155 is stacked right now for sure

@@Bill_Dippertly yeah

Stacked but at the very top it's just gaethje and Oliveira, and maybe arman​@@Bill_Dippertly

2 title defenses against the same dude who isn’t a lightweight

​@@IlovetreesAlotwho's number 1 p4p

@@user-iy3gb1sp2w Islam was dehydrated and depleted and still beat a full camp Volk. 4-1, keep crying!😭

@@user-iy3gb1sp2w he still shows more agresion than colby

Weight bully Islam fighting little Volk lol

@@Spliffstar26 Cry less and cope harder

@@Spliffstar26Volk would beat most the lightweights in the top 5 and has fought at welterweight

Islam fans are delusional they won’t slow down

Saying shavkat should have a title shot next is almost like Saying paddy pimbo should get the next title shot 18 finishers next to paddy's 15 shavkat beats a wonderboy who's got a similar record to tony ferguson since 2018 an are similar age shavkat 6 ufc wins paddy 5 ufc wins so Saying he should be next is as good as Saying paddy should be fighting for the lightweight title next

@@THEDOGFATHERL11 Massive L comment..how are anything u said remotely comparable? paddy is not even ranked let alone undefeated...paddy is a bum has no wins over ranked opponents and lost to unranked jared gordon..shavkat is already top 3, has already finished 2 top 10 guys..and he has never went to a decision..all his fights were finishes..how are tony and wb similar record ? tony is on a 7 fight losing streak and has been unranked for a couple years now...wb is #6 and just came from a win against holland. total bum comment

shavkat is having ankle surgery. Hes gonna be out for atleast 9 months. @@guyontheinternet6034

​@@THEDOGFATHERL11who Islam and leon beat before getting title shot ?

Leon has a no contest so his winstreak is actually 4

​@harrycammock6051 A no contest doesn't break a win streak lol that's why it's called a no contest.

@@harrycammock6051 Colby you coward SOB, is that you commenting from anonymous accounts now!

@@harrycammock6051 Leon was schooling and totally dominating Belal in that fight until his finger nail scratched Belal's eye and he took the easy way out!

@@__D-B__ It actually does look up the UFC website, because the win has been interrupted so it changes to a unbeaten streak

Also, Makhachev has 8 finish wins in 13 win streak. Leon has 3 finish wins in 13 unbeaten streak.

Islam also has 3 wins against top 3 p4p

Islam has 12 win streak not 13 yet

@dylandrip8000 , no its 13 win streak look at it again.

@@dylandropzit’s 13 bro check sherdog or wiki if you don’t believe us

Leon cemented himself after beating Usman the second time.

I agree, I would like to see them both get a couple more defenses under their belt. I think Leon needs to take care of Belal which I think he will, and then Shavkat which will be a tougher task. And I think Islam needs to beat Justin and Arman again, although Idk if the ufc will make that fight before a Charles rematch or someone else

If there’s one thing about good fights, you don’t give them time. Giving amazing fights time is how you miss out on those fights. You never know what the future holds. They could trip over a wire cord at a press conference like Tony did. Strike while the irons hot.

The only fights worth making at 55 for Islam are Olievera II and Tsarukyan. Leon should fight Belal at least

Leon won't survive Shavkat, so if this fight does happen it needs to happen before that!

Correct, sir! 💪🏻

Exactly leon towers over 6ft usman and 5'11 colby

leon edwards is not 6'2 and usman is not 6ft.. usman is about 5ft10 and leon is 6ft1

@@noble6441 usman is 6ft Tyron Woodley was short standing next to him who was 5’9 and usman looks much more taller standing next to khabib

@@ssj4goku18825theepic You believe everything they tell you.. this is wrong if you are a ufc fan you know the listed heights are wrong

You tell this to Cejudo? 🤣 He moved up to Bantamweight title shot only after 1 Flyweight title defense. Makhachev is p4p no.1 for a reason. Cejudo wasn't even p4p no.1 when he won 2 belts. Saying that Makhachev doesn't deserve to move up makes no sense. He beat Oliveira already, Oliveira pulled out from rematch, not his problem. Gaethje and Poirier already lost title many times they can wait.

