Who Is The 2nd Greatest Of All Time In Every Weight Class?

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Everyone likes to talk about who the greatest is in every weight class, but what about second place? what about the ones who just fell short to the current GOAT but had a few complications here and there? In this video I went through every weight class and picked out the second greatest of all time

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

i would say Fedor was the best heavyweight EVER, i think if him and Stipe fought in their primes, Fedor would win.

[@Swagmanrx]

I didn’t watch him fight live personally, but watching back his fights he’d prob rag doll stipe unless he gets immediately koed bc he kept his hands so low

[@haydenherman8656]

do you think he would beat Aspinall because you said best not greatest

[@alexeypereverzev3392]

@@haydenherman8656 Aspinall didn't have any title defences so far, so it's too early to even consider him in the GOATs

[@UberAl2008]

Best but not greatest

[@KinGamerBoy568]

I would actually out Stipe at #2. Not losing for 10 years is nuts. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND! 10 YEARS. Fedor is #1 for me

[@lucapurcell]

not losing for __ amount of time means NOTHING if you arent fighting and beating good competition

[@adequatequality]

Stipe clears as the HW GOAT cuz he actually fought in the UFC against the best and the matchmaking for PRIDE (and most Japanese MMA promotions) at that time was really sus. There's a lot of doubt that some of Fedor's wins weren't planned. Also, he was given the chance to join the UFC and he decided not to cement his legacy in the best promotion on the planet. That's like saying a EuroLeague basketball player is the GOAT when they never played in the NBA

[@saiyanhashem8380]

Bro fedor beat dudes who were bodybuilders who prolly hit the punching bag every now and then

[@leebinpoggersmomento6101]

@@adequatequality Name a Fedor fight that was fixed. One.

[@leebinpoggersmomento6101]

@@lucapurcell We agree. Fortunately, Fedor was doing both.

[@bookaufman9643]

I think that Mighty Mouse needs to come back to the UFC. If you've seen him fighting in one then you know that he's still really good. I'd like to see him fight Pantoja. That'd be some really good grappling.

[@subtokeatonwalsh6562]

I’m pretty sure he makes more money and is treated better at one, so I doubt he’d ever come back

[@aroufouselemtascapte6562]

there is now way that dana is thinks about it

[@Frigged999]

I think that Volkanivski is the Featherweight goat, but other than that good list

[@LukosCelestou]

Yeah, he beat Aldo and Max not twice but three times it’s like you can never decide whether Jose Aldo is in his prime or not he’s beaten good guys even when he was like 35 is just hypocrisy. And he was like one away from tiring he fought all the same guys and beat them better than Aldo it’s the truth old fuds can’t accept it.

[@mariodavid6034]

*MMA goat

[@appleboss9742]

​@@mariodavid6034over Jon?

[@benjthewhite]

@@appleboss9742You can argue Volk is higher on the list than Jon. While Jones has far more defences, you can argue they weren’t as good as Volks Ws, aside from his 1 DC win, as Volk has 4 Ws over Aldo and Holloway, both are top 10 fighters of all time. Also Jones popped multiple times for steroids which brings him down in my ranking. I don’t have a no 1 goat but my top 3 consist of GSP, Mighty Mouse and Volk

[@morgoth173]

Volkanovski has 6 title fight wins, aldo has 10

[@coreymcnulty5125]

I think Islam could’ve passed Khabib if he absolutely dominated Porier, but even though he won I still think he needs 1 more win

[@seandavis9320]

One more win and he passes Khabib's title defenses. Either way he's a way more entertaining fighter.

[@coreymcnulty5125]

@@seandavis9320 100%

[@ppadilla8990]

to be fair that porier is not the same one we saw vs khabib and he wants to fight at 170.....

[@GrubKiller436]

Also Islam got knocked out once in his career.

