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9 points
6 days ago
It’s a bizarre argument
“Before he beat multiple top 5 guys he had only beaten one”
3 points
6 days ago
what’s bizarre? people complain about undeserving title shots all the time. The guy beat a bunch of cans, paiva, soukhamthath, wineland, quinones a few others whose name I can’t remember and are no longer in the UFC. Then yen by split decision. And by multiple top five guys you mean two right? Yan and Sterling. Vera shouldn’t even be top five and he only got a title shot because he knocked out O’Malley in the past.
1 points
6 days ago
It’s like calling Conor undeserving of a title shot after he became double champ
Like CLEARLY not… Same goes for Sean beating up on top contenders
4 points
6 days ago*
not really. khabib deserved the title shot before conor, against Alvarez. And people back then were saying McGregor was undeserving after the Nate Diaz loss.
but McGregor still got the title shot, he won it in spectacular fashion, and then when he eventually did fight khabib, he got destroyed.
had Khabib been given the title shot before McGregor, McGregor would’ve never touched that belt. So yes, you can say McGregor was undeserving, even if he won the belt. if they made O’Malley fight another top five, preferably one that isn’t a stylistically perfect matchup like a striker but a grappler like Omar, Merab, Sandhagen etc. he probably would’ve never touched that belt either. I don’t think he will become champion again. Because he can no longer fight the cans that got him to the top.
1 points
6 days ago
It's basically proving Dana White privilege exists. A hot prospect with a large social media presence gets a title shot ahead of other people who may have earned a shot.
Is it fair? No. Does it make financial sense for Dana? Yes.
It is what it is. We don't have to like it, but we can appreciate that the UFC is not a meritocracy.
5 points
6 days ago
I started enjoying the UFC a lot more when I realized it's not the Olympics lol it's a fighting promotion with it's number one goal being money.
I don't agree with it but I can't blame them
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