Islam Makhachev: Beating Dan Hooker puts me close to title fight | UFC 267 | ESPN MMA 

I like that he is being himself rather than being an actor like Chandler and colby.

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Cool bro, but no one asked unfortunately

@@petergriffin5558 😂😂 It was awful, brett sucks

@@petergriffin5558 Really ?

Everyone needs to learn english if they want to be in touch with what the rest of the world is saying

Agreed 👍

@@nobodyharder6575 Tell that to fighters like Aldo and canelo lool they got big names, titles everything but don't speak a word of English. I realized south American fighters in general are most lazy when it comes to learning English and don't care about using it to promote themselves, so I am thankful for fighters like Islam, khabib etc who realise the importance of being able to speak it. Goes a long way since it's literally a universal language.

@@JM-bx2vg I said it's necessary to be in touch with what the rest of the world is saying, not to be successful in martial arts. Aldo for example had to withstand months and months of being helplessly clowned by Conor due to his lack of english

money left on the table, if he doesn't learn English.

I was looking for this comment and he’s dead serious 😂 that was a very tough fight with poirier tho

I was literally about to point this out😂😂

dude died too, sorry not died....slept

Hahahahaa

Have you ever know about grabling in UFC bro ~ what a joke that you have written here . UFC is not only punch... ufc means technical fight !!

Yes.

@@Sam-ng3of ahah exactly

@Peter Griffin I swear I've never commented on anything Mma related without the usual dickhead calling me casual lol. Gotta love you little RU-vid ninjas ahah

@@gregoriofracassi9776 casual

@@gregoriofracassi9776 this boy is insecure haha ignore him his comments are all negative

Ferguson's last 5 fights have not been high level performances at all.

@@Sam-ng3of Yeah, he got outclassed. I mean, even the fights he won were a lot closer than his toxic fanboys would care to admit. I’m purely speaking in terms of a stylistic matchup.

Ferguson should move to welterweight. In my opinion he’s done at lightweight. And honestly pretty much done all together. Id like to see him at welterweight just to see what could’ve been. But yeah he’s past his prime . But the chandler vs islam fight I love it. I’d love chandler to sleep this dude, get kebob out of retirement and beat that fool

Yes do you know that hooker was born on 13 February and Tony on 12 February, my birthday is on 11 February just like petr yan and wonderboy

Hooker vs Ferguson would be an ideal Matchup for Tony. Tony’s past 2 fights have been against high level wrestlers/grapplers so I think its time to give him a go against a striker to hopefully get back in the win column.

Where u from bby

@@planetoftheapen1559 stop simping your making everyone look bad

Lol killer in the octagon

Yet so viciously violent

@Syl Adin You Conor fanboys are trying to take shots at Khabib desperately. Islam himself says he wishes to be as humble anf good as Khabib.

Brother, this is a good representation of a muslim

Brother, this is a good representation of a muslim

You always give up. You get tired & you tap

LOL

and I love it 😝

Yeah he is a weirdo

And then he puts you to sleep. Literally.

@@drewellis7714 u are

It's probably going to be knocked out of them eventually sucks to say that but it's probably true

@@Trouttiger Islam's opponents average about 4 strikes per round, less than anyone in UFC history. I think you're looking for Nate or Tony.

Brad is working hard at his English.

@Peter Griffin you gotta chill Peter

@Peter Griffin Go outside

@Peter Griffin calling someone a casual doesn't make you smart 🤡

@Peter Griffin Casual.

@Peter Griffin 🥴

@Peter Griffin I care

@Peter Griffin why aren't you at the brewery Peter

Yep, makes sense totally.

gaethje vs chandler winner will get a title shot but the winner of Hooker vs Islam will most likely fight either the loser of Gaethje vs Chandler, Dariush or the loser of Poirier vs Oliveira

nick not nate

"okay, great."

