The REAL UFC Fighter Of The Year 2023 Tier List! Makhachev? Strickland? O'Malley?
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- čas přidán 28. 12. 2023
- We are coming to the end of the year 2023 in the UFC and now its time to use this tier list to decide the fighter of the year. Leon Edwards? Jon Jones? Sean O'Malley? Islam Makhachev? Sean Strickland? Let me know what you guys think in the comments section down below.
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We need to see a "Fighters who need to retire" tier list.
We all know who makes the S tier on that one...
@@RyanG0899 He can keep throwing sand for the next 4 years dude, he just needs to damage his knees with Goggins more
😂😂😂 “who’s gonna carry the boats? And Tony to retirement?!”
Ngl it is pretty inspiring to see how tony doesn’t give up on himself. And doesn’t let any outside noise determine what he wants to do.
The problem is his passion is fighting, probably the most demanding and damaging thing he can do. Especially at his age
This is actually a solid and fun idea for a video.
My personal FOTY is Paolo Costa cause like Stallone said "The best fight is the one that didn't happen."
Paulo rubbing Khamzat's hat against his sweaty scrotum and taunting USADA on twitter should make him S-tier
Costa should either be cut from the UFC or forced to move up to Heavyweight and fight a roided up Sergei.
Hasn't lost a round all year.
Gold
Costas the goat shut your mouth
Crazy that Ian Garry was the first person on this list usually he just gets seconds
"1 win, against a French coward..." 😂😂😂
Killed me.
It’s true. How far the French have fallen. Downhill ever since Napoleon lost to the juice
Sean Strickland is 100% the fighter of the year. His 2023 was better than Jorge Mavidals 2019
I think Diego Lopez deserves a spot in this list
Tru
Brendan Allen deserved a spot
build a wall
no
"debut fighter of the year"
The real fighter of the year was Guru. Incredibly long and grueling fight for him to finally be able to stand up out of the wheelchair!
Meme is stale af
@@ryneredington 🤓
He had to fight both antisemitism and disability for years. The strongest warriors are made outside the cage.
@@ryneredingtonI think only new people find it funny. You know the same people who dono just to speak to him like that was ever a thing before lol
@@BigballsTerrence ♿
Crazy that jones has had 1 match in last 4 years almost 😮
Yea thats what happens when u lay off…
And only 1 match at Heavyweight. He's definitely the LHW goat, but it's crazy how many casuals think he's the HW goat.
Yea when you're on roids And cherry pick fights that will happen
@@realMaverickBuckley realistically he needs to beat aspinall for that to happen stipe is in no way a challenge
Elephant in the room: Jones/Gane looked rigged then Jones calls out an old and RETIRED fighter. Are all the UFC analysts afraid to talk about corruption? Are they afraid to talk about what an absolute pos Dana is? That it's weird to consider Women's MMA as comparable to actual MMA?
You owe us 3 weekends of members
fax
Dude started living that luxury life and now too good for youtube and members more specifically.
Must be nice
@@sayville_silver he’s training ddp on how to bulk for LHW
You idiots donate too much so he doesn't need to work. Less dono's = more videos.
I think Brendan Allen deserved a mention. 3 subs over elite BJJ fighters and a dude who took Poatan to a competitive decision.
Bruno was never the same after that Poatan fight
@@thewretch4081he was like that before the pereira fight wym
He's gonna be number 1 ranked in a year.
Definitely Brendan Allen. Great call!
@@clkgtr12 He got outsriked by gm3 after fight pereira, what the hell are you talking about?
Proud of Guru for not putting a tier above S with DDP in it.
4 reel
Strickland fan boy detected.
Lmaoo youre comments on this channel are all meat ridin strickland😂imagine choosing him to fanboy over, of all people
Bro couldn’t handle guru holding strickland accountable so he called him a “glazer.”😂
@@ryanrich7133Wow your weird, did Strickland hurt your feelings? You mad he's going to beat your gay South African?
Tony Ferguson has been on a streak. He's also just entering his prime.
They should make it legal to create cyborgs and let tony ferguson be operated on. Consequently making the first cyborg fight debute.
Cso
@@Azubjourni Yoel Romero with his Cuban neck fusion, already been done
2 streaks back to back.
Ok chill the fuck out lol
I keep forgetting that MMA Guru's first interview with an MMA fighter was Sean O'Malley and not Dricus
Really?
