The 10 Most Disastrous Debuts in MMA History

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[@ducky3884]

Did everyone just forget the absolute brutality that was O’Malley vs Moutinho?

[@benschneider872]

You have completely invalidated this list with that comment. That beatdown is undeniably a top 3-5 of all time for a fighters UFC debut.

[@ducky3884]

I’m just flabbergasted it’s not on here tbh

[@dr.loomis4221]

Nope

[@Dbales34]

I mean I think the expectations were so low for him to begin with that it made it somewhat less disastrous.. ostensibly Plus he took a massive beating and hung with it.. ok I guess it was pretty disastrous

[@cuh47437]

@@benschneider872man dana brought him in to he sean’s punching bag no one thought he was going to win this isn’t the same

[@boss2329]

Also worth mentioning that the fight between Shevchenko and Cachoeira at #3 was what led to the famous "I allowed her to be a warrior" quote by Yamasaki

[@Terron35]

Went back and rewatched that beat down after the eye gouging thing Cachoeira did

[@Juel92]

It was also the first womens MMA "fight" I ever watched. Quite the introduction lol

[@Juel92]

@@Terron35 Priscila was half-unconcious getting choked out though, she might have been grabbing for the hands or something and just missed.

[@seanlafferty3085]

Aaron Pico is without a doubt the worst ever debut. He had full giant articles and promos calling him the best athlete AKA had ever seen, even Javier Mendez was saying Pico would go onto have a better career than Velasquez and then he got choked out in his debut in like 21 seconds

[@thenedsmmachannel8970]

Yeah the mma media was literally acting like he was Jones, GSP, and Silva all in one and he will be the GOAT lmao

[@panspermiapancakes]

Pico is only 25 and 10-3 on a 6 fight win streak. When he does perform, it's usually like watching an art form. They might have pushed him a little too fast but I would have to agree here, his debut was hilariously disastrous and against a guy that was 8-2 and they made it seem like they found Zach Freeman on the streets. lol Edit: They even had him make his debut on one of the only PPV's attempts Bellator has done, and the entire event was a complete shitfest. They have an incredible amount of bad luck.

[@douglaspaulson9190]

People who never watched him were convined he was Manny Pacquiao on the feet and Jordan Burroughs on the floor. He was the combat sports Bo Jackson.

[@TylerDontSleep]

@Master General where did you come from with that?

[@bjectszn9036]

@Master General ???

[@khoderergin9816]

10. CM Punk 9. CM Punk 8. CM Punk 7…….

[@galaxyvulture6649]

The saint denis fight definitely deserves to be number 1 since the ref even took a point from Santos with no warning and let the beating go on too long. It was so bad the referee was fired immediately after the fight.

[@micalzoncillo249]

i just saw it. i think it was the worst refereeing i've ever seen in the UFC. it made mazzagatti and yamasaki look good.

[@alugificator]

I don't remember either of those fighters, but I remembered that fight immediately when I saw that stupid ref who was apparently happy to allow a murder to take place right in front of him.

[@stephengrigg5988]

@@micalzoncillo249 I can't remember who was reffing but Mark Munoz almost got beaten to death. He got knocked out with an elbow and then took like a dozen unnecessary shots. Blood was literally spraying out of his head

[@lockpojken12]

@@stephengrigg5988 Look up carwin vs Mir ;) big Dan the Tan doing work!

[@benschneider872]

@@stephengrigg5988 ^ It was Chris Weidman who brutalized Mark Munoz

[@youngclueless7364]

Fast-forward to 2022 and Darrell Horcher is fighting in Eagle FC with Khabib being his boss 😂😂

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Eagle FC is doing some good things , working with Khabib is probably awesome

[@bennygaray46]

Losing to khabib is probably why he got hired.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Still dude has some balls, making his debut against someone like Khabib, gotta respect that

[@Phospion]

And getting paid way more than he would in the UFC, dummie

[@jamespaul6315]

Gonna say cm punk before i watched a single second

[@Random-Randomly]

10/10

[@Schismatic1336]

Was about as bad as it could be, yes

[@macbook802]

I'm guessing it wasn't disastrous for Danas wallet since he ran it back

[@stevenliakakos2166]

Was gonna comment the same thing

[@Stoic-Waziri]

Apparently he's the poster boy lol...