[@ppadilla8990]

@@GrubKiller436 and khabib has a worst record and did everything in his power to not fight at 170 😂

[@evilryutaropro]

Fedor is the number 1 Stipe is number 2

[@hoodietheentertainer884]

The best MMA youtuber easily

[@xeta180]

After Bedtime Lucas Tracy and Guru

[@sandd6256]

Most underrated

[@jvd6330]

Bedtime

[@K-yn1sl]

No Bedtime is

[@Frigged999]

Bedtime is the most overrated

[@mastersonhigh1117]

Epic list brother, I would probably but Aldo in 2nd behind Volk but it’s so close I can’t complain you have it the other way around.

[@hakim65163]

People who said Jon "Pictogram" Jones is the goat officially lost their mind or coping real bad, dude literally on steroids and cheating most of the time 🗑️👎

[@The.Sultan]

Volk is easily the FW goat and max is definitely the 2nd best FW

[@ahmedtetauni2813]

Volk Aldo Max

[@The.Sultan]

@@ahmedtetauni2813 max beat Aldo twice and cleared out the FW division except Volk😭

[@Ptheplug39]

@@The.SultanAldo on short notice injured in the rematch to save the card it was meant to be Edgar

[@benerdick_cumberbiatch]

Volk was many title defences away from being the featherweight GOAT

[@The.Sultan]

@@Ptheplug39 ok? It’s not like he had a major injury and many fighters go in handicapped in their fights to some extent and still power through it. It’s very rare that a fighter is actually 100% going into their fight without some sort of injury from training camps.

[@futur_sunds]

You have such good video ideas

[@kshitijmujumdar2726]

Video idea: Make predictions for a hypothetical middleweight tournament with 1) Strickland 2) Izzy 3) DDP 4) Chimaev 5) Usman 6) Jiri Prochazka 7) whittaker 8) Leon Edwards / Cannonier

[@ChickenC-vs1pp]

I predict The Gourmet Chechen would pull out

[@alexeypereverzev3392]

Khabib's 29-0 is sick. And I am sure it could be 35-0 or more, maybe in Welterweights also. And even now current top fighters up to Light Heavy Weights hate to sparring with Khabib, because he is so good and dominant. And also he has an advantage in mentality - he has a rare 100% solid champ mindset

[@alexeypereverzev3392]

We should give credits to Randy Couture for long time dominance in 2 divisions

[@lukelol6045]

Bro izzys competition is wayyyy better than silvas

[@sideofhjonk8615]

Marvin vettori, paulo costa and jared cannonier are NOT better competition than silvas bro

[@sawyer3623]

@@sideofhjonk8615ummmmm yes they are dude. How is Silvas competition better?

[@alexeypereverzev3392]

Silva came in his later age and just destroyed his division. He has an incredible win streak and he is an absolute legend, TOP-5 or TOP-3 of all time. Of course, he has his losses too, but he just became old, Adesanya started to lose much earlier

[@koalawithchaingun53]

1:40 that’s another video idea right there, best to never be in UFC, Gegard could be there too

[@bojan-117]

Malykhin

[@itsoverwereback]

Gegard fought literally a dozen times in the UFC. He was the #4 ranked MW when he left.

[@alexeypereverzev3392]

My pairs of 1st and 2nd fighters are: Men: Fedor - Stipe Jones - Couture Silva - Adesanya St Pierre - Usman Khabib - Islam Volkanovski - Holloway Aljo - Sejudo Johnson - Figueiredo Women: Nunes - Rousey Shevchenko - Grasso (?) Jędrzejczyk - Weili

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

I think the 2nd best WW is probably Matt Hughes, he was legendary, plus Usman had 5 defences against 3 guys, one of which was never a great contendor.

[@stopmotionmma3158]

Facts

[@azazel5993]

i mean might as well do a top 5 of all time in each division

[@anthonyjohn4674]

bro max and volk are better than aldo i hate that people say aldo was washed when he loses. he was 29 against conor and 31 against max

[@sandd6256]

Volk>aldo

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

Aldo in his prime was the man

[@justalazyman2185]

​@@Notreallyhereanymore I think prime Volk destroys prime Aldo

[@zarifinator1327]

​​@@NotreallyhereanymoreAldo was in his prime when he fought volk

[@benjthewhite]

Personally I have Volk no 1 FW. He beat Aldo and Max x3, fought better competition, went ups weight class and fought the future lw goat (arguably won). All respect to Aldo and Max though. FW has the most fighters in the top 10 fighters of all time and I have Aldo and Max over many division goats like Stipe, Cruz, Khabib and Max over Silva

[@ekayn1606]

Prime Fedor is the greatest "heavyweight" of all time. His streak at heavyweight is miles above everyone else in MMA history.

