A Russian MMA analyst published a response to Vlad Matveev's top 10 greatest UFC fighters list, expressing surprise that Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor were excluded while fighters like Daniel Cormier, Alexander Volkanovski, and Randy Couture were included. The author argues that greatness should include not only titles and opposition quality, but also impact on the sport's popularity, geographic expansion, peak performance dominance, commercial draw, and records. He proposes additional criteria including contribution to MMA popularization, noting that McGregor globalized the sport and Khabib massively expanded MMA's reach in the Arab world. His revised top 10 includes Jon Jones first, followed by GSP, Khabib third, and McGregor fourth, with Alex Pereira ranked sixth above Anderson Silva.
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Debate over UFC's greatest fighters omitting Khabib and McGregor from top 10
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