The reason RDA will get the next WW title shot.

[LockardTheGOAT]

The UFC is a business. Money is their bottom line. Everything they do is in an effort to maximize their profits. That is why they gave the MW title to the returning previous Cash Cow GSP instead of the deserving Whittaker. The current situation at WW has everything to do with finding a new opponent for Conor, that's the BIG picture. Maybe a stylistically beatable champion at WW will entice him to come to the UFC and fight, just as Bisping did for GSP. Maybe the UFC is facilitating that. Just watch as it all plays out.

So... Were they trying to find Conor a beatable opponent when they hoped Wonderboy would win the title? Or when they gave Maia the shot? Did they convince RDA to go up to WW because they thought him beating a bunch of Welterweights and eventually winning the title was a way to make the easiest possible road to Conor winning the gold later on?

Your theory is short sighted and only decent at best. Dana is more concerned with Conor defending the belt than he is with him winning another belt; That's something that can happen later on, and lol @ even pretending that RDA is this amazingly easy opponent for Conor to begin with.

 

[Kumason]

If RDA gets the shot then wins, then Conor comes back for a WW fight, i'll bump this thread.

But how does that prove the #2 guy in the world,undefeated at WW coming off 3 ranked wins, his most recent in a consensus #1 contender fight got the shot in the first place because of Conor?Smh

 

[Kumason]

The UFC is a business. Money is their bottom line. Everything they do is in an effort to maximize their profits. That is why they gave the MW title to the returning previous Cash Cow GSP instead of the deserving Whittaker.

Or was it cause Whittaker was injured and no one else in the division had any momentum?This guy lol

 

[Takamine86]

So... Were they trying to find Conor a beatable opponent when they hoped Wonderboy would win the title? Or when they gave Maia the shot? Did they convince RDA to go up to WW because they thought him beating a bunch of Welterweights and eventually winning the title was a way to make the easiest possible road to Conor winning the gold later on?

Your theory is short sighted and only decent at best. Dana is more concerned with Conor defending the belt than he is with him winning another belt; That's something that can happen later on, and lol @ even pretending that RDA is this amazingly easy opponent for Conor to begin with.

The UFC didn't know they would have trouble getting Conor to defend. If they did, they would have never let him fight Mayweather. I imagine the UFC thought Conor would be defending the FW and LW belt. But Conor has so much money now, he doesn't need to fight anyone. If a fight doesn't interest him, he won't take it. With that said, Conor fought Mayweather in august 26 2017. So while Conor was preparing for Mayweather and assumed to be defending the FW/LW belts in his return, the WW division was out of the picture. Woodley fought Thompson November 12 2016, Mar 4 2017, and Maia July 29 2017. These fights took place in the time Conor was either negotiating a fight with Mayweather or preparing for it. The WW division wasn't even in the picture until Conor clearly showed zero interest in defending against the current contenders. Now the UFC needs a fight to bring Conor back.

Dos Anjos lost his belt to Alvarez then lost to Ferguson. He moved up on his own accord for his own interest. @ LW, Dos Anjos wasn't going to get another title shot, not with Conor as champion. He pulled out of the fight when Conor was the contender so we know, even if he cleaned house, Conor wasn't going to give him shot back at the belt. Dos Anjos moved up for red panty night and he is a possible solution for the UFC to get get Conor back in the cage, if everything pans out. First RDA needs to beat Woodley who stylistically is a bad matchup for Conor. If he does that, Conor returns for the WW belt. & no I don't believe RDA is an easy fight but stylistically, he is beatable for Conor as he was for Alvarez.

They don't care that Conor defends, if they did, they would have threatened to strip him of the belts and force him into defending. What they care about is finding an opponent he is willing to fight so they can make money, which is difficult now that McGregor got Red Panty nights from Mayweather. The UFC will continue to build up their cash cow and a WW strap would make him even bigger. They have no choice at this point, he doesn't need them and cutting ties is just cutting potential dollars.