The only thing that's annoying is that Tim and Sean didn't do any research on him so they didn't know who or what he does. They legit thought he was ONLY a betting Guru. I wish they understood the true sarcastic character of the Guru.
I hate the way O'malley says f***** every other sentence. It's childish.
15:45 let's not forget Benoit took Dos Santos for his UFC debut, on short notice, at 170lbs instead of 155lbs, and Dos Santos tested positive to PEDs after it. They've tried to overturn it, but since it happened in Abu Dhabi, it isn't possible.
That fight was insane aswell should have been stopped so many times. Saint Denis is an animal for surviving that
What difference does country make? Each country takes ownership of official UFC or USADA operations if not on American soil? Because he tested positive away from the States?
@@andreinekrasov2036 it would have been a NC in the USA and a Benoit Saint Denis victory in France.
Do a worst robbery of the year tier list next
Jalin Turner vs Bobby Green for S tier
@@burgerkang3249turner was robbed of a murder charge
Shevchenko was robbed
@@AlwaysKeepCalm7no
Bryce Mitchells corpse guard is wicked. Easily an S tier early stoppage.
You should do more tier lists. I know you’ve done a bunch but it’s some of my favorite vids you make besides card breakdowns and Ariel exposed videos. I started watching you after the MMA Gym tier list
The hottest wmma fighters tier list cemented guru as a goat
We need an updated hottest women's mma tier list.
Fighter of the year: Dillon Danis
Jon retiring now is kind of ridiculous. Hes had years of being "bored" by his opponents so he finally moves up and now theres actually people who could beat jon or be competitive and he refuses to fight them
+ tore a tendon cuz of roid abuse and now won't fight for another 6 months at least.
Considering Jones cares so much about what people think about him… you’d think he’d want to fight Tom… I’ve been watching jones since the start and I gotta be honest even after all he’s done, if he doesn’t fight Tom he is a p****
*Aspinall, Pavlovich & Blaydes are serious threats.* Prime Stipe would be a threat. Ngannou would’ve been a threat
*Jones said Ciryl Gane was the easiest top 5 fight and then he wants to retire* after beating him. He admits there’s at least 5 better fighters and he doesn’t wanna fight them
@@good8619that was already 2 months ago lol
Alex Pereira has been very active. Coming back from a ko in 2 months to win and again in the same year to win a belt and help Strickland improve his stand up to win against Adesanya is beyond impressive
Pereira trained with Strickland for literally three days, Pereira himself said this. That isn't anywhere near enough time for improve someone's stand up to beat a specific opponent. Sean defeated Adesanya with a basic one-two and a teep to the body, which is something he's always used. Pereira gave full credit to Sean and his team for beating Adesanya, he had almost nothing to do with Sean's win.
@BroccoliLesnar it's not as simple as that, yeah he mainly used those two attacks but his leg kick checks played a huge part in this win, because Izzy couldnt take his leg out which he relies on.
I feel like Pereira could have given him tips on what to focus on, and then Sean continued to train that without Pereira
@@BroccoliLesnar three days is plenty to help a man identify loopholes in his game. He wasn't training Strickland.
Strickland himself said that Pereira helped him, mainly to raise his guard@@BroccoliLesnar
Alex did not help improve Stricklands stand up within 3 days bro lol
The guru content I’ve been waiting for
Guru’s lost his work ethic ever since he started glazing DDP in South Africa
Ddp took his virginity
Boer cream would've increased his T levels, he's been utilizing that SA seed in his gymmaxxing endeavors so don't be so harsh dude
Yeah not cool
@@burgerkang3249stop talking like that bro you sound cringe
@@burgerkang3249 "hes been utilizing that SA seed in his gymmaxxing endeavors" 🤓
Guru speaks nothing but FACTS! Based DeSean Strickland makes me excited for UFC again bringing back the grudge matches that made the sport spectacular
I hate the word 'based'. It's so overused lol
bringing back the grudge matches? What on earth are you talking about?
@@vongola11thboss67people use it as a way of saying “cool” now when that’s not what it means at all
Kevin Holland wearing the wagged shirt is hilarious. Ian Garry is a walking L and he hasn't even lost a fight yet.
