UFC Tier List - Who Is The Best Grappler? Makhachev? Oliveira? Jones? Chimaev? Usman?

Who is the best grappler in the UFC? Lets do a tier list to find out including Islam Makhachev, Alexander Volkanovski, Khamzat Chimaev, Jon Jones, Beneil Dariush, Kamaru Usman, Bo Nickal, Charles Oliveira and more, let me know what you guys think in the comments section down below.
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[@the-mma-guru]

Be gentle pls

[@stevek3546]

No

[@Knullbody]

Never

[@grayshirt108]

No

[@sAMMYsILVER.]

Nope

[@thiccc646]

With a shitty list like these? Fuck No

[@600micsofacid]

Darren Till is a legit L Tier grappler

[@themaxx2195]

😂😂😂

[@killerburrito1760]

Would figure dude spent years in Brazil learning how to grapple and he’s boys with Khamzat

[@redacted9723]

@@killerburrito1760 It's his ACL lad it's bollocked 😰

[@GgCashh451]

@@killerburrito1760 he speaks Portuguese and cant grapple

[@MMA_GOLD8]

Derrick lewis might be worse

[@johnscustomsaws]

Guru putting himself in his own tier as the best "upper body only" grappler in history... and i agree

[@EnderTrev5]

There actually is an "upper body only" grappler that was terrorizing the d1 scene a while back

[@jordanrussell5797]

@@EnderTrev5 I’m assuming you’re talking about Anthony Robles. Dude was a savage

[@Romanus-]

Black belt in wheelchair combat

[@-activia-]

Dariush's defense against gamrot was a thing of beauty. Id like to see a few more guys up at S tier personally as well.

[@Smithers11]

Islam should call out Beneil. It’s the toughest fight for Islam and Benny has earned it. If Islam beats Volk, Charles, and Benny he basically cleans out the division. Then look to an up and comer like Fiziev

[@kingofnpcs2547]

It was literally gamrot constantly advancing position 4 no reason instead of controlling Dariush did nothing but let gamrot throw away that fight one of the most overrated performances I've seen

[@RTW1738]

@@kingofnpcs2547ariush would attack with leg locks and kimuras if I remember correctly which I think was forcing gamrot to keep transitioning to different positions, he also outstruck him and hit him w an overhand that sounded like a fucking bullet lmao

[@kingofnpcs2547]

@rN he kept going for tds when he was winning on the feet and u don't always have to switch positions they weren't deep submissions and he kept scrambling 4 no reason instead of defending where he was

[@RTW1738]

@@kingofnpcs2547 idk maybe I gotta watch it back again but it was a sick fight crazy pace on both ends of the floor, gamrot always seems to be doing these dramatic scrambles and advances tho I can’t lie 😂😂

[@calvindomin441]

“Wrestling at its finest....he’s going in B tier” 😂😂I knew he was gonna do that right when he said it lol

[@Flyc2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@markredford84]

Lol was gonna write the same thing

[@TH-li7lj]

I agree with Gilbert Burns placement. A lot of top tier grapplers want nothing to do with him. Even Chimaev said when he felt Gilbert immediately go for the arm bar his mind went “f*ck this” and he stuck to the stand up. To put fear in wrestlers that quickly deserves respect. What Burns lacks in wrestling, he makes up with great BJJ skill.

[@JamesKP17847]

That’s why I think khamzat isn’t A tier Gilberts grappling put the fear of god in him

[@muhammadwaheed1027]

He wasn’t scared. He could have submitted burns. Khamzat is much bigger than burns

[@brandonchandler8632]

@@muhammadwaheed1027nah he wouldn’t have subbed burns. He couldn’t even hold him down, Gilbert literally kicked him off in round 2 I think.

[@oppenheimer2822]

​@@muhammadwaheed1027lol literally couldn't submit him 😂

[@athulfgeirsson]

"Sergei Spivak, he's a great grappler" never gets old

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

@@mastergeneral1429 you love being a spamming freak.

[@qedydu5946]

@Master General what about black Brothers and sisters

[@fatherfoopie]

i don't get the joke lol, please explain. Did some commentator hype him up before a bout?