SusY ? 🤔

@@altappomaktappo7060 it was Nate Diaz "coffee almond milk"💯👍

American gangster

Sadly the UFC will make very hard path for Islam to get to the title, I don't know if Islam can have the patience because is already hard for him to get fighters to accept fight with him and without fights he has a very long way to the top and the UFC seems like they want to try hard to let Islam far away from the title

@@d1tto232 lol no. He has a huge following mainly cause of khabib. After dan he'll fight one more n get a title shot.

@@CoolnessOver-vf4mm I hope but I doubt. I will very happy if I'm wrong.

I do believe Khabib, Charles, and many other non " marketable" Champions at that time .. get their shots after a long win streak . after a certain point, fans will start to question the UFC's credibility of denying such dudes, and then he will get his title shot too. that's why he keeps saying "soon or later".

Well he'll get a shot eventually if he doesn't lose

He's a company man he does what the company tells him to. He's not like Ariel who has $2-5m net worth and can ask any questions he wats.

@@keax9760 I don’t even watch aerial anymore. He seems like a nice person but I just can’t stand him lol.

@@keax9760 Ariel's been doing that since he was young and poor as well

Yea idk how they gave that herb a job.

You haven't been payiny attention. His English has been good for a while (watch AKA videos) but be wasn't comfortable speaking it in front of media...

InshaAllah

Damm that's crazy, but who asked?

@@petergriffin5558 nobody has to ask but that's what I feel when I hear him talk

Why you hating on Dan 🤔😤

Yea, who cares again?

@@petergriffin5558 Clearly you, since you've been commenting BS hate throughout this comment section. Smh...

@@petergriffin5558 please do everyone a favor and stop commenting..

No Hooker hate will be tolerated here

InshaAllah 🤲

ya man, but Justine is tough and Justine can knock him out.

@@SN-nh9sz he sure is

Damm that's crazy, but who asked?

@@petergriffin5558 Your mom

clearly u didnt see his nick diaz interview, where he basically asked the same question over and over again.

Brett is incompetent and so are you. That's why you enjoy his interviews. İt makes you feel better to listen to another incompetent person.

@@emiroviski 😂😂 this was written so formally lol

English is easy and universal.

modern English is very simple. I would even say English is banal. so Makhachev has a head start in this. i think his native language which is Lak (not to be confused with the Kurdish Laki dialect, these are completely different languages) is a more complex language.

Stephan common you can do it. Just put focus in it. Me too 2 years ago i wish the same but now I can speak French, luxembourgish, and a little beat German. But as a English speaker it difficult. You yaahh

English is easy, German and Vietnamese, my other two languages... are a million times more difficult to learn. i didnt even speak English 8 years ago.

@@Kor88Di For a non English speaker English is one of the hardest languages to learn because there are so many grammatical exceptions and words don't always follow conjugation rules, like in spanish for example

Atleast islam isn't a hypocrit.

@Peter Griffin 🥴

@Peter Griffin u troll haha

Chandler called him a quitter as well and we saw what happened 😳

Oliveira is overlooked but one of these guys will pay for their delusion

What that? Cornrows under the hat?

Think this fight makes more sense than him Vs Chandler. Beneil dominated the former mandatory challenger Ferguson so it would be unfair for Islam to get a shot before him but can't ignore Islam dominate till now, especially if he adds hooker to the list. So the winner of this fight should get a title shot. Chandler and Gaethje just both had a shot not really fair for them to have such a strong position when they just lost.

@@JM-bx2vg Agreed. No one talks about Beneil. Either they're scared or he just isn't flashy enough for them. Winner of Chandler vs. Gaethje fights the winner of DP and Olives. The winner of Hooker vs. Islam should fight Beneil. And then the winner of that fight fights the current champion if the previously mentioned matches have all occurred.