Love seeing the list videos back
Benoit Saint Denis, Nicholas Dalby, Jonathan Martinz, Steve Garcia and Edson Barboza had a really good year. Each made their statements. He only fought once, but Chef Manel Kape is my fighter of the year. Incredible presser, performance, and post fight speech lmao
Steve Garcia had such an underrated 2023. Put three whoopings on all as a massive underdog
Christian Rodrigues I think had a good year too.
Kape was getting slapped against a 19 yr old, kid has no idea how to take his head off the line when he throws ..you guys just blow dudes when you want a pat on the head from guru for parroting back shit he’s said
@@vinceventura4453facts the kid that fought Kape has a bright future
@@vinceventura4453don’t care, he’s based and gave an epic post fight interview
Finally another tier list!
Rocky against usman was a wow type of situation. Clearly proved his dominance in skill after already proving it in power
yep
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
Thank you for your contribution to the industry.
Diego Lopes should of been on here for sure!
I agree he put kopylov but not Lopez
he went from "who tha fook is this emo lookin fooker" to legit threat and bjj dude with nice standup
FINALLY A TIER LIST
Perfect list!
Nice one Guru!
True MMA fans know it's Sean Strickland before clicking the video.
How are the silk sheets Guru? Must be pretty comfortable since you clearly spend more time in bed than you do making videos #MakeGuruGreatAgain
YEAA I WAS HOPING FOR TIER LISTS
Wow a tier list vid, been a min
Move Aspinall up to B tier already. The man stepped up on like 2 weeks' notice and went toe-to-toe with the baddest heavyweight in the decision, KO'ing him in the first. Show some love to your fellow Englishman
You gotta breakdown MMA Che vs Lucas Tracy
Lucas so fragile 😢
Guru needs to organize a youtube MMA promotion
This is a need not a want
Great tier list, finally - must be nice ;) 2024 is Year of the GURU!!!
Thank God for the upload
Brendan Allen was a standout for me this year! Worthy of a spot for sure. Great work anyway Guru! ❤
This video has some of the most outrageously terrible opinions I’ve ever had the misfortune to lay my eyes on.
Very good list👍
Thank god u made a tier list again
Sean Strickland went 3-0 this year and had one of if not arguably the biggest upset in ufc history against Adesanya to win the middleweight title. Makhachev barely beat Volk the first time and you could make the argument he lost that first fight. The second win was against a 1 week notice Volk with an injured elbow. Makhachev was good but Strickland should’ve won FOTY.
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2 of those wins were nobodies
The official fighter of the year hasn’t been announced what you mean
The bias in this take is actually pathetic. Can tell you're a brainless guru clone 😂
@@TheRobbieCorbettlow IQ exposed
I agree that sean Strickland should had won fighter of the year 3 - 0 this year the also beat izzy when no one believed in him........ UFC awards are rigged
@@usadarren4 and then what?
@@usadarren4 Sean must had cost you money during Izzy fight because you sound like a hater
''if i dont get what i want its rigged'' is such a baby attitude.
@@FrenkieWest32 says the person that's trying to troll someone with out a proper response or an actual statement.
The real fighter of the year has not been announced has it?
Starting with Ian Garry and finishing the list with Sean Strickland. Guru you have outdone yourself once again. Much love man, can’t wait for the next video and stream
ABOUT TIME YOU DROPPED A TIER LIST
Hearing you emphatically repeat yourself for 19 mins every day has killed my brain cells a bit
We are waiting for the Most Breedable Fighters tier list.
He did a similar one already
He would put DDP at first
TIER LISTS ARE BACK YES
Finally we got the tierlists
Been ill all holiday with covid. Been waiting for guru end of year content
That’s the thing about Sean Strickland, it’s never short notice for him. He is always training and sparring.
I believe members are owed a 48 marathon stream for our trouble.
1 week no sleep stream
@@Azubjourni 👏👏👏
Tierlist is back , lets goooo
Great list
Ian Garry setting himself up was the funniest thing this year, cheers eveyone let’s see what next year brings 🎉
So happy for Ian Garry right now
FINALLY A TIER LIST! THANK YOU PIGGY
2 members streams in the last month. You owe us.