[@ekayn1606]

Max holloway is the second greatest feather weight of all time. I view all his fights almost like title. Defenses. If it wasn't for Volk, he would undeniably be the best with a massive streak right now.

[@sumitmegadrive]

Sterling title reign was quite flukey: dq win over yan, split decision win over yan, tko win over 1 armed dillashaw, split decision win over cejudo

[@jocoolshow]

The only flukey thing was the knee which was Yan’s fault. TJ wasn’t one armed until after Aljo took him down, with TJ on record saying he had that same injury when he won and defended the belt against Cody. And even then, Aljo entered the fight with a torn bicep and a neck injury that required surgery…which Cejudo attacked said neck injury in their fight and Aljo still won. Another thing is that all 3 of them were stylistic nightmare matchups for Aljo. Amazing defensive grapplers which shuts down Aljo’s main path to victory, while all being better strikers than him on the feet in paper. All 3 of his defenses share those 3 traits. Hardest matchups possible for him and he won. UFC even gave him another matchup with that archetype in Kattar but the there’s a skill difference between championship level BWs and top 10 FWs so it didn’t look as tough despite Kattar being more ‘dangerous’

[@s66s46]

Aldo is definitely NOT the featherweight goat, he has 2 more title defences yes, but his volk faced WAY tougher competition, beat holloway 3 times AND Aldo himself

[@Switcheroo1]

Volkanovski Holloway Aldo

[@hi-tk4hu]

ngl Islam's resume is better than khabib

[@xhesop1]

izzy has only 5 title defences

[@asadrazzle1859]

1:46 you almost started beat boxing there bro 😂

[@hugorake6589]

9:20. Volk didnt DESTROY Holloway. They were all decisions and 1 or 2 were split.

[@dobronx-vl6ru]

Shouldve been cain for hw

[@gio3034]

Ill give u mine: HW stipe, goat fedor Lhw liddell, goat jones Mw adesanya, goat silva Ww hughes, goat gsp Lw Penn, goat khabib Fw Volk, goat Aldo Bw Dillashaw, goat cruz Fw Figgy, goat mouse

[@thelurker1330]

Gotta disagree with Penn personally. Compare the comp he fought at LW to who Islam fought at LW. It's not a even comparison.

[@MrPsychobast]

Nah Fedor is by faaaaar the GOAT

[@techos3253]

TJ is either second or first in BW, Aljo is fluke champ with fluke title defenses

[@Slim-MMA]

Dillashaw is the number 1 BW GOAT.

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

Dominic Cruz

[@El.broder]

Aljamain sterling

[@rown3m]

Fedor is the MMA GOAT !!!

[@mifuneryujin3099]

Fedor is the GOAT pound4pound

[@nayeem__98]

There's no way that aldo is FW goat. Volk and Max beat aldo at his prime. To me Volk is 1st and Max is 2nd FW Goat

[@jarlGudmunder]

Stipe is #2 imo and Matt huges is no2 in Walter white easy.

[@shahrukhbhuiyan1225]

Bro forgot matt huges with 9 title fight wins ww.

[@thelurker1330]

3rd all time imo

[@Charles-te9bf]

Chuck>

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

BJ Penn is definitely the 2d best LW in the UFC ever.

[@-RJ2007]

16-14-1 🤮

[@HPloveCraftsCat1352]

@@-RJ2007 3 LW title defenses (Khabib has 3defenses too) but BJ Penn was able to win the Welterweight title, something Khabib was to much of a coward to do

[@-RJ2007]

@@HPloveCraftsCat1352 back in 2002-2009 was his peak. He couldn’t dominate the ufc when it got seriously good. Those 3 nobodies mean nothing 😂 and ok he won the 170 division , but what the fuck even was the 170 division in 2004 🤦‍♂️. I’m sorry But Islam would never lose to Nick, Clay guide , Dennis silver , Ryan hall ( dirty leg lock merchant ) , and BJ literally defended against Diego Sanchez tbh this lightweight is absolute Trash.