[@kingt0295]

@@fatherfoopie Tom Aspinall (an English Heavyweight) said it before he knocked out Spivac it became a kindve meme on this channel bc guru has a great Aspinall impression

[@luibond9418]

Merab should be S tier. There’s no better grappler at causing Guru’s meltdowns than Merab

[@Ajayzmma]

Simon submitted on the last second of that fight

[@miloman4161]

@Joshua Smith I mean he was out wrestling Simon pretty clearly until he got caught in that gullitine

[@ponternal]

Retired Aldo by holding him against the cage and humping his leg.

[@luibond9418]

@@ponternal that’s some S tier lever stuff 🫡

[@galaxyvulture6649]

@@ponternal He was molesting aldo and licking the sweat off of his body. Man is a fiend.

[@alexlink5836]

“Quadruple C” Dude I’m a fan forever , just can’t cancel this dude. 😂

[@Mommyslittlegamer2912]

Chandler's son is gonna wipe the ufc one day with his mystical michael chandler grappling

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Until he meets Drew Dober, who will fight until his 50's with his glorious jawline.

[@vivektripathi3238]

@@TheElbowMerchant My gf once saw him and now he is her fav fighter , he is handsome dude

[@lukethomasprteam]

@@vivektripathi3238time to make her disappear fam…. I know a guy who knows a guy….

[@kevinsmoon3257]

@@vivektripathi3238 and a great fighter too

[@vivektripathi3238]

@@lukethomasprteam wdym?

[@Kut2Static]

20:49 “I know its Tony Ferguson but still” that hurt 😢

[@Romanus-]

It truly does. The fact we never got prime Tony vs Khabib will never stop pissing me off

[@PapaNickDawg]

You're underrating Burns a bit. Top 3 most successful BJJ guys in MMA, helped develop the no-gi metagame. Aljo is swell, but he's a one trick pony. Gilbert has it all and he beats Aljo in 95% of grappling positions, badly in many of them. Gamrot is trickier to compare him with, but in my mind Burns is basically interchangeable with Dariush and you acknowledge how completely Dariush shut down Gamrot. Ortega peeking into A while Burns isn't even top of B is very interesting, would love to shrink Burns 15% and watch them roll around. I'd probably bet on Gilbert winning.

[@andrewf6111]

Gilbert dominates Ortega bad in jiu jitsu or MMA

[@Curu1]

Burns was always very good in jiu-jitsu but judging from his last performances and especially the fight against Magny i'd say his wrestling and top control have developed to an elite level also and in overall MMA-grappling i'd rate only Makhachev, Khamzat, Oliveira and maybe Dariush above him in the UFC anymore

[@petsuper5636]

Finally someone who understands. Absolutely corect boys Burns should have been A tier. He has developed decent wrestling and outstanding jits. I would rate is grappling ability similar to Dariush. Really good grappler.

[@botondbakos5954]

@@Curu1 Khamzat isn't better than him on the ground. Khamzat was terrified to go to the ground with Gilbert. But his wrestling is better than Gilbert's for sure

[@colin24447]

Ilia belongs at C tier at the least

[@Kut2Static]

3:46 To be fair Yoel Romero never used his wrestling as much because he injured his neck badly a while before his UFC debut

[@Kut2Static]

It was so bad that he had to sleep sitting down for a while

[@primeair2]

@@Kut2Static god that's brutal. So thankful i can have decent sleep lol

[@jozefhorniak8191]

and cardio issues, otherwise he would ragdoll anybody

[@ScuffedLandlord]

@@jozefhorniak8191 It might have been possible to knock him out without his steel plate reinforced neck and spine so it's give and take 😂

[@botondbakos5954]

@@ScuffedLandlord he got ko'd unconscious once at lhw

[@RatBikerNotts]

This list needs a potato tier for exceptional cases of rubbishness. Like when a guy known for crap grappling moves to a camp known for athletes with amazing grappling, has a bromance with a top tier grappler and still comes back worse than ever.

[@GazerPlur420]

Definitely a strange story arc in the UFC haha

[@abyss5883]

Till is just dumb and immature. Grappling isn't just a physical sport, it's a mental practice as well. You need extreme discipline for it

[@1994mrmysteryman]

I feel like your comment could have just said "Darren Till". That's all.

