Pound for pound is a ranking used in MMA of who the better fighters are irrespective of their weight, i.e. adjusted to compensate for weight class. As these fighters do not compete directly, judging the best fighter pound for pound is subjective, and ratings vary. In the UFC, there are official pound-for-pound rankings although debate around them is fierce. Abbreviated as "P4P"
"Adesanya would beat Mighty Mouse, but only because he's bigger. Pound for pound, mighty mouse is a way better fighter."
Pound For Pound Explained
Khabib Nurmagomedov literally wrestled with bears when he was young. Nurmagomedov grew up in Dagestan, where as a nine year old boy, his father led him out towards the edge of the forest, where a bear cub was chained to a nearby tree. His dad then turned on a handheld camera, pointed it at his son, and ordered him to the wrestle the animal. Khabib, even at that young age displayed technique and heart.
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Bear
KHABIB WRESTLING BEARS 2015 vs 2020 in DAGESTAN
After defeating Conor McGregor at UFC 196, Nate Diaz, a betting underdog, said he was not surprised that he won. The exchange happened with Joe Rogan during Diaz's post fight octagon interview. "I'm not surprised Mother Fuckers!" has lived on as one of Diaz's many memorable quotes.
Joe Rogan: "Nate Diaz, you just shook up the world." Nate Diaz: "I'm not surprised Mother Fuckers!"
Nate Diaz | I'm not surprised motherfuckers !
Between rounds of Melvin Guillard vs Ronys Torres at UFC 109, a bag of ice cubes broke inside the octagon spilling all over. Officials tried to hastily clean up the ice, but knocked over the collection bucket, re-spilling the ice several more times. Then they attempted to sweep the ice through the side fencing and nearly left ice in the cage before starting the next round. Joe Rogan was on commentary and hilariously made fun of the ice situation.
Joe Rogan: "Wow look at all the ice all over the octagon. Oh that's a problem, someone spilled ice in the octagon... (about the cleanup effort) they knocked the bucket over, three stooges, what are you freaks doing? Everybody's booing."
Joe Rogan vs The ICE Spill
After losing to Matt Hughes, George St-Pierre stated he was not impressed and wanted a rematch. However, he did it in the most polite way which is typical of GSP.
Joe Rogan: "Here's Georges." Georges St-Pierre: "I'm very glad you won that fight, Matt, but I'm not impressed by your performance and I look forward to fighting you in the near future."
GSP is not impressed
A signature move of fighters Nick and Nate Diaz. The brothers often open hand slap their opponents during MMA fights, a move named after their hometown, Stockton, California.
(Nick Diaz slaps Carlos Condit during UFC 143 main event.) Joe Rogan: "We've never seen anybody do that to Carlos Condit before." Mike Goldberg: "That was the Stockton Slap."
STOCKTON SLAP BY DIAZ BROTHERS
Nick Diaz - Stockton Slap
Anderson Silva, a Brazillian who speaks English as a second language, says "Is Normal" a lot where an English speaker might say "Fine". For example, when asked how he feels during fight week, he responds "is normal."
Reporter: "How do you feel about (fighting) Chris Weidman? Did you maybe underestimate him the first time?" Anderson Silva: "Is normal. Is normal. Come on guys... Is normal. He don't have nothing. Normal. He got two legs, two arms...normal!"
UFC Anderson Silva "It's Normal"
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