[@zarifinator1327]

Are we really saying that defenses over Diego Sanchez and Kenny Florian are better than the guys Islam has beat? Man old heads are something else

[@zarifinator1327]

​@@HPloveCraftsCat1352winning the ww title has nothing to do with his status at lw.

[@stevedaddy3498]

How is Aldo the goat when hes lost to literally every othe r goat 😂 one of them 2x in all time one sided fights and one of those guys in 13 seconds

[@whitesox162]

No way. No way Fedor Emelianenko is the 2nd greatest heavyweight of all time. This man is the greatest heavyweight in the history of Mixed Martial Arts. Stipe is nowhere near dominant as Fedor.

[@HPloveCraftsCat1352]

fedor fought waaay to many taco bell workers on his resume

[@leebinpoggersmomento6101]

@@HPloveCraftsCat1352 name them. Keep in mind his winstreak was 31

[@jashthemad5]

Can the goat of one division beat all the champs of the weight class above them?

[@lucasc8776]

just realized what a historically weak class bantamweight is.

[@MaBu77]

Perfect 100% agreed each one 👌

[@sladesterg9663]

Izzy’s comp was wayyyuu better then Anderson Silvas bro 😂

[@himanshawtani2945]

Bro i thi k alex is getting close to dc in terms of 2nd best lhw

[@GrubKiller436]

Light Heavyweight is lucky Alex was not there a decade earlier.

[@dragz583]

Dominik Reyes was closest to beating jones so maybe him 2nd?

[@luca23883]

That's not how it works mate

[@justalazyman2185]

DC is way better than Dominik

[@dragz583]

Ok now I agree with yall

[@ahmedtetauni2813]

Figueiredo Dom cruz Aldo Islam Kamaru usman Izzy Glover texeira Miocic

[@-RJ2007]

Did dc dirty, glover 0 defenses bro ,he lost horribly many times. 🤦‍♂️

[@ahmedtetauni2813]

@@-RJ2007 glover got 23 fights in ufc ( lightheavy weight), dc only 9 fights

[@-RJ2007]

@@ahmedtetauni2813 bro your calling him better cause he fought more 😂 what kind of criteria are using to rate this fighters . It’s about who accomplished more at the highest level , and who would beat eachother at their peak , not who fought more 🤦‍♂️

[@ahmedtetauni2813]

@@-RJ2007 You are right, but I don't know 9 fights are few, especially since we are talking about the best of all time in lighheavy weight division

[@zarifinator1327]

Man people overrated quantity so much

[@lucino8395]

It seemed like you were saying on the thumbnail that Khabib was not #1 and Islam is #2.

[@YoYoLogo]

i agree with all but two I think Alex Periera is the second goat of Light Heavyweight due to his two division stuff and speedrunning the ufc and his incredible defense of the title etc. And I think Bantamweight is Henry Cejudo,due to his many accomplishments

[@pepekoro]

Alex pereira is a solid pick, your smoking on crack for henry though. Ya he was a double champ and yeah he was good, but look at who he fought, then look at aljo. I think aljos resumes way better.

[@joeswanson5486]

I’m a big fan of pereira but let’s compare their resumes and strength if schedule DC beat Rumble Johnson 2x Gus Dan henderson An old Silva Volkan. Then at Hw he beat Stipe(lost trilogy but stipe is better win than any win pereira has) Josh barrnet(hw champ) Bigfoot(this guy was coming off a win from Fedor at the time) Frank mir(on his ufc debut fight) Pereira resume Izzy(top 15 all time and second best Mw ever) Strickland(Mw champ) Hill(was he ever that good!) Jiri(lhw champ) Jan(another champ but Jan was 40. Guys like Jan and glover who couldn’t become champ when rumble gus jones and dc were at their peak become champs when they’re all gone goes to show how much better and stacked LHWs was back in the early and mid 2010s. I mean gloved was champ at 42 or 43 and Jan is like 40 rn keeping his top 5 ranking giving pereira a Split decision and Ankleav a Draw.

