Completely agree, Robert made weight which means that he had upheld his part of the contract for the title fight. It's a weird one honestly.

I would argue the same, but the problem is that it would be a win-win situation for Rob. If he win, let's call it a defence, if he loses, he won't lose his belt due to Romero's inability to make championship-weight. Essentially, Rob had no stake in the fight

YES. Romero is a steroid cheat

Still not a defense tho.. Never was on the line

The belt wasn’t on the like so how is it a defence...

When Izzy moves up he’s gonna run those defenses up

Life unfair like that, no on is blaming Rob for York missing weight but he still didn’t defend the belt

It is unfair but the fact is it wasn’t a title defence

I think his sick kid along with the bone marrow transplant must have knocked some of the wind out of his sails too. Which you couldn't blame the man for either of course.

Probably why he’s 10 🤷‍♂️

@1:42 the lady on the right of the screen is Pecker Checkin on Romero😂

It can't count as a defence of the title if Bobby knucks would still be champ if he lost if the title became vacant if he lost then I'd count it as a defence

@@Manuelabor1978 bro I read this and instantly had to watch. 🤣 lost my spot in the video lol

How could you defend a title when the title fight was waived before the fight

@@Manuelabor1978 she wants that Cuban missile

Yoel really won though

It’s not… he wasn’t defending the title - u can’t defend it if it’s not on the line

The people’s champ Yoel got robbed

Mero Mero The Soldier was robbed from that victory very badly 😔♥️🇨🇺🏅

If bobby knuckles lost he would've kept the belt how is that a title defence?

Khamzat Chimaev is in that trajectory. But I highly doubt he'll beat Usman or fight him within one year. considering Usman is fighting edwards next and is rethinking to fight conor

Lesnar would be 1 on that list

@@Bibins_ im not gonna lie, i dont think CURRENT khamzat can beat usman yet, give it 2 more years.. Usman is a different kind of beast right now and id hate to see khamzat overextend himself and get sent to the shadowrealm like masvidal...

@@Bibins_ The Burns fight was a wake-up call for him. Yes he did win, but he faced so much adversity in that fight its clear he has work to do before challenging for the title, let alone double-champ status. It was probably the best thing to happen for Khamzat as he knows he's not invincible, can be beaten and needs to fight smarter and more technical in the future. If Khamzat just ran through Gilbert Burns like many expected him to, there's a very good chance Usman would have exposed him. For Khamzat, he needs at minimum one more fight before we can consider giving him a title shot. Everyone is saying Colby and I agree with this, the only question is whether Colby will agree to fight him. He'd be stupid not to.

@@Bibins_ lmao the UFC don't give a fck about Leon, if they wanted that fight they'd have announced it by now, Usman said he wants to retire soon and him vs khamzat would be ten times bigger than him vs Leon, ppv numbers would be huge he'd be stupid not to secure the bag I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if that happened, Leon's been on the side lines for over two years now with one win against unranked Diaz he can get fcked hahaha

Uhh.. yeah.. because Conor made them money…. Top 10 Biggest ppv sales for the UFC are almost all with his name attached to it… its called selling a product man.

@@luckyhodcastellana3366 it also calls itself a sport. If they let messi or Ronaldo play in every cup final even if they or their team didn't earn it, would be called into question - you're being disingenuous

@@stekelly9182 it would be disingenuous if the two sports were even remotely similar. Im surprised you would make that argument at all. MMA is an individual sport, fighters are individual contractors not belonging to a team and these fighters, are under one organization. Soccer is vastly different. And the organizations know for a fact they cannot allow players or other teams, (which are also organizations under the supreme organization) to contact, woo or tempt them in to joining their team. Im not clear on soccer never cared for it but if i had to guess they have something similar to the NFL and NBA, which is a trade deadline during the season put in place where teams cannot trade or pick up any free agents after the deadline, or as others would call it bringing in a ringer. Teams would lose their most valuable players to teams just for a chance to win a super-bowl or the NBA championship. All that shit goes out the door with fighting. The UFC has the problem of needing to make fights that both make sense in the rankings to be fair to those that earned it, and also make the fights that the majority fan base want to see. And when the most popular fighter ever in your company’s history and all of the fight game, by a vast margin wants to move up and become a champ champ instead of defending… yeah… you’re gonna do it. The casual fan is disingenuous in not caring or paying any attention to the myriad of great fighters and highlight reel killers that exist in every weight class and they only want the ones who are most known to them to be on their television. But, What’s also disingenuous are the hardcore fans and their self righteousness and lack of wisdom for not understanding that the UFC has to market and make money too. And fighter’s that can’t capture the public by hustling to grab their attention that falls on them also. That age old saying “you can’t please everyone”. You also forget the timing in which Conor got his fight at 155 and what the UFC was going through. Remember they were really at the time only fighting in Vegas and some other places around the world but they could never get into New York. Once they finally got licensed to put on a show at the garden who did they need to put a stamp on their entrance into MSG? Oh that’s right… their most iconic and popular fighter ever.. thats smart business. What is ignorant, self righteous, and hypocritical, are fans who decry stuff like that and pretend to hate it, yet they buy the ppv or watch it all of which is supporting the ufc. They’re not boycotting it. If that was the case they wouldn’t still be using Conor as a money making machine. But what’s worse, is sitting around judging them on what they’re doing which if any fan found themselves in that position they would be doing the same thing. Making the fights that make money for the company.