I don’t think you need to clear out a division to go up. If the skill and dominance is there and it looks to be a more competitive fight than either champs defending their belt, then why not? UFC is all about putting on big and highly skilled fights. If Islam beats Gaethje and Leon beats Belal, it’s definitely the fight to make for both divisions. Look at boxing, no one is telling Inoue to clear out a division before going up. Because he’s really that good, taking out champions directly. That’s what being P4P means. As far as I’m concerned Islam and Leon are both p4p within a division of each other, it’s a banger fight that makes sense.

If he beats charles and justin, then he should move up

keep in mind,the time for Islam is now.1) if Belal or shavkat is champ,Islam would probably wont fight them because they are friends and have trained together.2) Islam is probably looking to fight 2-3 years max and retired.

But in all honesty do we think anyone at lightweight will really beat him? Like we are gonna be praying for Justin to hit a lucky shot. He’s already beat all the top guys in lightweight.

Very wise.

​@@shewhodoesntexist1825especially if he fights Leon. Islam's defense is too good to get a KO on him. And I feel like he would smash Leon in the ground game. Most definitely. I don't really see anyone beating this guy. If volk who was the #1 p4p couldn't do it, who can? He also made Oliveira look easy too. The guy kind of already established himself as one of the LW goats.

@@S475-pb2dpshavkat beats him Leon beats him Usman beats him. A lot of welterweights beat him but at lightweight only Oliveira has a chance but most likely Islam wins

@@ssglbc1875 nah. After what khamzat did to Usman, I doubt Usman can beat Islam. Khamzat can't stand and strike with Usman, Islam can, and Islam's ground game is just as good as khamzat's. You're underestimating. Severely. And you're not accounting for the individual skill sets of these fighters you named. For example, Leon Edwards has absolutely no ground game, Islam is an elite wrestler, probably the best one currently competing. He would smash Leon in the grappling, and he could also stand and strike with Leon too. Islam has great defense and accuracy, the best defense in lw history. Don't downplay this guy. What Islam makachev did last year, none of the fighters you mentioned can do that. He smashed 2 guys with the longest active win streaks. And now Islam has the most win streaks in the UFC currently. After everything he's accomplished, people still downplay this guy. Shavkat would also have difficulty on the ground with Islam, and he would find it difficult to stand and strike with him too. Islam's striking KO'd volk, he damn near knocked his head off in the first fight too. And volk is undeniably one of the best strikers. People downplay this win because of the physical differences. The difference in weight and height doesn't matter for volk, volk is used to fighting guys even taller than Islam and beating them. Hell, a guy an inch taller than volk himself ko'd him. Skill is a more important factor. And Islam portrays it. Also consider that pushing low ranked fighters directly into a match with top ranked fighters potentially could end like Porrier vs Benoit. Shavkat hasn't faced a top contender other than a washed up Wonderboy. And literally barely squeezed a win from magny.

@@S475-pb2dp khamzat is like 20 pounds heavier than Islam. I’m sure probably our future middle weight champ is better than the current lightweight champ. Usman also did good in a short notice fight against khazmat in a short notice fight with many saying if it was a 5 rounder usman would have won.

He’s an usman meat muncher. His best friend got sent to another realm lmao

lmao

Wtf does that mean?? And at least Leon wins are all 170

@@mikeybanks4431 bro what is wrong with you, he simply tried correcting Henry for saying that islam and leon have a 12 fight win streak. Islam has 13 .

Facts

And you need to take into account Colby leg is butchered by Leon..... His wrestling is compromised..... Colby should have fight better in the first 3 rounds which he didn't do....

Leon didn't have to go for TD in round 5 either.

One of colbys was Leon slipping off the triangle, he would have been 1 of 12 if leon didn’t do that 🤣

He’s bias. He’s an usman meat muncher lmao

He's one of most well rounded MMA fighters on the planet. He can do everything very well.

He still makes mistakes in the grappling transitions.

unlike colby and usman islam has it all of the ground

@@__D-B__so does Islam? Lmao I remember watching Henry’s video about his first fight again volk and he pointed out grappling mistakes Islam made like your not gonna be perfect 100% of the time in everything it really comes down to how you recover from making mistakes and stuff like that

it’s called streamlining production. people eat up anything these days, Henry knows this. it’s a good move, good for business.

@@mindfulwalking you're not wrong, but at the same time it's sad to see considering his credibility as a fighter and in the MMA community

​@@magnuspayne1574 i see your point, it’s valid. regards.