[@koalawithchaingun53]

I think Pereira could be with one more strong win. Like if he beat Ankalaev.

[@joeswanson5486]

Not just that did you completely forgot about lhw before Jon jones? Tito Ortiz Chuck liddel Rampage Wanderlie Silva

[@joeswanson5486]

@@koalawithchaingun53not DC. He could be 3rd after some defenses but he’s not passing dc. Izzy Ankleav and old man Jan and salty mal hill aren’t as good of wins as stipe Frank mir rumble and gus

[@benmonk6495]

How can you be the FW goat if you've lost to every other guy in contention for that title? Knocked out in your prime at 29?

[@norwegika]

No views in one minute bro fell off

[@ThoughtGnu]

How much longer till the joke gets old

[@norwegika]

@@ThoughtGnu Been old since the creation of man

[@eclipse9579]

Cornball

[@ahealthierfuture5427]

Aldo lost 4x to featherweights while in his early to mid thirties, he had all those losses IN HIS PRIME! How cn he b the goat when he has all those losses in his prime, he wasnt washed up at all so u cant use that excuse,

[@thatonepiecekid8056]

“Look at the way Holloway was running thru everyone, and look what Volk did to him” yea why dont you listen to your own words then…max dominated Aldo in his prime twice, and look what Volk did to max.

[@lukagotsiridze7442]

Stipe over fedor? What a joke. Stipe doesn’t come close to fedors dexterity and power if stipes resume was twice as good

[@zarifinator1327]

Man why are we still saying aldos the goat of featherweight bruh, are we really gonna prioritize 2 extra title defenses against guys like kenny florian and mark hominick over the killers volk has beaten

[@geckoed132]

max is second best featherweight imo 🙏🙏🙏

[@LukosCelestou]

Stipe is the goat and then in second would be Francis or Cain Feder is so overrated not saying he’s a bad fighter or that he doesn’t have good wins. It’s just I don’5 why you would say that he was the best heavyweight ever dude Aspinall would’ve killed him I think he has a lot of potential be the goat and why would you consider Khabib the goat if Islam has all the same amount of defenses and better opponents and the same wind streak it’s like he’s tied or he’s better because he’s fought better people.

[@skeletoncrew6500]

Francis isn’t even top 5 for HW

[@LukosCelestou]

@@skeletoncrew6500 🤣 That is ludicrous what you gonna put Andrei Arlovski over him sorry bro I’m done with the glaze over this archaic pride guys yes I know he beat Mintauro Nogeuira and Andre Arlovski in there Prime/peak. he did have more athleticism and a grappling advantage over these guys but come one Aspinall would of destroyed Fedor plus you know Fedor fought a bunch of Oafs look at who Stipe and Francis fought

[@skeletoncrew6500]

@@LukosCelestouall of this because I said Francis (1 fighter) isn’t a top 5 HW

[@LukosCelestou]

@@skeletoncrew6500 I mean he’s a former champion though and it’s heavyweight heavyweight this isn’t lightweight this heavyweight

[@skeletoncrew6500]

⁠@@LukosCelestouyou are aware of the fact that heavyweight has the most undisputed champions in UFC right? I’m pretty sure it’s the only division to reach the 20s and that’s not including interim champions

[@GrubKiller436]

Fedor never fought in the UFC. The reason people say Stipe is the GOAT is because people talk strictly about UFC. Fedor is and has always been the heavyweight GOAT. Stipe is the 2nd. For light heavyweight it's Jon Jones and DC. Then middleweight it's Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya. Then welterweight it's GSP and Kamaru Usman. Matt Hughes is third. Then lightweight it's Khabib and now it has to be Islam. Featherweight Volk and Aldo. Volk is the one. Aldo got beat by Max and Volk; he couldn't get a single win in. And he wasn't that old. Max would've easily been the GOAT over Aldo if it was not for Volk. Bantamweight Dominic Cruz and soon-to-be Sean O'Malley. Aljamain Sterling is a clown. Flyweight Demetrious Johnson and now Alexandre Pantoja.

