Kamaru Usman is the most overrated fighter in UFC history 

Solid take, his run was nowhere near impressive enough to consider him the welterweight goat and his skillset is a lot more limited than many people want to admit.

I do agree that calling Usman the welterweight goat was a bit silly. But he is still easily the second greatest welterweight of all time and a top 15 fighter of all time.

Been saying this for years. His title run was incredibly lackluster. His woodley win aged horribly, masvidal was a journeyman who was ranked for beating Darren till ben askren and Nate Diaz who weren’t ranked, Colby is super overrated and has no wins over active UFC fighters, just beat past their prime guys. Gilbert burns is a solid win, but overall super low level of competition for a title reign

Everyone is overrated if u compare them to gsp 😂 Usman was a solid active champion, I remember when everyone wanted Usman to fight wonderboy even tho wonderboy didn’t deserve a title fight just cause usman was lapping the division and people wanted to see new match ups

I think he’s perfectly rated. No body says he’s the welterweight goat. He’s known as the second best welter weight of all time which I feel is properly rated.

That title is a violation. I was definitely for a while anti-usman..cause he's not special but just wins. But after doubting him like majority here for a while, this man is definitely at top 3 welterweights ever. GSP 1st and he's 2nd until someone wipes his starts "Put some respect" on his name

I also remember people saying that Khamzat would probably beat Usman before the Leon Edwards defeat. I remember when I was called a troll when I said that Usman would probably get dominated by Robert Whittaker and knocked out. After the losses to Leon Edwards, people finally see the vision.

I wouldn’t call him the goat of welterweight but to sit here and call him a fraud is a blatant lie. He beat everyone put in front of him until he got to Leon again after cleaning out his division. Mma fans make judgments based 70% on emotion and 30% on fact. He was undefeated for a long time and has title defenses upon title defenses. He adapted his style and showed growth even at a higher age and as far as I know wasn’t picky about fights. Who’s better than him besides gsp? Matt Serra ? This is a pure spite piece from what I’ve seen

I think it’s also important to point out that he achieved this somewhat good/somewhat lackluster resume while notoriously cheating with fake eye pokes and grain shots in every title shot, to the point that it potentially changed the outcomes of two of his fights, and while also juicing to a level that shouldn’t be possible in the ufc more. He has acne at 35, injection marks on his chest, abnormal muscle spasms in his core, and his dad is a known dirty pharmacist serving jail time for healthcare fraud. To me he’s basically our eras Jonny Hendricks with cheating tendencies that rival pulhares

I always thought Usman was overrated he never fought that many high level opponents Besides Burns and Colby Comparing that to GSP who went through 2 generation and event up in weight to fight at middle weight and become champion

Always easy to say that after someone lost Usman still schooled colby twice, so keep that same energy on clownington as well

That's only because at one point in time Joe Rogan said that Kamaru Usman was greater than GSP. I thought Joe Rogan was smoking crack.

And Usman wasnt overrated, the level of competition is much higher now and he is clearly the 2nd greatest WW ever, a man loses as he gets older and there are vultures out there that start to tear down everything the man had achieved in his prime. 2x Colby, 1x Gilbert (still the most dangerous combo of bjj and striking at WW), 2x Masvidal (when he was at his peak after that flying knee), 1x Tyron (when he was still good and the champion), 1x RDA, 1x Maia (true bjj master at his peak), 1x Strikland, 1x Leon. Thats hell of a resume and if you question that then you just need to stop talking asap.

Say what you want about them but Colby and Gilbert were both good competitors that pushed Usman. I think Usman's title run was hindered by an odd lack of contenders at the time

Isn't Kamaru in the top 10 longest UFC winstreaks? Idk it's not like people say he's the welterweight Goat or anything, he's perfectly rated especially with a record like that

The usman slander lately is diabolical

St Pierre was a great fighter. Statistics speaks for them. But no champion in history was as boring as him. Gee... I slept through most of his fight I've watched.

No, he is not. Is a legit great champion.