He just had a baby and is training for Merab, he busy. Prob gonna see some better analysis after Merab fight. People that do too much get SMOKED in the fight game, especially when they start coming out with their own liquor brands LOL. When I saw Aljo with his own liquor I bet the HOUSE on Suga Sean. Easy MONEY, thanks for the heads up Conor. Mr hot sauce also getting KO’d.

@@mindfulwalking 🙌🙌

facts, belal deserves his title shot

But lightweight title defense record is only 3😂

Islam mops all the 155ers

Quality > quantity. Makhachev has 8 finish wins in 13 win streak, lost only 1 round to Volk on Australia. Leon has only 3 finish wins in 13 unbeaten streak, lost rounds to Nate Diaz, RDA, Cerrone, Gunnar Nelson, Colby and lost 5 rounds to Usman in last 2 fights.

@@draco2xxwho?

Islam will destroy leon

​​@@Hillbillyjosh8788we've heard it all before mate. I think Leon wins UD. Islam's been ko'd before & struggled vs volk in the 1st fight and he usually fights a weight class below....Islam isn't superman ya know

Hes got some agenda against leon

@@Hillbillyjosh8788 I don't think so

Leon vs Colby was a boring and Leon is not even good. He is just the champ because Usman is getting old. In any case Shavkat will destroy him.

Makhachev is a better striker and has better submissions than Colby. Not sure who wins since Leon has size advantage, but it will be much tougher than the Colby fight for sure.

These things doesn’t work like that my friend....mma math....

MMA math lol. Look at Islam next to Usman in the Abu Dhabi card. Dude is massive, he won’t be that much smaller than Leon if he bulks a bit. He is much different than Usman or Colby who are pressure wrestlers. Islam not only has better striking than both, but scary scary submission threat.

Islam still hasn't defended his belt against another 55er...

Yeah and isn’t Leon like 6’2 or 6’3 ? I think Leon could be a middleweight

Because none in the 155 are worthy for islam. And Leon is running away from belal.

Doubtful. If you know islam, Khabib and the rest of the camp calling out leon means they already have a game plan on how to win. He feels confident he would take out leon or he wouldn't call him out. Islam is a technical fighter.

leon improves every fight, islam aint faced anyone near leons level@@Saltlife386

Leon couldn't finish old Lightweights Nate, Cerrone and RDA. Lost rounds to all 3. Usman was old and Colby is overrated. Makhachev is better than Colby everywhere, Leon will struggle with him a lot.

@@timurjack8773islam got koed by martins struggled to take arman down on a short notice and struggled with chris wade makes u think he will destroy leon? They both need to focus on their divisions instead of fighting anyone else

Islam is 1 inch shorter and he’s much more dangerous of a fighter than the average wrestler boxer like Usman or Colby. He’s the most complete fighter right now and also not 35-36. If Leon isn’t 15 lbs heavier inside the cage, I suspect it will be light work for Islam.

Yea leon is huge

Leon’s also gotten significantly better at everything and yes as much as Islam has gotten good on the feet Leon’s on a whole different level, he’s a top 5 striker in the UFC and elite take down defense

Leon grabbed the fence to survive vs old Usman while fighting on England, Makhachev isn't as big size as Usman but his wrestling and grappling skills is better than Usman's.

I would say colby has weak td defence. Still leon is great in grappling, no way helpless. It will be difficult inn first round but leon will get tired. He wasn't able to get back in 5th

Yes disagree with an olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling and a Double UFC Champ on UFC wrestling. 😂 Fckn Casuals

@@emanuelmma2Henry sucks at calling fights. Fighters are usually the worst analyst. Henry said suga Sean would counter punch. Like woah dude really😳😳😳😳 all he said here was Islam is gonna wrestle and Leon can’t handle it. Horrible analysis

@@emanuelmma2 you do realize professional fighters disagree with each other? You realize Henry has gotten many fight predictions wrong, right? In fact, he and Michael Bisping disagreed on the Edwards vs Covington fight, does that mean that makes either of them casuals? Being a great athlete doesn’t always translate into being a coach or analyst, that’s in all sports. Not saying that this is Henry’s case, it isn’t. But following their opinions blindly is the epitome of being a casual, and saying “ufc wrestling” as opposed to mma wrestling adds to that.

Smh

Prime colby would've been

@@woahblackbetty7691 nope, he always fought and won against men who were on a slide. Until his defeat he was in his prime

nonsense

@draco2xx , Leon lost many rounds vs old Lightweights Nate, RDA and Cerrone, couldn't finish any of them.

