UFC Fight Of The Year Tier List 2022! Teixeira vs Prochazka? Chimaev vs Burns? Thompson vs Holland?

This is my tier list for the greatest UFC fight of the year 2022 including fights like Teixeira vs Prochazka, Chimaev vs Burns, Thompson vs Holland, Onama vs Landwehr, Poirier vs Chandler, Vera vs Font, Costa vs Rockhold and many more, let me know what you guys think in the comments below.
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[@iimax_9135]

Rose vs Carla 2 should've been on this list

[@alexarellano8354]

That division is about as strange as the match

[@keion_arknights]

@@alexarellano8354 And then you remember there are 3 other female divisions, who are even worse.

[@49riffinator]

S for sleep tier

[@clutchhattrick8767]

A truly memorable fight lol

[@restitvtororbis5330]

It was the greatest fight because it taught us the violence isn't even necessary to become a ufc champion, in fact you don't even have to do any damage, or really anything at all. If all these fighters just stopped fighting, SOMEONE still has to win...

[@Battle_Beard]

Gaethje is so well known for crazy fights due to his unparalleled ability to fight while unconscious.

[@adamcrompton4385]

Unconscious? You mean mostly dead

[@FantasySportsZen]

Haha.

[@antoinedebruit6140]

I want to emphasize the fact that tai vs gane was absolutely all the scenarios we expected in one fight. If you think about it, it was a gem.

[@Niall489]

Tai didn’t land much

[@smith9157]

@@Niall489 landed plenty more than most Gane opponents

[@Niall489]

@@smith9157 ik I agree I like tai I had 100 on him last fight but the gane fight was a beat down basically

[@FantasySportsZen]

Yeah that fight was awesome. Sometimes it's the tension and subtle maneuvering with the biggest, baddest blokes. And when those two went, they went. Jiri-Glover was better but that's it imo.

[@evannarinesingh2045]

Yea it was always either gane picks tai apart every round or tai lands a bomb on Cyril cause it’s heavyweight and we really saw both

[@damarisirizarry8037]

Jiri vs Glover was the undisputed FOTY in 2022... I cannot think of a single thing that lacked in that fight.

[@krisf4969]

Except for technical skill? Haha

[@GeorgeSmoke]

@@krisf4969 I guess your hometown gym provides this level of grappling exchanges

[@akiratrolliyama4062]

@@krisf4969 the pace of the fight was very high and they were all beat up, only in last rounds you can say that it lacked technical skills, the first 3 rounds were technical.

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

Fight IQ

[@krisf4969]

@Woah Black Betty Thanks Black Betty, fight IQ is a better answer than mine.

[@iimax_9135]

Everyone forgets that in Jiri vs Glover, Glover had his balls on Jiri's face and just sat there for a bit.

[@the-mma-guru]

That made the fight even better, only a true S tier fight of the year candidate can be so fun but also make you laugh for a moment in between.

[@onyxthegemlord2847]

That's called 69 dude

[@sixup67]

@@the-mma-guru burns vs chimaev is A atleast

[@cringemaxxing28]

@@pullupullupullup4687 nah

[@Dante3014]

@@pullupullupullup4687 So true! Wrestling flow with a good pace and cardio is beautiful to watch.

[@sallgoodman2323]

Landwehr-Onama was playing to the crowd like a moment out of Gladiator. This was an electrifying fight that brought the crowd to orgasm

[@jordankenney2804]

Arman vs Gamrot was low key one of my fav fights this year, the pace they had was unreal and the technical grappling was amazing to watch

[@john3846]

Why is it low key? Not trying to be a dick I just see that saying all time and just don’t understand

[@synnc3626]

@@john3846it means like secretly. Low key I love Sean o malley means I secretly love Sean o malley

[@jpee5156]

I loved this fight!

[@CrackerBarrelkid555]

Should’ve been way higher

[@GoatMMA]

Cannot believe he put O’Malley vs Yan in D Tier. This man is so salty.

