Kalugin debates top 10 UFC fighters list, includes Khabib and McGregor

Popular Russian MMA commentator Kalugin responded to Vlad Matveev's top 10 greatest UFC fighters list, expressing surprise at the absence of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. While acknowledging Matveev's thorough work, Kalugin argued that greatness should include additional criteria beyond titles and opposition quality, such as contribution to MMA popularization, peak form, fight dominance, commercial impact, and records. Based on these expanded criteria, Kalugin presented his own top 10: 1) Jon Jones, 2) GSP, 3) Khabib, 4) McGregor, 5) Jose Aldo, 6) Alex Pereira, 7) Anderson Silva, 8) Demetrious Johnson, 9) Islam Makhachev, 10) Amanda Nunes. He emphasized that fighter rankings are inherently subjective and invited his audience to compare both lists.