Who Are The Best Strikers In MMA? w/ Padwork Footage 

Hold up, why is Ben Askren not on this list? His spinning backfist is the stuff of legends.

The one person I think you should've included is Rafael Fiziev. His last fight in the UFC showcased just how good his striking is as it was against another very high level striker Brad Riddell and he KO'ed him in the third round with a spinning wheel kick.

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I'm so happy that you mentioned Zabit!!! Before you said his name I was guessing... Petr Yann, Zabit... and then it happened. Zabit is my favorite MMA fighter and he is also an amazing person. One of the best technician I've ever seen in any combat sport. It would be great if you analyze him in details in one of your videos. Thank you!

Giga Chikadze is definitely on the come up and has very crisp techniques. A breakdown on him would be great. Also Rafeel Fiziev is a coach at tiger muay tai and rising contender

Petr Yan should be on this list. Look at his fight against Cory sandhagen, the way he dismantled Cory in round 3,4,5 is just incredible. Not to mention Cory is such a tricky striker to go up against

I hope you make a part 2, there are so many high level striking guys in MMA like Petr Yan, Cory Sandhagen, Yair Rodriguez, Giga Chikadze, Raphael Fiziev and in the higher Weight Classes there are Alex Pereira, Aleksandar Rakic or the interim Heavyweight Champ Cyril Gane. Would love to see you react to them! Greetings from Germany🇩🇪

Zabit trained in Sanda style, so that's probably why his kicks are pretty fancy, ONE Championship Team Lakay also made their fighters fight with Sanda style. Probably the style will be rising in the future MMA fights considering it has kickboxing+wrestling rules. I hope Zabit can fight again, he hasn't fight for almost 2 years, it would've been very interesting fight against Yair. Zabit wrestling is also high level, I've seen some of his wrestling analysis too. He is super well rounded, packaged with Max Holloway cardio, he will be unstoppable.

As honorable mentions i would definetly add Max Holloway, Petr Yan and Giga Chikadze. Good video😁

I think you should have included Edson Barboza. I honestly think he is the best kicker in the UFC and probably one of the best in MMA in general.

wonderboy was already undefeated in kickboxing 58-0 thats pretty impressive

I can't wait to see you on Karate Combat.

If you're watching a Wonderboy fight. He does his round kick and kind of leaves foot turned and hip out. He usually waits for the opponent to come in and he side kicks them or like does the kick where he raises his leg like slaps their head in the opposite direction. I'm not describing this that well. I don't know the names but he lures a lot of guys in that way. It leaves him vulnerable though if he's being pressed by a grappler. It happened a lot in his last fight. I just watched a few of his fights recently back to back on the bus home for the holidays and noticed it. Thanks for the upload. You're the man!

Zabit is pretty cool, unfortunately he hasn't fought in a long time now, possibly retired. Apparently he has some issues with his diaphragm, which was noticeable due to his tendency to gas out even in 3 round fights. But he's still very skilled and his grappling is very good as well. Hopefully he can come back healthy and continue to do well.

Always the best content for us Gabe. Thanks champ 😊

I love how complimentary is Gabriel of other fighters, very matter of fact approach

Thank you very much for making a videos sir i learn so much

ilu Gabriel Varga! This channel is every fighter's best tool for improving outside the gym.

I was so hyped that your favorite mma-striker was zabit! Always been a huge fan of his and was certain you would pick a more tradionally muay thai/kickboxy guy. Fantastic surprise!

Cyril Gane is definitely up there with the best

Great video man, good stuff 👌🏻

Peter Yan should be up there as well the way he uses he’s striking to set his whole game plan up is amazing

You got some bomb info bro bro🙏🏾thank You

Impressive list. Hard to narrow things down to just 5. But I’d have to shout out Edson Barboza as being way on up there.

I love your selection, I agree mostly!

petr yan and jiri prochazka are definitely worth mentioning. dope video!

That last one is a complete beast, you are right...

Thoughts on Petr Yan? Also love the recognition given to zabit!