I mean lets be honest we cant really blame usman for his record, blame the match makers, hes been one of the most active champs and about blew through everyone he was put up against. Plus there are only four fighters left that would look good on his resume. Leon who he already beat, shavkat who just cracked top 10, khamzat who left the division, and maybe belal who is just usman but worse lol

GSP is a goat. Usmans career was just as exciting. All in all everyone is beatable, he found ways to win in dominance until he lost but that was inevitable. Definitely not overrated. Bro got a championship with miced knees 😅

I would argue that demetrious johnson is the most complete, person in the goat discussion but i can see it being gsp

His skills has nothing to do with his accomplishments in the sport

That title is disrespectful lol, he’s one of the best fighters in UFC history, at worst top 20. He got caught in a fight he was winning with less than a minute remaining at the age of 35 after defending the title 5 times. Kamaru also has the longest unbeaten streak in WW history at 15, second only to Anderson Silva and Jon Jones (if we wanna be real). Kamaru didn’t lose a fight from June 2013 till July 2022, and that’s while largely fighting in the premier organization in one of the premier weight divisions. He definitely has a strong argument over Matt Hughes, some would say he’s the second best WW ever by a good margin.

A lot of the reason why Usman had those rematches during his run is because the WelterWAIT division is full of divas who don’t want to fight

Couldn’t agree more Kamaru’s best win was Colby , GSP beat Matt Hughes & Matt Serra who I would argue easily have better resume than Colby

I dislike Usman but objectively I hate to say it… he beats GSP prime vs prime

Man y’all smoking we talking about a dude with a iron chin super cardio elite wrestling skills big power decent boxing but high IQ y’all boys just be saying anything

My only complaint of Usman was that he never repped for Dallas, Texas and i had no idea that he even lived in the area. Its cool to give homage to your African roots and origin but it's kinda disrespectful to treat the home state like a red headed step child.

He actually said in that interview that his knees and back were so bad that he couldn’t run or train cardio. And then out cardios Colby😂 the guy has always been a cheater. He’s strong but his skills are poor compared to GSP

Tbh Usman's 2 Title defenses are against Masvidal ppl do overrate him nowadays

Ngl people don't think usman is very good rn. I would say he's properly rated because people realized that he's a lot more beatable than before the Leon fights

Keyboard warriors sh*tting on Usman smfh, just admit that you hate the guy but don't say that his run was overrated he literally beat everyone including Leon Edwards , even when he loses it's always in the final round despite having fcked knees . Like imagine beating Woodley, Colby (twice) , Masvidal , Sean strickland , Leon , Gilbert burns and then getting called overrated .

Gsp lost to Johnny hendricks. Kamaru would never lose to hendricks if they fought 1 million times.

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Matt hughes is the second best welterweight , usman is the 3rd best

I also find it interesting that he lost twice to Leon, a guy who is his size. Colby could make 155 if he wanted to. Burns and Masvidal used to fight at 155.

I mean gsps best wins were Bisping, Diaz, Hendricks, Serra and Condit. Usman’s best wins were Leon, Colby, Burns, Woodley, and Maia. I don’t think Usman is overrated. He definitely faced tougher competition than Gsp.

If you got 15 win streak you have a good argument for anything I really wish he beaten leon and retired as 16-0 in the ufc

Woodley was the GOAT after like 3 defenses Marty was the GOAT after like 2 defenses Joe Rogan either has a particular fetish or has a serious problem giving GSP his props

Foh!!! Horrible take not saying GSP is better or worse, but to say Usman is overrated is flat out wrong

GSP is not the "absolute", "100%", "most complete mm artist", lol. He is in the top-5 for sure but I'd put mighty mouse and Volk over him in terms of completeness. In terms of resume and title defenses he is top-3 for sure.

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Let's get it straight, Kamaru Usman is not the most overrated fighter in UFC history. This is clickbait. You can argue that he's not better than GSP was (a point that I would agree with), but not that he's overrated, nevermind the most overrated fighter in UFC history. The guy's a straight savage. You can make videos without disrespecting people's legacies. KU is top 2 at Welterweight, case closed.

Most of the people that say goat of a division only go by the number of defenses. They dont care about the quality of opponents or anything. Same with Aljo, they wanted to crown him the bantamweight goat but he won the belt by DQ, won 2 bouts by split decisions, and fought a crippled man. HOW is that considered anywhere near a goat of a division?

the thing with boxing : it works until they kick you .

This is a terrible take lol why do you guys think just cause you lose a fight or two your entire legacy is just null n void lol

I wouldn't say Kamaru is that good of a boxer. His jab is great but his boxing still has a lot of room for improvement.

Still one of the best ww’s ever, not even close to gsp he set the bar very high

Didn’t Usman surpass GSP for longest win streak in Welterweight history? 🤔

The problem is, when someone wins two fights in a row, Joe cannot help but call them p4p or the greatest ever etc etc. Which is his job, but causes mass delusions with fans etc

I still think it's Brian Ortega.

