Most Entertaining Fighters in the UFC Right Now?

Madmick said:
I was trying to think of the guys who have been the most fun to watch. Chimaev has the biggest hype train atm, but apart from his exciting power, his style looks to be a bit grindy like Khabib's. I'm looking for pure entertainment value, here, not necessarily superstar buzz. Michael Pereira is maybe the best example of what I'm after.

What are some names I'm missing?
  • Michael Pereira
  • Justin Gaethje
  • Jorge Masvidal
  • Johnny Walker
  • Israel Adensaya
  • Donald Cerrone
  • Yair Rodriguez
  • Zabit Magomedsharipov
  • Cody Garbrandt
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I agree with the names on your list for the most part, but I would take off Rodriguez, Donald, and Adesanya, while adding Ngannou, Khamzat, and Ryan Hall. Also would put Geoff Neal, Ankalaev, Tuivasa, and a few from the Women's divisions on there.
 
Get To Da Choppa said:
Now that Bethe Correira is back in the UFC again, it has to be her for entertainment value


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Dat ass is entertaining too
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She's back in the UFC? My prayers were answered.
 
I feel like part of being an exciting fighter means being able to combat another fighter's boring style. Like for Jorge or a Diaz to be in an exciting fight, they need someone who will stand and bang with them. In the cases where they got grinded out or out-maneuvered in boring fights, the blame was put on their opponent, but since they didn't have the skills to affect that boring outcome, I consider that they were also boring fighters on those occasions.

Robbie Lawler
 
Michel took a few bars off of his craziness scale in his last fight. But, it paid off with a solid win.

He is the guy out of any other fighter that I would consider to be at the top of the must watch tv list. Easily.
 
Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz and Francis Ngannou should def be on the list.
 
My current favorites are Luque, Gaethje, Josh Emmett, Yair, Jiri Proch, Jan Blach, Derrick Lewis, Francis, Stipe and Marvin Vettori. Not for nothing, I also find Colby's style interesting cause of his trolling pace. He keeps spamming shit without any intention of committing to anything. Takes people down knowing he'll let them stand up just to take them down again... what a troll.
 
What's his name... Phil Hawes? He definitely comes in to throw hard. Not sure how high his potential ceiling is, but he's been entertaining against the competition I've seen him face so far.
 
Are there any other Paul Craig lovers out there? I'm adding him because I personally adore his style. Has to be one of the most fun grapplers to watch. I feel like I always tune into his fights to see if his opponent can knock him senseless before he drags the dude down like a monster in a horror movie pulling some screaming broad under the dirt, and submits him with some sick, dirty Jitz.

It's a riveting question every time.
sampuncher said:
Chimaev
Ortega
Adesanya
Yair
JJ
Zhang
Brandon Royval
Poirier/Gaethje/Ferguson
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Royval's win over Kai Kara France was simply thrilling. Good mention. Added the others, except I'm not doing girls, here, because I want to avoid the usual derail. Also, if "JJ" is Bones, that's a hard pass. His out-of-the-cage drama has been more exciting than his fighting for years.
DS66 said:
Poirier, Hooker, Max, Francis, KZ
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DevNull69 said:
hard no on current Cerrone. I'm actually big Izzy fan but he's a maybe for this list since he is more counter striker.
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I think I'm going to follow this up with a Part 2 asking for everyone's 5 Recommended Removals, and then a Part 3 with a poll after we whittle it down. Just looking for additions, right now.
Do The Evolution said:
Cory Sandhagen, Aljo Sterling, Bryce Mitchell, Vicente Luque, Niko Price
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I can tell you're no casual. I won't be adding Sandhagen due to a high ratio of decision wins while he doesn't have an extraordinarily high number of "of the Night" bonuses to pad it. I gotta admit I'm drawing mostly blanks on Bryce Mitchell, can't recall even the fights I know I've seen, but he looks like a real submission wizard, and those are more exciting than ever because they're increasingly rare.
Herwald said:
My current favorites are Luque, Gaethje, Josh Emmett, Yair, Jiri Proch, Jan Blach, Derrick Lewis, Francis, Stipe and Marvin Vettori. Not for nothing, I also find Colby's style interesting cause of his trolling pace. He keeps spamming shit without any intention of committing to anything. Takes people down knowing he'll let them stand up just to take them down again... what a troll.
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That's an awesome list of fighters who I also love to watch. Blach has a relatively high number of decisions, so I'm leaving him off, unless the forum widely objects. Also, while I'm always glued to the screen during Black Beast's fights because of his KO power, I think his lack of activity in a number of his fights, as well as his penchant to rest against the cage, warrants omission. Kind of lulls you to sleep before the thunder, sometimes. But I'll change that, too, if the forum yells at me.
CerebralKnievel said:
What's his name... Phil Hawes? He definitely comes in to throw hard. Not sure how high his potential ceiling is, but he's been entertaining against the competition I've seen him face so far.
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Oh, I will definitely be keeping my eyes on him after that blastoff. Kid has dynamite in his hands. Could be a future championship-caliber physical talent. We'll see if he has the skills to follow through at the UFC level. For now, though, he has just one fight. Is he known for this throughout his career before arriving in the UFC?