[@peterv1994]

Fr that’s a fucking a tier fight. The stakes and the fact that it delivered

[@zoltar6835]

You guys didn’t watch the video and just skipped to the end. He explains why it’s D tier 1. Other fights are better 2. Stakes were high but the the only exciting moments were in round w

[@GoatMMA]

@@zoltar6835 every round was insane. I’m not saying it should be that high on the list, but definitely not D tier.

[@zoltar6835]

@@GoatMMA Fights above it had rounds more exiciting than even r2 of yan vs omalley

[@GoatMMA]

@@zoltar6835 gane vs tuivasa was boring outside of a few moments, above yan vs O’Malley? Gaethje vs olives was only 1 round, Moreno fight had many dull moments so it wasn’t a great fight to watch back, Chandler vs poirier was boring outside of round 1 and the finish. Yan vs O’Malley is better than all of these. I’d give it B tier imo.

[@leandroantelo7154]

Some bonus tracks for the people, the ones who ain't known very much cause they are not the famous ones but deserved to be mentioned: • Douglas Silva de Andrade 🇧🇷 vs Sergey morozov 🇰🇿 (war) • Davey Grant vs Louis Smolka • Danny Roberts vs Francisco trinaldo • Seung wo choi vs Joshua culibao • Ponzi vs Pereira • Chris curtis vs Rodolfo Vieira • Sergey morozov vs Raulian Paiva • Brad Tavares vs Dricus du plessis 🇿🇦 • Shayilan nuerdanbieke vs TJ Brown • Jamie mullarkey 🇦🇺 vs Michael johnson (war) • Chase shermann vs Jared vanderaa • Said nurmagomedov vs Douglas Silva de Andrade • Ange loosa vs AJ Fletcher 🇺🇲 • Nassourdine imavov vs Joaquin buckley • Mike trizano vs Lucas Almeida • Alathengeili vs Anheliger • Chris Barnett vs Jake Collier • Andre fili vs Bill ageo (war) • Robocop Rodrigues 🤖 vs Chido njokuani (the cut on the forehead you remember that bro robocop had a third eye lmao) • John Castañeda vs Daniel santos • Jordan Wright vs Dusko todorovic (another dusko comeback) • Dustin Jacoby vs Khalil roundtree • Mike trizano 🤠🇺🇲 vs Seung wo choi • Andre petroski vs Wellington Thurman • Muslim salikhov vs Andre fialho (war) • Waldo cortes-acosta vs Chase shermann • Natan Levy vs Genaro Valdez 🇲🇽 (war) • Billy q vs Alexander Hernández (war)

[@abyss5883]

Robocop vs Chidi def deserves mention. Tavares vs Du Plessis too

[@athulfgeirsson]

hardcore shit

[@gwaaar13]

Morozov v Andrade. That was a jaw dropper

[@afonsodealbuquerque1879]

Goat comment

[@koryunhayryan5252]

Usman vs Edvards

[@Battle_Beard]

Rockhold is a former champion in multiple organizations and the “Fk You” punch was arguable the high point of his career in the eyes of the fans.

[@50.CalFilms]

Facts he won most the fanbase back with that fight and the pre fight press conferences

[@jdrum208]

Worth mentioning the odds for Jiri to sub Glover were +900 or something ridiculous. Only submission loss of Glover’s career.

[@Malygosblues]

Pretty sure it was +5000 without exaggerating

[@mephstv]

Rob Font will never be the same after that fight with Vera

[@miloman4161]

Font with a good chin and slightly better defense would actually be the greatest fighter of all time

[@TrendyTryhard]

@@miloman4161 are you sure about that?

[@50.CalFilms]

@@miloman4161I don’t know why he would take the fight with yanez with that chin of his, surely a recipe for disaster

[@bigsmall2842]

Chandler vs poirier might be the most overrated fight I’ve seen from the fanbase.

[@keion_arknights]

27:13 I remember Chimaev vs Burns round 3 being Chimaev just kinda bullying Burns for the first 3 minutes and walking him down, and then the last two is when they started going back and forth with the shots.