You touched on the problem right away, MMA is full of recency bias. Most UFC fans have been watching post UFC 200 so they saw maybe one of GSP's fights. It's the same fans that focus on Aldo getting KO'd by McGregor in 13 seconds lol, no one focuses on his WEC or early UFC days. The sport is full of new fans which is great, a lot of people focus on current trends and disregard historical bouts.

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I would put him around the same level as woodley. Woodley had one less defense but he fought better guys. Usman was just rematches and lightweights

The welterweight division was a more stacked division under George's reign, he went through a murderer's row of fighters.

Love this channel! 👍 Always based and funny! (Although you should think about changing your profile pic. Lol)

REALLY nice video

Also I hate the argument that GSP is diminished because of his less developed opposition. If GSP's opponents wouldn't be up to snuff with later year opponents, why is it Hendricks, Condit (many, many people argue Lawler robbed him) and Shields beat 2014-2016 champion Lawler (post GSP) and Shields beat 2016 champion Woodley while Condit, prior to a freak leg injury, fought evenly with him? And GSP beat the same Bisping who KO'd the 2015 middleweight champion, Rockhold? So how is it that Masvidal, who fought during GSP's time and never even sniffed title contention until a few years after, potentially being robbed out of it during the Maia fight, meaning he didn't see title contention until years after that, is better than GSP's opponents, let alone the man himself?

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Been saying this since day 1 and folks were calling me crazy

Casual take from Casual channel

The guys GSP had fought back then probably would not be top five fighters today. Today’s fighters are way better even GSP said it himself.

People are so quick to forget. Lets compare Usman who everyone is currently hating on and volk who everyone is currently saying top 5 GOAT. Both have 6 title wins. Both took the belt off a dominant champion, Usman 50-45'ing Woodley. Then their resumes. Both fighters have fought washed fighters (Masvidal and Korean Zombie) but Usman has fought every type of fighter: elite wrestling - covington/woodley, elite ju-jitsu - burns, elite striking - edwards and yes, edwards is 2-1 against him however the 2nd fight Usman absolutely dominated until the head kick in the very last minute, which went against the script. Volk has never fought an elite wrester, all strikers except Ortega who almost submitted him. I believe he would still beat Khamzat if they were to fight in Abu Dubai and I also think he is the only man at WW and MW that would beat Khamzat. I find it fascinating how quick people forget and if Volk were to lose to Topuria, he would suffer the same fate as Usman in he would go from being considered top 5 of all time to not even top 15 of all time.

I highly disagree with you with the title and thumbnail and tbh it’s not fair to compare gsp to usman yea your definitely right abt recent fight bias cause clearly ur bias is taking over from the facts is gsp became champion at 25 after being the ufc for only 2 years getting 2 chances for the title after losing to Hughes usman got a chance at 31 years of age that’s pretty old and it took him 9 straight fights 5 years to get shot even tho he dominated a majority of competitions only difference gsp was seen more as a entertaining than usman so gsp got title at a good age while usman at the near end of his career but ended up getting 5 titles defense being a active champ for 5 straight years half a decade sure he might not be ww goat but he’s fs a good number 2-3 maybe under Hughes or over but Kamaru is not overrated keep in mind if kamaru just had his hands blocking his head side he’d probably be called the new ww goat and people would’ve been hyped on him more but yk mma Is an unpredictable sport but kamaru is fs not overrated so this take was plainly disrespectful ignorance

Bro really likes to hate on any fighter in the world

Brooo I remember when everyone said he was better than GSP and all this crap

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What about the busted knees dude. Achieving all that with such an injury is wild.

Size advantage is the greatest advantage in combat that’s why smaller guys who beat giants always get put on a pedestal

The caption is absolutely BS. Kamaru Usman is one of the best welterweights of all time!!!!!!!

His record isn't great but he also had the misfortune of being a champion in a time where welterweight really isn't that good of a division. There are some great prospects like Shavkat or Khamzat (if he ever fights at WW again), but he didn't get to fight them before losing the belt.

Who do you think wins the fight khamzad or costa

I been saying this glad to see I’m not the only one who thought this

people hyped up tyron woodley way too much as well

Nick Diaz is the Welterweight GOAT, case closed.

"Colby is the exact same fighter Usman is, MINUS the sophisticated PED plan" Fixed it for you. Check "More plates more dates" for reference. Usman's family has a lot of pharma sector connections.

