Who Was The Worst Commentator Of 2021? UFC Tier List
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2021
- In 2021 the UFC commentary has been a big topic of discussion and many like Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier, Dominick Cruz, Michael Bisping, Jon Anik & Paul Felder have at times been criticized for bad or biased commentary, let me know what you guys think in the comments below.
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Also with Bisping, his snappy put downs for fighters during post fight octagon interviews has got to stop as well.
Ricky Simon "I actually have been some ranked opponents but that's okay Bisping"
Michael Bisping "YEAH BUT YOU ARENT RANKED ARE YA!"
@Blue Pill Cuck *clips him in the chin*
Bisping had the audacity to call simon a little shit after that and said he tried to make him look silly, bisping is kind of a prick in general
“I’ll tell you what happened, you almost got knocked out” - Bisping bustin’ Paddy’s Bollocks, pissing me the f off
@@ggermm cut to bisping vs hendo. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Even in their rematch with hendo being 134 years old bisping still gets rpd.
You should have left Bisping out of the video and said "well ya aren't ranked are ya?"
Jon "Both fighters have custody battles involving their children" Anik
One of his best lines for sure
“Neither fighter has no clue where there kid is “
@@drummerboy-qb8ir Imagine if this happens, "Ewell does not even know where his kid is. Ooooo out cold. Wow! Now Ewell does not even know where he himself is"
@@benz431 😭 nooooooo
@@thateseputdustinmyweed9714 ⚰️
Anik always have the best lines. Besides what u mentioned I always think of “Down goes the Reem!!”
"Twitching on the canvas" is one of my favorites lol
I wake up at night in a cold sweat and hear him shouting “stipe exacts his revenge”
for me it's "GLOVER TEXIERA BREAKS THROUGH AT FORTY TWO!"
“Stipe exacts his revenge”
“One of the best rounds of 2020, unless ya like defense!”
Jon Anik gets C for custody battles
Hahah classic line!!!
He was told by other UFC employees to mention it . That’s like saying Cruz automatically gets a D for the Mcgregor Khabib fight smfh
Haha I know right that came out of left field
Hahahahaha
I’ll never forget watching that live and hoping I wasn’t the only one who thought that was weird af
Joe is obsessed with saying how “technical” a fighter is
That’s his go to shill for an awful fight. Whenever he talks about it being a “technical” fight or a “chess match” it’s just him trying to convince fans they aren’t watching a boring fight
“He’s SOOoooOo technical”
😂😂😂😂
Throw a leg kick in any capacity and Joe will come out of nowhere with his first comment in minutes "Good leg kick" ... It makes me laugh every time.
@@nicholasrizzo2156 oooo unbelievable! he's chewing up that leg. he can't take too many more of those. look at that bruising on the leg. just one more kick and he might be done!
fight proceeds to go on for 4 more rounds.
Probably the best thing dc does is breaks down ground positions and wrestling sequences for fans that might not fully understand what’s going on
Rogan commentary has basically boiled down to "HE HURT HIM" or "OOHHHH"
classic lies loool
@Moe i like that one
At this point it’s literally just guttural noises and yelling UNBELIEVABLE. It’s insane how Rogan used to be so enjoyable to listen to. Since the Spotify deal, I’ve noticed a significant change in his commentary. He doesn’t research the fighters and just shills for whoever is the top draw. Even his podcast sucks now. He sold out when he was already worth 100+ million. Incredible.
I see him as more of a UFC cheerleader than a commentator
"Oh my goodness" is so annoying.
Despite not being the greatest sport for commentary in the eyes of many, it is for me. Having the CTE crew talk about fights in suits rather than just shorts is just so very funny and it will never stop being funny.
Still better than Mike Goldberg, dude. How many shitty knock out puns can one man make??
@@SSFYHHHhe was lovably dumb tho. He made the fight more exciting IMO
@@SSFYHHH Leave Goldie alone 🤣 He's an idiot but he's OUR IDIOT!
😂😂😂 "CTE crew"
Here in 2023 after Anik gave the GOAT call of “but that is not the cloth from which he is cut” in Leon Edwards v Kamaru Usman. Man’s worth his weight in gold as a commentator.
GOAT Anik kicking Din's 'moral victory' BS out of the conversation set Edwards up to kick Snoozeman's head into the arena crowd.