[@RealJesseONFIRE]

Where does Kevin Lee fit into this? (I’ve always wanted to drop that joke)

[@TheElbowMerchant]

'Sup Jesse. Excited to catch the first episode of MMA on Fire tomorrow!

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

A mosque apparently

[@Manicmma-x1t]

Strongest goblin on internet

[@Bigtap88]

How tf is rob in b tier when he never uses his wrestling. Izzy stuffed almost every attempt of a takedown in their fights. Rob showed great anti wrestling skills against a non wrestling Yoel Romero. Idk how you put rob over guys who’s styles are literally their grappling like Mosar and cejdo. Love the mma guru but homies definitely bias af when it’s comes to rob.

[@jfretz86]

MMA Guru’s chub throbs for anybody and anything that represents Anti-Stylebender.

[@jesuschristcunt8469]

@@jfretz86 deserved

[@Battle_Beard]

So let’s discuss Volk.

[@scottieeasley4907]

Watchin fighters against Yoel Romero was like watching fighters tryin to punch a gargoyle... a LEGITIMATE statue

[@JackCarsonite]

Statue of God!

[@allenjlap]

I miss him in the ufc so much man

[@likejimi5845]

It was dumb to even put Bo on the list if we dont know yet. Good explanations for the most part tho

[@wick_MMA]

Guru submits them all.

[@abyss5883]

via wheelchair armbar

[@FrancyFam7]

We need to update the list after witnessesing the Volkanovski performance against Makhachev.

[@drewwilson6639]

Agree

[@maherabdalla]

islam is still the best tough

[@saifoalfalahi4905]

@@maherabdalla no he is not lol

[@marc-florianvonweber6987]

Volk is now B but i don't see Islam losing the top spot based on that fight

[@destano2951]

@@saifoalfalahi4905 who’s better , he still out-grappled volk quite handily

[@smokethegoat9002]

If pereira isn’t S tier in striking I riot.

[@danielbras5123]

He underrates higher weight classes I wouldn’t be surprised if he put Alex at high B

[@keion_arknights]

@@danielbras5123 There's no fucking chance. Guru likes Pereira a lot.

[@silentassassin423]

@@danielbras5123 I don't think that's a good reasoning. It just makes the higher weight classes look like shit. I think it would've been better if he did it by looking at fighters' skillsets by how succesfull they are with it compared to the rest of the division.

[@howarddevin08]

Is there a striking vid out?

[@Papajohnstuffedcrust]

Ilia at D is an L. Bryce Mitchell who essentially only beat dudes by grappling had zero against ilia. Come on with the offense grappling. He clearly has offensive grappling when he chokes out Bryce and dominated Ryan ball

[@Papajohnstuffedcrust]

Rahkmonov in B… alright I’m out

[@yendevus1747]

shit list

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

Bryce Mitchell was ill with aids during that fight

[@BeAniEbOii1]

Dominated Hall with his famous “puñetazo la puta cabeza” grappling style

[@alex-ki5wm]

Calm down they are both at D dummy

[@SalmonKid7]

I know he’s not relevant to the video, but my god what the fuck was Darren Till doing with Khamzat all that time. I’m so confused how Dricus could basically just push him over with no technique and shooting from so far away. He doesn’t even get a tier just no skill at all.

[@eachann7953]

Dricus' grappling is highly underrated. He could easily be on this list.

[@Verygood5510]

Dariush above Usman, Sterling? Whittaker above Jon and Cejudo?

[@akshayazariah]

Also could argue that Jailton shouldn't be as low as D, even if he's relatively untested.

[@aidenlorono7200]

its current ufc, Jon and Cejudo have been fading

[@the-mma-guru]

Top lightweights are goated grapplers Whittaker has more takedowns in his last few fights than Jon does and Whittaker fought better grapplers, Jones fought Middleweight rejects and Reyes.

[@Verygood5510]

@@the-mma-guru alright the middleweight rejects is funny 😂 but Whittaker above Jon and in the same list as legit wrestlers at welterweight dont make sense he couldn't hold Adesanya down for more than a couple seconds despite the takedowns

[@themadman6667]

@@Verygood5510 exactly. all we gotta do is look at jones vs gus 2 then we'd know what jon could do to izzy if he got him down.