@@stekelly9182 he earned the fw title shot fair and square and smoked Aldo. Yeah he cut the line at lw but still dominated Alvarez, proving that he belonged in there. At the end of the day, you only get to be the champ if you beat the champ.

@@chad5577 can't disagree with that but the fact he remains in contention when his skills have clearly diminished is more evidence the anti competitive nature of decision making in mma. It doesn't reflect well on the idea of it being a true sport, which it publicly declares itself to be

Yeah and he defended it against a guy who couldn't make championship weight and went in bigger and healthier than he should have. It's worth more than just one title defense

No belt was on the line since Rob couldn't lose it. If a champion can't lose their belt in an upcoming fight, its not a title defence. It makes no sense that a champion can defend their belt and pad their record when they have no chance of losing it to begin with as the challenger was ineligible to win it. At the end of the day, Rob's win over Yoel is not and should not count as a title defence.

@@Ssonelol Still not a title defence if the champ can't lose it.

@@madgavin7568He certainly *could* have lost the fight though, against someone who was more difficult than the person he should have defended against. You get me?

@@madgavin7568 oh get over yourself. Had Romero won, everyone knows what would have happened. That Cuban freak was unprofessional; not Rob's fault. He trained for 5 rounds to defend his title against Romero. He fought 5 rounds against Romero. Not his fault his opponent was heavy. Rob did his job. Even if he didn't "officially" defend his title, he damn well defended his title, and you know it.

It was just bad luck that Yoel missed weight that resulted in his bout with him not being a title defence. But had he lost that fight he would have gotten an immediate rematch anyway for the actual belt so he could have potentially defended his title.

First place goes to Aljo

@@Dash101 nah man too early to say all time great I was thinking lawler, usman, volkanovski, and even DC

Who would actually make that list? Most of the time when a champion has that perception around them, their title reign doesn't actually last long (defense wise) I suppose Nunes might fit on that list, as well as Chris Weidman but once Chris went up against someone his own age, he lost. Perhaps Robbie Lawler as well. Although to be fair, he was dubbed the Mike Tyson of MMA before his first downfall started and then his amazing career turn-around. For the most part, it seems like the ones that are not expected to last long, just don't. lol

@@panspermiapancakes yeah chris weidman is one, maybe cejudo another one

@@venomousstriker4715 I guess it's strange to me because I was convinced Volkanovski was going to be champion way before it happened, as well as DC and Usman. I was complaining for about 2 years as I felt like the UFC was intentionally giving Max easier fights to boost his longevity as champion by keeping Volk away from him. I always said Usman was like Tyron 2.0 a bigger, faster, younger, and more dominant version of Tyron Woodley. With DC, he was undefeated and a Strikeforce champion, as well as King of the Cage champion. I've been wrong plenty of times, but I always felt those 3 were destined to have long reigns as champions.

Absolutely rediculous that he still doesn't get any respect..

I really want that trilogy fight with Cejudo,doesnt matter where

Mouse is the only one close to GSP in GOAT debate. A martial artist straight out of dreams. Perfection.