[@vagabond57097]

Thats basically what happened. And Round 3 is basically what won Chimaev the fight

[@stefankovacevic2596]

I was pretty sure burns made a comeback in the second half of rnd 2 and started winning

[@forwardmoving8252]

@@stefankovacevic2596 yes, burns won round 2.. That's it lol. He lost round 1 and 3

[@shafqatishan437]

@@stefankovacevic2596 burns was gassed out worse in the last minute. If the fight continued, Hamza was winning for sure.

[@stefankovacevic2596]

@@shafqatishan437 you're biased boy be quiet. Sick of seeing u Muslim fans being biased to every Muslim fighter in thr comments. F off already measures are the worst thing to happen to the sport

[@PengestAsian]

These uploads are saucy. Keep em coming, 4-wheels

[@ethageniusgwent7356]

Loving the tier lists! Way to come up with interesting content even when we have no actual UFC content to watch. Keep grinding

[@geeloco1600]

Every channel does best of 2022 this isn’t some ground breaking shit here

[@king.indigo3692]

@@geeloco1600 the real

[@akiratrolliyama4062]

Jiri vs Glover might be greatest fight of all time.

[@StuffAndMemes]

Not even close

[@xennori1409]

I have not seen a better fight yet. Gustavson Jones wasnt that crazy in comparison to this. I have not seen all the fights tho so im just judging from what i have seen so far.

[@irvingceron1016]

@@StuffAndMemes What did you have in mind if you don't thinknits close?

[@akiratrolliyama4062]

@@irvingceron1016 rose vs esparza 2

[@irvingceron1016]

@@akiratrolliyama4062 Lmfao.

[@Battle_Beard]

I really feel like Chito has underrated defense. He so rarely gets hurt or noticeably damaged. Font put volume on him but never really had him in trouble.

[@Ev_box]

it’s not his defence it’s more to do with his chin. font literally set a bantamweight strike record on veras face

[@FonyTerguson713]

@my iq is 2 atleast 60 percent of the shots landed on Vera's arms

[@Ev_box]

@@FonyTerguson713 thats still a strike record

[@FonyTerguson713]

@@Ev_box on paper in reality vera blocked most of them lmao

[@Ev_box]

@@FonyTerguson713 u do realise they don’t count shots that are blocked right. obviously they aren’t 100% accurate but it’s close enough considering font threw a total of 520 strikes and slightly over half of them counted as landed

[@sickydoesmma8898]

Currently 3.55 am in the uk. The disrespect from the goat guru. Keep up the good work though

[@ibby3398]

This guys consistency is acc nuts.

[@tomsawyer6380]

Dober vs Alves was underrated af

[@Smithers11]

(Spoiler) 34:42 this where Guru is at his best when he is providing wicked clean commentary with PERFECT FLOW. And this is all from memory too. The mma world is going to come to appreciate the talent!

[@JackCarsonite]

He doesn't need any more ego, Smithers.

[@sehraadahmeds1977]

I would appreciate him alot more if he wasn't so much of a prick.

[@OccuP13]

I'm sort of surprised that Izzy v Pereira didn't make it onto the list. Certainly wasn't S or A tier, and maybe not even B; but I feel like it deserved C or D.

[@fatjeezussouthtexasoutdoor5244]

Solid B tier at least ....was on the edge of my chair the whole fight

[@OccuP13]

@@fatjeezussouthtexasoutdoor5244 I can say I was too, but if I step back and realize that a big part of that was anticipation because I've been a fan of both of them for some time (Izzy grew up in my hometown and I've followed Pereira since their first fight); I'm not sure it ranks particularly highly among these fights. Consider that he's got some genuinely fucking crazy fights in B tier, and I'd honestly put it in low B to high C. But to see it not even make D tier honestly makes me wonder about his bias against Izzy; which whilst it may be somewhat understandable considering his cockiness and rather consistent stalling of action in previous fights; I don't think that should reflect on what really was a very good fight.

[@destano2951]

it really wasn’t that entertaining

[@ChaseGriep20]

Absolutely love the tier list videos, keep them coming!