Guru he honest did you panic upload just because you saw members numbers were starting to dip after the lack of members content? 🤔🤔🤔
Chael Sonnen had said that nobody was more surprised about Jon scoring that sloppy takedown against Cyril "fried chicken and baguette" Gane than Jon himself
Finally another tier list
Top Tear List on mma ufc chanels? I vote for mma Guru ❤ thank you for the work and onesty luuuf you bro
I don’t think it’s Leon but he’s being heavily slept on, beat the former champion in a fight 90% of people were expecting him to lose and beat the guy who most have said would be champion if it weren’t for the former champion. He deserves more respect man, I’d put him in A honestly, definitely above pantoja but I understand your logic.
I agree.
Underrated comment
Eh, maybe. But then again, you could also say he has 1 impressive win this year. He beat Usman, fair play, but there was a lot of cheating in that fight. Fence grabbing and such. Meanwhile, he did 49-46 Colby, but it wasn't this insane performance. It's more like it's been exposed that Colby is a fraud that can't beat anyone that's not a pensioner.
barely beating a disgraceful colby hurts him, if he would have finished colby maybe just maybe A but still debatable because colby was so bad. Guru's list is fine as it is.
@TheWorldisaLIE2 He didn't barely beat him. It was a 4-1. And would have been a 5-0 if he stood up but he wanted to show up Colby on the ground even more than he did in the other rounds by submitting him, and ended up getting reversaled. But he knew Colby couldn't submit him so it was an easy 4-1. Plus, beating Usman in the same year...he should be A tier as OP suggested. Nobody else in welterweight even beat Usman and Colby in the last several years.
TIER LISTS TIME BABY!
Dude I wish u a Happy New year ! And I hope în the next year to hear to see more content and especialy more impressions cuz you are hilarious ! Especially the Daren Till and Pimblet impressions !
Guru tier list return alhumdullilah 🙏✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
(Correct S tier pick 🇺🇲🦅)
guru is starting to treat us og fans like pleebs....😂😂is fame changing the mma guru??? maybe??
Nice!🎉
Finally GURU content
Good work here, Piggie. I was worried going into this after seeing the thumbnail, but this is a proper tier list. The only correction is that Aspinall's year is certainly more impressive than Jones' and O'Malley's. I guess the only reason he is lower on this list is that he has yet to claim the Undisputed Belt. But he certainly had a more impressive year than these clowns or spoon-fed "champs" I should say.
Can you really call O’Malley a spoon fed champ when he beat the number 1 contender in yan, and the greatest bantamweight of all time in aljo?
@@alltimehustle3307 yes bc the UFC rigged the timing of the match in his favor against Aljo for the belt. Made him fight 3 months after he went 5 rounds with Cejudo. Something no champ is ever doing or forced to due. I get that he beat Yan and Aljo so all the props in the world, but the Yan fight is controversial to say the least. And the Aljo fight was pushed for his benefit and it worked! Those are his only wins to top 10 BWs, and it was enough to get him where he needs to be. But he does have a loss from a member of the top 10.
Tom had a great year but interim belts are literally meaningless, he basically won a #1 contender spot belt
@@pstratos7 agreed his belt is fake, but his year of fighting is more impressive than Jones. Belts aside Tom should be in front of Jon as far as the tier list goes. It's just the shock value of "JON JONES" 😂
@@pstratos7 ok but when the champ is scared and refuses to fight him, that means something
Wow Guru I’m surprised you put Dricus on the same list as the rest of these plebeians. I assumed you would’ve made a tier completely separate from these to celebrate DDP’s absolute greatness.
Sean cried like a girl because of daddy issues
@@slee2695 Dricus is gonna find out about daddy issues
@@charlesbrown4483 he's gonna get baby jabbed to a decision?
@@slee2695who cares, either way it’s a win for the good guys
Guru you did not need to tell us that you farted, but random outburst like that is part of why I love this channel 😂😂
OG Guru content is back.
JDM fought 3 times in 2023. Risked his ranking to fight an unranked guy and beat Kevin Holland which earned him a spot in the top 15. Deserves to be up there. Before 2023, nobody knew who he was
No he doesn't. He barely beat a debutant.