@@timbbo2122 wouldn’t say it’s rediculous but it definitely is ridiculous

Triple C is Bw/FlyW 🐐 He did everything Mighty Mouse couldn’t do. Beat Mighty Mouse, defended against Tj (what DJ didn’t want to do), went up to win BW Gold and also beat former BW Goat Dom Cruz (what DJ couldn’t do)

It ain’t number one he never really lost them in the cage like the others

@@rootpooty23 Stop defending your daddy under every comment

@@rootpooty23 If Sterling retired one month ago he would be the GOAT by your standard

@@elbarto8282 mctapper fangirls have 1 braincell

@@rootpooty23 The list is literally undefending champs, he never defended. It's funny because he was so good.

Yeah mistakes like this happen.

Glad it wasn't just me haha

It definitely does suck cody was on a great run! But usada keeps an A And B sample from every test they've ever taken for each fighter. They tested all tj's samples all the way back to the Dominick cruz fight and never found the EPO metabolites that they found when he was busted against Triple C. So technically he was clean when he beat Cody

@@eddietapia3247 this^^^^ Cody fans will never understand this. TJ beat him clean

Cody lost because of his own flaws as a fighter. You could see his atrocious defense and limited offensive game way before he fought TJ. He had one GOAT level performance vs. Cruz but that's him performing above his standards and level

Even as a GSP fan, I highly doubt it he would fight Whittaker or any of the top middleweights at that time even if he was healthy. He cherry picked Bisping as the easiest fight, and it was a smart decision: made money, won a belt in another weight and get out.

@@definitelynosebreather Fact. Seeing what success Bisping was having before the knockdown and sub, Robert would've definitely beat that GSP. Gastelum too.

@@definitelynosebreather he messed the middleweight division during that time, because it was suppose to be whittaker and bisping after he beat romero smh

Rob would have pulled out, he doesn't have the heart for the game

I'm glad we didn't, his CTE would be off the charts if that happened. CTE suhks,

who do you feel wins pfp conor vs holloway

@@adityachhabra3492 at 145? Max

@@bfk4276 PFP is *pound* for *pound* . Conor beat Max at 145, And max Had zero power at 155. While McGregor has only lost to Khabib, and DP at 155. both of which who either beat Max or would beat him. Unfortunately at their absolute best, it's *McGregor*

@@devinburkett9036 Connor didnt beat the best version of Max tho? I would say Max as a striker now is a way better striker than he was when he faced Connor

@@devinburkett9036 max was like 3-2 in the ufc and in his early 20’s with NO striking coach when he fought Conor. Don’t act like he beat the max on the record win streak lol

Same as Vitor and Overeem, all you have to do is look at the muscle loss , especially the sagging of Belfort

A lot of people seem reluctant to admit how many of their favorite fighters had drop offs in their mma career coincidentally as these new rules with USADA were implemented.

Yeah this one was strange cuz he even lost his ko power too

Yeah total head scratcher

@@jcam320 It's almost like his power came because he was *chemically enhanced* and when deprived of that enhancement his performances fell apart! :)

Until he met the beast.

For real, I don't think it's that big of a mistery what would've happened if Mir never had the accident. He would've dominated until Brock arrived and even then, who knows if Brock would've beating him without the experience of, well, losing to him before the title fight. Mir would be UFC HW goat and prime him vs prime Fedor would be one of the biggest what ifs ever.

Frank was snapping limbs off for a long time

Still the most submissions in heavyweight history

Brock has never won legit. He was on steroids every fight.

But Cruz won 2 rounds tho

Dominick went into that fight with an foot injury and he’s been fighting on bum wheels since 2014.

@Sean 😂😂

Nah its hilarious

@Sean That line is so fucking good

Not really

It’s a Shakespearean tragedy 🎭

yup. this channel won't admit Jones lost to Gustafsson and Reyes but will convince anyone that GSP lost to Hendricks lol. I love this channel but they are always bias towards Jon Jones.

Surprised that wasn't mentioned

@@eetfuk3571 I disagree. This channel literally made an entire video calling out Jones over his flaws. Plus are you honestly unconvinced that GSP actually lost? The Gustafson fight was honestly could’ve gone either way but you’re right Jones clearly lost against Reyes

@@jay_1212 there's no way GSP lost against Hendricks. busted face don't equivalate to a loss and GSP got the edge of him but there's no doubt that the fight is highly contested.

@@jay_1212 GSP won that fight.

So technically he defended his belt against a light heavyweight, that sounds way more badass

When the other guy misses weight, you technically defended your title on weigh-in day. Anyone that has cut weight knows that it is a battle in itself.

