The longer he waits, the longer he'll keep that belt, smdh.
A newly crowned champion determined not to fight....
Ffs not again.
Middleweight has been fucked since Silva broke his leg.
Karma of the universe really.
We didn't appreciate him enough.
In the last 14 months, he fought 4 times: Till, Brunson, Whittaker, and strickland. If I was him, I'd take a bit of time to recover, and I'd also value ufc africa over ufc 300. That Is completely understandable.
I'll save my bitching for when he's actually inactive. He is far from that right now.
Just a friendly reminder to our readers:
Matt Serra held the UFC title longer than Sean Strickland.
I don't know, man.Can anyone really blame him for wanting to do this when Dana has been hyping it up and there's currently no clear cut #1 contender?
They're probably banking on Izzy coming back and winning a warmup so they can do this African on African crime with pre-built hype. I'm fine with that personally
anyone acting like DDP not fighting at UFC 300 is some anomaly is full of shit. There just is not enough recovery time. But there is no chance dana going to let him sit out a year, not gonna happen anymore. Dana already has shown you will get stripped and no one gives a shit about DDP.
And some Sherdoggers actually want Khamzat as a champA newly crowned champion determined not to fight....
not again.
Damn, Dricus seems kinda determined to get his will through now. The belt means something to him in a way it maybe didn't for Strickland:
Who is the toughest, who would you like to fight?
I would like to fight Israel Adesanya next. Yeah, and preferably on home soil. I don't think he's gonna be off for a whole year, he needed to take some time away because he was
quite active. So he's not gonna be off for a year, I think that's probably gonna be the next fight. I have no idea when, for me right now we are still busy with some scans and seeing
what we can do in terms of... after the fight, can we fight soon, is that a possibility and all that. We have to make sure that the longevity of my career is also taken into consideration.
We have had an active last year and a half, that's what I've said, we rushed to get to the belt and had to take every opportunity. So right now, we need to be smart in defending this
belt and when it suits us.
That was actually my question, UFC 300 is not too far away. Is it better to actually sit this out? Recover fully and take them on after?
Yeah, 100%. I think UFC 300 is obviously gonna be a milestone event, the PPV is insane and there's a massive hype. And I would love to be a part of that, but not if it's going to mean
that I'm not fully recovered or that I'm gonna do... Defending my title is much more important to me than being on a milestone event. And then of course, the real milestone event will
be UFC in Africa and more importantly South Africa. I can't even explain to you how long we're willing to wait to make that happen, and to defend my belt on home soil. And that's
history, I mean UFC 300 is just a number, so it's not as massive as coming to Africa.
I don't disagree but it's their way of boxing-in a champion. See Ngannou/Gane/Lewis for 1 example.An interim belt? There’s literally no reason to have an interim belt lol
It is called getting paid.It’s like a disease they contact after getting the belt. Weird.
Major difference CB...Serra beat GSP, DDP barely out-pointed Strickland.