke]

There are phases where certain jokes become old and cringe..... Your joke is in that phase

[@lukapolic214]

@@flyingmonkeso true bro I was about to write the same thing this shit is so old

[@LukosCelestou]

Gsp best of his era But not number two dj number two not one beacuse some of his fights weren’t the best and some of the fighters weren’t as good but cejudo and Benavidez thats good win John Dodson that’s a good win

[@theactingace]

@@flyingmonke had to be done for the culture

[@vegasnotthecity]

i have DJ at my number one -no peds -came back from a loss -champ in two weight divisions -champ under two completely different rule sets -has won a grand prix -is undersized and at a disadvantage in every fight -easily the most well rounded fighter of all time

[@icecoldfire25]

Basically why dc is my #1. Guy has the height and reach of bumlal a welterweight but fought and dominated at lhw and hw only losing to the absolute best in their division. 🐐

[@PercSlushy]

Based

[@Alazerith]

His recent wins in One Championship over Adriano Moraes solidified his GOAT status in my opinion.

[@typo9434]

His resume doesn't have the best name value but if we are talking about clean fighters then dj is no 1

[@ProfessionalCurryDefender]

Jones clears. -Also a 2 division champ -Better competition -Most title defenses in ufc history -Most Title wins in ufc history -youngest champ ever -Is arguably undefeated if you think he edged out the Reyes fight -Longest Win streak in ufc history -Has never been finished

[@billyl3747]

So glad Parker Porter made the #1 spot. That kid doesn’t get the respect he deserves

[@frags6940]

The rematch Jones and both Tafa brothers are running from.

[@flyingmonke]

Is Parker Porter your father? If not I see no relevance of mentioning him here

[@forevermotyier]

​@@flyingmonkeur a casual

[@_d2082]

okay dana

[@_d2082]

​@@flyingmonkeare you dumb? or do you not watch MMA? prime PP destroys any other HW.

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

Lucas, respectfully, not putting ANY "All-Time" wins on Fedor's resume shows that you weren't alive or old enough to remember just how big his fights with Cro Cop and Big Nog were. Those were the biggest fights I can recall until Connor v. Khabib. They were that big. And they were only around 2-1 odds. Meaning those were pick-'em fights. Those two wins alone elevate him significantly.

[@musicman7229]

100%. ngl this list was kinda shit lol

[@clovers6690]

bro popularity of his fights is irrelevent

[@sm6996.]

I think all time wins only count wins against other person on this list

[@vascocarvalho2451]

The game changed immensely in the last 10-15 years. Fighters are so much better now, it's not even comparable. I understand snubbing the older fighters, especially if they weren't trailblazers in their fighting styles like Anderson Silva

[@michaelturley8222]

Yeah, i think that was the biggest flaw with the list, he should've counted all time wins as guys in maybe top 50 all time, if it's top 15, it's hard to even have enough top 15 guys in your division and era, it's too difficult of criteria for most guys to have many, if any. @@sm6996.

[@felipearaujo9673]

I always thought Lucas's knowledge of MMA was only from 2021 onwards, he puting Islam above Fedor and Khabib above Silva solidified it

[@flyingmonke]

Khatib over Silva is bad but honestly.... Fedor is a plumber beater who refused to fight in the UFC out of fear.

[@felipearaujo9673]

@@flyingmonke he feared what? Old man Couture? During his era, all the good HWs where in Pride. UFC had guys like Tim Sylvia and Arlovski, both guys he beat. He has like, 8 wins over UFC champions

[@antoniokovac5170]

Silva is overrated as this video proved. I don't care how to look you look against the subpar competition. You say Khabib only has 3 good wins..well thats 3 more than Silva.

[@ben9262]

@@antoniokovac5170Anderson Silva fought better wrestlers than Khabib ever dreamed of fighting. Khabib has 2 title defenses against journeyman strikers and his best win is Connor.

[@gabrielmotta1663]

​@@antoniokovac5170khabib has a padded record, he shouldn't even be on the list

[@bahdboy4858]

Izzy has 16 fights in the ufc, he’s 13-3. 11 of those 16 fights were title fights islam has 2 title fights in the ufc and he’s ranked above Izzy

[@rhyswilliam8146]

This exactly. I get Izzy is cringe and annoying but you have to respect what he has done. Not just blindly hate. And I’m GLAD Izzy lost too. But damn he is great.

[@ZuuFo]

@@rhyswilliam8146I blame guru for it

[@vanderleicyborg6809]

MW is trash thats why@@rhyswilliam8146

[@brandonmoran3016]

yea i don’t like izzy but not having him on here is crazy

[@rhyswilliam8146]

@@ZuuFo a tad bit here aswell. I enjoy most of gurus content but his hate towards Izzy is immeasurable at times.

[@leandrogonzaga7294]

fedor was undefeated for a decade as a HW, let that sink in. he was by far the best HW of his time, and a top5 all time greats

[@razalfraz6618]

The Japanese needed a star and they made a star

[@abmendi8676]

*In Japan

[@uresfffff222]

Pride fc smh UFC >>>>

[@user-vt3vo1yd3v]

Came to America and lost almost all his fights 😂. He’s a fake fighter than couldn’t compete against the actual top level. Just look at his opponents records. All of them sucked. Even the former/future champions he faced sucked. All have double digit loses. Your wins don’t matter if the people you beat also got beaten by 10 other people.

[@kwalterrasquinha413]

he fought cans in that decade and his few good wins are nothing compared to stipe who should be top 5. Habib shouldnt even be top 10

[@pokorisensei776]

The Adesanya hate is going too far 😭😭

[@Justfranktbh]

Shit is crazy

[@rastahill748]

why everyone started hated him all of a sudden

[@Dfgdf91]

​@@rastahill748everyone just jumped on the sean bitchland bandwagon. But tbh i think izzy is a weirdo too

[@rastahill748]

@@Dfgdf91 whats your reason??