@@timurjack8773he lost rounds too Nate Diaz 3 years ago? Yeah he also was dominated by usman before knocking him out. After that in the rematch he won with the Unanimous Decision. Ever heard of improving

@@timurjack8773that’s like saying Islam almost lost too a featherweight and got knocked out by some Brazilian no one has ever heard of 🤦‍♂️

You can't clean out the division at all, if you don't ever fight anyone from the division!

​@@kaptainkush4351because the ones who are supposed to be cleaned out get knocked out before they even get a chance for the title and the one who knocks them out keeps ducking the champ and the UFC puts in a featherweight as the replacement instead of the initial backup fighter in Gamrot. So who's to blame there ?

Ameen

Islam is levels above both in wrestling and striking

@@Ahme313Don’t be stupid. A puffed up Volk and Charles who gets knocked down by everyone aren’t good examples of superior striking by Islam. Islam doesn’t have much chance beating Leon standing up.

@@Ahme313 I think their striking could be about even - or Leon may even have an edge there. Difficult to say until they fight. Don't forget Leon is about as fast as they come and is taller and has longer reach than Islam. It's more about how it's mixed together with wrestling, and I definitely see Islam getting an advantage at some point there.

@@Rikiko722 Islam has better accuracy and defense and more power in his hands and higher IQ he's definitely better striker

@@Ahme313 I'm not sure we know who's the better striker until they fight. I'm just looking at athletic attributes where Leon has the edge. I'm not sure how well Islam's power will carry up a weight class against someone who is taller, longer and faster than him. He is a very defensive fighter and very smart. But on the feet I don't know who wins. With the threat of takedowns and his wrestling, I do think Islam wins the fight over all though.

You wanan knwo when Leon knocks people out and hurts them bad? When they are really aggressive and try pushing him because he’s elite off his back foot

@@JPT_2007facts, people are so stupid, we literally saw leon dominate usman on the feet when usman was pressuring him the whole of their 3rd fight lmao. theyll soon realise. rocky is going to be champ for a long time.

Was that the same fight he got dropped in the 5th and held in for dear life for the final minute of the fight before being saved by the bell?

@@realheel5722 so just bcz he won last min, means he won fight😂😂. Volkanovski didn't drop him. Makhachev was half dead bcz of dehydration, which got him tired, so he laid on back. If it was any other fighter, he would've been killed

Yeah Leon would have koed volk in first round full camp or short notice. A body kick from Leon hits the short guys head.

Leon beat the p4p number one who is much bigger and better than Volk.

That would mean A LOT of champs AND good fights would be thrown out the window. It would remove a lot of flexibility, and as a result deter a lot of interesting questions from being put forth. This idea will just immobilize entire divisions

@@chrisdiaz4876 What is going on now immobilizes divisions. You have this 180.

How did your papa conor got title shot? without defending his own

At least 3 but 3 title defenses doesn’t equal automatic champ champ.

Khabib defended against 3 top contenders. Islam defended against the champ below him. If Islam beats 2 lws than why not. But he better hurry while he has a bit of a chance against Leon because Shavkat would kill him

I agree. They always underestimate him no matter what he’s done.

Islam is a different monster, Leon couldn’t even beat up washed LW’s Diaz, RDA and Cowboy. Islam is taking his belt.

@@JohnDoe-er7unwow so Leon won a Unanimous decision over Nate Diaz three 3 ago RDA 5 years ago and Cowboy 6 years ago? Wow that must translate into Islam finishing Leon first round KO. See you sound stupid😅

@@JohnDoe-er7unalso Diaz in 2019 wasn’t washed. He beat Anthony pettis(rank 6 welterweight)later go beat out of prime Tony Ferguson and only lost to Leon and Jorge

No Oliveira is more impressive and any top Contender is a better defense than a short notice Volk

He also hasn’t earned his champ champ spot neither has Leon or any fighter recently outside of usman Izzy and Volk

Don't forget to mention that Islam ragdolled him

​@@starboy1380 dude. Do you even know why Leon went to AKA in the first place? It was to improve his grappling skills.

@@abrahamgena9974 Ofcourse I do. And do you think he has caught up to Islam's level of grappling by now ? and training against who ?

@@starboy1380 only time can tell.