 

[Takamine86]

Or was it cause Whittaker was injured and no one else in the division had any momentum?This guy lol

Romero had plenty of momentum. Romero should have been the guy to get the title shot. He was on an 8 fight UFC winstreak with his last 6 of them being (Weidman, Jacare, Machida, Kennedy, Tavarres, Bruson). But you know who got the title shot instead? Dan Henderson, who was on a one fight winstreak against Hector Lombard. Because Henderson VS Bisping 2 is more marketable than Romero VS Bisping. So instead of giving the deserving Romero the shot, Romero gets matched up with Whittaker and gets derailed. Now Whitakker is the guy but instead to the deserving Whitakker, they go for the Marketable GSP return, don't even need to mention Bisping.

Marketable fights > Deserving contenders = UFC

 

[wildchild88]

Well firstly, RDA deserves it..

Wonderboy has proven that he's the second best WW in the world, but no one wants to see that again..

RDA has been beaten, but he has the potential to beat all the guys who beat him already in a rematch.. He is a better all round fighter than Conor, and would come with a really good game plan from Cordeiro. He's a cardio machine and if he could implement his wrestling and BJJ its game over.

I would love to see RDA take the belt..

 

[welcometohavoc]

That's right folks. Money runs the UFC and Conor is the cashcow. With just one win, RDA will get a title shot at WW as it will be in Conor's interest if he wins. If RDA beats Woodley, Conor comes back for a WW title shot. In the meantime, Conor will continue to sit back and watch. Watch as it plays out.

Why does it matter if its RDA or Woodley other than the fact Woodley would probably be a huge favorite?


Regardless, Conor is not getting another title shot

 

[Kumason]

Romero had plenty of momentum. Romero should have been the guy to get the title shot. He was on an 8 fight UFC winstreak with his last 6 of them being (Weidman, Jacare, Machida, Kennedy, Tavarres, Bruson). But you know who got the title shot instead? Dan Henderson, who was on a one fight winstreak against Hector Lombard. Because Henderson VS Bisping 2 is more marketable than Romero VS Bisping. So instead of giving the deserving Romero the shot, Romero gets matched up with Whittaker and gets derailed. Now Whitakker is the guy but instead to the deserving Whitakker, they go for the Marketable GSP return, don't even need to mention Bisping.

Marketable fights > Deserving contenders = UFC

You were crying about GSP getting the title shot instead of Whittaker and I said it's because Whittaker was injured and no one had any momentum in the division..Now you're bring up old stuff instead of replying about the dumb thing you said?

 

[Omega Man]

RDA made Conors career.

If RDA wouldn't have got injured he'd have beaten Conor. Instead Conor gets the 2 Diaz fights and a load of hype, Eddie gets the title while Conor is pissing about with Nate and then Conor gets the LW title, fools think he has a shot against Mayweather and pay a stupid amount of money to watch that 'fight'.

Conor should give some of his money to RDA to say thanks and he certainly shouldn't fight him, if RDA beats Woodley.

Not sure RDA would have beaten Conor but its crazy to think these events led to Conor becoming filthy rich.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

The UFC didn't know they would have trouble getting Conor to defend. If they did, they would have never let him fight Mayweather. I imagine the UFC thought Conor would be defending the FW and LW belt. But Conor has so much money now, he doesn't need to fight anyone. If a fight doesn't interest him, he won't take it. With that said, Conor fought Mayweather in august 26 2017. So while Conor was preparing for Mayweather and assumed to be defending the FW/LW belts in his return, the WW division was out of the picture. Woodley fought Thompson November 12 2016, Mar 4 2017, and Maia July 29 2017. These fights took place in the time Conor was either negotiating a fight with Mayweather or preparing for it. The WW division wasn't even in the picture until Conor clearly showed zero interest in defending against the current contenders. Now the UFC needs a fight to bring Conor back.