[@jonathanlambarena9754]

"dangerous dangerous #1 hitman" Frank Bruno said it

[@ParadoxxTheChad]

32:14 absolutely no reason I should remember this but you are referring to Frank Bruno talking about Gerald McClellan Edit: my comment won’t get enough likes for guru to see this so i have effectively wasted my own time

[@lasse9553]

Should do these once a year (beginning of each year) and compare them to the one from the year before. Way more interesting than the classic end of the year awards

[@AlexOut1aw]

I hopped to see Dolidze, Muniz, Craig etc. But ok, so far anything is great

[@beyto5277]

Graig pretty much doesn’t wrestle he just uses bjj and only bjj. He barely throws a punch. Guard pulls for his life.

[@AlexOut1aw]

@@beyto5277 The name of the video: The best grappler..... soooo..... I suppose it's more about bjj, not wrestling

[@sventhestout3067]

@@AlexOut1aw it’s abou grappling, not bjj, not wrestling, not judo but all of them together

[@AlexOut1aw]

@@sventhestout3067 It is more about BJJ. Just stop arguing, I know what I'm talking about

[@smokeyretro4151]

@@AlexOut1awnah it’s more about all of them combined you’re wrong

[@iGreenShorts]

I’m glad Makhachev is getting the respect from MMAGuru lmao

[@TMWestMI]

Drew Dober likes what Chandler does outside of the octagon.

[@copaminecombat]

Conebread soaked in watermelon juice on a fishing rod 🪝🐵 gets em every time.

[@mardavdel]

@@copaminecombat where?! 👮🏻‍♂️

[@copaminecombat]

@@mardavdel Usually near government housing

[@someguy4046]

Gotta disagree about Bo. I get we haven't seen much of it but he's got good BJJ and you can tell by his confidence in it. Giving up full mount to go for a triangle is some shit you can only do if you're extremely confident in your BJJ. I don't see a situation where he just goes back to wrestling instincts and gets guillotined or something

[@berlin4103]

Still we haven't seen it against top tier competition in MMA.👍

[@SwagBoss-ql5yv]

Against a nobody

[@melissanalley832]

Donovan beard tho!?? Lmao

[@melissanalley832]

Watch him against Gordon ryan

[@timforti]

@@melissanalley832 nerd

[@nate_perry]

Striker tier list please

[@JackCarsonite]

Till still doesn't make the list.

[@dangerousfelon]

@@JackCarsonite "I know for a fachhht I make the list 9 times out of 10 mate. This is the ONE time I don't make the list"

[@GB81247]

Sean Strickland showed his S-Tier grappling against Alex Pereira...

[@GazerPlur420]

Ref called it too early not recognizing Sean's newly developed corpse guard.

[@carlosbermudez4444]

Volk has no fear....his confidence is growing

[@TheRealMMAGirly_TheOther1sFake]

The fact this was barely uploaded a few mins ago makes me feel cheated on as Im pretty sure Guru just finished with his members only chat 😒

[@imma5761]

Just a wheelchair things

[@melancholymartialarts7095]

Or maybe he had it done before the chat.m

[@TheRealMMAGirly_TheOther1sFake]

@@melancholymartialarts7095 thanks for trying to make me feel better with rationals but I'ma go ahead & stick with being paranoid & depressed instead. 😒

[@Battle_Beard]

I wish we’d gotten to see where Paul CREEEG ends up on the list.

[@yousef3375]

Reminde guru did this a couple years ago and had Charles at S while khabib at and Islam at c

[@Strype13]

That was merely Guru utilizing flagrant bigotry to score controversy clout.

[@karljonson3287]

Wtf lol

[@gamebred6995]

Guru has down syndrome

[@nasvsan6191]

And it was correct

[@EnderTrev5]

@@nasvsan6191 Islam has only beaten Khabib in sparring a few times and Islam made Oliveira his child in the cage and before you talk about mma math I'm only talking about a facet of mma

[@sassankal]

Aljo will riot when he sees he’s in B tier lol

[@LibraDiCaprio]

putting Aljo & Gamrot in the same category is criminal.

