Which fighters do you tune in to watch nowadays?

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Just realized I only watch 7 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Shavkat (Injured, will probably never be the same prime again)
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan
- Jones (Retired)


Realistically, now it's 5 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan


In the future, it will be 3 fighters...

- Winner of Topuria vs Makhachev
- Winner of Khamzat vs Poatan
- Jiri


Within the next year, Poatan is retiring.
Within the next 3 years, Topuria and Makhachev is retiring.

It will be 2 fighters I watch in 2029...

- Khamzat
- Jiri

By 2032, both probably retire, so I will likely stop watching MMA.
 
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Just realized I only watch 7 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Shavkat (Injured, will probably never be the same prime again)
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan
- Jones (Retired)


Realistically, now it's 5 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan


In the future, it will be 3 fighters...

- Winner of Topuria vs Makhachev
- Winner of Khamzat vs Poatan
- Jiri


Within the next year, Poatan is retiring.
Within the next 3 years, Topuria and Makhachev is retiring.

It will be 2 fighters I watch in 2029...

- Khamzat
- Jiri

By 2032, both probably retire, so I will likely stop watching MMA.
Good list. Jiri is not a must have for me though.
 
Usually all of them, but ones I would never miss:

-Makini Manu
-Wolverine "Ron" Bata
-Dorian Perez
-Striker Robert Trujillo
-Darren "Hand of" Godfrey
-Damien Dibbell, the Fedor Emelianenko of #PowerSlap
-Dakota McGregor aka #GreaterMcGregor
-Jujhar Singh
-John Dodson's Wife
-Queen Sheena Bathory 😘🦶
 
Toppy
Poatan
Aspinall
Hokit
Jean Silva
Dakota
WingedC
Smilin Sam
Nate The Train
Dern
Crispy
Wang Cong
Asplund
Jiri
Van
Yan
Fluffy
Pantoja
DDP
Volk
Lopes
Steve Garcia
Kevin Vallejos
Bo
Pyfer
Maycee Barber
Bogdan
Morales
Prates
Machado
Paddy
JDM
Poo Bear
Tracy Cortez
Valter
…And more…
 
I still watch all the fights even if not always live. But a few of the fighters I am truly excited to watch when I know they’re fighting are Jiri, Yan, Ilia, Aspinall, DDP, and Gaethje, and some non top 5 are guys like BSD, Steve Garcia, Khalil, RoboCop, amongst many others.

Jiri and Yan are above all though, it will be a sad day when Jiri retires or loses his reflexes.
 
Poatan, Jiri and Val.

If it's a stacked card, I'll watch.
 
Just realized I only watch 7 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Shavkat (Injured, will probably never be the same prime again)
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan
- Jones (Retired)


Realistically, now it's 5 fighters...

- Topuria
- Makhachev
- Khamzat
- Jiri
- Poatan


In the future, it will be 3 fighters...

- Winner of Topuria vs Makhachev
- Winner of Khamzat vs Poatan
- Jiri


Within the next year, Poatan is retiring.
Within the next 3 years, Topuria and Makhachev is retiring.

It will be 2 fighters I watch in 2029...

- Khamzat
- Jiri

By 2032, both probably retire, so I will likely stop watching MMA.
Really just waiting for shavkat to return or a poaton fight.. but ..

Jiri
Poaton
Illia
Gaethje
Max
Volk
Jbj
Islam
Strickland
Ngannou as of right now
Izzy


The UFC kinda sucks. No exciting matchups announced yet. Tired of islam being fed one dimensional guys.

Khamzat never fights.

Shavkat the hope of the UFC is injured again..

Usmen has been shafted..

Sean Strickland is very good but most of his fights look like spars style wise he can fight anyone though.


Gaethje is in his way out.

Armen is to wrestle heavy and boring

If these guys only compete once a year with the belt I might lose interest. None of the fights happen I want to see because of it. And shavkat shoulda had a title fight instead he had to beat Ian Garry for no reason
 
Can't miss fighters

Pereira
Jiri
Topuria
Islam
Gaethje
Khamzat
Max
Charles
Gane
Conor ( White House )
 
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