@@wjennin1 I don't think chandler or gathje deserve another chance regardless of who wins that fight. Daruish and Islam had to go on a winning streak just to get noticed (especially daruish). Chandler got title shot based of popularity and should be made to wait, two fights and a title shot is a joke. Gaethje hasn't fought since he lost to khabib and should be made to win atleast another big fight or two before getting another shot. In my eyes it's out of daruish, Islam and Hooker. Winner tomorrow faces dariush for 1# contender, winner of that should get a title shot straight away. No need to fight Gaethje or chandler as they are not deserving of a title shot again, atleast not yet.

@@JM-bx2vg In principle I agree with you, but UFC title fights are as much about selling ppv buys as they are who has fully earned the right to fight in them. Chandler and Gathje are fun fighters to watch. Chandler is a past Bellator champ and Gathje is a past interim champ who fought Khabib. They aren't climbing the ladder anymore. They're just trying to not fall off of it. Dariush and Islam are still climbing. Whether that's right or wrong is up to the person looking at it.

@@wjennin1 Exactly its about selling ppv and islam has a name now, is being backed by one of the most popular ufc starts right now, and dana is behind him as he knows islam name will hold if he keeps winning. Once he beats daruish (if he does) he will get a title shot for sure no reason for dana not too. Chandler/gathje are not being talked about as much as islam, so he will get to skip past them as dana wouldn't even wanna risk it before getting him a title shot.

The fight didn't last long 😭😭😭

@Vlad Flutur haha neat.

@Vlad Flutur Lol clever

He may gas but he won’t give up..

Hooker has 4 good RDS in him so I don't think either of them will slow down, but then again Islam pushes a pace Dan won't like, but I say that because of the wrestling. Dan likes high pace fights, when he is comfortable in them, basically when he is fighting someone with a similar fighting style like poirier but when that pressure is a heavy mix of wrestling (much more energy draining than striking) that he's not going to like. I think Islam will beat him on points tbh. Dan will be tough to finish, his ju jitsu is good and he has heart so will be very hard for Islam to finish. Dominance to points victory

@@JM-bx2vg ISLAM proved you wrong

@@Earth-is-beautiful That is true lool wasn't expecting him to be able to finish dan that quickly and he proved to me that he is much stronger on the ground than what I fought. His next opponent easily his toughest though, daruish can actually be a problem to him in all parts of the game. Daruish has very high levels of jiu jitsu/wrestling and has more power on the feet/a much better chin. If Islam can beat him he will prove he atleast deserves to be the next guy to face Olivera after gathje, cause gathje 100% losing to charles, unless he koes him clean but I doubt that. I reckon Islam does win this one on points, daruish is levels above hooker and everyone else islam has faced on the ground, I don't see islam finishing him on the ground and on the feet islam chin will put him in danger against daruish.

@@Earth-is-beautiful If not I have daruish to KO him like he said he would, you know mix it up and trick islam a bit. Act like he is going for a TD then use that to drop islam, islam is a smart fighter but he can be tricked like everyone else if done right, daruish the right guy to beat him but we will see

Khabib's best friend

Khabib's brother 💚

Ali wouldn’t let Makhachev fight Dariush without a belt on the line. That’s what fucks up these divisions

@@xSuagg Ali is a coward.

@@xSuagg aly adbelbaziz is a snitch!

have you seen Hooker's opponents vs Islam's? ...think everyone is sleeping on Dan

@@petehutchins7062 Have you seen their performance though? Dan got dismantled against Chandler.

@@silentassassin423 yeah but he sure showed up for many opponents!

Brett *

Dustin is next champ wym

@@michaelpatterson3275 Dustin got smoked by the real champ Khabib

@@michaelpatterson3275 I like Dustin but I’m not sure on the matchup against Charles. If Khabib can take dustin down, it’s almost certain that Charles will as well… Should be a good fight nonetheless.

@@sinless66 Charles is a bjj guy. His takedowns aren't close to a wrestler of kabobs caliber. Nonetheless i think chandler beats Charles in a rematch but loses to dustin. I j don't see Charlie beating Dustin

Islam is the new Khabib in the division. His the most underrated.

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Damm that's crazy, but who asked?

@Peter Griffin 🥴

Nope

Just another casual smh