And that opponent really beat him

@@jax9254 Stop. Yoel lost both fights. Get over it. Rob literally broke his eye socket

@@Wyatt_Riley na Yoel won the second and nearly won the first

Too bad Rockhold couldn’t back it up. KARMA Killed his Title Run, and I’ll always thank Bisping & Romero for making Rockhold the “humbled Loser” he is in UFC History.

4 months later his comeback was kind of impressive but he still lost. I think he gained a lot of respect with that performance.

Ever heard of gsp and at what age he won the title?

Jan and Glover are both older than Tony, Jan defended against Izzy aswell so you're talking shit there mate

@@Dan-oo8kg Problem is, Tony's been looking faint-hearted and gunshy ever since getting pounded by Gaethje. He seems to have lost the fire after his winning streak was shut down. He may recover, but some fighters never recover from a beating like that, and it seems Tony won't, as much as I hate to say it. Also, Jan and Glover are also bigger. The smaller you are, the more important speed and technique are, and those things disappear quicker with age than the skills needed for heavier weightclasses.

@@viljamtheninja love your accurate response! Age is actually a good thing at higher weight classes. And you were right about Tony. Except he was looking great until Chandler caught him with that front kick 😬

He’s a bit old now. He would have still been good if he retooled a lot earlier and didn’t take years off

Cody was world champion though. O'Malley isn't ever making it into the top 5😂

With no title defenses?

@@MaineOnMMA yes?

Also reminds me why I'm glad I don't build my fandom off of athletes who seem like real winners after a short run based on how hard the UFC sells them. The UFC has been selling Conor so hard over the years, but his failed submission offense and defense shows that MMA isn't his thing. With better cardio, boxing would have been a better home for his striking and his chicken legs would be safe from harm! Edit: I am on the Khamzat hype train, for shame.

Awe from Cape Town!!

Same can be said for TR… I mean Vitor Belford

This video was more directed to those who won the title then actually lost it not stripped

@@rootpooty23 He was stripped because he was scared to defend it against Tony and Khabib. That's even worse than losing it in a fight.

@@PeterGriffingigity scared to fight Khabib but fights him 2 years later...... *Try* *harder* next time. *EVERYONE* was afraid of *Tiramisu* *TONY* THOUGH!!!

@@PeterGriffingigity or he wanted to make 100 million dollars lol

@@devinburkett9036 He finally got the ball when he saw how wack Khabib's striking abilities against Iaquinta and thought with some trash talk he will get into his head, Only to get a rude awaken when Khabib knocked him down and mauled his a. S. S. Stay mad McSaIty fanboy

By .2 pounds, technically he made weight. Robert was gifted the belt and was just there to warm it up for Adesanya. Afaktuyurmader Anime boi.

No

Its still not a title defence. If Rob lost to Yoel he would not have lost the belt. Its because of that very rule/standard that its not considered a title defence.

@@madgavin7568 I see ur point but what I say to that is, why is it that if a champion misses weight then he is ineligible to have a win officially listed as a title defence but is eligible to have a loss officially listed as a title loss. Using that same precedent, wouldn't Robert still be "defending" a stake (his title)

@@adz3654 If the champion misses weight, hell if anyone misses weight the title is not on the line period. It becomes a non-title bout. If the champion loses, they don't lose the belt but still have an official loss on their record and you can almost guarantee that there will be a rematch for the title.

Nostalgia got them all feeling like long-time champions wow

You are confusing with the Pedro Rizzo fight

*Middleweight* *Champion,* altho he did win *TUF* Welterweight Tournament. but he was *Undisputed* at *185!*

@@devinburkett9036 that’s the joke tommy said welterweight champ

he is

Cody Noguardbrandt

That's not a title defence. And why is this? Because its a win-win situation for Rob regardless of what happened. If he lost to Yoel he would not have lost his belt.

Easy to say when it never materialized, but for what it's worth, I doubt it. RDA's loss to Eddie wasn't his first loss and wasn't his last. He was very much a beatable fighter

Conor ko

@@Dukeflyhawker and Conor is also a very much a beatable fighter. styles make fights. Could very easily see RDA by arm Triangle.

Keep dreaming

@@CoachOutah "styles make fights" is the most cliched thing to say and means nothing. RDA had 7 losses prior to Eddie. Conor only had 3 and one was avenged. RDA was ready to lose and lost again to Tony right after to prove it.

The whole Weidman thing is totally beyond me.

