Kalugin defends inclusion of Khabib and McGregor in top 10 greatest UFC fighters

MMA commentator Kalugin responded to Vlad Matveev's top 10 greatest UFC fighters list, arguing that Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor deserve inclusion despite their absence from Matveev's ranking. Kalugin contends that greatness should be measured not only by title defenses and opponents, but also by global impact, popularization of MMA in new regions, peak performance dominance, commercial success, and records. He notes McGregor popularized MMA worldwide while Khabib expanded the sport's influence in the Arab world. Kalugin's proposed top 10 includes Jon Jones, GSP, Khabib, McGregor, Jose Aldo, Alex Pereira, Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson, Islam Makhachev, and Amanda Nunes. He emphasizes this is a friendly debate about subjective criteria for measuring fighter greatness.