Keep them coming.
 
Brandon Royval ,Poirier, Gaethje, Izzy, Holloway, who da fook, Jiri, Yair, Tony, Ngannou, Conor, Khazmat, Romero, Anderson Silva and Hall all come to mind
 
Shane Burgos
Spike Carlyle
Billy Quarantillo
Deivision Figueiredo
Daniel Rodriguez
Anthony Pettis
Bryan Barberena

All JBG pleasing fighters imo.
 
Kyler Phillips and Mario Bautista are two of the better bantamweights not ranked.
 
That's a good list, I'll add Brandon Moreno, Kattar, and Lauzon. Moreno will be fighting Brandon Royval soon, should be a great fight.
 
Madmick said:
Are there any other Paul Craig lovers out there? I'm adding him because I personally adore his style. Has to be one of the most fun grapplers to watch. I feel like I always tune into his fights to see if his opponent can knock him senseless before he drags the dude down like a monster in a horror movie pulling some screaming broad under the dirt, and submits him with some sick, dirty Jitz.

It's a riveting question every time.

Royval's win over Kai Kara France was simply thrilling. Good mention. Added the others, except I'm not doing girls, here, because I want to avoid the usual derail. Also, if "JJ" is Bones, that's a hard pass. His out-of-the-cage drama has been more exciting than his fighting for years.

Added.

I think I'm going to follow this up with a Part 2 asking for everyone's 5 Recommended Removals, and then a Part 3 with a poll after we whittle it down. Just looking for additions, right now.

I can tell you're no casual. I won't be adding Sandhagen due to a high ratio of decision wins while he doesn't have an extraordinarily high number of "of the Night" bonuses to pad it. I gotta admit I'm drawing mostly blanks on Bryce Mitchell, can't recall even the fights I know I've seen, but he looks like a real submission wizard, and those are more exciting than ever because they're increasingly rare.

That's an awesome list of fighters who I also love to watch. Blach has a relatively high number of decisions, so I'm leaving him off, unless the forum widely objects. Also, while I'm always glued to the screen during Black Beast's fights because of his KO power, I think his lack of activity in a number of his fights, as well as his penchant to rest against the cage, warrants omission. Kind of lulls you to sleep before the thunder, sometimes. But I'll change that, too, if the forum yells at me.

Oh, I will definitely be keeping my eyes on him after that blastoff. Kid has dynamite in his hands. Could be a future championship-caliber physical talent. We'll see if he has the skills to follow through at the UFC level. For now, though, he has just one fight. Is he known for this throughout his career before arriving in the UFC?

Keep them coming.
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Thank you! Sandhagen's just so smooth and multifaceted in his striking. I love every fight of his!
Re Mitchell, I was certainly sold after the Rosa fight. Dude was tenacious, attempting twister after twister against a blackbelt in Rosa. He didn't get it (though he did the previous fight), but he was just a good 5,6 steps ahead on the ground. Chess!
 
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