You don't want to see him maybe becoming double champ hater.

no lol their is something called being a double champ

@@piccledice7086Yea he doesn't have a single title defense from anyone in his freaking division lmao

​@@makeitoutthenstayout6870Well Olivera doesn't want to fight in March and if Justin doesn't take the fight than he should

@@makeitoutthenstayout6870is that his fault or the fault of the guy who pulled out last minute?

An P4P status

Leon's 13 unbeaten streak, it 12 win + no contest. Islam got 13 all win

He is

Charles weighs way more than Islam just so you know.

@@starboy1380no Islam slightly weighs more than Charles. Do Bronx is skinny as hell just one inch taller

@@ssglbc1875 bro. Didn't you see the interview Burns did, I can't remember I think it was with ESPN, he had training sessions with Charles and says Charles weighs over 200. Islam maxes at 185. He said it in the interview he did with DC

@@starboy1380 there are also videos online claims both Islam and khabib weigh 200+ but most of these claims and crap are mainly pushed too downplay all sides

BUt i think Belal wins Leon and Islam wil not fight Belal

Exactly, but If Belal or Shavkat become Champion, Islam wouldn't fight them, so he wants it first

Lol, now that you mention it I think you might be right

What do you mean by business? Super fights are great for business. Draws so many eyes and ppv buys. It might stall out the division, but that doesn’t mean it stagnates business. Islam Leon is the super fight of super fights right now besides Jon Aspinall which is off the tables. It would be a shame to miss it. 1 more defense each max and then get it on.

IMAGINE THINKING COLBY AND USMAN ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL OF WRESTLING AS ISLAM 😂

@@TheChamp91100usman in his prime would beat khabib and Islam at 170 what are you saying? Leon is gonna beat Islam this isn’t 155. I bet Islams strength isn’t as much as usman

@@DCshandle LOL.. NOBODY UNDER 180 WAS GONNA BEAT KHABIB ... ISLAM IS ALSO PROVING HES THE SAME CASE AS OF RN.. USMAN IN HIS PRIME WOULD CAUSE ISLAM TROUBLE BUT STILL.. ISLAM WOULD BEAT EM

@@TheChamp91100 so emotional and so wrong. Belal who isn’t even champion would beat him. But they train together so it wouldn’t happen

@@DCshandle neither colby nor usman have anything close to Islam in regards to offensive wrestling output. It would be fan fight tbh, one id rather see than any other matchups

" in most cases Leon was KO'd ?? ..What a load of bullshit, what the hell are you talking about. Support Nate all you want, but don't be deluded....saying "if this" & "if that" ?? doesn't wash ! Nate caught Leon late in the 5th with over a minute to go, when Leon, with the job done, got sloppy & dropped his guard (after dominating Nate all fight). So to say "IF it had happened in the 1st round - fight over" is bullshit. I can play that game too .....IF Leon had head kicked Nate in the first, it would have been Nate KO'd, see, easy, words are cheap & IF is for dreamers. For starters it just didn't happen in the first ! Leon made a mistake in the 5th & Nate clipped him, didn't finish him though, yes he pointed at him, but was on him in 4 seconds later & couldn't finish him. I agree Nate is tough & gave Leon a much better fight than Colby did (but really that's not saying much ...after Colby, was obviously terrified of being KO'd by Leon & wouldn't engage) As for "it was super tight" ? really, you need to watch it again .....Leon dominated Nate ...played with him, picked him off at will, took his back , he even swept him twice, who gets dumped on their arse like that at that level ?? Nate is great to watch & tough as they come, but not on the same level as Edwards.

He was knocked out If it was in rd 1 thats game over, thats stupid they let him fight should have been waved off, Leon could have gotten really hurt@@m9oxo

We saw Izzy get waved off in a similar fashion out on your feet@@m9oxo

lmfao stfu, leon beat his ass for 24 minutes 😂😂😂

There’s a reason islam hero never moved up

I think Leon would prefer Islam cause he’d make more financially. Hence why he doesn’t want to fight Belal.

Colby took Leon down and so did Usman. I know they are great wrestlers and Leon actually stuffed most of Colby attempts but remember that Islam is a league apart in offensive wrestling. He took a short guy like volk who's so stable centre of gravity 4 times in 6 attempts. I don't think a long guy like Leon can stuff that. Although i agree with the part that Leon's distance management and leg kicks are great. A proper tactical battle it would be.

@@user-zt7dp5um1n yes package for UFC fans

Yes, he is. The 6'0'' is from his wikipedia page, but is definitely not correct.

He is 6'2