I wasn't expecting you to do the list the way you did with the padwork, but it is still a good video nonetheless. And yeah, Zabit is a monster with his striking and grappling. The call him the Shaolin of Dagestan, his style is Sanshou based but he definitely added in a nice blend of Muay Thai/Kickboxing and Boxing into it, making a great hybrid out of it. Can you do a video with your top 10 strikers in the UFC overall, in your opinion? If it's not too much, maybe add in one combo they throw that you like and show it in the B.O.B. ? Just a suggestion! Appreciate your videos as usual, even if I don't always comment. P.s. , my favorite MMA strikers areI wasn't expecting you to do the list the way you did with the padwork, but it is still a good video nonetheless. Can you do a video with your top 10 strikers in the UFC overall, in your opinion? If it's not too much, maybe add in one combo they throw that you like and show it in the B.O.B. ? Just a suggestion! Appreciate your videos as usual, even if I don't always comment. P.s. , my favorite UFC strikers are (no particular order) 1. Izzy Adesanya (Taekwondo/Kickboxing) 2. Giga Chikadze ( Karate/Muay Thai) 3. Alex Pereria (Muay Thai/Kickboxing) 4. Jiri Prochazka (Karate/Muay Thai) 5. Petr Yan (Boxing/Muay Thai) 6. Stephen Thompson (Karate Kickboxing) 7. Cyril Gane (Muay Thai/Boxing) 8. Max Holloway (MMA Tailored Striking) 9. Cory Sandhagen (Kickboxing) 10. Zabit Magomedshapirov (Sanshou) Hms to: Yair Rodriguez (TKD/MT Kickboxing) Conor Mcgregor (Boxing/Karate) Adrian Yanez (Boxing) Tom Aspinall (Boxing/Kickboxing/MMA) Jose Aldo (Muay Thai/Boxing) Vicente Luque (Muay Thai)

Petr Yan. He is awesome! Very technical and great footwork. But he deserves his own dedicated breakdown..

All these guys are great strikers. I would have added Petr Yan and Max Holloway. But great list, did not know about Zabit.

Petr Yan all day!

Half of the guys you mentioned had already done really well in other combat sports before entering the ufc. Great video still! 🙏

You should make more of these. I suggest checking out Petr Yan, Edson Barboza, Rafael Fiziev and Cyril Gane

Great video! I know you can't talk about everyone, but I'd love to hear your opinion on Edson Barbosa. His striking is really beautiful, and he got the best kicks I've ever seen in MMA

Great list. I'dd add Giga, Valentina and Fiziev.

Part 2 with Pacquiao and other fighters would be dope. This could be a cool weekly series

great video as alaways!

Nice to see Zhabit getting some love

They are all a bunch of savages wicked list 🤙

I hope you know Wonderboy has a kickboxing record of 58 wins and 0 losses. Love the video.

Loved the appreciation towards Aldo. I always thought he would've been one of the best MMA fighter's to transition into Kickboxing/Boxing besides mma fighter's that already proved themselves in that regard like Alistair Overeem and Semmy Schilt.

I can never miss Zabit fight.... It just wow

I woulda liked to see giga chikadze and especially Petr Yan his boxing is looking to be one of the best in MMA

Zabit went to some Kung Fu academy boarding type place when he was younger. I think his graduation is somewhere online. A lot spinning techniques and sanda type sparring

Ben Askren is my favourite striker of all combat sport. The guy is a legend. Bestest spinning backfist ever... .. .

Varga is spot on. Zabeast is trained in the same discipline as I was. Chuang Fa or Shaolin Kempo in his case an off shoot variation from Dagestan and acknowledged by the Shaolin Temple. Awesome to watch and dangerous to any form of competition.

Check out Max Holloway for his boxing, Yair Rodriguez for his kicks, Michel Pereira for fun. This is cool content, nice job 👍

Zabit is a good deeper cut. He recently was going to retire because of some kind of breathing problems but now he's coming back and he's def a future champ

Ooh. You'd need about three videos to run through the candidates for best striker. 😄.

I'd say everyone you mentioned for sure, but I'm a little surprised you didn't mention Petr Yan or maybe even Alex Volkanovski. I think either can do well in kickboxing or boxing.

Gabriel, I wanna see you put on some weight and fight Superbon. I think it would be a good match up.

Zabit has oppressive grappling as well. New breed of MMA fighter.

Finally! Someone recognizes zabit. He da man!

Also lets not forget about overeem! Ofc he has more than proven himself in kickboxing so it might be redundant to mention him in the vid but still one of the most accurate and technical strikers to ever do it. It is easy to underestimate his technical prowess given that its easy to be distracted by his sheer power and blitz style.

Surprised Brad riddel and raffiel fixiev didn't make this list, both some of the best kickboxers in the ufc who just fought recently.