[@Dfgdf91]

@@rastahill748 my reason for thinking izzy is weird is that he humped paulo Costa. It was funny, but still weird

[@AaronTats]

Lucas is really riding off the Izzy loss lol

[@HipHop-wf2yu]

You’re literally talking about every single one lmao

[@jujuthethird4602]

Best moment in the ufc

[@michaelturley8222]

Yeah, not having him over Matt Hughes was crazy. I don't think you can really count beating GSP as an all time win because he was so young. Beating Whittaker in his prime twice is far more impressive to me. Beating Pereira is probably going to age extremely well too, because he's likely going to be a 2 division champ with a great win percentage if he doesn't retire too late.

[@christianannoni6968]

Every time i feel bad about my MMA knowledge i watch one of your video and your absolutely horrible takes instantly make me feel better about myself! Thank you for your work

[@Jm29q]

He legitimately makes Schaub look decent.

[@user-uq3xb6bx8l]

Ciryl Gane is an “okay” win, coming from the dude who was saying he was gonna destroy Jon jones lmao now it’s just an “okay” win

[@anti4330]

Lol you see how they do

[@ItsameAlex]

it's a great win. But steroids advantage was a big advantage.

[@davidnighten5553]

He said that??

[@DemonInPain]

@@ItsameAlexthat has nothing to do with the win you absolute 🤡

[@jonathansage9063]

Calling Fedor overrated is such a casual move

[@ssglbc1875]

he is most goats are overated hate it or not especially fedor who's best wins don't compare too stipes especially because modern mma fighters are better nowadays.

[@alejandrogarcia7385]

​@@ssglbc1875modern fighters fight one time at year, while Fedor fought in tournament matches, that is, more than one fight for day.

[@joeswanson5486]

@@alejandrogarcia7385Fedor fought twice a day only 2x his entire career. Against who? He’d fight Nogueira which is one of the greats at HW then after whooping his ass he’d fight some can you never heard of.

[@elpolitemexa2272]

Including Cruz, Hughes and Usman but not Cejudo? Nah this ain't it

[@STiergoofball]

Also not including Israel

[@thomaskia8441]

How is cejudo even top 25

[@DADRB0B55]

Without the DJ robbery you wouldn’t even know he exists. At Flyweight he lost to Benavidez pretty clearly as well he wasn’t even the 2nd greatest flyweight

[@elpolitemexa2272]

@@DADRB0B55 bruh that fight was close as hell

[@Red-mc5ee]

@@thomaskia8441nigga he was double champ

[@CoNoR231297]

You forgot to include Dan Henderson among Anderson Silva's best wins.

[@darkclaw1462]

He also left out the Iconic Forest Griffin KO, that was literally one of If not the biggest defining moment of Andersons career, probably 2nd behind his all-time great comeback of subbing Chael Sonnen via triangle choke.💀

[@Alazerith]

Thanks for pointing that out.

[@victorf6672]

He excluded Anderson's two best wins. Hendo and Griffin. Obviously Forrest wasn't an all time talent but he was LHW champ and he had just lost his belt. This is equivalent of Strickland losing his belt, having a weird "super-fight" with Leon Edwards right after and people not thinking a win for Edwards would be impressive as hell just because Sean wasn't the prime example of a MW champ.

[@DADRB0B55]

Vitor Belfort was also a HW UFC & LHW UFC Champion, Anderson Silva’s resume aged better than GSP IMO, Cheal Sonnen could beat everyone at 185 right now, but Jale shields & Hughes wouldn’t even have a ranking

[@captain_ali_01]

He also said Jones lost to Reyes..

[@MasterSpencer2483]

Fedor’s wins over Cro Cop and Big Nog are more impressive than Islam’s wins over Volk and Olivera, especially considering he was the much bigger man against Volk

[@davidsaji6101]

Their not on Olives or Volks level

[@JesusGarcia-pz6vg]

OMG how was Islam SO MUCH bigger than volk??? he was 2 pounds heavier and had a 1 inch reach disadvantage. Height means shit when you don't have an edge in reach, weight or athletic

[@thomaskia8441]

Crocop and big nog would f volk and oliverira up easily@@davidsaji6101

[@jonyhyder6506]

shows how casual you are.volk was 2 pound heavier then islam in that fight.islam looked thin compared to volk.he had a bad weight cut.

[@lel1433]

@@JesusGarcia-pz6vg yes, Islam that day could not rehydrate properly due to the lower hydration time available in australia. If Islam and volk fight in Abu Dhabi, its over for volk, as we know that he will be fuller.

[@user-is9bn5en9v]

That’s why Leon edwards has the most aesthetic physique

[@victorf6672]

You didn't include Anderson's two best wins. Dan Henderson imo could've made the list, he's about the same as Hughes for me, he was on his prime, the original champ champ beating a beastly Wanderlei Silva to win gold in pride at MW and LHW when he lost to Silva. Also, Forrest, now, looking back we all know Forrest wasn't the greatest champ ever but he had just lost the title in a division above Anderson's, and it was LHW so the jump from that division was 20 pounds. Let's say, hypothetically: Strickland loses his belt in his next fight, than does a weird superfight with Leon Edwards and Leon beats him. would you not consider that a good win for Leon? That would be a great win, even if in the future we look back and see that Sean wasn't the prime example of a middleweight champ. Also, it's difficult to have an all-time win when nobody can become an all-time fighter since you dominated the division for like 10 years, DJ's all time win only became all time after they fought, and personally, I think DJ won that fight, so had the scorecards gone differently he wouldn't have an "all-time win" even tho his record would've actually been better. And speaking of Fedor, I also think his wins over Big Nog was a bit underrated even if you praised it a lot, Big Nog was far from his prime and got interim gold, could've gotten undisputed if Brock hadn't cut the line.