Is he? He seems to prioritise ad reads, for me Goldberg has a more iconic voice.
@@CA-Premium Goldie had like a 10% better voice both were made for commentary
@@CA-Premium*MODELOOO BREWED FOR THOSE WITH A FIGHTING SPIRIT* 2 seconds after a great exchange
Guru your impression of Anik exactly what he sounds like, and he always does say random things, “Darren till got stabbed in the back in a bar fight”
Guru’s accent work is top notch 😂
DC is quickly becoming Rogan tier with his constant need to start 'podcasting' on the mic and talk about everything but the fight. He couldn't even remember Sean Brady's name. Rogan soyfacing and overselling reactions is bad but at least he's trying to sell something, DC just immediately went on his cellphone after watching Dustin be submitted.
@Kiko you are being emotional to his emotional comment. Also, your grammar is atrocious my guy.
@Kiko I can read and write three languages. What are you on about.
We need a rogan ufc reaction soyjak
@@edmonddantes563on it
DC is basically Joe Rogan with the occasional wrestling talk
Ngl his breakdowns are pretty great
If DC world commentate a fight the way he does his breakdowns on that ESPN+ spotlight show he’d be amazing
he's lazier, but sometimes brings good technical insite. both rarely to never confront ufc bullshit, boldfather boys all the way.
I'm glad you gave hardy his respect. His enthusiasm always boosts my energy and I love seeing him standing up from the desk to get closer to the cage
Thank god someone laid it down about Bisping! Good grief does he lack focus.
He lacks exactly 50% of it.
He might be the most bias of the bunch too
What about a list of the best referees this year? would be very interesting
S tier: Mario Yamazaki
@@samH1305 + Steve Mazzagati
And judges! Which judges actually get it right?
Big John the worst
Jon Anik "POLAND YOUR GUY GOT IT DONE" "LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA YOUR GUY HAS DONE IT"
“PARKERS DAD”
I agree with you that Rogan is over exaggerating his reactions. Overall I think MMA is light years behind other sports in terms of commentary. It's basically a yelling contest. I personally prefer more subdued commentators like Cruz and Felder
Cruz is a robot commentator no personality
@@jaspermacnevin7957 Different taste I guess. I prefer his smart "boring" commentary over DC and Rogan screaming about random stuff for 5 rounds
Boxing commentary and some baseball commentary is shit, Basketball commentary is good but arguably worse than mma's, MMA commentary is pretty good in comparison to other sports
@@seanc7990 Last boxing match I saw was Wilder/Fury 3. It was an action packed back and forth war yet the commentators were always giving great technical notes about Tyson's jabs and Wilder's body shots and stuff . It really elevated the fight for me because I could see details that I would have probably missed otherwise. Joe and DC would have probably been giggling the whole time and screaming "he's hurt" everytime someone threw a jab
@@benz431 It's fine unless there's a high level fight and we need to know the nuances of the fight instead of Joe telling us another jackal story
We got a glimpse of how guru would rule Gurusalem as a dictator. Criticize the ruler or say the wrong thing and you’re gone, never to be seen again
The Jon Anik bit made me laugh so fucking hard!! "And his first born daughter has a shard of glass in her eye, and doctors arree worried!" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
is Jon Anik the one who called Jiri an "ominous presence" after he KO Reyes? ...cuz that shit was fire xD
That was Fitzgerald with that one and I agree
I also put Bisping at D tier. I really think they should cut him off commentary but that wont happen.
He’s their best shill.
I quite like bisping tbh
After all he went threw with the ufc letting ppl juice I'd say he deserves it lol he's not that bad either he's got a good voice but rambles quite a bit sometimes
Disagree a bit on bisping. I think he’s either very good or awful depending on the night. Very inconsistent but nowhere near as bad as Rogan is now. I watch old fights a lot and Rogan’s commentary from 10 years ago is like listening to a completely different person. He went from being informative and entertaining to literally just making guttural noises, yelling “he’s hurt” and screaming UNBELIEVABLE after every finish
He only has that job so he wont sue the ufc for losing his eye
Didn't Paul Felder say he was going to beat up Shamil's corner men 😂.
Very good list, I pretty much completely agree. You should add commentators outside of the UFC that you think would be good additions either long term or for a special one off.