"Beat" Holland
@@TboneSTEAK111 Won every round, check the numbers. And Holland has one of the best chins in the UFC, toughest guy to finish. Some of the shots JDM landed would have wobbled or even knocked out other Welterweights. It was a slow and technical fight but JDM clearly won. Holland basically spent the whole fight evading, countering, blocking and running away
@@cyclonus01 Just bcuz a fighter is a debutant doesn't make them an easy fight. Hafez is a ridiculous wrestler with insane cardio, he would be a problem for a lot of top Welterweights. Movsar Evloev also risked his ranking and beat debutant Diego Lopes, who everyone is raving about and want to see him ranked in the top 15
@@vagabond57097 JDM didn't do jack fuciing shit either lmao
Him and Holland both sucked that was a sparring match
Shavkat? Only 2 wins, I know. But very impressive finishes in my opinion.
finally a tier list
Bro you had me laughing my ass off on this one. Great list
Tom Aspinall wins 2 fights and wins belt, C Tier.
Jon Jones wins 1 fight and wins belt, same tier as Aspinall?
Dricus wins 2 fights, no belt, same tier as Aspinall?
Alex Pereira wins 2 fights and wins belt, and loses 1 fight, but B tier?
With Alex P. , I think coming back from a loss like that and to do what he did going up in weight winning against a top 5 opponent and recent former champ then winning the belt at light heavyweight is a impressive thing… should definitely be top 3 by far and a argument for #1
For sure above Leon
@@Dukestboy96 I literally had “ definitely above Leon for sure “ typed out then erased it and then typed the last sentence 😂
if losses are gonna be counted as positives sometimes, the whole concept becomes very arbitrary.
@@FrenkieWest32 agreed.
@@Dukestboy96leon didn’t get knock out of the year
The list is pretty solid....
Every time i feel lonely, i see mma guru and the mma community here and i feel so wholesome
Guru just saved my boring ass day by uploading 🙏
Real shit
Sad shit it’s Friday and this hypes you up … good vid stll
Dont curse pls@@trtorbelfort
@@SunGodNika-ws9zu Nothing going on in the UFC for another 2 weeks. Nothing to watch man. It’s getting rough.
That is honestly sad man. Thers 1000s of fights you can look. Glory, One - KB&MT, K1, Pride & old UFC. There's literally so much u can watch that would increase your knowledge of the sport
Another thing to mention is that Volk isn't just a featherweight he's a small featherweight and Islam is a big lightweight, it's still impressive but it's not short notice Sean impressive.
He’s small in height, but his reach is longer than islams and a lot of featherweights, including max and topuria, and he weighs like 186 out of camp…
Volk's frame is deceiving. The guy weighed and carried 240lbs very well in his rugby days. His reach is almost 72". He's short in size but definitely not a small featherweight. He's a tank.
@whosdamastah Yeah, but if he was a couple inches taller, he would have blocked that head kick.
@@TheNateCast if Volk was a few inches taller Islam would've just brought the leg up higher.🧏♂️
Then you can say, if Volk was a few inches shorter Islam would've completely missed Volk and kicked over his head..😀👍
@whosdamastah Bro, even Islam said it was because he's short. Even if he lands the kick on someone taller, it's not gonna be with the exact same precision or power. No one is saying it's not impressive or that Islam isn't #1 P4P, but I am saying that dickriding is haram.
I can't wait for the end of 2024 champion predictions
no drama for two weeks and Guru forced to put in some work! nice
Five days without Guru. Not the Christmas I imagined
Strickland hands down
Bring back the tier lists
more tier lists pls
Pantojo only defended once
2 title fight wins
I love you guru, but this is easily the worst tier list you've ever made 😂
I think it's very good. What do you disagree with?
How?
@@ThoughtGnu He's a Rigo fan
@@burgerkang3249 makes sense.
Let's Go!! Guru is the MMA youtube GOAT!
Thats ariel bro
Spot on rankings. I reckon bsd a bit higher and aspinall a bit higher but bang on
I'd swap Alex Pereira with Islam Makhachev.
Pereira went up in weight and beat 2 of the top guys. Makhachev beat the same guy twice from the weight class below.
I would agree If he didn't get KO'ed this year
and neither of them were on the p4p list
@@FrenkieWest32 p4p is bullshit.
he also got absolutely flat lined
guru is now mma normie casual cringe.. it has happened
Already glazing in the thumbnail 😂😂
Wake up it’s time for a members stream
Hey piggy just wondering why you haven’t been streaming nor given us content as of late…if you keep this up Mason I’ll tell your local dominoes that youre a registered offender 😁