[@kaiquelittig4557]

Fucking facts

[@rsg200]

That point about being too dominant to have all time wins is straight facts and its frustrating that 99 percent of the community don't understand. Dj didn't beat any champions because he was the champion. Other than Henry who he pretty much beat twice and then going to one fc. That's the goat

[@jakebishop7822]

I feel like none of Silva's wins look as good because there are a couple people who we would consider legends, and champions, but they weren't because they ran into the wall of Anderson Silva. Like, if an entire division looks uncompetitive compared to the champion for that long, is it more likely that by chance nobody else who was good weighted 185 pounds, or that Silva was just that much better than everyone. This is the same thing people say about the grappling of people Khabib beat.

[@victorf6672]

Absolutely. Jon also suffered with that in the latter half of his LHW reign. Glover for example, had it not been for his late push to UFC gold he would've been a forgotten Jon Jones defense even though he was one of the most impressive ones. This will happen to current champions too, in a few years people won't see Kamaru's opponents for example, in the same light as they do today, in a few years I doubt people will consider Burns as good a title defense as we now he is because we can see Burns fight live, in a few years they'll just see the wikipedia record.

[@DADRB0B55]

Was he ? Glover also lost to Phil Davis & Corey Anderson. Those guys were cut from the UFC so if they were still signed post Jones Glover probably never becomes champion

[@Nick_T_90]

Mighty Mouse for me is the biggest example of this because as much as Dana and the ufc deny it they wanted to scrap flyweight entirely but DJ was so good they couldn’t let him go and kept flyweight around

[@7910norris]

Fedor Jones and Anderson had a ridiculous finish rate during their prime, thats the only thing I'll hold against GSP.

[@flyingmonke]

GSP took the easy way out. His fights were boring but some how he was a PPV star because he has the entirety of Canada behind him.

[@bigpapi6688]

@@flyingmonkedominating for five straight rounds is much harder than getting a flash ko in the early rounds, Wtf are you talking about💀 go find the best wrestler at your school and fight him for 25 straight minutes. I guarantee you’ll be much worse for wear than if he landed a shot on you and knocked you out within a few minutes. Getting drowned by someone with unlimited cardio is much scarier and more embarrassing than getting finished by someone

[@dfdfdgggjhjjh5081]

Yeah that's got to count for a lot imo. I can't stand point fighters.

[@dfdfdgggjhjjh5081]

@@flyingmonke When you hit a certain amount of years and fights undefeated streak, it stops mattering if you're a point fighter people will still tune in.

[@7910norris]

@@bigpapi6688 Point fighting is the lowest risk way to win a fight, he was just a slightly better version of a prime Jon Fitch (and his personality is what made people love him, not his fights). You want people to think he's the GOAT because of his cardio? You post didn't make sense.

[@larslarsen3922]

Give a toiletbrush a microphone, and he will think he is a mma expert.

[@redpug8236]

The problem with Lucas is when he says things like “we are counting robberies” but how are you gonna make exceptions like that, then not count Jon Jones win against DC cuz he popped even though we know for a fact Johnny Hendricks only won when he wasn’t natty and other not natty fighters

[@Thot-StompaSigma]

As much as I like lucas hes inconsistent af. Goes from “on paper” to detailed analysis of the fight in a heartbeat

[@ghoul5371]

Yea he falls where most people in this community do Biases after biases

[@lunarmizt388]

People act like everyone is on roids. Yes Nate Diaz said that shit and everyone just ran with it. Everyone gotta stop acting like they’re all on roids. It was only a major problem back then.

[@STiergoofball]

He only counts robberies if it is from a fighter that he doesn't like Jones vs Reyes Izzy vs Rob 2 Those are robberies for him But when it comes to fight like Volk vs Max 2 or Khabib vs Tibau or GSP vs Hendricks where you could for sure argue that the guy that lost won There he ignores it

[@isaiahmohi455]

@@STiergoofballif that’s the case then he’d be screaming that volk got robbed by islam

[@juliobarrios2520]

Fedor imo 🐐. Had like a 29 fight win streak. Beat UFC Champions. Was undersize could have fought at 205lb.

[@theomasole5105]

Against absolute cans though

[@TheBlackKnightX7]

The thing about the best wins is you can only fight the people in front of you at the time. These older fighters can’t spawn in fighters out the lab. Anderson and Adeysanya particularly are the reason why most of the other guys aren’t all time greats. Also the sport has progressed but you can’t hold it against someone for being born when they were born. Fight the best available that’s all you can ask.

[@certifiedredditgenius]

But we are looking at the best fighters of all time. So yes, the quality of competition does matter because to be the best, you have to beat the best.

[@TheBlackKnightX7]

@@certifiedredditgenius that is true but that was the best. For that era that was the best there was so they did in fact beat the best. They beat the number 1 contender they beat the top 5 in the world at their weight class. They can’t time travel. Also again they are the reason there isn’t any other all-time greats in the weight class. Anderson never gave anyone else a chance to win a championship unless they went up in weight to avoid him.

[@certifiedredditgenius]

@TheBlackKnightX7 I understand what you're saying but to find the best of ALL TIME, the modern Era fighters are the best there ever have been

[@TheBlackKnightX7]

@@certifiedredditgenius well if that’s the case then there is no point to make a greatest of all time list. Just say who ever the current world champ or divisions current best fighter if they are the same person Is the greatest of all time then because fighters from the older generation wouldn’t have a chance. I personally think that is a not a fair system, But that just diminishes everything the pioneers of the sport did.