[@nchess1044]

I'm not a fan of rating fights and marking out for fights like the wrestling fans do with wrestling matches, but I can say that the Teixeira title fights is definitely S Tier all time classic. It had it all and the finish was spectacular. Jiri is a special talent.

[@bryanfrosting]

You missed Seung Woo Choi vs Mike Trizano, possibly the greatest round 1 ever in the ufc.

[@mikedisalvo1479]

Nobody showing love to Chris Barnett

[@TheRawOG420]

Who else is doing tiers. No one! Best mma content.

[@abyss5883]

Guru grinding in alpha chad mode. Keep it up Mason

[@deathmachine808]

Mason is a gay name

[@50.CalFilms]

How do you know bros name

[@abyss5883]

@@50.CalFilms chat says it all the time lmao

[@50.CalFilms]

@@abyss5883 never knew it

[@Realfighter92]

Love this guru! Amazing content! Love tier lists Keep them coming bro I’ll be sharing liking commenting

[@dillonyaciuk461]

I’m happy Holland wonderboy wasn’t higher up. It was mostly just Holland getting whooped. Great fight but not A tier. It was fun because Thompson was styling on him

[@jagaloon14]

Vera v Font def went under appreciated after some time passed and we all soaked in that we just watched a close-ish fight where one guy looked untouched and the other guy made it look like it must’ve been incredibly one-sided. Fantastic fight. The activity and grit from Rob Font almost guarantees entertainment, nothing against chito. Love him too

[@jagaloon14]

Chikadze v Kattar as the year opening main event was UNFORGETTABLE. That was the night Giga Chikadze showed us he was coming to back up what he said whether it went his way or not, and Calvin Kattar showed us he had the potential to be just as good as the likes of Max and Volk. Kattar is an odd fighter. The nights he’s on, there’s no stopping him. The nights he’s off, you’d think it was a twin brother fighting in there bc there’s no way that’s the Calvin we all know. Much love to him all the same

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

I just started the video but I just have to say Glover vs Jiri is my favorite fight ever

[@1of500]

Gregory Rodrigues vs Chidi Njokuani needed a mention

[@kieronknight2560]

Gregory is so fun, I want to see him vs hermansson

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

Perfect fight: round 1 Poirier vs Chandler, round 2 Yan vs O'Malley, round 3 Gane vs Tuivasa, round 4 and 5 from Glover vs Jiri

[@Z4N3]

Round 4 Wonderboy Vs Thompson

[@Suplex479]

Round 5 Leon Usman

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

@@Z4N3 I thought about putting that

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

@@Suplex479 nah besides the finish it was still fairly one sided and uneventful

[@thehehe2327]

Underrated channel 100%

[@bobspijkermans8653]

I gotta mention michael trizano here man. Wouldnt be s tier or something but his fights vs lucas almeida and seung woo choi were madness!

[@JimboSlice7797]

Good shouts tbh absolutely crazy fights

[@jaredw395]

OH MY WORD BABY BOY

[@justsomeguywithawhitebeard5639]

Tsarukyan vs Gamrot was like Gillespie vs Ferreira absolute insanity for a grappling enthusiast like myself.

[@DanielKrafftt]

You touch men

[@CheesyBiscuitMMA]

Just listening to guru recap jiri vs glover got me all hyped up to see that fight again

[@miloman4161]

Didn’t yi yong Kim get robbed asf?

[@miloman4161]

Yep she did guru confirmed my memory

[@heisenb3rg]

Jiri vs glover hands down the fight of the year

[@dyls__]

How dare you forget about Peña vs Nunes 2 🤬🤬

[@krisf4969]

And Rose vs Carla 2???? Where is that, hello guru???

[@dyls__]

@@Fiberous_Pulley I’m joking brother

[@Zeddy11]

Take a shot everytime Guru says "crazy" to describe a fight 😂 Love the vid!

