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There is the irony that aldo took over a year to defend his belt on two occasions, yet nobody ever accused him of ducking.
Ufc 142 - ufc 156
13 months
Ufc 179 - 194
14 months
Dominick Cruz held a title for over 2 years without defending it before he was stripped.
Cain Velasquez took over 20 months between title defenses.
Ufc 166 - ufc 188
Im all for stripping a fighter who refuses to defend a title, but conor fought 3 times since winning the title, all 3 of the fights the fans had no problems with until Jose Aldo started pouting once again.
Now all the sudden, days after winning the 155 lb title, conor is bottlenecking the fw division, the same division that Jose Aldo has held up many times, longer than conor has with his constant injuries and contract disputes.
If having Conor defend the fw title was such a huge emergency, why did they allow him to fight 3 other times outside of the division instead of forcing him to defend the title earlier this year? One of those times for a title in a different division?
Where were these complaints when bj penn held up the lw division for 14 months (ufc 84 - ufc 101) to go after gsp and the welterweight title?
Having two belts only became a problem when Conor won.
Lets not be hypocritical here. Conor wasnt given the same opportunities, chances or time that other champions were given. UFC is to blame for allowing this circus to go on, simply for ratings and money.
If they were so worried about the fw division, they would have stripped him of the belt before the alvarez fight.
If defending the title was everyones main concern, then the ufc should have forced him to defend the title or strip him of the title if he refused to defend it instead of scheduling the RDA fight.
Ufc 142 - ufc 156
13 months
Ufc 179 - 194
14 months
Dominick Cruz held a title for over 2 years without defending it before he was stripped.
Cain Velasquez took over 20 months between title defenses.
Ufc 166 - ufc 188
Im all for stripping a fighter who refuses to defend a title, but conor fought 3 times since winning the title, all 3 of the fights the fans had no problems with until Jose Aldo started pouting once again.
Now all the sudden, days after winning the 155 lb title, conor is bottlenecking the fw division, the same division that Jose Aldo has held up many times, longer than conor has with his constant injuries and contract disputes.
If having Conor defend the fw title was such a huge emergency, why did they allow him to fight 3 other times outside of the division instead of forcing him to defend the title earlier this year? One of those times for a title in a different division?
Where were these complaints when bj penn held up the lw division for 14 months (ufc 84 - ufc 101) to go after gsp and the welterweight title?
Having two belts only became a problem when Conor won.
Lets not be hypocritical here. Conor wasnt given the same opportunities, chances or time that other champions were given. UFC is to blame for allowing this circus to go on, simply for ratings and money.
If they were so worried about the fw division, they would have stripped him of the belt before the alvarez fight.
If defending the title was everyones main concern, then the ufc should have forced him to defend the title or strip him of the title if he refused to defend it instead of scheduling the RDA fight.