He legit beat Silva both times though dude. Its been almost a decade, time to get over it. Doesn't matter if Silva was "playing" or not, you take your opponents seriously or you lose. And Silva lost.

@@carphucker2973 legit 😂

Oh wow, you're still making excuses over that fight? FFS, Weidman had Silva's number. He won IN SPITE of Silva's taunting, not because of it. Silva won many fights prior by taunting and dancing around. Read Jack Slack's article 'How Chris Weidman killed the king at UFC 162', its everything you need to know what happened. Stop the excuses.

@@madgavin7568 facts isn't a excuse you fan boy

Hey, you leave the kewpie mayo baby alone.

I agree, that's a super unpopular opinion

If anything Conor has displayed he is a fighter more than anyone. How many other fighters would stick around if they were worth 200 million??? If he only wanted money he would have stayed in boxing... You are a paper champ if you inherit or win a vacant title... PLENTY of fighter's i don't like but i don't live down there achievements as a result.

that utter bullshit lol. Stop changing the narrative to defend him. he was a 2 hit wonder that came in at the right time and faded into obscurity when real competition came into the game.

You can call him a paper champ at 155 but not 145. He beat a murderers row (porier, halloway, mendes) then fought the guy who everyone said was unbeatable and KOed him. 155 was a decent win but khabib should've gotten a shot before conor amd conor lost to Khabib so I could see why someone would call him a paper champ there

@@mpforeverunlimited Bro your just using what terms make you feel good. That's not what a paper champ is. Mcgregor may not have been a good champ for the division but he was not a paper champ. He was the legitimate champ, then the UFC stripped him and he wasn't the champ from then forward.

@@mpforeverunlimited poirier and holloway werent even in their primes lol. But yeah he beat mendes fair and square.

Afraid? He just saw more money and went after it. Why starve to stay at featherweight when you beat the champ, Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier. He went up to welterweight because he didn't want to stay inactive since RDA got hurt lost came back won then beat the lightweight champ to become a 2 weight champion. Left to fight Floyd and made 100m for it. He also made multiple companies. Came back and lost to Khabib. Not defending a title isn't a coward thing if you can do other things for more money.

I don’t think anyone that fights in the UFC is a coward mate 😂

Agreed, He preferred to lose and then fight fornit latet on than trying to defend, Just that so he can convince his manlovers that he dIdNt LoSe iT

@@fr0gy Stroke victim?

Johnny was a cheat, he was on juice. I remember in an interview close to fight day GSP offered to pay for Johnny's drug test. By no surprise Johnny declined the offer....go figure.

@@heveycreations4197 Yeah and then GSP signed the contract on the condition that Johnny would take a VADA test, both him and the UFC agreed on it but 2 weeks before the fight Johnny ended up refusing to take the test. The UFC pressured GSP into fighting anyway so that they wouldnt have to cancel the card. They went on to fight and I honestly think GSP won 3 rounds, Johnny did land heavy blows and GSP was wearing them but GSP has a condition that makes him wear the damage quickly on top of being pale white. We cant score a fight on who looks worst.

Izzy won the fight, so not really what you're insinuating there.

@@carphucker2973 yes Izzy won the fight on the judges score card, but Whittaker should have actually won the fight. He dominated the last three rounds. It's not hard to understand what's insinuated as it's written clearly, you just have a hard time understanding what it means.

@@slydemise5349 Rob did not win that fight. I'm sorry you feel that way.

@@slydemise5349 The fact you think Rob dominated any portion of the fight means your opinion can be discarded.

@@madgavin7568 what this tells me is that you either: 1) didn't watch the fight 2) have no idea how to score a fight. Rob 4 takedowns. Definitely won round 2 with all the control on the ground and clinch. There is no other deciding round. Rob won 2,4 and 5 without any doubt. You just hop on nuts and wait till they bust and the new guy cums along? Serious questions...who do you believe won Usman vs Convington 2? Poirier vs Halloway 2? Halloway vs Yair?

FACTS!! In B4 the rabid McTapper SJWs get mad that you roasted their daddy.

😂 Yeh OK sure if you say so.

@@carphucker2973 I do say so. Glad you agree

@@noahk6498 I know you don't mean it which is the funny part. Say all you want but it's not true. You're just trying to defend your boy. And it's cute...... guess

@@carphucker2973 I do mean it. But go ahead and keep calling other men cute ig