Ranking UFC Champions By How Exciting They Are

They are Some UFC who are definitely more exciting than others, so in this video I ranked them based on how exciting they are in the octagon. Let me know if you agree with this list or not

[@macha2068]

One correction, sean strickland has a very VERY fast pace in the octagon, his style simply doesn't involve throwing finishing shots. But don't mistake the low power style for slowest paced, he probs has the highest SS avg per fights of every champ from recent fights.

[@LiriosyMas]

what is SS

[@mackenziechin3667]

@@LiriosyMassignificant strikes

[@LiriosyMas]

@@mackenziechin3667 ty

[@macha2068]

@@LiriosyMas significant strikes

[@jrkashkash616]

his defense is also an art in itself

[@colin3517]

Pereira is already more exciting than any other champion during that staredown

[@Polar-pencil]

get off his nuts already 😂😂

[@Whaleindowed]

@@Polar-pencil get back on your knees.

[@osi3809]

finally someone says it, islam is overhated and if he wasnt dagestani/affiliated with khabib he wouldnt get nearly as much hate, this is coming from a huge charles fan as well

[@troubleman9822]

you meant underrated

[@faithalone5081]

I hate islam because am islamiphobic

[@ASthe5th]

His fans make him hated. They dickride him so much they hate him by asociation.

[@clkgtr12]

kinda inevitable when he keeps beating people's favorite fighters lol im enjoying it tho

[@Dfgdf91]

​@clkgtr12 I kinda understand people not being able to relate to islam and hate how he beats everyone's favorites, but honestly, people always dismiss and hate these Russian Dagestani fighters

[@henlol9997]

That discord notification at 2:50 really threw me off

[@abhinavbishwakarma5593]

Pantoja is the most exciting champion right now........he walks his opponent down like a terminator, hits like a truck and is a phenomenal grappler.

[@davidawonaike1188]

He is Meh

[@Liminy_snickers]

I agree most of his fights are crazy

[@faithalone5081]

Flyweight is tko paradise

[@brokethekid7581]

chama

[@thenedsmmachannel8970]

​@@davidawonaike1188meh? Dude had has potential FOTY with his trilogy bout with Moreno

[@YoungOG16]

I might be one of the only ones who thinks this but honestly I think Strickland has one of the most entertaining fighting styles I’ve seen, he pushes the pace and has a very technical sense about his striking that I like and he’s not scared to go in there and just fight it out for all 5 which I respect and I find entertaining to watch, idk I just prefer more technical defensive striking than fighters who just throw sloppy overhands in the pocket and gas themselves out after round 2 or 3

[@Bald_and_Brown]

Yeah I trained boxing for a bit so I like watching good boxers

[@YoungOG16]

@@Bald_and_Brown same here

[@kelakogreenaddict1888]

you're telling me you enjoyed the cannonier and imavov fights? not my cup of tea unfortunately

[@YoungOG16]

@@kelakogreenaddict1888 not the imavov fight but the cannonier fight wasn’t that horrible

[@kelakogreenaddict1888]

@@YoungOG16 it was for me imo

[@seanmower3926]

I swear Alex won’t stop until he’s the Pokémon league champion at this point

[@Patron130]

Its definitely alex man… high risk high reward knockout artist. As a fan im always at the edge of my seat cuz of the hands down style 😅

[@squadabingo9113]

My adrenaline was going crazy when he beat Izzy for the title. Only other time my adrenaline was that high watching a fight was Oliveira vs Gaethje. Those are my 2 favorite fighters rn.

[@yasinosman9411]

Pretty accurate list, but would put O malley at 4, Peieria at 3 , Volk at 2, and Islam at 1.