I would love to see Bas Rutten commentate a UFC fight or maybe Josh Thompson.
Bas used to comentate early ufc fights
My favorite thing is that even before the Cruz Cormier incident , anytime I would bring up my preference for Cruz over guys like Bisping bc I like how Cruz is pretty consistent with actually talking about what is happening in the fight and talking about the technical aspects of it….. I’d get loads and loads of people push back and say that Cruz is terrible bc of Mcgregor Khabib fight and therefore bc of his commentary in that fight , that means he will never be better then a guy like Bisping …. Even tho Bisping constantly says stuff worse then what Cruz did in that fight imo. I just think people (mostly casuals) don’t like Cruz’s attitude and more importantly don’t want to listen to someone talk about technical aspects of the fight, bc they are comfortable being casuals and feel uncomfortable when technical stuff is the focus of the commentary…..
Ya I like Cruz and Bisping together bc he holds Bisping accountable and will actually rip Bisping a new A hole sometimes which is amazing. His presence forces Bisping to talk less / talk less nonsense
Cruz?.. the same guy who said Conor is trying to gas khabib by getting mauled ? 😂
@@sportinguista09 did you even read the entire comment ? 😂
@@herbdeanisthegoldstandard8293 cause cruz is boring and sounds like he’s depressed. If YOU enjoy that then good for u. But not everyone wants a square like cruz commentating the fight
@@sportinguista09 the irony…the comment was referring to people like you. You would have noticed that if you read the comment 🤦🏻♂️.
Anik is the best because he said the UFC can fire him at any time so he HAS to do a good job. It seems like some of the others are just allowed to stay no matter what. It should be a competitive job.
Yep. I hate the trend in all sports where they just take ex athletes and throw them into a commentary roll. Being a professional commentator used to be a job people trained and practiced for years as a profession. Now it’s just - this guy played the sport so instead of a professional commentator let’s just have the ex athlete talk about the sport. It’s killed sports commentary for me
@@Romanus- it's more like giving athletes a chance to be a part of the sport after they can no longer compete
'Casual fans might think he is really into the fight with this face'
how does reading emotions better make you a hard-core mma fan?
LMFAO fr
People always bring up the custody battle thing for Jon Anik but are we forgetting about Calvin Kattar landing a Boston Bomb? That man is still S tier, he does his homework, he understands the sport and I love his energy. He loves his job and you can tell. Your impression of him was hilarious
Hilarious
Michael Bisping is the reason that people think Holloway won the 3rd round against Volk in the rematch. If you rewatch that fight, Bisping decides that Holloway has won that round whilst there's well over a minute left at the least. I noticed that.
It's not his fault people are easily manipulated lol. I can watch with commentary and still see it how I see it.
Max won the 2nd fight. Dropped him twice. Volk unquestionably better tho
Gotta drop DC, didn’t mention how he has an extreme bias but did vaguely for Rogan. DC completely ignores a guy all fight to talk about how hot the dagestani is.
I can’t remember the exact fight but I remember DC and bisping getting really passive aggressive borderline chippy and thinking they were about to come out of retirement then and there
You gotta love Michael Bisping's all-time great line during Holloway vs. Volkanovski "LET'S GO MAX!" lmaoooooo
_”1-2 down the pipe!”_
(Max lands a decent shot).
The more I listened to this list, the more I realized, there is no S tier 😅
One thing that drives me crazy is whenever there’s even the slightest submission attempt even if you know there’s absolutely no threat they freak out the second they see the submission attempt lol. They’ll be like, OMG their in so much trouble. They’re in a really bad spot. This looks bad. They’re in real danger lol. And the submission attempt lasted 1 second 🤣
You probably don’t have very much understanding of grappling dude.
Getting close to submission attempts is often very bad and the reaction is justified
Yes, Anik is definitely the best, I'd personally switch Cormier and Fitzgerald but the rest are fine. I love these tier list videos man, keep up the good work, 2022 is going to be awesome!!!!!!!!