[@certifiedredditgenius]

@TheBlackKnightX7 no it doesn't because it's fully expected that the fighters will only get better as the sport ages and grows. Besides, Jon Jones is from the old generation and all of the wins from the past are considered his greatest performances. But considering the skill of the contenders they beat is vital in determining who is the best fighter of all time

[@REVOisMYname]

Fedor needs to be higher, a 10 year streak at the top of heavyweight is never heard of

[@minegamerpro1308]

I don't think fedor falling off in his early 30s should really damage his argument in the goat list that much, sure age wise he's supposed to be in his prime but you have to take into consideration how much damage he accumulated in 10 years of fighting 30+ times, sometimes more than once a night against fully roided pride heavyweight, most of them are bigger than himself, and the likelihood that he himself took quite a lot of steroids to keep up with them, it'll take a toll in his body

[@felipearaujo9673]

And I'm quite sure he was a Sambo champion too, so he was fighting outside of mma

[@victorf6672]

Yeah, age is a dumb argument imo, DC was able to go until his 40s, but in part that's because he started his MMA journey in his 30s. It's more about number of fights than age imo.

[@jaw9095]

Fedor has 8 wins vs ufc champions and his wins over cro cop and big nog were huge in that time. Lucas tracy misses alot and in this video he missed by alot

[@Dempsey1873]

Fr that argument is stupid asf ngl

[@rogersebben6558]

I feel like Cejudo should’ve made the list. Two division champ and has wins over people like DJ, Cruz, Dillashaw and Moraes.

[@anshujha3871]

No Izzy in the top 15? First 2 time UFC MW champion with 5 successfull title defences, impressive wins over Robert Whittaker (1st time), Alex Pereira, Marvin Vettori (2nd time), Paulo Costa, Derek Brunson & Kelvin Gastelum. Just because he lost to Sean who was very underestimated before the fight doesn't mean he can't crack the Top 15.

[@felipearaujo9673]

Yeah, even though we hate Izzy, he is definitely top 15 material. But no way Paulo Costa who struggled with a zombie Luke Rockhold and Marvin mediocre Vettori are “impressive”

[@captain_ali_01]

dude is an adesanya hater. i was happy that sean won and was even rooting for him, but izzy is the 2nd best middleweight of time

[@captain_ali_01]

the point is that he was better than almost everyone in the division for a long time@@felipearaujo9673

[@luizperez3357]

PEDs same could be said for usman tho

[@eddiealexander3736]

@@captain_ali_01ye but middleweight has always been one of the weak divisions

[@ExpiditionWild]

That Islam placement is crazy

[@silentassassin423]

Yeah, I don't know how he is above Fedor. Islam beat 2 great fighters back to back but he became champ not long ago. It's too early. Like, imagine if Islam retires tomorrow, with 1 title defense, he wouldn't even sniff top 15.

[@flyingmonke]

@@silentassassin423 Fedor 😱 The plumbers nightmare Beats up on electricians and real estate agents but lost to Bader, Mitrione, Silva, Hendo and Werdum What a goat amirite

[@flizzy4645]

Can tell he’s new to mma having him over cain is criminal

[@STiergoofball]

@@flyingmonke 8 guys he beat were former or future UFC champs So yeah I think that's a statement if we talk about how good he would've been there

[@itsreihart9865]

Werdum is the greatest grappler in HW history, you act like Stipe didn’t lose to Struve or get outboxed by a one dimensional wrestler with T. rex arms

[@totalgamer1384]

Makhachev above izzy😂😂I know you don’t like him but come on man

[@flyingmonke]

There's nothing wrong with that.... Izzy beats bums like Vettori while Makachev took out the two P4P kings Volk and Charles back to back

[@STiergoofball]

​@@flyingmonke Izzy doesn't deserve to be on the list for beating bums But Khabib is top 5?

[@bboymuggshott]

@@flyingmonketook out?! Olivera for sure but he DID NOT take out Volk, hence why he walked over to his corner bloodied and defeated at the end of the fight saying “I want rematch”, while Volk held his hand in the air under belief that he had done enough to win the fight

[@flyingmonke]

@@bboymuggshott he beat that bald joke on the feet. Cry more

[@nikolaj97]

So now oliveira is p4p king, but in other comment u said that his resume is trash lol, u are just a sad excuse for a troll, go back to ur basement@@flyingmonke

[@Janintong]

Dang, if Khabib Challenged GSP at Welterweight before retiring, that fight woulda raised tf out of their legacy (depending on the winner). If Khabib won, that would've been his best win no doubt, if GSP won(the likley outcome ), it would've had been more impressive than beating Bisping after 3 year layoff. Just saying khabib could've said "One more fight" after beating Gaethje

[@Noles4life77]

Khabib would never fight GSP at welterweight. He has to be a weight bully, GSP at welterweight would be able to hold his own on the ground against Khabib and completely outclasses him in standup. When Khabib fought Tibou and he was no longer able to weight bully because Tibau is the biggest weight bully, he was 0-13 on takedowns and got taken down twice himself. And when his ground game wasn’t working he literally couldn’t do anything else in that fight. The most bagless fighter ever

[@gaurav7142]

khabib knew gsp would destroy him at 170 so he made it clear a long time ago that gsp has to come down to 155 to fight him (even though we know khabib is a weight bully and would've easily made 185 let alone 170) even khabib's father said him to go up to 170 to fight gsp but he denied(because he didn't want to get exposed) (and there's a video that too) poor gsp(at 40)was even trying to cut weight to 155,there's even a picture of him where he looks skinny af but that fight could never happen and even if they fought at 155 gsp would easily outclass him(considering his striking/longer reach) but khabib retired before that fight could come close even now when gsp has called out khabib for a grappling match khabib does not want to come because he knows very well what will happen! gsp doesn't need any cage support to take khabib down and when he does take him down,we all know what's gonna happen and let's not even talk about striking khabib is great fighter but he does not stand a chance against the GOAT and khabib knows this very well

[@thegoat-ishere4414]

Crazy I still think Khabib would beat an old GSP at 170

[@Janintong]

@thegoat-ishere4414 GSP is a fighter that keeps his shape crisp, the exact opposite of nick diaz when returning to fight

[@blackflag6976]

Khabib was the betting favorite against GSP

[@carbiv]

Chael Sonnen as numbers 1-5 was a bold decision but I have to agree.