[@JohnBohlo]

"AND I'M REACTING TO COLIN MCGREGOR!" Gets me everytime! 🤣

[@stacks3892]

What about Blood Diamond, izzy's team who had people saying he was a better striker than izzy, that he was the next soon to be champion, his striking is phenomenal and got chocked out in round 1 at UFC 271

[@Tetradder]

Yeah but I think the issue there is that the entire fight was grappling and we never got to see if his striking lived up to the hype, everyone knew he could be taken down and choked out

[@ignacio4598]

Nothing better than seeing izzy and his team lose

[@chrismayhem5447]

No one actually believed that though. He was even an massive underdog going into that fight

[@tattletalestrangler5220]

@ignacio😂

[@mpforeverunlimited]

Were they saying he was the best grappler in the world? I don't think that necessarily went against peoples preconceived notions

[@1i1wayne1]

Moutinho vs O'Malley could definately fit this list too. Moutinho got used as a speed bag and got styled on.

[@weaponx2888]

And to make things worse, they gave Moutinho a very winnable fight next with Guido Canneti and he still managed to get knocked out on the feet, only to get cut after.

[@sonny9493]

His cred went up for taking that beating I though but he had no business being in there

[@melancholymartialarts7095]

​@@sonny9493 cred doesn't pay the bills

[@Hempujonsito]

@@sonny9493 his cred went up so much he got cut after his next fight lmfao

[@justinjamesmccall]

The last fight, Saint Denis vs Zaleski Dos Santos was in Abu Dhabi, not New York! UFC 267

[@samuelstevens1129]

I don't think he was saying it was in New York, but was saying bc the fight went on longer than it should, it mirrored that to be found in New York's inexperienced athletic commission. Idk though

[@macbook802]

I'm guessing CM Punk wasn't disastrous for Danas wallet since he ran it back

[@WolfManStillPlays]

With Punk Dana probably just wanted to give him a second chance to see if it was just a one time thing, like if the nerves got to Punk or something like that

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

My favourite thing about whole CM Punk show is that guy had literally years to prepare and came looking like someone with no idea of basics like throwing a jab, a low kick, takedowns, ground and pound. I don't expect him to be Anderson Silva level of striking but damn, I've better fights on local shows where 40+ overweight dudes who train once a week try to do MMA.

[@WolfManStillPlays]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 I just hope his training was better than Lesnar’s in the sense of jabs to the head being worked on since, according to a previous MMA On Point video, that was a major weakness of Lesnar’s & something he never trained on

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@WolfManStillPlays that's what I heard somewhere else too, might be true as well as Lesnar not liking/being used to getting hit too hard so sparring partners had to limit their striking power

[@WolfManStillPlays]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 & I know Punk has some type of martial arts training even during his WWE days because in the documentary the company did on him it was brought up along with footage of him training at the dojo for the documentary(I can’t remember what it was called but I remember that much) so it’s not like Punk just dived head first into the shallow end. He had, to be fair & realistic, minimal experience prior to training camp days. I just think if they didn’t rush(?) his debut then it might’ve panned out differently & he might not be in AEW at the moment but that’s just a charitable thought

[@Mikeymike301]

Priscilla C has to be on this list, Valentina TKO’d her and Mario Yamasaki all at once

[@thegent8916]

That was definitely as one sided a fight as we've seen, that doesn't include CM Punk.

[@GoodStuff1992]

valentina should have lost her UFC debut as well

[@stephengrigg5988]

@Master General those "females" would kick the shit out of you

[@z1ll4jr53]

@Master General The whole old school “hardcore” vibe to it it had back in the mid 00s started to fade and die. Really unfortunate.