I used to like fitzgerald but I’ve come to dislike his commentary over time. I watch about every ufc event, and I’ve noticed that he has these sayings and phrases that he repeats sooooo often. I think his commentary is very stale once you notice it
Not really. He’s got some good lines but how are you going to say someone who has no experience in combat at all is the best commentator. At least dc, Rogan, and felder, Cruz, etc can give some actual technical commentary real time
Joe saying “OHHHHHHH HE SLEPT HIM” was good though
Anik, Hardy & Cruz are my ideal booth lineup
That would be my 3
“Things getting a little testis in here,” Jon Anik after Beniel Dariush didn’t kick drakkar Klose in the nuts before KOing him so hard his gum shield flew out
I would love to see Dan Hardy again. His knowledge is amazing. His voice is legendary. And his reactions were priceless. I miss him every event. He's my all time favorite commentator tbh
i miss the inside the octagons he used to do
STOP THE FIGHT
Bisping has gotten a little too confident in his commentary. I think he started to realize people loved his casual talk, so he amped it up but it back fired. Also, he low key bullies Brendan when commentating along side him.
Anik and Felder are S tier for me. Cruz and Cormier can be S tier depending on who they’re on the desk with
DC is at best a D f ing biased commentary
@@FFS33 There was that fight a few months ago between Clay Guida and Leonardo Santos where Santos beat the shit out of Clay for the first 4 minutes and the ref could have stopped it, but didn't and Santos completely gassed out. Guida tapped him like a minute into the 2nd round because Santos couldn't even stand up from exhaustion and Cormier started screaming about how Guida's "wrestling" was the reason he won the fight 🤔
Joe's that coked up mascotte that everyone thinks they can do without but they really can't
Bisping does have an massive ego like haha when you watch him with the bt sport guys especially Adam and Nick, the 268 weigh in show I swear to God he was bullying Adam straight up just rinsing him the whole show, for no reason. Just had the attitude of I know more than you.
No way those 3 have epic banter
I have to agree on what he said about Joe Rogan. I mean look at the Masvidal vs Askren knockout. He was just sitting here still and screaming "oh, out cold". Definitely one of the worst commentators this year
This is your most accurate tier list so far
Guru you need to make some updates on your tier list videos. I feel like your list of CZcams mma creators would be real different, especially as half the shows don’t even exist anymore
Soo true. Really needed this. There is no play by play they make it some weird podcast
You should do a toughest fighter tier list.
How things between Guru and Hardy went downhill from here
They have fighter meetings and they ask what background stuff the fighters want included in their pre-fight build ups. What is he gonna do, tell the fighter his story about custody battles sucks?
Brilliant analysis again guru 👏
We need more of this
Let’s be real Joe Rogan treats his ufc commentary job as front row seats to the best entertainment on earth, he has more of an opinion on NFTs, Crypto and AI than he does current MMA, but you can’t really blame him at this point if those are the things making you money but if you’re a professional fight commentator at least use some of that 100 million to watch some of the fights and fighter interviews.
Goldberg might have been clueless 80% of the time but his voice and lines are iconic and I still miss hearing him. He was like a dog who was just happy to be there
FIFTH AND FINAL ROUND!!
HERREEEEE WEEE GO!!
These are actually iconic
I used to listen to Baseball and Football (U.S.) so I feel almost spoiled by how good the play-by-play is and the speed at which those professionals convey info. I can't listen to MMA with commentary at all at this point
I don't like joe Rogan commentary
Also on Felder commentating Shamil vs Daukaus. Theres a point were Chris and Shamil get heated in the cage and Felder says "I'm a philly boy I'll jump in if I have to" referring to Shamils corner
Joe Rogan always mentions how “that calf is DESTROYED” even when a fighter isn’t showing any pain in their calf and there is no visible damage on a leg.
😂😂
I love rewatching vera vs yadong but I always have to mute for like the entire second round or whenever bisping goes on the rant about how he doesn’t watch tape of his opponents. thanks mike you’re actually not fighting rn
I always liked Dan Hardy at the desk, and I felt like there was a bit of a Goldie/Rogan dynamic between Hardy and Gooden that made Gooden more tolerable
I like the representation of the lower knowledge audience when brendan is on. Its nice. Its also nice to have stuff explained by pros. Really nice.
Your Jon Anik impression will never get old
Hilarious Jon Anik impression
I think Hardy has some of the best reactions as well, his recent “ Wow! What a knockout by Dom Wooding!!” Stood out to me
Guru to do alternative commentary on the UK card surely
Currently after the Hardy incident the best is Paul Felder. I think Paul is very relatable and comes from a point of not being champ but loves the sport. I don't think Fitz or John really belong on this list cause they are basically ad readers who are told to step in rarely.
