How many super fights are left in UFC?

[daniel san]

Those are terrible suggestions on super fights, I mean Jiri vs Hill? Would be a fun fight, but isn't a super fight supposed to two (or at least one) popular fighter getting an interesting fight? Khamzat vs anyone and WW and MW is a great super fight as he's becoming a super star, or Usman vs Izzy (that would of course never happen). You usually need to tick the following boxes:
1. Champ/elite fighter
2. Moving up or down in weight
3. To face an interesting threat/opponent
4. Either or both popular fighters

Think GSP vs Silva, Jones vs HW champ, Izzy vs LHW champ, TJ vs Triple C etc. Your list only contains Jones vs a HW and Khamzat vs someone as an actual super fight, the rest is weak.

 

[mmamxfan]

Hulk belt ftw.

Minowa is a fuckin stud. Conor is done challenging for titles at his weight classes. He needs to go this route to get his respect back. Conor vs Black Beast in August. Make it happen Dana. Even with special rules it would be the biggest ppv ever.

I remember when I said Conor vs NICK DIAZ would be huge and everyone gave me the typical "what are you smoking?" type responses I wasn't wrong it was jus the other other Diaz bro.

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

I see some people have a low bar for "super"...

I consider a super fight a fight that appeals to the mainstream audience and would have do at least double a normal PPV buyrate would be.

For those, it would be Conor/Masvidal, Conor/Diaz and maybe Ngannou/Jones. If they could get Ronda back, her vs. anyone as well.

For casual or hardcore fan "super fights", I'd still like to see Valentina/Nunes again but if Pena wins again, I'd like to see Valentina fight her. Other than that, I've got nothing. There are some good fights out there but nothing I would consider anything other than ranked guy vs. ranked guy. A real super fight to me would be Mousasi vs. Izzy and that isn't happening.

 

[Tito Tapped]

I see some people have a low bar for "super"...

I consider a super fight a fight that appeals to the mainstream audience and would have do at least double a normal PPV buyrate would be.

Speaking of low bar for super.......set the bar higher than double the average. Was every Porier/McGregor fight a superfight? Is every Usman title defense a superfight? I don't think the discussion on "super" fights can even begin until you've hit 2 million buys, and that's without the aid of a strong card and multiple other title fights (looking at you Jan vs Adesanya).

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Man. What happened to superfights being 2 champs that have already cleaned out their own division?

Why would a prospect vs prospect fight be a superfight and just but a regular fight. Since when did Hill become just see TV?

 

[dipstickjimmy]

I'd love to see Nunes beat the shit out of him, wouldn't happen of course but it would be hilarious.

I don't know if she can? He is an Olympic Gold Medalist in case you hadn't heard.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I don't know if she can? He is an Olympic Gold Medalist in case you hadn't heard.

Yeah I said it wouldn’t happen, I mean the fight wouldn’t but if it did Henry wins obviously

 

[deanambrose]

I consider any bout involving Just Bleed Disciple Jiri and Lord of fighting Khamzat a superfight.

I wanted Jan vs Jiri for a belt but Blachowicz shat the bed in the last one..

 

[FilipEmoFights]

I will tell y’all what, Ignacio Bajamundes vs Sean O’Malley will be a big deal if it occurs.

 

[Vegeta]

Mousasi vs Adesanya

 

[ShameCarwin]

I don't know about that, Nate has way better boxing.

Not necessarily directed at you, but I honestly think Nate's boxing is hugely overrated. Dustin is a complete wrecking ball, with amazing pressure boxing and low kicks. Dustin has faster, more powerful, and more precise punches than Nate, and Dustin can keep a pace that Nate can't hang with.

Dustin is a complete nightmare for Nate, but Nate's reputation is so good that people actually think he has a boxing and endurance/pace advantage, when he actually doesn't even put a very good pace up EVER, he coasts and takes rounds off a lot, his punches are slow and sloppy, and he doesn't know how to pressure and trap guys effectively unless they fade or Nate hurts them first.

Specifically how is Nate's boxing better than Dustin's?

 

[Snarly]

GSP vs. Khabib
Cejudo vs. Volkanovski
Conor vs. Lawler
CM Punk vs. current Matt Hughes

Aldo vs. Cruz is being discussed and would have been a super fight if not a decade too late.

 

[White lightning 2]

Rampage vs Wandy 5. Bring em back

 

[Mangar]

HW: Jones vs Stipe, Gane vs Aspinall, two best HW prospects in a long while
LHW: Jiri vs Hill, just bleed.
MW: Izzy vs Perreira, though no idea if he gets past Bruno.
WW: Khamzat vs Covington/Usman, Brady vs Shavkat
LW: Islam vs Dariush, Islam vs Oliveira/Gaethje winner.
FW: Evloev vs Mitchell/Topuria, though Barboza could derail Mitchell I suppose.
BW: Yan vs Cejudo, Shore vs Usman

I don't think you know what a super fight is. Of the ones you listed the only one would be Jones vs Stipe.

 

[DestinedAussie]

Hope so.

And I always thought Cejudo with the right match ups could become three weight class champion. Def outside top 50 of all time, he's very overated right nowdays, he was a BW who was having a hard time making weight, possibly robbs DJ and beats Marlon who's getting smashed left and right since for a title and then beat old, rusty Cruz to defend his title, and then he's one of GOATs? One of the most ridiculous shit everr.

With that said, I think Cejudo might have a better chance against Volk than Yan, hell who knows how Fig vs Cejudo fight would go at FLW.

I think lot of 'Cejudo fans' haven't really followed his career in its entirety. I did. He's most definitely not one of GOATs, outside top 50 easy, but I digress.

But yeah Cejudo vs Yan/Volk would be a super fight. I bet he loses to both. Not sure who wins betwen Moreno/Fig vs Cejudo either.

His achievements speak for themselves, I am not really arguing about his goat status in anyway, just that him being back adds lots of interest in lots of weight classes. Volk also needs a good dance partner. Feels like his kind of stuck for exciting fights which leads him to having to fight same people again.

 

[GrantB13]

Super fights have lost their meaning. Silva vs GSP, Silva vs Jones, Fedor vs Brock, those were potential super fights. Everything you mentioned was just "ranked fighters fighting ranked fighters". Normal matchmaking. Super fights need to be special, something you don't see every day.

As a side note, a champ vs champ fight is not automatically a super fight. Adesanya vs Jan was not a super fight for example. Who really cared about that one? Established champs vs established champs is a super fight though. Not "first defense" champs

 

[cheesus]

Conor vs Nate III or Jones vs Stipe are the only potential fights I'd consider super fights. The rest of the fights on that list are contender / challengers vs contenders / champs, maybe some big fights for Cejudo if he returns probably won't generate that much hype though.

 

[Grill master]

Dariush vs Islam is big fight.

 

[Ironheart]

Looking at the relative strengths and resumes of current champs and contenders, I think that closest thing we could realistically get is Usman vs Adesanya.

Jones vs Ngannou is also very interesting but I'm not sure Jon ever gets his shit together, and while Ngannou is great he isn't yet what I'd call a dominant, division stifling champion.

 

[Ravenwing]

Khamzat vs
Usman
Izzy
Glover