Current Best Chins

[jnes]

Vettori
Chito
Munhoz

Munhoz is a great shout, I don't think I've ever seen him hurt.

Vettori and Chito's chins aren't as indestructible as they've once been.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

That was pretty impressive, but his chin is about to really get tested again in his next fight as he's fighting Delija.

He's fighting again? Dude is on his 4th fight this year already. That's crazy for a fringe top 5 HW.

 

[RockyLockridge]

At the moment I'd say Pantoja and Lopes have the best chins.

I'd have to agree.

 

[Pierce 34]

Waldo Cortes chin is pretty fuckin underrated right now imo. Dude was eating BOMBS from Pavlovich like we've never seen before and emoting afterward like it was nothing when those punches would have had the majority of the division on Bambi legs.

I thought Sergei was too passive in that fight.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Gastelum.. never ever been knocked out or finished with strikes, gets hit flush a lot

Vettori... never ever been knocked out or finished with strikes, gets hit flush a lot

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I thought Sergei was too passive in that fight.

I think it was the smart thing to do. Waldo has a granite chin and although he does not have one shot KO power he does hit hard enough to where he can put you on skates if he connects with something big. Getting into fire fights with guys like Waldo (especially if you've just seen them eat your best punches) is a gamble and isn't something you should really do unless you're willing to bet on your chin or you have tried and true one shot KO power like Tom and Francis.

 

[Pierce 34]

I think it was the smart thing to do. Waldo has a granite chin and although he does not have one shot KO power he does hit hard enough to where he can put you on skates if he connects with something big. Getting into fire fights with guys like Waldo (especially if you've just seen them eat your best punches) is a gamble and isn't something you should really do unless you're willing to bet on your chin or you have tried and true one shot KO power like Tom and Francis.

I liked the Pav I saw in the Tai-Lewis wins

 

[Benoitthegr8]

The UFC resident MW high orc is in the running, I’ve always wondered why he stayed sluggish @185 all those years… IMO fighting at LHW would give his cumbersome frame a possible speed advantage.

 

[gentel]

Yesterday's war between Lopes and Silva was amazing and Lopes's chin was on full display. He might have the best one in the game now and it got me thinking who are some of the current immortal fighters that seem to have uncrackable chins. Lots of fighters have lost/shown weakness with their freakish chins (Holloway being dropped frequently, Chito getting dropped by Figgy, Ige getting hurt by Pitbull, Geoff Neal getting spinning elbowed, Kattar getting buzzed lots now, Hooker getting dropped by Gamrot et, Vettori getting buzzed multiple times by Brendan Allen etc...)

At the moment I'd say Pantoja and Lopes have the best chins.

Lopes got rocked by a few of the shots from Jean Silva, I was worried the damage would make him fight dumb and continue taking big hits and get KO'd but he found the spinning elbow

Holloway chin >>> Lopes even now, yes he got finished by Topuria, but that's Topuria we're talking about, he's a different level power and accuracy

 

[gentel]

I liked the Pav I saw in the Tai-Lewis wins

I predicted him to beat Aspinall back before we saw the limits to his game, unfortunately while his power and reach are great, his technique is not and he seems like he's not the brightest guy around so he doesn't really improve it either

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I liked the Pav I saw in the Tai-Lewis wins

I don't think that Pav is coming back he lost a lot of confidence since getting chinned by Tom and you need to be confident in your chin and power to want to engage in fire fights constantly and I don't think he trusts those 2 things enough anymore which is why we're getting patient Pav and passive Pav.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Derrick Lewis has been somewhat KO'd but he can come back from the brink of extinction.

Merab was going to be my first choice. He's been choked, rocked, beatdown but he somehow survives and then keeps coming forward.

 

[jnes]

Lopes got rocked by a few of the shots from Jean Silva, I was worried the damage would make him fight dumb and continue taking big hits and get KO'd but he found the spinning elbow

Holloway chin >>> Lopes even now, yes he got finished by Topuria, but that's Topuria we're talking about, he's a different level power and accuracy

Holloway still has a great chin but it isn't indestructible anymore. He's been dropped by Topuria, Gaethje and Dustin in his last 3.

 

[Pierce 34]

I don't think that Pav is coming back he lost a lot of confidence since getting chinned by Tom and you need to be confident in your chin and power to want to engage in fire fights constantly and I don't think he trusts those 2 things enough anymore which is why we're getting patient Pav and passive Pav.

True.

 

[jeskola]