It will be good to see how Sanko does if she's moved up to fight nights. Seems to work hard to justify her position and not much fluff on commentary either.
She’s a very annoying commentator. Watch her commentary on Invicta, it’s cringy as hell. They’ll put her on the commentary tho bc she fills the women card that I’m sure ESPN is demanding. 10 years from now it’ll be diversity hires and completely unwatchable
Please could you do one for fighter pundits as well. And also explain why the ufc bothers to have reporters make pointless intros when the fighters make their entrance.
I love these old videos of Juru. Dude thinks John Gooden is not so Gooden lmao and he's like the only UK commentator. No bias at all love it
No arguments here. You nailed this.
Laura Sanko is F tier
You should have left Bisping out of the video and said "well ya aren't ranked are ya?"
"People are from places" I fucking died XD
When jon anik said " francis ngannou has arrived " I liked that one
My favorite Bisping commentating moment is when he called Porrier's hammer fist inside the clinch on Hooker "Inventive!"
Been suggesting this one for a long time. This should be fun, the thumbnail kinda spoiled the Rogan rating though.
Ufc 281 joe asking if steel cups are still legal lol
Bisping should be S tier for one reason only...”YEAH BUT YOU ARENT FUKIN RANKED ARE YA”
We need someone to tell O'Malley that he is not undefeated.
Boxing commentary is wack too. It used to be so awesome. Letterman merchant steward were bosses.
Gatti vs ward 1 greatest fight ever and had some of the best commentary lines ever non stop.
Larry Merchant was, and still is hated as a commentator.
The problem with mma commentary is that they always have 2 color commentators and then 1 guy trying to keep it on the fight. In other sports you have 1 of each so if the color guy is going off randomly the other can reel him back. But when you get 2 color guys they can just keep a stupid conversation or line of thought going way too long and the 3rd guy can't do anything about it. I don't know who decided this should be the way they do things or why but it doesn't work. 1 color guy, 1 play by play guy. Its a time tested formula.
Was not expecting that spot on Anik impression haha
Dude you do the best Jon Anik impersonation
WE NEED THE BEST CARD VIDEO, also I agree bisping is not very good. He always interjects himself and his career into EVERYTHING
Lol Back when i Fought Anderson Silva..
21:50 for Bisping who was left out of the stamps
Do a tier list for mma CZcams channels and outside ufc analysts like Stephen a smith, Brendan Schaumburg etc
I can't wait to watch next ppv and when Rogan starts talking about the steel cup 🤣 GURU!!!!!
his jon anik impersonation made me cry
Ever see that rare video of Bruce Buffer watching and commentating on Whitaker's fight? He was pretty great at it.
DC is for sure lower than B brether. He is just charismatic and talking about nonsense 80% of the time with a lot of energy while fights are going on in the background.
And yeah outside of calling out straight wrestling shit he can definitely not cover everything that is going on with grappling.
Joe has went down hill with his quality... but dc should defo be below him, dc is awful
Hardy is great. Spot on there.
Dom is too robotic and can be annoying but he's also brilliant. B is correct.
Rogan is D tier now. Him and Goldie were amazing from about 2007-2015 but now he's straight up annoying and uninformed. At one point, I thought Joe was the best sports commentator of all American sports.
Hey Guru please sing the Eagles fight song again, great vid btw
That John Gooden impression made me spit out my dinner lol
Do mma interviewer of the year tier list
21:20 Guru CTE moment
I like when the commentators feel like fans who have mics
Spot on Guru.
I really think Joe is the biggest reason for BJJ and MMA's popularity today. Him sitting on the panel is him being a familiar and nostalgic face.
Fighter gets kicked in the leg once, and then immediately counters back with no issue
Joe Rogan 'keep an eye on the knee of so n' so it looks like he may be having some issues after that kick'
With something like this judging someone a lot for one or two bad takes is stupid instead of judging them on their whole body of work over every fight they've done there are some commentators that have never said anything outright silly but never offer anything that insightful either. Plus sometimes they just say stuff to say stuff
one major thing with dc is everytime someone is hurt or has a sub attempt he screams either OH HES OUT!! or OH THATS TIGHT!! It is so fucking annoying when you start paying attention to it