[@Trendscapelandscaping]

Poirier V Chandler should have been A tier , Poirier pulled that out fire in rnd 3

[@BunkerWise215]

Exactly 💯

[@ifgwelf]

Larone and MMA Guru best MMA channels. Goated

[@tenseventy49]

I don't think first round finishes should have points deducted. They can be the most exciting of all.

[@sully7108]

Really glad you put mckinney v dober, really fun 1 round

[@nulgath24]

Youre a c tier in mma channels for me

[@chaboi7]

I don't think that Holland vs Thompson should've been on this list simply because Holland wasn't giving it his all, he gave Thompson that fight by not using all his mma skills....as much as I liked it it can't be one of the best because all I could think about was that Thompson was being allowed to win.....

[@ApplyingPressureYT]

Hey guru, can we get a best strikers teir list out of all the high level grapplers. And a best grappler tier list out of all the high level strikers. Thanks

[@StigmaShadow]

There was another 1-round fight that was absolutely nuts... Michael Trizano vs Seung Woo Choi. It would have earned performance of the night if not for the weight miss

[@Dug625]

Crazy that grappling is half of mma yet people are obsessed with striking only fights

[@snandrew6094]

It’s because a lot of the fights with mostly grappling end up being control fests. Scrambling is the most entertaining part of grappling and a lot of fighters are just not that great or urgent at scrambling, that’s why gamrot vs tsarukyan and gamrot vs Dariush are so good compared to every other grappling heavy fight. It’s because they had alot of high energy scrambles and technical takedowns.

[@imma5761]

Crazy how wrestling fanboys only appreciate wrestlers whether they are literally only controlling oponent for 5 minutes or just getting takedowns and still doing nothing. Striking is half of mma you know

[@columodonnell9202]

Subs, takedowns, scrambles are all fun. One man laying in another mans guard is not fun.

[@Dug625]

@@imma5761 I didn’t say any of that lol

[@drphil4209]

The UFC should ban wrestling

[@majinmma]

I have not watched the video yet but it BETTER be Jiri v Glover! 😭

[@10thplanetstriking]

I got to see matt brown Bryan live then met mark Coleman after the event!!!

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

I think a round in a fight can be slow and still get fight of the year. By your criteria Mcdonald/Lawler would be disqualified from FOTY contendership back in 2015. A little foreplay isnt a bad thing

[@sallgoodman2323]

Great point. Those boys were simmering a bit before things boiled over into history for the violence and mayhem that we all know and love

[@saifty3747]

Vera wasn’t really beaten up by font that much, mostly landed on his guard

[@michaelbeard4883]

his face looked like hamburger lol

[@michaelbeard4883]

oh miss read my bad

[@michaelbeard4883]

yeah vera didn’t even have a mark on him at the end

[@mattypark5725]

Bro Gaethhe vs. Chandler was at least A tier could have been S. The way the crowd was constantly erupting absolutely flattened all the energy you had left for the last couple fights

[@alexdf5173]

W content. Keep these coming - comeback of the year, fighter of the year, SUB, KO , etc

[@Stephen7764.]

bro i love your videos, but onama/landwher has to be A tier

[@thirtythree504]

Meanwhile boxing had like two good fights this year

[@coltizz]

Great list agree with most! Would put Khamzat and Burns at A tier tho. It was so much back and forth in this fight and had me at the edge of my seat the whole fight. Khamzat started strong and looked like it was over for Burns. Burns came back in round two and dropped Khamzat all over the place. Round 3 was Khamzat putting on the pressure and out striking burns the first minutes until Burns went crazy again and started dropping bombs on Khamzat and fight ended with both trading like mad mans. Did it get better cuz of the hype around Khamzat yes but still insane fight!

[@kyranscott8790]

These uploads are absolutely enamoring.. This is quality content boys.

[@keepout7439]

AWESOME BROTHER 💯👍

[@Battle_Beard]

Content suggestion: UFC Fight IQ Tier List. So much potential for commentary.

