Kalugin presents top 10 greatest UFC fighters, includes Khabib and McGregor

MMA analyst Kalugin responded to Vlad Matveev's top 10 greatest UFC fighters list by creating his own ranking that includes Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, who were absent from Matveev's list. Kalugin argued that greatness should include additional criteria beyond titles and opposition quality, such as contribution to MMA popularization, peak performance, fight dominance, commercial impact, and records. His proposed top 10 includes: Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo, Alex Pereira, Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson, Islam Makhachev, and Amanda Nunes. Kalugin emphasized that while respecting Matveev's work, he believes fighters like Khabib and McGregor had massive influence on the sport's global expansion and should be recognized among the all-time greats.