Hot Takes

Amanda Nunes is the greatest female fighter of all time. Two belts at once, and she beat the best of her era.

José Aldo is the greatest featherweight ever. Thirteen seconds against Conor doesn't change a decade.

Valentina Shevchenko is the best women's flyweight on the planet, with or without the belt.

Arman Tsarukyan is the best lightweight without a belt and it isn't close.

Holly Holm's head kick on Ronda Rousey is the most important knockout in women's MMA history.

Superfights should only happen after you clear out your own division.

Islam Makhachev at welterweight is scarier than Islam at lightweight ever was.

Daniel Cormier is the best fighter never to beat his rival.

Pure jiu-jitsu is dead at the elite level. Wrestling wins belts, jiu-jitsu wins highlights.

Fans who boo wrestling don't understand what they're watching.

Stipe Miocic is the greatest heavyweight in UFC history. Nobody else defended that belt three times in a row.

Daniel Cormier was a better heavyweight than light heavyweight and nobody talks about it.

Conor McGregor's best version only lasted about two years, and those two years were better than most whole careers.

Josh Hokit getting a title shot at 4-0 in the UFC tells you everything about heavyweight depth.

Georges St-Pierre is the real GOAT. He avenged both of his losses and never lost a title fight after Serra.

The best fight on any card is usually the one nobody was talking about on fight week.

Rematches are overused. If you lost clearly, go win three fights before you get another shot.

The best era of the UFC was 2015 to 2019. Stars in every division and every pay-per-view mattered.

Khamzat Chimaev is the biggest what-if in the UFC. The talent was never the problem.

Flyweight is the most skilled division in the UFC and the least watched. The fans are wrong.