[@j.o.7521]

Volk and Islam are really well rounded which is a great thing but it means that they still wrestle kinda often and like 90% percent of people enjoy striking over grappling ( i mean a ko with a bomb strike or a high kick or sum is just cooler to watch than an armbar ), so yeah the pure strikers like o malley and Alex pereira tend to be more exciting

[@yasinosman9411]

@j.o.7521 yeah, I'd agree with that. Been wrestling since high school and I'm on the wrestling team in college, so I guess I gravitate towards that a bit more

[@fgc1850]

Islam? Bruh nobody even remembers who he fought before charles, bobby green? And before that who tf knows

[@PeterGriffingigity]

@@fgc1850 We spot a casual ladies and gentlemen

[@CocoButters07]

I feel like the main issue with Leon is that he’s basing his whole run with the belt off of one head kick which was back in March, now it’s the end of the year and he doesn’t seem to have done much (it also doesn’t help that in that Usman fight, he was getting out grappled and out wrestled the whole fight and got the last minute head kick) Leon could be a good champion, he just needs more personality and better challengers, cause his first defense being against someone who hadn’t fought in years isn’t the strongest start to a title reign

[@deacon6221]

He destroyed Usman in their third fight for his first title defense.

[@namk0163]

Leon has this problem where he only fights at the level his opponents do, he never really presses opponents that aren’t making him work for it. Colby showed no threat, and so Leon showed little desire to finish the fight.

[@judethompson2071]

I disagree with the placement of Pantoja, every scrap he gets into is a certifiable banger. I do agree with the whole statement of “no one cares whether he wins or loses” but when I heard his story I really felt for him. He’s one of those guys that everyone sort of forgets about and I feel bad for him as he is that good and deserves the attention. He was working as an Uber driver in the pandemic just trying to get through it and now he’s a world champion

[@LuBuKC27]

Still won the belt hugging and personally think he lost the fight

[@andyanguiano3042]

his last fight and latest fight have been pretty boring

[@LosHitman]

@@LuBuKC27if you don’t like grappling go watch kickboxing

[@Gwapomihara]

@@andyanguiano3042boring fighter

[@I-like-sports]

Bro stay on the grind w vids 💯💯

[@rayburnsonier3458]

Underrated mma channel

[@troubleman9822]

Great list

[@m_tsvetkovv]

Pantoja has to be top 3, he's actually so so fun to watch and I think he'll go on to become one of the best flyweight champions ever

[@AgustinQ192]

Completely agree with this ranking

[@skittyskeet6766]

I feel a little different with Sean. I like watching his style and I like his pugilistic boxing. Now since he is champ he’s gonna get some better opponents and he will def put on some shows.

[@lucci7832]

i rather see a volk or islam fight over a sean o’malley fight any day of the week 🤷‍♂️

[@Polar-pencil]

Same that was the perfect MMA fight ever

[@muhammadathar7635]

Yes exactly

[@fgc1850]

I would say volk fights are always exciting, cant say the same with islam

[@areebsuleman3607]

​@@fgc1850 htf can u not say that

[@fgc1850]

@@areebsuleman3607 easy, nobody remembers any of his fights before charles, charles and volk always have great fights cause they fight like men and they are not sniffers that cut 50 lb

[@patrick5315]

I would say Pantoja is for sure the most exciting, at least in fighting. The dude just walks forward with no decision mentality. Sure, people are not invested emotionally with him but watching one of his fights is for sure a great experience

[@mrmalio]

The boxing style of Strickland is called the Philly Shell

[@MaymunEjaz]

This guy really called it a sparring style

[@mrmalio]

@@MaymunEjaz It surprised me when he said it lol

[@Polar-pencil]

@@mrmalio its called Strickland Shell

[@keyboardwarrior6591]

1. O’Malley 2. Makhachev 3. Alex P

[@aminesalim5739]

Omalley1😂😂

[@Polar-pencil]

Alex should be no 1😂

[@leandermeinken9015]

He said nobody has any emotional connection to Pantoja literally seconds before I skipped that part of the video

[@timurjack8773]

I agree about Makhachev and Pereira. O'Malley basically forced Sterling to make it an exciting fight by fighting defensively 1st round and Sterling admits he made a mistake by charging him like that in 2nd round. We need to see more about him to say he is exciting fighter as a champion, Yan fight was exciting but problem again Yan pressured him if he didn't the fight would be boring and I think clearly won that fight it was a bullshit decision.

[@RationalLlama]

If we were to add the female champs to this list, I would put weili just under Pantoja. Very exciting to watch her fights. Grasso is above Strickland if we go only but how entertaining their fight style is.

