Kalugin debates top 10 greatest UFC fighters, proposes revised rankings

MMA analyst Kalugin responded to Vlad Matveev's top 10 greatest UFC fighters list, expressing surprise at the absence of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. While praising Matveev's work, Kalugin argued that greatness should include additional criteria beyond titles and quality of opposition. He proposed adding factors such as contribution to popularizing MMA, peak performance level, dominance in fights, commercial impact, and records. Based on these expanded criteria, Kalugin presented his own top 10 list with Jon Jones first, Georges St-Pierre second, Khabib third, and McGregor fourth, followed by Jose Aldo, Alex Pereira, Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson, Islam Makhachev, and Amanda Nunes. He emphasized that such rankings are inherently subjective and invited discussion from his audience.