[@kingt0295]

@@LibraDiCaprio yeah Aljo is a champion and Gamrot sucks

[@LibraDiCaprio]

@@kingt0295 Gam doesn’t suck atall imo, he lost to Beneil, who should b fighting for the title no shame in that 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Rex1010best]

Paddy is the best p4p fighter on the roster his strategy of absorbing shots on the chin shows the judges each time why he deserves his W’s

[@jaycee571]

Paddy will go undefeated

[@cdrshepardn7]

We all head it here guys. MMA Guru has officially named Henry Cejudo as quadruple C! I knew Henry could do it with hard work and determination.

[@jackcrossland2481]

Quadruple C and the Quadriplegic G

[@Romanus-]

Cripple G coming with the heat

[@stopstalking..]

I missed the last few streams, glad to watch some new guru content.

[@johndavis3969]

Ortega peering through tiers is hilarious

[@jraouf1146]

Bro put Whitaker ahead of jones for grappling 😂

[@restitvtororbis5330]

When was the last time jones did anything productive in a fight with his grappling? I can't even remember the last submission he got so that barely counts toward his grappling in the last few years. His takedowns had 0 effect on Reyes, and he only managed to get the first one in like the 4th round anyway. The effectiveness of Jones grappling is just theoretical the last few years. We know that it WAS a major part of his game years ago, but his recent fights aside from maybe Anthony Smith it has basically been a non factor outside of point scoring, which isn't what these rankings are about. Whittaker has extremely good TD defense against people who really want to take him down (something jones rarely encounters) but he also conceals his grappling ability well enough that it turns into a psychological weapon when opponents like vettori and gastelum know they're being outclassed on the feet and believe their grappling is the only path to victory, only to (quickly and out of nowhere) get blast doubled to the ground effortlessly and feel their confidence melt away as whittaker just keeps them down until the round ends or stands up right after as a way of saying "I can do this whenever I want". Both gastelum and vettori both admitted after fighting whittaker that they had never felt so thoroughly outclassed, because even their attempts at grappling were just brushed aside. Remember, vettori is a decent grappler who is delusional enough to believe he beat adesanya BOTH TIMES and whittaker was the one who made him feel outclassed everywhere. Even when Jones does good work with his grappling, he doesn't make delusionally confident people question their fighting abilities with his grappling, at least not for the last 5 years at least.

[@Ajayzmma]

Ricky Simon submitted merab at 5:00 of the last round. Crazy

[@trubkadefekt3645]

They should have made merab vs simon rematch and made it a 5 round ... their first fight was an insane scramble fest

[@luksa3084]

Merab didn"t get subbed it was technical sub

[@timforti]

@@luksa3084 still got subbed

[@luksa3084]

@@timforti nah he was there didn’t tap they gave w him after 3 round ended

[@liamwylie8]

What’s your criteria besides personal bias?!

[@justsomeguywithawhitebeard5639]

What about Gregor Gillespie? Is he cut from the ufc? Also there's Ryan Hall, Paul Craig and Michael Chandler. Should be somewhere on this list imo.

[@farikoliquidz4606]

22:12 really Jewru? Jones did nothing to smith when he took him down? I seem to remember Anthony curling up into a ball for 5 rounds straight while Jon threw him around and kneed holes in his body 🤣

[@Strype13]

Yeah, he had a strange take on that one.

[@averageguruenjoyer6938]

4 years ago

[@farikoliquidz4606]

@@averageguruenjoyer6938 doesn’t change the fact that he 10-8’d smith 5 rounds in a row primarily on the ground lmfao. Very different from “couldn’t do anything to smith on the ground”

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

Seriously how does Smith still call himself "Lionheart" with a straight face?

[@BeAniEbOii1]

Smith Dog doo doo tier fighter. LHW has always been a reject division.

[@wellrespected3019]

Jon Jones at C is crazy, should be atleast B

[@notthisguyagain8557]

You should do a video on the best ground and pound in UFC. Khabib and Jones were animals with the G&P.

[@44magKnives]

The biggest advantage to wrestling in mma is not the ability to take your opponent down. It’s the ability to dominate the clinch at all times and decide where the fight goes. Just because Cejudo doesn’t use his wrestling offensively does not mean he isn’t a good mma grappler. His wrestling allows him to go into every fight with 0 fear of being taken down which is huge for the psychological aspect.