[@squadabingo9113]

No

[@CrayonsYummyYummy]

We dont talk about WMMA

[@alexjackson283]

Bro I’m going to be honest all these people in the comments only like Sean’s style because he beat Izzy and they hate him 😭

[@ekayn1606]

Are we just going to act like Sean Strickland didn't have an entertaining fight against Jared Cannonier, Israel Adesanya, and a 2nd round finish against Abus Magomedov? Just because he doesn't finish a lot of people doesn't mean its not exciting. Would you say Max Holloway isn't exciting? He goes to decisions most of the time too!

[@jalal3254]

lol only Abus fight was exciting... the only reason anyone find his fight with izzy exciting is because they wanted izzy to lose

[@LosHitman]

@@jalal3254ppl find the Izzy fight entertaining cuz everyone expected Izzy to walk in there and dominate him but instead Sean walked him like a dog

[@kelakogreenaddict1888]

cannonier fight was boring af, same with imavov, abus gassed, and izzy fight was boring, only the stakes were interesting you show the izzy fight to someone who doesn't watch mma, they'll probably be on their phone by round 3

[@namk0163]

@@jalal3254 the Izzy one is true tbh, it was more exciting/shocking to see Izzy getting walked down rather than Strickland piecing him up.

[@jasiu3588]

Im about to watch this video. If DeSean isnt first imma cry

[@LNGD_46]

Imagine the least emotional fighter ends up being the most exciting one to watch. 🗿

[@LNGD_46]

Most exciting fighters in each division next. For me: HW - Aspinal/Pavlovich (guaranteed finish) LHW - Pereira/Ankalaev/Walker MW- Chimaev/Costa WW- Rakhmanov/Wonderboy LW- Geathje/Charles FW- Tupuria (I think he's more exciting than Volk) BW- O'Malley FW- Moreno (for the walkout alone)

[@LosHitman]

Idk du plessis is probably the most entertaining at MW every fight is either a domination or ends up a finish

[@dinonutz]

Pantoja clears 💯

[@cozy.elfenomenooooo]

Moreno also got ragdolled and dominated

[@NewDarkKnight]

For me #1 Tom Ass (yes he is the real champ) #2 islam #3 pereira #4 volk #5 pantoja #6 smelly #7 sean #8 leon I actually enjoy all of these fighters except sean and leon. They are too boring for me. Personality wise sean one of my fav tho

[@Polar-pencil]

Tom😂

[@mehrabhasantanim338]

😂 hilarious but that is perfect

[@JakeBowling-15]

Alexa Grosso makes me very excited

[@GraveDigger388]

You mean with her fights, right??

[@jacobylove2295]

Sean's defence and pressure is fun to watch ur ur a true fan of pressure fighting but I gotta agree most the time he's pretty boring

[@keithromero7181]

I feel like no one gives Leon credit, I get so hyped when he fights he’s fighting fighters that don’t bring fun fights that’s not his fault

[@ericyoutube77]

Alex Pereira #1

[@YoYoLogo]

you’ve underrated strickland AND pantoja buddy…. wait till their next fights and maybe rewatch ufc 296 co main event lol 😂

[@hoppero-mma]

you said i’ve underrated pantoja and then gone and told me to watch one of his less interesting fights?

[@rootapt-getworld]

I feel like your #6 and #5 are at odds on this list.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

Alexandre Pantoja that HIGH? Hahahahahah

[@Polar-pencil]

Alex pereira 💀 Volk Islam Sean O'Malley Pentoja Jones Sean s (Leon is boring) should not be in the list 😂

[@xreloadx1684]

Pantoja needs to be higher I have him top 3, him being a flyweight definitely had something to do with this, volk and islam are fs more dominant but pure entertainment I put Pantoja over them though volk is close

[@Polar-pencil]

Pantoja is no way near close to them lol sit down

[@xreloadx1684]

@@Polar-pencil just telling him my opinion about the video lol always someone gotta be hostile or shit like that

[@snake0911]

Not sure with O’Malley #2

[@cohrcive]

as a avid desean fan his fight style doesnt excite me very much his only huge slugfest vs against cannonier, I also might be baised as i recently started doing jui jitsu so i tend to like watching more grapplers rather than pure strikers.

[@shershahiqbal6792]

first innit?

[@TheLastYonko]

Where does Magomed Ankalaev fit in all this?