Dos Anjos lost his belt to Alvarez then lost to Ferguson. He moved up on his own accord for his own interest. @ LW, Dos Anjos wasn't going to get another title shot, not with Conor as champion. He pulled out of the fight when Conor was the contender so we know, even if he cleaned house, Conor wasn't going to give him shot back at the belt. Dos Anjos moved up for red panty night and he is a possible solution for the UFC to get get Conor back in the cage, if everything pans out. First RDA needs to beat Woodley who stylistically is a bad matchup for Conor. If he does that, Conor returns for the WW belt. & no I don't believe RDA is an easy fight but stylistically, he is beatable for Conor as he was for Alvarez.

They don't care that Conor defends, if they did, they would have threatened to strip him of the belts and force him into defending. What they care about is finding an opponent he is willing to fight so they can make money, which is difficult now that McGregor got Red Panty nights from Mayweather. The UFC will continue to build up their cash cow and a WW strap would make him even bigger. They have no choice at this point, he doesn't need them and cutting ties is just cutting potential dollars.

The Wonderboy fights happened when no one was certain the Mayweather fight would even take place. He was teasing a fight with Woodley and showed interest in capturing his third championship shortly before and after UFC 205, so there was a lot of speculation that would be his next fight if the Floyd fight didn't materialize. Seeing as how the Wonderboy rematch happened around that time, that tells me that either they or Conor (or both) weren't concerned with who the opponent was. I doubt they would be now either, Dana doesn't protect his fighters from tougher opponents quite the way people say he does. And it's a matter of debate how much more beatable a guy like RDA would be than someone like Woodley anyhow.

Simply put, your theory is horribly misguided. RDA getting a shot has absolutely zero to do with McGregor. Dana has not even mentioned a word about anything concerning Conor except him defending his title.

 

[Rainer]

Oh god. I think it'll happen but oh god. No more of this. Just defend you pikey mofo!

 

[Takamine86]

You were crying about GSP getting the title shot instead of Whittaker and I said it's because Whittaker was injured and no one had any momentum in the division..Now you're bring up old stuff instead of replying about the dumb thing you said?

So you agree then, because you aren't disputing what I said. By old stuff, do you mean relevant stuff you can't argue against?

Yes, Whitaker should have gotten the shot over GSP & Romero should have gotten the shot over Hendo. In both instances, the more marketable opponent trumped the deserving contender. You thinking the injury was the reason Whittaker didn't get a the shot over GSP is naive. He could have been 100% healthy and the title shot would have went to the returning GSP. Whitaker would have to wait either way, just like Romero. Romero was ready to go and had momentum of 8 wins. Instead of giving Romero the shot, they matched him him up against Whitaker and gave it to Hendo who had 1 win. If a 1 fight winstreak Hendo can get the fight over 8 fight winstreak Romero, then the returning WW GOAT and previous cash cow GSP would have have gotten the shot over either Romero or Whittaker regardless of winstreak or availability.

 

[Takamine86]

The Wonderboy fights happened when no one was certain the Mayweather fight would even take place. He was teasing a fight with Woodley and showed interest in capturing his third championship shortly before and after UFC 205, so there was a lot of speculation that would be his next fight if the Floyd fight didn't materialize. Seeing as how the Wonderboy rematch happened around that time, that tells me that either they or Conor (or both) weren't concerned with who the opponent was. I doubt they would be now either, Dana doesn't protect his fighters from tougher opponents quite the way people say he does. And it's a matter of debate how much more beatable a guy like RDA would be than someone like Woodley anyhow.

Simply put, your theory is horribly misguided. RDA getting a shot has absolutely zero to do with McGregor. Dana has not even mentioned a word about anything concerning Conor except him defending his title.

Every fight the UFC makes, they are thinking ahead. That is why marketable contenders so often get the shot and deserving contenders get put on hold and derailed so often. RDA VS Conor at WW is in those plans and if RDA gets a title shot and beats Woodley, we will see that WW title fight come to fruition.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Every fight the UFC makes, they are thinking ahead. That is why marketable contenders so often get the shot and deserving contenders get put on hold and derailed so often. RDA VS Conor at WW is in those plans and if RDA gets a title shot and beats Woodley, we will see that WW title fight come to fruition.