[@madgavin7568]

@@GoodStuff1992 No.

[@poatan6304]

Top 10 best 5th round fighters in the UFC ❤️

[@infiniteposture]

Excellent video! Great content for the hardcore fans, these are fights I don't remember/wouldn't have thought of

[@danabrownprivaledge]

carlos ulburg was hyped as izzy's protegé and got slept in his debut and that guy that quit in his corner max rohskopf would have been perfect for this list too

[@ollie2826]

Carlos doesn't really fit on this list tbf, he did look good in that fight before gassing out, definitely agree that max could be on the list though

[@carphucker2973]

@@ollie2826 he looked awful? Tf. Dudes head was glued in one spot and was throwing HUGE looping shots.

[@brokenfacedclown1045]

Wait wait wait what about the dude that quit between rounds “call it” “You got this man” “No I don’t, call it” That dude got beat so hard his soul quit.

[@billiamprime2237]

This list is pretty strong, but missing two major beatdowns. Two of the fights that could compete for number one are Moutinho vs O’Malley and Glenn vs Tucker (the real number 1). To those who saw the Moutinho fight, it could have been easily stopped multiple times and ended in a TKO with only 27 seconds left in the fight. O’Malley ended up out landing Moutinho in terms of significant strikes 230 to 70. The second that comes in off the top of my head and qualifies as number 1 in my book as it went to a decision is Glenn vs Tucker at UFC 215. Tucker came in undefeated, was the betting favorite, and the first round looked competitive for the first four minutes of the fight, Glenn then connected with a big left dropping Tucker, Tucker gassed in the 2nd, and after that it was entirely Rick Glenn handing out a brutal beatdown that only got worse as it went on. By the end of the fight, strike totals showed Tucker landing 43 of 105 and Glenn 184 of 289. This sounds like a beatdown, but the totals mask the brutality until you look at them round by round. Round 2 Tucker landed 4 total strikes of 15 thrown and in round three he landed 2 strikes while only throwing 9. Compare this to Glenn’s 35 of 58 in round two and 84 of 124 in round three. Dana tweeted after the fight, “Look at that poor kid’s face!!! The ref needs his ass whooped!!!!” The scorecards were odd, but ultimately scored: 30-24 (10-9, 10-8, and 10-7), 30-25 (10-9, 10-8, and 10-8) and 29-27 (9-10, 10-9, and 10-8). Tucker commented days after the fight, "I have 2 fractured orbital and another vertical fracture in the jaw according to the x ray/CT scan." Both are still in the UFC with Tucker going on to win his next three until his most recent 22 second KO loss to Dan Ige at Fight Night 187. Glenn’s last fight was a comeback majority draw against Grant Dawson. After losing the first two he rallied in the third to score a 10-8 and save the majority decision. Their records show this wasn’t a mismatch or squash match like the Moutinho vs O’Malley fight, but a legit beatdown of a talented fighter making his debut. Seriously if you haven’t seen this one, look it up, and you’ll see it’s the clear number one.

[@joerogansdmtpipe727]

Underrated picks man , i forgot about that fight completely and forget about both of those fighters often too. Wish both would fight more

[@benschneider872]

But neither Rick Glenn nor Gavin Tucker were making their UFC debut. Both were coming off UFC W's when they fought.

[@billiamprime2237]

@@benschneider872 That's my mistake. Not having seen the fight in a while I though it was Tucker's debut, but he'd fought Sam Sicilia earlier that year. I looked up the stats, but not their previous fights as I remembered their most recent outings. Watching someone get flattened by one punch in 22 seconds tends to stick out in your brain as do relatively uncommon draws.