[@44magKnives]

Aljo might have more success against other opponents, but put him against cejudo and he has no success because he won’t get him down. Hard to put aljo above him with that being said

[@jacoblynch3980]

⁠Aljo took him down 4 times lol

[@dustinsorrier4352]

Do worst grappler tier list next

[@dustinsorrier4352]

Darren till legit makes S tier in this

[@therealclp7488]

This would be hilarious

[@dangerousfelon]

@@dustinsorrier4352 would be funny if he just put a penguin at s tier and called it Darren Till

[@20alroco]

@BullyB lazy eye is rocking the house in that pic of him

[@zacknight9137]

Guru is a real one for constantly calling out the fact that cejudo didn’t beat DJ and got gifted a botched decision. ♿️

[@jraouf1146]

Jones is at least b tier his ground n pound is top 5 in ufc history

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Thank God for this I'm bored af at work Appreciate you guru

[@omarikissi5708]

Well after tonight volk’s placement has gotta be updated, I’d say b tier at least, maybe in the same realm as Ortega

[@taigajj]

love when a guy who's never grappled before in his life makes a video on who the best grappler in the ufc is

[@raphael8648]

Gilbert Burns should be A Tier....And don't forget paul craig

[@Curu1]

After the Magny fight I also think Burns should be at the bottom of A tier.

[@nasvsan6191]

Darren till Z tier

[@tenacminotauro9541]

Roman Dolidze better be on this list.

[@therealclp7488]

He’s not, surprisingly.

[@kingt0295]

That calf slicer was crazy he’s getting pushed up the ranks crazy quick from barely top 15 to taking out top 10 Hermansson then top 5 Marvin in two fights

[@yendevus1747]

Yeah correct, he is probably the most dangerous guy from bottom position along with Craig

[@drip.season8504]

I’ll admit we should all approach Bo with a sense of skepticism but to deny his potential is ridiculous. Say what you will about the competition, his transitions are crisp and I think he presents a real threat to the mostly one dimensional #10-#15 at MW, how he does in the top 10, impossible to say

[@whatisreddin7367]

The likes of Whittaker would beat the dogshit out of him, but then again Whittaker would beat everyone else too

[@jasonrick6148]

@@whatisreddin7367 >wow, can you believe that the #1 ranked MW contender would absolutely beat the dog shit out of a DWCS prospect who hasn’t made his debut ? (Soyjak face)

[@MaxCCNP]

@@whatisreddin7367 i mean 24-6 not that impressive

[@ronnyspanneveld8110]

don't like tier lists anymore. the last time i ended up subbing to some Japanese guy who told me i was racists :)

[@LorenzoPredicts]

Guru appealing to the dagestani fanbase I never thought I’d see the day. :/

[@delightcr4442]

So who is a better grappler than islam actually?

[@therealtruevigil]

@@delightcr4442artem lobov

[@TheCallumTR]

Guru has always been honest with his tier lists

[@marc-florianvonweber6987]

​@@delightcr4442 khabib

[@delightcr4442]

@@marc-florianvonweber6987 ACTUALLY, that means that is not retired.

[@hansnotgruber3326]

I’m predicting S-tier will be Derrick Lewis

[@GeneralTeiLing]

Where's Conor? He nearly broke khabib hands while he was on the bottom S+ tier

[@Jade-dd1vo]

You got a point with Umar. But Nate only landed 1 or 2 significant strike in 15 minutes based on the stats. Nate was just on absolute defensive mode. Nate I reckon will atleast land more significant strikes to Aljo even if Nate gets finished. But you're right, Umar need improvement in submission game

[@serduncanthetall7056]

Can you do well rounded mma fighter list?

[@lsvbetmachineRU]

Till should've been S-tier in the thumbnail

[@linux9211]

There's absolutely no way you put gilbert in b tier lmao. He's literally a 4x world jujitsu champion. He should be A tier at least

[@Garbage315]

Guru's logic is terrible on that one. A tier Khamzat wanted nothing to do with Gilbert on the ground after playing around in his guard for 5 seconds.