1. No, it's not.

2. You're dumb.

 

[Takamine86]

1. No, it's not.

2. You're dumb.

The moment you lost the argument. We will have agree to disagree, have good day.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

The moment you lost the argument. We will have agree to disagree, have good day.

Why are you posting this tweet like it means anything?

 

[Paynebringer]

To enjoy UFC these days, you have to forget about the belt meaning anything, except PPV points. This is still a very good fight, regardless if you think RDA deserves it or not.

If you or anybody else, wants to protest the way UFC are doing things, stop buying their PPV..

What a load of sh!t this ^^^ is and how are we to access who's the best in their division, by who's got the most money & twitter followers? I'll enjoy the UFC more when casuals go back to collecting Pokemans and playing tennis...

 

[KOByFootStomp]

That's right folks. Money runs the UFC and Conor is the cashcow. With just one win, RDA will get a title shot at WW as it will be in Conor's interest if he wins. If RDA beats Woodley, Conor comes back for a WW title shot. In the meantime, Conor will continue to sit back and watch. Watch as it plays out.

Why do you think giving Conor a WW title shot is the most lucrative decision for the UFC? Both Conor v. Diaz fights outsold his fights against Aldo and Alvarez despite having inferior supporting fights on the card and not being for a title. Having the WW belt on the line probably won't make any difference in sales, especially since Dos Anjos is probably less of a draw than Alvarez and Aldo.

If they want to solely make money, they should match Conor up with GSP or have the trilogy fight with DIaz. It makes no sense to have him fight for the WW belt when we know he would never defend it. They can use the belt to promote other fighters and possibly find another draw, while simultaneously having Conor fight elsewhere and still selling just as many or more PPV's as he would with the Dos Anjos fight.

 

[Takamine86]

Why do you think giving Conor a WW title shot is the most lucrative decision for the UFC? Both Conor v. Diaz fights outsold his fights against Aldo and Alvarez despite having inferior supporting fights on the card and not being for a title. Having the WW belt on the line probably won't make any difference in sales, especially since Dos Anjos is probably less of a draw than Alvarez and Aldo.

If they want to solely make money, they should match Conor up with GSP or have the trilogy fight with DIaz. It makes no sense to have him fight for the WW belt when we know he would never defend it. They can use the belt to promote other fighters and possibly find another draw, while simultaneously having Conor fight elsewhere and still selling just as many or more PPV's as he would with the Dos Anjos fight.

The most lucrative fight for Conor is indeed GSP, but that fight probably won't happen because Conor wouldn't take a fight he'd clearly have no shot in. As for Nate, Nate is a tough fight for Conor. Honestly, I think Nate was thinking trilogy in the 2nd fight. Conor said that if he fight Nate again, it would happen at LW . If he took a fight against Nate, Conor would be bombarded about why he isn't defending against Ferguson and rightfully so.

I think Conor's fight at WW would be a big draw because it would be Conor's return to MMA since fighting Mayweather, & it would be for another belt. Kind of like GSP could have sold no matter who the opponent on his return. I know he hasn't been out as long as GSP but Conor hasn't fought since Nov, 16. I think this is going to become the norm for Conor now. He will probably look to fight once a year, like Mayweather, if at all.

Conor does have some history with RDA as this is a fight that didn't happen at LW. But right now, priority for the UFC is finding a fight Conor will take since he clearly doesn't have much interest fighting the current contender at LW or the FW champion.

You're right that they could just use the belts to promote other fighters, but they aren't doing that. They are allowing fighters to fight in other division to build interest. They are trying to push for a fight with TJ and DJ. They let GSP fight Bisping. & we know the story with Conor.

 

[Ysgramor]

What a load of sh!t this ^^^ is and how are we to access who's the best in their division, by who's got the most money & twitter followers? I'll enjoy the UFC more when casuals go back to collecting Pokemans and playing tennis...

I take it comprehending of the English language, isn' t your strong suit?