[@guilhermegoncalves990]

Sean o malley in second position is madness bro. For me: 1 Alex 2 Pantoja 3 Charles

[@plxred8813]

charles isn't champ

[@Polar-pencil]

Lol Charles is not a champ sit down boy 😂

[@hoppero-mma]

bro just loves brazilians

[@bahabnabs7961]

Sean Strickland is fun for me because at any moment maybe he will mess up and get knocked out

[@WRNWRW]

casual list

[@KVCunknown]

Honestly I feel like the most exciting champion right now is the interim champ Tom Aspinal

[@LosHitman]

Problem with him is that no one in his division is rlly even a threat

[@vedantpatel2131]

no way you forgot tom aspinall

[@jaw9095]

Pantoja for me personally is top 4 most entertaining. Definently above volk in my opinion.

[@LosHitman]

Other than the max and islam fights volks fights are kinda boring

[@jaw9095]

@@LosHitman yeah i like volk but hes definently not as entertaining as pantoja who puts on a war every fight. people are giving volk recency bias

[@fms387]

Pereira is absolutely the most exciting fighter in the ufc, great 1st spot

[@FireCaT-]

2:50

[@moonvenerable7897]

My most exciting champions: 1.Makhachev 2.Pereira 3.O'malley 4.Volk 5.Leon 6.Jones 7.Pantoja

[@WabbyJ999]

Strickland is so exciting he transcends the list

[@meridy4348]

Youve definetly never seen a pantoja fight....

[@moonvenerable7897]

@@meridy4348 this list is not based purely on who is the most exciting, there are other factors like what impact a champions win/loss will have, Pantoja is exciting to watch but no one would care if he losses.

[@meridy4348]

@@moonvenerable7897 makes sense but you put omalley up here. Im sure nobody would care if sandhagen knocked omalley out.. i dont understand him at nr.3 then. Unless youre a big omalley fan

[@fgc1850]

​@@moonvenerable7897then why you put jones at number 6? Wtf he is undefeated, you put islam at number one but he got ko by a nobody??

[@liampeters9526]

Chama

[@Bill_Dippertly]

Agree but Strickland is exciting now. It’s like watching a fairytale story or a shakespearian tragedy.

[@ziahsandiford3188]

Second enni

[@Rkralv]

Pqntoja is top 3 common man Hes ahead of volk and islam Top 3 most exciting champs is poatan pereira pantoja o'malley

[@trfgshdtg4577]

Pereira & Aspinall are my favorites 👌

[@xreloadx1684]

Aspinall isn’t the real champ yet

[@Wowkss]

@@xreloadx1684same with pereira

[@kattarhindudoge3360]

​@@Wowkssalex is not interim champ buddy he's the real champ

[@harshyadav1002]

​@@Wowkssdogbender fans

[@xreloadx1684]

@@Wowkss idk what this is suppose to mean, Aspinall is a interim not real champ yet, Alex pereira is

[@LuBuKC27]

What’s up with ppl in the comments meat riding Pantoja💀 his placement is valid

[@AndrewVlogs69]

how is this guys so unbiased but also so wrong at the same time 😂

[@muhammadathar7635]

I would like to put Islam and Volk at 1 and 2 and O'Malley at 4th and Alex at 3rd

[@bereketdaniel6148]

Bro what happened to gaethje oliviera conor chandler these are the guys that should be on top 4

[@AutisticGymBro]

Max hollaway?

[@hoppero-mma]

not a champ

[@simonpeter873]

If dobronx was the champ he could be easily the 1st in your list.. followed by poatan or vice versa ..makhachev is definitely in the top 3 for what he has done.

[@mikeybanks4431]

Ur crazy for puttin Jon jones 6

[@welshy238]

Nice work on giving O’Malley props. I would put him slightly above Pereira just because of the Jan fight. Enjoyed the Jan fight but 100% of O’Malley’s fights are electric

[@benjthewhite]