[@TheAdamHawk]

You guys are the undisputed champions of movie references. They are so well peppered in and they are short enough that they don't pull my attention away from the subject. Masterclass lads 🙏

[@coffemaker200]

I disagree. I thought they were really annoying. There were like three dumb movie references from 5:30-7:10. None of them added anything to the subject of discussion. They were legit just there with no purpose. About as much depth as a funko pop

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Their editors deserve a raise

[@wikz8480]

@@coffemaker200 Shut up Karen

[@AidanSM]

“Babe why are you watching the prelims of UFC 37?” “GET OUT IM WORKING!”

[@hozz1014]

What's up with the sound in this video? Bayliun's voice keeps going loud/quiet and sometimes the music is louder. Good vid otherwise.

[@tristanjoao3464]

The quality of the content has gone up so much in the last month or so. Amazing!

[@douglaspaulson9190]

Shoutout to Kenneth Williams who had his mma debut to Chuck Liddell and his second fight to Rampage Jackson.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Sheesh what a great first couple fights in your career 🤣🤣

[@douglaspaulson9190]

@@drunkenmmamaster419 He actually came back and won a fight after he realized he just happened to have his first two fights against the best light heavyweights in the world.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Man yall don't miss with these videos , makes my nights at work so much better

[@Chig1998]

Finally what this channel needed, abit of coach Greg 😂

[@ChaosTinnelle]

Underrated comment

[@lemo4423]

Was looking for this, you're a legend, someone tag him he's officially a meme 🤣

[@sorenkazaren4659]

“Its just his opponent was Khabib” I immediately said “oh my god”

[@lamiskariner974]

Askar Mozharov could've been here

[@thesilentassassin1167]

Definitely but they went for one sided decisions

[@Artee023]

How is Patrick Cummins not on this list??

[@lebronjamesofsoccer]

I believe that Saint-Denis vs Zaleski was in Abu Dhabi, not New York. The amount of money I lost on it going the distance will make me remember the location until the day I die

[@narendraa1997]

How much

[@LottoWavy]

Yeah how much

[@carphucker2973]

Lol

[@V.ROY...]

No doubt best mma channel ❤️🙌

[@badxradxandy]

Audio levels are all over the place on this one.

[@stan9918]

video idea : which technique has the most finish rate by stats

[@MunchFaceBro]

You made a list of fighters that got battered in their UFC debut and didn't include Kris Moutinho vs Sean O'Malley... For shame.

[@MunchFaceBro]

@@abdulkarimelnaas7595 That was the biggest moment in his career for sure, but if he didn't have CTE before that he does now.

[@Jidds]

Kris Moutinho had to face the sugoat in his debut, imagine getting brain damage in ur first outing in the cage

[@TreeKharma]

And then again in your second outing

[@bbthedog1484]

Back to back standing TKO losses is crazy

[@TheAntManChannel]

Pillow hands doesn't hit hard enough to give you brain damage.

[@TreeKharma]

@Master General Who gives af about gender, WMMA has produced a lot of great fights

[@noahbradley7910]

Blood diamond definitely gonna be in here

[@mitch-lawless]

I expected DC vs Patrick Cummings to be on this list. That was a demolition.

[@farazgul4779]

I really love this channel they really know their MMA and what they are talking about keep it up lads fair play and more power to ya

[@johnhaydu2627]

This channel is going to have 10m subs. Quality on point.

[@JabariiWalker]

The year is 2030 and MMA On Point videos are still ending with them announcing they are in their new office, lol

[@funnyguy101ize]

Oh my god I remember watching that last fight live and actually screaming at the carnage. That clip of these couple frantic in the kitchen was so perfect i love this Chanel so much

[@graemetang4173]

Just watched season 3 of Ultimate Beastmaster over the last few days and CM Punk is a host for the American team. I almost died when they introduced him as a UFC fighter.

[@GlennDavey]

15:00 essential content everybody needs, I'm sure

[@NHILUSAGE111]

Pricilla walked in got beat the hell up and walked out

[@brendanshank2299]

I would make this list if I was a fighter I would get destroyed

[@VanLupen]

How they keep coming up with ideas for videos, I will never understand.