Zabit’s surgery went well apparently. I believe it was a diaphragm problem. Five rounds Zabit will be amazing. His style is Sanda. He came from Five Directions of the World, the same place as Muslim Salikhov. Also, a lot of these guys have experience in kickboxing or other fields before UFC. Adesanya was in kickboxing and Zabit was in Sanda for example. That’s probably why their striking is like that. They did well elsewhere before MMA.

Petr Yan and Rafael Fiziev should be on your updated list, if you ever decide to make one.

Rob Font and Max Holloway are definitely worth a mention

Take a look at Alex Poatan's padwork, double Glory champion who migrated to MMA

You should talk about Edson Barboza too man

Great video but you couldve talk about Dejdamrong

Unfortunately zabit hasn’t fought for a good amount of time due to health problems but looking out for him to comeback

You should watch leon edwards padwork! I feel like hes also very underrated.

Never heard of Zabit before, but … holy hell! :-o

Very nice video. But one fighter i would add is edson barboza. In my opinion he is one of the best kickers in mma ever, he is very powerfull and has some excellent technique.

Any points on the women, Valentina Shevchenko and Joana perhaps. Where do you stack them up on a list of greatest strikers

What do you think about Deleterious Johnson's heavily influenced Dutch Cross padwork? He has great form and can strike from both orthodox and southpaw.

It was good the way Anderson Silva incorporated wing chun.

I had never seen Jose Aldo working with Andy, he legitimately looks like Buakaw throwing that beautiful switch body kick.

Gotta watch some Uriah Hall clips. Dude is super technical.

You should look for gigs chikadze...he. Was Glory kickboxer and has one of the best pad work

Giga, fiziev and Petr yan deserve a mention too

Zabit is unreal. Petr Yan is also super dangerous.

i feel like petr yan could be on this list as well. cheers

Zabit is actually a sanda fighter,has alot of spinning attacks , quite similar to another ufc sanda fighter ,cung le

Coach varga. Please do one for Shanghai fighters in One Championship please.God Bless

I’m waiting to see a wonderboy collab

Petr Yan, Rafael Fiziev, Cyril Gane... There is a lot more fighters you should have included

I thought you were going to say Giga Chikadze. Should do a breakdown!

Whats your opinion on omalleys striking? Also I think you should've considered petr yan no doubt

Zabit comes from sanda background,can you do a video on sanda style?

Watch out for Yair Rodriguez, his kicks are always on point and he's good with his hands too. A future champion and Hall of Fame nominees.

Gotta throw Petr Yan in the mix

fighters for a next video: Petr Yan, Edson Barboza, Giga Chikadze, Rafael Fiziev, Yair Rodríguez

Please make how to recover a body from a fight, as amature we often fight the next day again, when final happen we almost have 3-4 fight and our body just so tired

Hey Gabriel what do you think of Petr Yan? Or Yair Rodriguez?

Wanna see something funny, look for Aldo working a speed bag. Ciryl Gane deserves a mention here. The guy is a phenom for his weight class. Giga Chikadze is in your weight class too and he is a nightmare for you too Alex Perreira and blood diamond have also signed with ufc

Rory McDonald, Carlos Condit, Nick Diaz, Alexander Gustafson, Rafael Fiziev, Aaron Pico, Valentina Shevchenko, Joanna J., Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm

Stephen Thompson is WAKO amateur kickboxing world champion at year 2005.

nfor me, Demetrius Johnson he is an all around fighter, he is good in clinch, striking , kicks and on wrestling

I think one guy who tends to fly under the radar when it comes to striking skills in the ufc is Jan Blahovic. Might be because he's a light heavyweight with not a very big name but he's underrated. His kicks are on point and so is his defense. He might be the best leg kick checker in the ufc

'Everybody is a champion on the pads' - GSP

Zabit is a Wu shu master. The school he comes from is the Shaolin of Dagestan. There's another fighter from the same stable they call the king of kung fu Muslim salikhov.

Giga chikadze is somone who flies under the radar abit but his striking is beautiful

Petr Yan is in my opinion the best striker currently in the ufc, I believe that he would do exceptionally well in either kickboxing or Muay Thai, please Gabriel give him a closer look!

Sugar Sean O Malley, Yair Rodriguez, Edson Barbosa

I'm surprised Demetrius Johnson wasn't included here. Mighty Mouse looks like he's straight out of a video game.

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