Haven’t watched enough Pantoja to have an opinion, some I don’t really know enough to have a strong opinion but here’s my list: 7: Leon Edwards (Points striking, very boring) 6: Sean Strickland (Not much knockout power but interesting boxing style) 5: Islam Mackhachev (Crisp overall but rarely agressor in terms of striking, and there are full rounds in career where he backpacks) 4: Sean O’Malley (Haven’t watched a lot of him but looks really good from what I’ve seen) 3: Tom Aspinal (Great well rounded, especially for a heavyweight, and the knockout threat keeps me on edge of seat entire time) 2: Alex Pereira (S tier striking and again, power threat keeps me glued to screen) 1: Alexander Volkanovski (Amazing overall game, not afraid to be aggressor, great finishes, grappling defence against Islam very exciting) Edit: Made this list before watching and straight up forgot Jon is the actual heavyweight champ 💀 oh well, ironically I still agree that he is no 3, I like his grappling and jiu jitsu, dude has a nasty guiotine which is also my fav sub so maybe I’m biased

[@Polar-pencil]

U really put Sean and Tom over Makachev 🤦‍♂3 place is better for him

[@benjthewhite]

@@Polar-pencil That’s your opinion mate. This sort of thing is subjective. O’Malley from what I’ve seen has an intense and entertaining fight style and is never in a boring fight. Aspinal is also one of the best heavyweight and can take things from 0-100 really fast. Mackachev has been in a few stinker fights. Oliveria and Volk fights were fun but that was more Charles and Alex who made them entertaining. Islam doesn’t take risks and literally backpacked volk for most of round 1 and 4

[@Polar-pencil]

@@benjthewhite bro he slept volk tf out struck volk on feet in striking moped the floor wil oliv's face cry about that backpack my a$$

[@LosHitman]

Volk at 1 💀

[@benjthewhite]

@@LosHitman No boring matches, always goes for the finish. Good mix of crisp boxing, solid Muay Thai strikes, wrestling takedowns and ground and pound. Only area to improve is submissions but overall I don’t see a fighter I find more entertaining

[@ayoamusan3276]

pantoja less exciting than volk and islam is abit crazy even witht the reason you put ngl to you lad

[@pedrogirao316]

Leon is so boring that, for me, the ufc year ended in the UFC 295. And it was a card that the two guys barely spoke to promote the card

[@cozy.elfenomenooooo]

Stay mad snoozman got slept

[@hoppero-mma]

why would i be mad i wanted him to beat usman

[@Daakuson]

conor of all time😂

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

Most biased ranking ever no u way u genuinely think volk and Alex are more entertaining than pantoja

[@hoppero-mma]

did u hear what i said abt pantoja? he does have a very kill or be killed style, but nobody really has any emotional connection to pantoja like they do with volk/islam

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

@@hoppero-mma well who tf has an emotional connection to o malley?

[@Polar-pencil]

​@@COOlguy-ed5bqI will watch volk vs Islam 1 and 2 1000 times And Any of Alex p fight than watching pantoja

[@COOlguy-ed5bq]

@@Polar-pencil did u even see his fight with moreno?? miles clear of volk islam 1 or any of alexs fights

[@-Ice_Cold-]

Sean O'Malley: ''Big Star'' - Maybe people and esp him want to think so, but he's not interesting at all, with zero personality and just annoying

[@ahmedunal5629]

Yeah. Even D/J/ustin are more stars than him

[@Manuel_Chinaski]

@@ahmedunal5629his KO on KZbin has millions of views . Do they ?

[@MichaelDeLaRosa]

@@Manuel_Chinaskimarketing

[@clkgtr12]

​@@Manuel_Chinaskithat's the point the ufc posted him unlike others just to push him more

[@clkgtr12]

​@@Manuel_Chinaskiif the ufc posted justin or izzy ko they'd be twice as much views or more

[@supersoldierx40]

How tf is Islam above pantoja wtf 💀

[@redlizerad8268]

They both get finishes but Islam is more skilled. Plus it’s also because LW has more exciting match ups.

[@Polar-pencil]

Cuz he is more fun to watch and pantoja is not lol cry about it😂

[@benlewis5312]

I’d rather watch Islam fight Oliveira, Volk, or Gaethje than watch Pantoja fight anyone. Having an exciting fighting style only gets you so far

[@mikec5400]

Strickland is the most boring champ

[@tonybirimisa859]

This is one of the worst lists I've ever seen

[@thomaskeens308]

This list is a L Islam should be last

[@hoppero-mma]

ur saying he’s not exciting? he finishes most of his fights, and the last fight that went to decision was a good fight with volk

[@Royale2005]

Volk better than gayslam stfyyu idodt

[@ulysses988]

first innit?