[@ifrankenstein1885]

One thing you messed up about Simms is he makes light of his losses. For example when he was in the TUF show and said "I'm the only guy to face frank Mir twice and won.... It might not be true but a good story." That isn't him being salty... I can see after years that question makes him salty but he was joking about it alot.

[@user-hn2wc3fy7y]

lmao I've been watching Coach Greg and MMA on Point videos. Looked up, thought it had switched to a Greg video but still saw this channel's overlay. Thought I was tweaking.

[@rickylazcano7685]

There was a fighter i remember watching awhile ago. He was a marine had a badass tattoo of his fallen brothers on a tombstone, there was a huge promo for him in honor of veterans everywhere. He got demolished in like 2 min of round 1. He looked like an amateur. Im pretty sure it was his debut too. If anyone remembers this please lmk. For the life of me i cant remember the names.

[@anthonygallegos9057]

Shane Kruchten? Do u remember what fight organization this was in or was it in the UFC?

[@rickylazcano7685]

@@anthonygallegos9057 ufc. Before reebok era definitely.

[@xstLassassin99]

Kyle Stewart? He was Marine machine Gunner

[@therealclp7488]

Matt Wiman vs Jordan Leavitt?

[@jaylenlenear3944]

Jason Miller was done pretty bold

[@DougJK]

0:47 Was not expecting to see coach Greg here

[@LGFree]

First thing I thought of was St Dennis when that Russian ref literally let him die on his debut Edit: finished the video and I was correct

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

DirtyBird fightin BigMouth soon.. that should be interesting.

[@B702]

There was a guy who had the misfortune of not only fighting Liddell & Rampage his first 2 fights, but actually getting RNC'd by them smh that's Gotta be the unluckiest start ever

[@DragonHeart613]

I'm pretty sure that cm punk was the inspiration for this video.

[@winch7215]

Love these Kubrick refrences!

[@GamezJohn]

"So we got an offer for a fight with a guy named.. Hazmat Chamayov?" "Never heard of him, I'll take it!"

[@tntboyzz2231]

The editor on this one is GOATED. I couldnt stop laughing. The clip of kevin spilling all of his L’s had me dying

[@juanmendoza3216]

Best channel/community on KZbin that has under 1mil subs holy shit

[@AriannaEuryaleMusic]

I Miss Yamasaki epic performances

[@benhaney9629]

“His phone wouldn’t unlock after that one...” Lol. Good one. It probably wouldn’t though.

[@jordanhardebeck4106]

I remember watching the San denis fight that ref got taken out of the rest of the night good ol Marc took over

[@NevilleFuckenBartos]

"Hey guys, im going to sleep now" 😆🤣

[@dougwilliams6051]

You guys should do a top ten list of your least viewed lists.😃

[@rayjackson2149]

First chael has coach Greg. Hopefully there’s a collab here next?

[@corykick9326]

This is convenient I can back to this after the Paul Rosas JR ass whooping at 287. Got to remember him in the next one

[@astron296]

Lol love seeing the Peru flag beside Shevshenkos name 😂

[@mdkittleson33]

4:05 He was saying “he” (meaning himself) was defeated…

[@CerebralKnight]

You guys should do a "ko's that nobody brings up" video, there are a ton of them

[@CourtneyRawle]

Shogun Rua v Forrest Griffin has to be up there. Rua was on a tear in PRIDE FC before his UFC debut.

[@calving7215]

Wes Sims was goated

[@christophelefrancois9875]

whats up with the sound?

[@iloveya7828]

Bro, these one liners are too meta!!

[@codextalks8562]

Good twilight reference fr

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

And now, I return. Respect.

[@JAYfromTHEworld]

Saw the titel and immediately thought That Saint-Denis guy has to be number one No wonder he was in the French special forces

[@davidlewis8814]

Good content but the soundtrack was a bit maddening - there’s a sound like a squeaky door opening - had me looking over my shoulder in my headphones ha ha!