[@w0t_m818]

I mean his decisive victory over Fedor alone is enough to justify the top spot.

[@dec6p]

Bro really has Matt Serra over McGregor, Cejudo, and Oliveria..

[@destano2951]

matt serra 😂

[@flyingmonke]

Unlike the bums you mentioned, Serra has actually beat a GOAT

[@flyingmonke]

Aldo doesn't count because he was mentally broken the bum

[@dec6p]

​@@flyingmonke Cejudo has wins over way better opponents plus he beat DJ. So if the same logic applies here, Cejudo should be placed WAYYYY above Matt Serra.

[@dec6p]

@@flyingmonke lol so you're just picking and choosing. He also beat Max Holloway who is ALSO on this list. lol

[@allenjlap]

Having islam on there but not charles or adesanya is actually crazy

[@flyingmonke]

Islam has beat the P4P kings Charles and Volk back to back he deserves a place. Charles' best wins are Poirier and Gaethje (two good fighters who will never be champs) I'm not counting that oldhead Beniel. Adesanyas only impressive wins are Whittaker and Pereira (3-1) so he don't deserve a place on this list either

[@enragedbear]

izzy lost the belt to someone with 7 mma fights

[@Anonkid]

@@enragedbearHe was also a 2 weight glory champion and a death touch…

[@STiergoofball]

​@@flyingmonke Why should two losses in Kickboxing matter in a MMA GOAT LIST you clown?🤨

[@lucasdebrito23]

Your list is pretty good and honest with it's picks. I think though, that you missed by not putting dan henderson and forrest griffin in the best wins of Anderson Silva. People trash Forrest, but he was indeed a champions in the weight class above and the performance by Silva is an all time great

[@afonsodealbuquerque1879]

Dan Henderson was 22-5 while fighting the best middle weight, light heavyweight and even heavyweight fighters of his day, people today discredit too much the work of the old fighters.

[@DrSpaceman69]

@@afonsodealbuquerque1879 truth

[@DADRB0B55]

No one that got into mma recently (by recently I mean the last 6-7 years) will ever truly appreciate Hendo, he flatlined prime Fedor & was an Olympic level wrestler

[@lucasdebrito23]

The list says ranks the MMA goats, but besides Fedor, he only considers UFC, basically. I understand this choice, considering that the UFC is the greatest compan, but, Hendo was a Pride champion and Vitor was an old school UFC champion. Even that they are not in Lucas top 15, they should be listed as all time wins

[@najiabuirmeileh4961]

“I know some people just had a heart attack” you’re damn right they did 😭🤡

[@shloku8]

Demetrious Johnson has 12 Title wins in the UFC. He won Flyweight Grand Prix Championship and 2 Title Wins against Adriano Moraes. I think Total Title Wins for him should be 15 or atleast 14 leaving out the Grand Prix one.

[@turgondoitean1378]

Fedor should be at least #5 or higher. In my opinion #1

[@rileyfreeman9726]

Fedor at number 1 is absolute insanity. He would be lucky to even be top 10

[@Jrodguez]

Adesanya should be on this list . You’re crazy

[@7910norris]

What? You serious or kidding.

[@STiergoofball]

​​@@7910norris We should ask that you 8 title fight wins First 2 time MW champ Most active champ You wanna say he is not top 15 just because of the Strickland loss now while there are guys on this list who have like twice as much losses as he has?

[@-RJ2007]

@@STiergoofballstill he doesn’t really feel like he makes it . Cause start with 15th/14th place the first person you get is Max and Matt Hughes , and then boom already a hard decision , so him not being there is reasonable .im not even joking he might literally be 16th to 20th

[@enragedbear]

@@STiergoofball LOL 2 time mw champ is not a good thing, he lost the belt to someone with 7 mma fights, he is NOT top 15

[@STiergoofball]

​@@enragedbear That guy that he lost it too was one of the best Kickboxers of all time who was better on the feet than ANY striker that the MW Goat Anderson Silva has ever faced What makes the 2x MW champ record for Izzy even more impressive is that he was the first one to ever get it Also something that a top 5 of all time Silva wasn't able to do

[@WarBrah]

How do you not have Big Nog as an all time win for Fedor? Arguably top 3 heavyweight all time. Or for that matter Josh Barnett. You clearly started having an interest in MMA around 2016 or something.

[@flyingmonke]

2016? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2022 at best

[@ben9262]

Casuals try not to ignore finishing percentage when considering the GOAT list challenge: IMPOSSINLE

[@peterveckmen9314]

This video should be titled I'm showing my ufc bias

[@lilgloom9858]

i laughed out so loud when u said "where is izzy f off"hahahah love the content bro

[@danielruiz2859]

This dudes videos are gold 💀 he spends like 90% of his time tryna convince invisible haters on opinions that aren’t even that outlandish 💀

[@christophermcgregor4724]

Fedor vs Mousasi wasn't a real fight. Lucas just skimmed through Fedor's wikipedia page and thought they really fought lol

[@leonelvillanueva1198]

Makachev is not higher than Oliveira, just because he beat him doesn't mean that he's higher all all-time. Oliveira has 3 wins against top 10 lightweights of all time(Tont, Justin, Dustin) and Makachev has 2 wins only has good wins over charles and volk, everyone else was a can.

[@e.a.poecrnimacak354]

Ok, but he beat Tony when he was past his prime, washed up, lost a fight before and all fights he had after it. When talking about wins over other other ATGs for ATG status of a fighter we should only consider wins over them in their prime. That would be similar to saying that Izzy beat Anderson Silva and that win should be counted as ATG win for him. Yes, Silva is ATG without a doubt, the GOAT of middleweight division but by the time he fought Izzy he was way past his prime. I think that any expert who knows how this things work would agree with me,yes a win is on Oliveira's resume but I doubt that someone will consider it worthy of ATG status in the future.