[@cjg3986]

4:13 ?? Anderson silva had some of the weakest competition of any mma legend. Go look back at his record. Some of those guys were solid, but be fr. Adesanya had weak competition for the era, but it was still WAY stronger than anderson's

[@leebinpoggersmomento6101]

There isn't many fighters more overrated than Stipe Miocic. Sure he's decently technical at boxing, decent power with a real legitimate wrestling threat, but look at his resume: Mark Hunt, 40 year old former fedor victim, took 5 rounds Andrei Arlovski, 37 year old badly slowing fedor victim who always had chin issues Fabricio Werdum, 38 year old who did beat fedor, but fought stipe by charging at him winging random short punches TWICE and getting clipped. Alistair Overeem, didn't even earn a shot at fedor, 36 years old, knocked out 10 times. In that fight he got dropped and won due to a completely telegraphed oblique kick from overeem that he wound up and turned his back into (not sure what he was thinking). This was Stipes Worst performance ever skillswise (his chin giving out in cormier 1 doesn't count). JDS, Post 2 brutal Cain beatings AND a Overeem KO loss. Francis Ngannou, His best win. Stipe had some neat lateral movement and takedowns, but obviously Ngannou got much much better. Daniel Cormier 1,2 and 3, Light Heavyweight. Took him 2 camps and 5 combined rounds to figure out his weakness to body shot, something which Josh Barnett, washed Anderson Silva and Jon Jones figured out in much less time or much less tape to study. Francis Ngannou 2: Stipe was clearly old, no shame here. None of those fighters were bad, in fact plenty were good, but for a Heavyweight GOAT resume, It just doesn't stack up.

[@tejasdubey59022]

Half these are wrong

[@killamonga8649]

Izzy is middle weight goat has better wins and Anderson

[@tab021]

Usman had the weakest best title run of all time. Yea all those wins were dominant, but almost none of his opponents deserved the shot and weren't even close to the best of the division. Easiest route to greatness in modern UFC, and wildly overrated because of that

[@dababyvevo3634]

Volk is way better than Aldo bruh 😂 Beat way better opponents and only lost when he was 36 to Topuria meanwhile Aldo lost his belt at 29 🤣

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

So bored of these mid PowerPoint presentations.

[@somerandomguy2447]

Volk is the goat dominated a 33 year old Aldo destroys Holloway 4 times beat the shit out of ortaga yair and Tks and ambulated mendes and went to war in a close decision against Islam he’s better than Aldo

[@Muhammad_The_Goat_Ali]

Islam is better than khabib even tho he lost and got draw against volk but still 1 more win and he becomes the goat of lw

[@bookaufman9643]

His name is "Fay + Door"

[@tigerslick1111]

Islam is my no stretch of the imagination, the best lightweight of all time. He’s not even better than B.J. Penn.

[@-RJ2007]

Bj penn 16-14 🤮 , getting finished left and right . His loses is the same amount as islams win streak . Absolute shit fighter even olievera is better .

[@infomex3383]

"not the same competition anderson silva was facing" what competition lol silva was facing mostly bums

[@ugene77]

By far the most casual MMA creator lmao, Anderson faced better competition than Adesanya? Really, actual substitute teachers and taxi drivers? Khabib over Islam and Aldo over Volk are also genuinely ass takes lmao.

[@thelurker1330]

Khabib over Islam is not an ass take. It's very close. Khabib has 3 defenses vs 3 solid LWs and was far more dominant

[@ugene77]

@@thelurker1330 padded ah record in his own father's promotion ☠️ Fighting against 0 - 1 guys like 20 fights into his career ☠️

[@thelurker1330]

@@ugene77 so? Early career is rarely factored into a ufc fighters legacy. What matters is that he came to the ufc and fought most of the greatest lws at that time

[@ugene77]

@@thelurker1330 beating Charles, Volkanovski twice and now Dustin is better than beating Connor, Justin and Dustin who were cherry picked matchups for him, the best grappler he faced was RDA ☠️

[@ugene77]

@@thelurker1330 not to mention he's the king of pull outs and didn't even have the balls to face Tony 😭