[@ufcfan890]

the dos santos/saint denis fight was in abu dhabi, that was the blachowicz/texiera card,the next week was in new york

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

The only losers in these entries are the refs for allowing these beat downs to continue for way too long

[@ronnie3044]

Fighters know how to tap. Corners have towels they can throw in. If one of these fighters are too dumb to know when they have had enough thats on them and their corner. Dont pass the buck to the ref.

[@Romanus-]

Is it just me or is this guys voice really annoying? Used to watch every video they put out but since they seem to be all done by this guy now I really can’t get through a full one, let alone watch a few a week

[@Romanus-]

@@ronnie3044 yeh but we all know there is a stigma in tapping to strikes in mma. You get labeled soft immediately and lose fans. I’m not saying that’s right, it’s quite the opposite, but that’s just how it is unfortunately. Same with throwing the towel for corners. You see it constantly with boxing but maybe once or twice a year in all the major promotions combined

[@ronnie3044]

@@Romanus- If someone cares so much about some idiots calling them "soft" that they are willing to take an extended bleeding thats on them. And if the corner cares that little about their fighter than thats on them. The blame is always going to fall on the fighter and their corner. Doesnt matter what dumbass excuse they want to come up with.

[@alessandroscuderi7300]

Getting absolutely destroyed in your debut still makes you a loser ...

[@dominiknowaczyk9633]

Oh I remember the Zalewski Dos Santos fight, the ref was so bad he got fired after that fight

[@joshyman91297]

what's up with the audio?

[@TheHeadown]

Is the audio strange for someone else? For me, it goes up and down through the video.

[@FayeTheNerd]

Top 10 Gatekeepers in UFC?

[@Terron35]

I still remember yelling at my TV for the ref to stop the fight with that Saint-Denis fight. Dude was absolutely battered and probably lost years off of his life.

[@lavenderpants8695]

Lol love the Greg Doucette clip

[@joeyjones9041]

We get it already, Ben wrote the damn jingle

[@JoshSTEELERS]

Have they already made a video about the biggest robberies according to fans?

[@pezs2011]

What about Kris Moutinho vs Sean O’Malley ? I thought that was going to be #1

[@devinburkett9036]

*Moutinho* would *Knock* *Out* *1'Malley* in a *rematch* with ease that's probably why #WelcomeToTheMoutinhoShow

[@drgraeme]

what about Art Jimmerson and his single boxing glove at UFC 1

[@Adamortega_]

how do you watch all the old fights?

[@carphucker2973]

Fight Pass

[@shahidabdoullakhanzorovr1564]

I love how whenever Tony pulled out it was glossed over by the fanboys, but whenever Khabib pulled out, it turned into some international scandal, never mind that Tony was the last one on record to pull out, back at 223.

[@danabrownprivaledge]

khabib pulled out last cuz he went to russia

[@stephengrigg5988]

I got in an argument with a Tony stan and he said how khabib was dodging Tony for ridiculous reasons. I was like, didn't Tony tear his ACL by tripping over a power cord?

[@ejayman]

"Kyler Durtan" 🤣

[@dougdouglass6126]

Am I crazy to expect that a video about recorded fights would include video of recorded fights? It’s just a bunch a still images and talking. It would be a lot more interesting to SEE how people fared rather than just be told about it.

[@tinyky2598]

Maycee barber flopped LOL

[@SDCB754]

I love MMA On Point

[@MMAforBreakfast]

Anyone wearing headphones notice a shift in volume around 2:18 and forward? Or was that intentional?

[@kfratz6]

Mayhem actually did way better in that fight against GSP than people thought he would. I don't see how that was a disastrous debut?

[@Schnekkie22]

Moutinho got beat up pretty bad in his debut by O’Malley too.

[@halkael2317]

As a counter to this video… how about “Best Step-up Debuts”. Those who stepped up to fill a card and surprised everyone with a win

[@HWKingdom]

Forgot to add Velasquez vs bigfoot 1

[@randysavelljr5324]

Pico...gram? Heh he heh