[@dangerousfelon]

@@Garbage315 that is a stupid take. Khamzat assessed the risk and decided it would be easier to stand with him. Doesn't mean Burns is a better grappler than Khamzat. Khamzat has a comparable submission game but MUCH better wrestling

[@Teabagsforlife]

Giving petyr Yan C tier for potential but then giving Bo Nickal D tier because of... Potential? 🤦

[@ummyea3682]

bo nickal literally hasnt fought a skilled grappler in the ufc, big difference

[@JacobYuanHang]

Quadruple C joke on the fly was absolute gas ⛽️ 😂😂

[@imperator_odin]

Jones below Belal in MMA grappling is a joke

[@Muhkoonga]

I was waiting so long for this

[@Era-lk1lo]

How is Whittaker B tier? How is he in the same category as belal and Usman....

[@Era-lk1lo]

And a whole ranking above Jon Jones 😂😂😂

[@J0nny_Ch1mp0]

I just want to make sure I understand this: Leon Edwards is a better grappler than Bo Nickal? Olives deserves S tier over Islam if it's just about straight up grappling skills. Olives has almost as many ground wins as Islam has wins.

[@cambojones3100]

after todays fight i wouldnt put islam in S tier

[@meesert]

Ortega is elite level BJJ but a weak wrestler, thats why his overall grappling is so hard to judge.

[@daddypop4299]

Guru's expertise is in question with this list, placing Bobby Knuckles above Cejudo, an Olympic medalist who defeated one of the greatest fighters of all time, Mighty Mouse. Bobby Knuckles' style is anti wrestling than pure wrestling no way bobby is better than Cejudo.

[@bryanfrosting]

Bo Nickal in D tier behind Edwards, Volk, Whittaker is a crackhead take.

[@Battle_Beard]

He puts Paddy’s mug at S tier in the thumbnail. All engagement is good engagement? 😂

[@NexusVirtusMedia]

Stayed for S tier Received a dirty fart

[@scottieeasley4907]

Dariush is beast

[@Faithless2023]

oh this ought to get the boys fired up

[@MusicalMMA]

Sheds are enablers

[@matthewhawker2237]

So true! I dream of a good shed, amongst the gum trees.

[@Battle_Beard]

Lmao, Cejudo vs Sandhagen? Cory could probably reach up with a leg and land a standing knee to Henry’s chin 🤣

[@BobcatBlade]

I had no idea that Romanov has a fight with Volkov booked. That makes no sense, but I like it.

[@davidkapelnikov8637]

UFC just trying their hardest to make the matchups as unfair as possible. #7 Volkov is coming off a win against #9 Rozenstruik and is now fighting a #13 Romanov, who is coming off a loss to #11 Tybura, a guy who Volkov just beat before that. Absolutely 0 logic in it whatsoever. Would’ve much rather liked to see a Tuivasa vs Volkov and Romanov vs some other bottom heavyweight since he just lost to Tybura.

[@1994mrmysteryman]

​@@davidkapelnikov8637 Tuivasa needs a break.

[@silverback6497]

Darren till is easily the best grappler to have ever graced the octagon

[@ianpier16]

Hot take but MMA guru smokes Aljo in a grappling match

[@GregWilson04]

This aged well... though you were speaking facts, and this is hindsight.

[@axljones5439]

An Olympic gold medalist is automatically S tier

[@gibjohnson5720]

Bruh Brian Ortega is the most over rated grapplerof all time he beats bums and is hyped up

[@wolt911]

Does he do it to Curtis blades? Probably not. Aged like a fine wine

[@alvarobrufalgarcia86]

Aljo in B and Topuria in S? The fact that Topurias striking has been good enough that he barely had to use his grappling doesnt mean shit, his earlier fights show it and hes a black belt, deffo being underrated

[@Tommycruz90]

Gaethje is Z tier, and he’s the worst in Z tier.

[@frosty2.010]

List makes no sense. Usman and Colby have better wrestling than Khamzat, but Khamzat is a much better grappler than both of them. I'd put them in the same tier. Aljo is definitely A tier. Jones is definitely A tier.

[@Samuel-qf6ri]

"Dangerous, dangerous number 1 hitman in America"

[@ucm7ucm791]

Don Frye is smoking a cigar watching this from somewhere.

[@Starvin_Marvin138]

If you do your most powerful fighters list over I think you need to do it relative to the size and weight class. Like Josh Emmett obviously isn't going to hit as hard as a heavyweight but relative to other featherweights he's an A tier, Curtis Blaydes hits harder than everyone not a heavyweight but compared to other heavyweights he's probably a B or C tier.