Islam Makhachev WANTS Leon Edwards NEXT! Henry Cejudo's Tale of the Tape Episode 

155 is stacked right now for sure

@@SoyDuckHot yeah

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

lmao

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?

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 🙌🙌

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

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

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

Yea leon is huge

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 🤦‍♂️

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

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.

Ameen

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 ?

Islam is levels above both in wrestling and striking

@@AhmeddeeeDon’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.

@@Ahmeddeee 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

@@Ahmeddeee 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.

He is

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?

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

Keep dreaming brother ❤️

😅💪🏽

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.

Dagestan isn’t much like Russia. Nor is Chechenya and other than mma and wrestling Russians hate the Dagestanis they just like too claim them since they barley have any good fighters when compared too USA and Brazil outside of Fedor😅

@@ssglbc1875 first of all. Russian people don’t hate dagestani people, I’m Russian and I know more than you. It’s the same thing saying then there’s no white American boxers at all only African American and Chicanos. Russia has a lot of great athletes and one of the best hockey players. Fedor is a legend not just any random fighter. Vadim Nemkov is a great champion and we have many more. Russia is a country of 140 different nationalities and if some 💩 will happen all of this people will fight any of you. Everyone in Russia lives in peace and we don’t put other people down. We never had slaves And never treated other nationalities bad as the way your country did. and we don’t divide by color. so cry me a river. Dagestan is a part of Russia 🤡 don’t claim African American fighters because they’re Africans and don’t claim Chicanos because they’re Mexicans. You people don’t have no one not even 1 white fighter.

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

An P4P status

Yes only issue I see with that is shavkat.

If by the time Islam frights Oliveira/Arman he’ll then fight Justin but in that same span unless leon only fights once in 2024 shavkat will most Lille be champ and shavkat beats Islam