[@andruddy8229]

For me the Schnell win has to be A or S, maybe cos I bet Su by KO made it more mental after Schnell took so much damage. Fight was so good didn't even care about the bet

[@spenserswain953]

Yeah it is the best fight but circumstances makes the Jiri fight the best imo but Schnell comeback probably top 3 best comebacks ever for me behind Leon over Usman and Kongo over Barry.

[@solidpooz]

Not having Nate the train v Onama at A tier is criminal

[@bh3441]

Guru vs drunk man was a pretty good fight up until the unthinkable happened leaving him wheelchair ridden😢😢

[@edwardkelly3280]

Jiri vs Texiera is automatic S tier

[@angelthecow_]

Gamrot vs Tsaryuken in D is crazy. Should’ve been higher than Figgy v Moreno

[@thomascallari8878]

Are you going to do a rizin Bellator breakdown GURU?

[@Wesside_Don]

Great tier list, I would personally put Gane vs Tui in A or B tier it is one of the best heavyweight fights ever and although it was one sided Ganes output was wild to watch especially knowing that Tui could counter back at any moment.

[@senor_pulha]

yan vs sean was prolly the best fight i've seen in 2022

[@kevinhenderson1650]

Thanks for your hard work. I enjoy the dark background and logo style. I hope it doesn't change when you move out of your shed guru. 🙇🏻‍♂ Happy New Year 🎉

[@mmaguruisdisabled7646]

Prassila vs Kim i literally saw who was fighting and hopped in the shower lmaoooo

[@Rarrded]

I rate Rockhold v Costa because Luke finally became a samurai that night.

[@korin9517]

I love these tierlist videos

[@goodfellas1001]

Idk how Wonderboy's fight isn't highly. Dude did a hurricane kick from street fighter in real life with his triple roundhouse kick. That's Jackie Chan movie type shit.

[@DeeboWRLD121]

Holland vs Thompson was fkn awesome

[@kylebennett4196]

Nate Landwehr was such a huge underdog in that fight, but how he was during weigh ins, fucking screaming let’s go. Knew he was gonna win that, he was way too amped

[@ppau0822]

Hey man really loved the video! You should do a round of the year one too!

[@jonathanfrench6975]

rose carla 2 was an all time classic

[@ValentinaBurnerAccount]

Valentina 49-46 over Santos is goated

[@columodonnell9202]

Shes so complete

[@ValentinaBurnerAccount]

Kattar violated Giga

[@barendkool2142]

I would definitely put giga vs catter higher was fucking amazing

[@shafqatishan437]

Tsarukyan vs Gamrot was definitely A tier. It only didn't sound that high voltage only because of bland commentary.

[@bruceleroy1683]

#1 Namajunas vs Esparza. No more questions.

[@aarongriffiths6238]

Performance of the year next?

[@bigsmall2842]

Volk vs tkz, volk vs holloway, Islam vs olives

[@c.miller2691]

What is it actually like being an mma guru? Is the pressure insurmountable at times?

[@samueletienne1392]

Do a tiers list on Ko of the year and sub of the year too

[@jagaloon14]

Who do you think is most likely to be a part of FOTY 2023? My top 3 picks are Robocop Rodrigues, Yair Rodriguez/Volk, and Drew Dober!

[@byrdfeathers3552]

Cyril vs Tai is D tier for sure. Completely one sided aside from one sequence. Still good though.

[@ryanst5577]

Arman vs gamrot in D tier is straight disrespectful

[@goodcopbadcop2505]

Adesanya pereira was a good technical fight

[@twona.]

saying dustin vs chandler got “dead” after round 1 is absolutely absurd

[@Ev_box]

how? it was literally just chandler laying in dustin

[@twona.]

@@Ev_box i guess everyone likes different aspects of the sport.

[@davidstenbak5118]

Your the man bro , fr

[@danben7723]

S tier should be C tier since everything is Crazy

[@thefallenprime5745]

Drippiest fighters tier list please

[@jakey3004]

“Jiri let’s him back up like a nonse” 🤣🤣🤣

[@itzLRD007]

aye Guru im excited for the rap career man, your impressions are great so I’d imagine your cadence would be fire on a beat