[@Chille10]

Islam wooped the guy you're debating for to be put over him😂😂😂it doesn't get funnier than that

[@jackpallet1814]

Dan Henderson is an all time win for Silva.

[@JoelVenc]

I thought I didn't know shit about the ufc but you reassure me some people know even less and still act like they know anything

[@christianbaker3564]

15 shouldve been Macgregor. Dude has a great resume and evolved the sport. Hughes was just a really solid wrestler who was right place, right time.

[@dillonjimison725]

Hard to find good alignment when it comes to mma opinions but I always agree for the most part with your coverage. Fire content as always I love how you almost sound angry bc you’re always so passionate 😂

[@DarkStout.]

Serious question, is there a way to make his videos come up in my results? Like mute his account entirely?

[@JonkinsThePimp]

oliveira is easily on the list,i dont get how people just shrug off the insane depth on his resume,its like they forget he had a good run at featherweight or something?holloway is also top 5

[@flyingmonke]

What insane depth? His best wins are Lee, a washed Tony, Bum IQ Chandler, Cry baby Poirier and Downs Tom Hardy Justin Gaethje

[@rudi5139]

@@flyingmonke Cry baby Poirier smoked McGregor twice.

[@flyingmonke]

@@rudi5139 as if that's a great thing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JonkinsThePimp]

@@flyingmonke no one else has 17 notible or better wins,the comment was about quantity not quality if you cant tell. you can pick apart resumes if you want,people hail jones as the goat but his resume quality is laughable compared to someone like volk's people pick and choose when they value longetivity

[@GuiMMA_MMA]

Not to mentions all the records he holds. Oliveira is definitely top 15. Makhachev being in this list and not Oliveira is weird

[@bihemeen1062]

Sorry Lucas, Fedor at 13 is such a terrible take its funny. You need to go watch some pride fights bro.

[@AlexFeri9348]

Dan Henderson, Forrest Griffin, and Yushin Okami were solid wins as well for Anderson Silva

[@itsreihart9865]

Super weird how he gave credit to DC when Hendo was washed & on a 3 fight losing streak, yet not Silva vs a prime Hendo ? Tracy is dumb af

[@re_i_gn]

Bro really didn't put Dan Henderson and Forrest Griffin as Silva's notable wins... 💀

[@xFalconn1]

With Silva btw for me at least it’s not about who’s the superstar win he has. It’s more how he beat these guys and how long he was beating these guys in that style. Most of title wins are stoppages. Not izzy snore fest decision

[@STiergoofball]

Yeah but Izzy also has better striking competition ngl Name 1 guy that Silva defeated on the feet that is close to an Alex Pereira

[@GuiMMA_MMA]

@@STiergoofball Izzy also lost to Sean Strickland and Jan Blachowicz on the feet. Honestly think Silva would destroy both

[@xFalconn1]

@@STiergoofball his toughest striking competition was Strickland and Alex that’s literally it. Also Jan who outstruck on the feet, izzy is one dimensional in his striking, can’t adapt on the fly. I can’t lie a prime silva would be Adesnya worst nightmare.

[@STiergoofball]

@@GuiMMA_MMA You think But why? They are also very tough match ups that Silva never faced I also doubt that Silva would beat Pereira

[@STiergoofball]

@@xFalconn1 Actually Izzy is a bad match up for Silva But people are way too nostalgic about Silva and hate on Izzy way too much to give him chances or respect You forget Whittaker who is also a great striker And it's actually the opposite Silva was also a counter puncher but Izzy is way too patient to rush in and get countered like most other guy's who rushed in braindead against Silva Izzy would probably outpoint in if Silva wouldn't go aggressive himself Or if Silva would go aggressive, Izzy would probably counter him

[@allen62]

1.Jones (Beat everyone) 2.GSP (Beat everyone and great ambassador) 3.Cormier (2 weight division champ who started mma in late 20s) 4.Silva (Entertainer who held belt for 5+ years 5.Adesanya (6 Title defenses over like 3 years) 5.Volk (Smoking Max 3 times) 6.Aldo (2nd best featherweight) 7.Stipe (Best Heavy Weight) 8.Usman (Dominating Reign over beast) 9.Fedor (Greatest to never touch the UFC) 10.Khabib (good run but won title facing #10 Al Aquinta also rarely fought through out his career)

[@destano2951]

get adesanya out the top 5 freak

[@allen62]

@@destano2951 he definitely touched his dog but let’s not forget about the activity with the defenses

[@paweljel5608]

solid list but you forgot about Demetrious Johnson

[@allen62]

@@paweljel5608 I didn’t put him because Dana traded him. He’s definitely up their though

[@at0245]

Islam over Fedor 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keyboardwarrior6591]

Just a quick correction: Khabib only lost 2 rounds not 6. Volk is the one who lost 6, both are great fighters

[@omarkhan9646]

And both of those rounds were very close - could have gone either way.

[@QuadLamb]

@@omarkhan9646no one with a working brain would score round 3 for khabib. Conor didn’t dominate the round, but Khabib simply did nothing that round. You’d have to argue that holding conor against the fence and having octagon control won khabib the round, which is a shit argument when conor outstruck by over 2x.

[@Tictac_7]

Khabib above Volk any day

[@SeNs3NoEviL]

Tell me you didn’t watch Anderson Silva without telling me you didn’t watch Anderson Silva.

[@EF.707]

Been waiting for this

[@rahmellmyers9239]

No izzy is crazy

[@In-decay]

How is Jon Fitch not on GSP best wins? 16 fight win streak, 8 fight win streak in the UFC. Crazy

[@gabeanderson6594]

He probably doesn’t even remember when gsp was fighting 💀

[@Etronoxz]

Well also didnt have griffin on silvas best wins either probably just bias to put makachev and volk higher on the list

[@captain_ali_01]

Love your channel, but gotta disagree with not having adesanya on this. Izzy beat silva, right..? Also, you completely discredited Silva. He beat everyone he was given during his prime and had a couple of boring fights. Holding a ufc title for the time that he did should get him entry into the top 5.