Bro frogot about khabib

He’s the 3rd greatest Welterweight behind Matt Hughes.

ngl barely heard of usman till he went against leon

Bro the Usman fans came outta the shadows after known gsp hater Dana said he’s the goat

Ive been saying this! His run to the title was through several over ranked under sized fighters like RDA... over the hill guys... Woodley, Demian Maia... Including multiple defenses against Jorge Mazvidal... He never was on the same level as George St Pierre

Blame Chael for putting this thought in people's heads. He is Dana's biggest campaigner for the new toys Dana likes

he stopped wrestling because of his KNEES. he got injured too much and turned to striking

BS usman is a great fighter in one of the toughest weight classes.

Usman has a huge Colby poster in his garage he' loves Colby secretly

Usman wasn't even that good he just fought exclusively undersized welterweights. Jorge and Gilbert have both fought at 155 and Colby barely cuts weight to make 170 and still gave Usman a challenge. His first title defense against an actual Welterweight resulted in a flatline K.O.

Im so glad usman didnt beat gsp's record, praise Edwards

LOL at the end

Before USMAN the said WOoDLEY was best They GSP , that was a joke too

Pretty sure GSP is the welterweight GOAT of his time, he is 2nd most total strikes landed at 2591, most takedowns landed still to this day at 90, hes 3rd on most takedown accuracy 73.8%, hes second on sig strike defense 73.1%, and he has most top position time 2:22:05. (This is according to UFC website stats) GSP was still improving he finished bisping when people complained that he don’t finishes his fight. He did kinda seemed gassed out at middleweight but he probably still had to get used to going up. People might complain that bisping had one eye but he’s still a warrior, and i think GSP could beat Whittaker at that time. And it’s crazy for you to say Usman was overrated, I know people hate his personality, but you’re sleeping on his feats, he beat burns who has good power and one of the best jiu jitsu, masvidal who is considered one of the best strikers in UFC on short notice then KO’ed him next fight with full camp, Tyrone Woodley was a beast in his prime, everyone even thought he was gonna win back then. Colby Covington twice who has the best volume punching cardio and wrestling. And usman has the most takedown defense at 97.3%. He lost to edwards but in the second fight he was dominating edwards, until edwards exploited his boxing weakness with headkick, and usman seemed too afraid in his 3rd fight. Overall, im pretty sure GSP would beat usman because his jiu jitsu and versatility is better. Usman has way better KO power than GSP, he just doesn’t have submission threats, And we’ll see if usman will be the same with his next fights because he said he always had knee problems and can’t run good.

We just want a perfect record from someone who’s a better person than Jon Jones. That way, Jones won’t be the GOAT anymore.

Dana and Joe calling Snooze the welterweight GOAT was pathetic. He does have a killer resume and some all time great moments but on closer inspection there's asterisks, like two repeat opponents and struggling consistently and having way closer fights than GSP almost ever did outside of about 3. Dominated Woodley, razor thin fight 1 with Colby (was going either way until the 5th and two great knockdowns, Goddard arguably stopped early and ignored all back of the head shots), short notice fight with Masvidal where he was getting out-struck on the feet and had to grind out a UD but a safe one, back and forth with Burns who dropped and hurt him repeatedly but he did persevere, finish him and get a great win. 2nd fight with Masvidal, sleeps him, all time great KO. Another razor thin fight with Colby that I think either robbed Colby of a draw (most likely) or even potentially a Colby win (was round 2 a 10-8 for a close round but 2 knockdowns?), and then he was doing very well against Edwards, no doubt coming to a 49-46 but this was altitude Leon and then he got slept, and then he decisively lost to Edwards in the rematch.

I'm pretty sure Ben Askren, CM Punk, Sage Northcut, and Rhonda Rousey were more overrated than Usman. I don't think GSP would be champ if he competed today. Fighters are just all around better these days.

I think he takes GSP, assuming GSP is still natural and Usman is still taking the… everything…

That doesn't mean hes overated

If Kumaru is overrated how you describe. There are also no well rounded fighters beside Rafael and Dustin. Only few solid names like Edson or Gathje.

Facts, and people talked shit to me for saying it.

It's unfair to call him a fraud. He was simply in the right places at the right times for his skillset.

I wouldnt say the most overrated fighter, since there were many many hypetrains that got derailed, but he sure was the most overrated champion of all time. In retroperspective, his division was just a gentlemens club of old out of prime rank squatters and a few prime lightweights in between like Colby, Burns or Masvidal, making a carreer by beating old out of prime dinosaurs. Actual good ww fighters were ducked untill they were out of prime. Daniel Rodrigues or Carlston Harris came to mind. These guys primed out and became old before even getting a chance to fight one of these rank squatters in the gentlemens club. And of top of it, there was Usman, a flash in a bottle, a mediocre sized fish a a very small pond.

Great video 👍🏻 I agree bro