[@eddiealexander3736]

Izzy beat silva when silva was like 42

[@dario.5320]

I waited so long for this🎉🎉

[@alvarosoares3530]

I don't mind Anderson not being on top 5 but what u said about him was crazy. He was dominant for a real long time, had wins at LHW division and if most of his title wins looks like he was beating a can is because back in the day he was one or maybe two steps ahead of the competition. Middleweight division never was stacked with talents like the LHW or Lightweight or Bantamweight division. But Anderson was so fuckin good he never have adversity a chance.

[@andregardiner3071]

And how is Izzy not here at all what makes kamaru top 15 but Izzy can’t make it their careers aren’t far apart

[@cryptedanimations6509]

Probably cause his grappling is weak. To be a goat you gotta be good everywhere like John Jones. This is not kickboxing.

[@andregardiner3071]

@@cryptedanimations6509 lmao khabib isn’t well rounded either that’s a dumb point this isn’t about being a goat it’s a top 15 all time list

[@cryptedanimations6509]

@@andregardiner3071 you’re wrong about khabib, he is well rounded. Just because his striking isn’t flashy doesn’t mean it ain’t good. Just look what he did to Edson Barbosa. Had him back peddling like there was a gator in the pond.

[@bmmjg]

@@cryptedanimations6509purely because of the takedown threat, his boxing particularly the head movement is awful. he's got a crazy chin tho

[@cryptedanimations6509]

@@bmmjg like I said before it’s ugly but it works, he outboxed mcgreggor

[@FrankGHugheslll-ui9cp]

Your content is spot on dude! It’s hilarious! Thanks!!

[@HatKingBris]

Whats the background music called?

[@sosamanotf642]

Didn’t even include Silvia’s win over Dan Henderson?

[@TheMonkeyButte]

And Forest Griffin

[@jonathannunez2497]

Loved seeing Anthony smith at number 1 GOAT😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@CarlosLopez-tr7wq]

Good video!

[@travis4256]

how much longer are you gonna cope over the reyes fight lucas

[@Kortexx611]

I think ultimately it all depends on whether your definition of 'greatness' includes things like being a good ambassador for the sport, never getting popped for drugs, being a good sportsman and not acting unprofessional, being influential in the sports development etc. If it doesn't then it's Jones. But if you take the Muhammad Ali approach that greatness is more than just the sum of athletic achievements, it has to be GSP.

[@MrFredstt]

Well if we take some of those things into account then you would have to include McGregor as well considering his contribution to the sport, popularity wise, was insane. No one brought in as many new fans to the sport like he did

[@JT76912]

Lmao you can't compare Muhammad Ali and GSP. What has GSP done for the world on a global scale? Just because GSP was a nice guy doesn't make him the goat, especially when Jon Jones did everything GSP did but better.

[@vasilijevukovic6946]

Lotta people keep overrating gsp and his 2 division champ status,he cherry picked washed one eyed bisping who almost lost to unranked 50 yo hendo

[@GeneralXal]

GSP could’ve possibly been on gear. Bro was built like Usman and had more cardio than most people on roids.

[@Random-ql6rr]

no one even knew he had one eye lol, bisping was a killer anyway you look at it and had a significant size advantage

[@vasilijevukovic6946]

@@GeneralXal yea thats why i think,gsp was on juice 100%,look how he started to decline after usada came to the ufc

[@vasilijevukovic6946]

@@Random-ql6rr but he had one eye, bisping is a worst champ,he had slight advantage but he was still washed and cherry picked

[@destano2951]

better than no grappling non champ gane

[@athleteoftheyear]

Good job LucasTracy. You may be putting out the best MMA content right now. Keep it up.

[@ilovebigblackguys6896]

W rating of these fighters the most honest and non biased rating ive seen so far im sure a favourite lists would go very differently but this is exactly how it should be in my eyes

[@dababyvevo3634]

Cejudo should be on this list imo

[@youcantseeme2244]

I'd put Cejudo in there. He beat Mighty Mouse who imo is the goat. Ik that fight could've gone either way but still that was one of the highest level fights of all time. If DC is there than Cejudo should be. They had similar careers but Cejduo did win the gold medal, he did become a double champ and he beat Cruz who is another guy on this list.

[@goat7728]

This man really gave the best take on Khabib on being Top 5 in the GOAT list

[@JoshuaSmith-no9mn]

Khabib realistically isn’t a top 10 fighter of all time with his weak resume.

[@goat7728]

@@JoshuaSmith-no9mn agreed he is Top 5

[@JoshuaSmith-no9mn]

@@goat7728 nah he’s top 15 though

[@goat7728]

@@JoshuaSmith-no9mn Top 5

[@JoshuaSmith-no9mn]

@@goat7728 GSP, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Mighty Mouse, Aldo all better

[@bradymorejon9804]

Something that you didn’t take into consideration is the dominance that fighter showed in their win, if that would have had weighted more on how dominant the fighters were in their fights you would put people like khabib and Anderson higher.

[@kudii4525]

How can Israel not be on this list? You can hate israel but u can’t discredit his title wins

[@youhaveayds8975]

I would personally have Makhachev tied with Oliveira in the same position, with Charles resume and Makhachevs ability to put a stamp on this man, the upcoming match-up decides who would take the spot for good.

[@_MECHA_]

The fact that Volk has fought 3 guys on your list and there is an argument he beat all 3 of them. And one of those guys he beat 3 times. Volk is the

[@darrell9294]

He didnt beat islam, volk fought at his best and lost 4-1 in what was clearly an off performance for islam.

[@jayparker9225]

Fantastic

[@ch3rrybeatz]

So you’re saying Anderson silvas wins are better than Izzy’s wins? Costa, Whittaker x2, cannonier, Romero, Alex peirera? Sorry but Izzy has better wins than silva, I know u don’t like Izzy but just give him props

[@squillfancyson2714]

Silva finished everyone he fought. Izzy arguably lost to cannonier and whittiker in the second fight. Vettori isn’t good. Izzy finished less than half of his opponents. Silva finished almost all of them

[@Triumphantchild]

Silva had a 16 fight win streak, went up to 205 and destroyed top contenders, and almost every single one of his wins were finishes. He’s definitely higher on the GOAT list than Izzy.

[@STiergoofball]

@@squillfancyson2714 Arguably lost to Cannonier? Wtf

[@STiergoofball]

@@Triumphantchild Higher than Izzy? Yes Should Izzy be on the list tho? For sure, between 8 - 12

[@Triumphantchild]

@@STiergoofball I agree with Izzy being in the top 15, but not in the top 10 (at least not yet).

[@Cazzo15]

If Khabib didnt retire too early and defend the belt 8-9 times he could be in the top 5 GOAT, I love Khabib but a lot of his fans put him in the Top 5 GOAT is wild Man, but he's sure belongs to the top 10 GOAT, the Top 5 will always be Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, GSP, Jose Aldo, and Demetrious Johnson.

[@GeneralXal]

Honestly 3-4 more times would’ve solidified him top 5.

[@himanshumann1904]

Yeah he should be below or close to usman in goat status.

[@itsreihart9865]

Just any good wrestler would have for me, sadly 155 at the time had no good wrestlers.

[@vizuhnehree]

My favorite youtuber rn keep it up bossman

[@deanoss777]

No Adesanya is actually disgusting cause he’s had “too many stinkers”, there’s no argument for Hughes over Adesanya.

[@nd15music73]

The site fightmatrix has a points-based methodology, similar to Elo, where the points you get are based on the points of who you fight, which is the most objective way of doing it. All-time MMA fighters according to their calculation is: 1. 36k GSP (repeatedly beat two high-point fighters of BJ Penn and Matt Hughes) 2. 33k JBJ (only repeatedly beat one high-point fighter of DC) 3. 24k Aldo 4. 22k Fedor 5. 21k Anderson Silva (imo this is the only true Great fighter MMA has seen so far of someone who bends the game) 6. 20k Matt Hughes (a lot of people sleep on his record, at one point he was 41 wins - 4 losses) 7. 16k Volk 8. 14k Mighty Mouse 9. 13k Holloway 10. 13k BJ Penn 11. 12k Usman 12. 12k Khabib 13. 12k DC 14. 11k Dan Henderson 15. 11k Adesanya 16. 11k Miocic 17. 11k Antonio Nogueira 18. 10k Couture 19. 10k Frankie Edgar 20. 9k Urijah

[@mikedeakin3280]

wow no dominick is surprising icl

[@keion_arknights]

Interesting af. I feel like this might underrate lower weightclasses which are more skilled and competitive. Like it's really hard for a dominant lw or bw champ to crop up. And I'm curious how it ranks farming bums, since Khabib's career has a lot of that mixed in with really sick competition, and I know Jones's opponents win rates aren't far from Khabib's overall.

[@nd15music73]

@@keion_arknights It's similar to Elo system (used in Chess or some ranked video games) of points gained depends on points of who you beat, and that can be a chain going 30 years back to two obscure nobodies fighting. It's rather the other way around where if your division is bums then hard to get big points, similarly could be bias of not connecting to legacy chains of points. Another thing is that two high ranked fighters having a trilogy could inflate their points. But I'm not sure of algorithm, I think it's posted somewhere on site. Main thing is that such systems, and that site, are trying to make accurate predictions on who would win. Elo is highly accurate in Chess, or Starcraft or Age of Empires 2, but it requires the players to have hundreds of matches. MMA has a very low number of matches and so if you simply apply Elo or something like it then it has so little matches to work with. Plus it's rapidly advancing sport and a fighter can evolve loads between 2 fights.

[@jadenbbbruh5227]

Where is Islam now 🌚

[@Maxs-tn9rc]

How do you use level of competition as a measurement and then put DJ at number 3???

[@Maxs-tn9rc]

Good list overall I just think you hype up DJs wins and then call Silvas wins a bunch of plumbers

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

How is Islam even on this list? He Legit has 2 good wins and 2 title defenses

[@darrell9294]

Probably because he dominated volk

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

@@darrell9294don’t make him top 15 he hasn’t proven enough yet

[@Kiziba_]

GSP can't have all time wins because he IS the all time guy at that weight class. Jake Shields and Jon Fitch were on like 15 fight win streaks going up against him. BJ Penn is also an all timer. Still not better than Jones but you undersold him a bit

[@GigaFloyd]

Bro, Khabib at #5 and Silva at #7 is disrespectful.

[@bornmenu]

silva sucks

[@doshvo926]

Silva is good but lost like 20 times khabib retired early Silva way too late

[@d444nnyy]

i agree khabib isn’t even top 10

[@sufyanyousaf8456]

​@@d444nnyyoh come on... Salty ehh ??? 😂

[@Alazerith]

Disrespectful or simply lack of knowledge in mma history. Either way you look at it, its wrong :P Khabib is not even top 20. His resume is thin.

[@joshmchugh1212]

You just know he was waiting for an izzy loss to post this video without izzy in it

[@hadtocutmybihoff]

This is accurate bro Love your videos keep dropping fire Mane

[@hectorgrazio9372]

Silva at 7 is one of the most casual takes I’ve ever seen

[@joeltaylorthethird5443]

G For real top 4 at least

[@theefamgod]

Facts

[@That-One-Spy-Main]

​@@joeltaylorthethird5443 Never

[@levelup2014]

Not having Izzy in your top 15 is top tier d-munching the guy has 5 middleweight title defenses and only 3 losses in the UFC