The UFC / Dana White made the biggest mistake by letting Mousasi go to Bellator

[acannxr]

wrong, henderson's title was unified with the UFC belt when he fought Anderoid

Congratulations, you have no clue what a lineal championship is, have yourself a round of applause.

 

[AC1D1K]

Gegard also beat musashi @ HW K1

 

[lagofala]

i don't know how much better gayguard's striking is than bobby knuckles.

But you see, because UFC let him go, we won't be able to find out for sure. Until they fight each other, its all hypothetical.

 

[Juventud]

Moose was boring, no killer instinct and went missing in title contender fights.

He's not missed, he's not a draw & frankly he's overrated.
He'd never be UFC champ. High level gatekeeper.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Dana has informed the world several times that the UFC isn't about performance, but entertainment.

 

[Espresso]

UFC can’t even put together a decent main card. You don’t think Mousasi could’ve headlined this weekend’s card vs Thiago Santos? Or Rory could’ve fought Tyron at MSG for 230? Yeah sure the UFC is fine without him, but the UFC used to be home to the best fighters in each weight class. That is no longer the case. The best WW and best MW are in Bellator. That’s just something ppl are gonna have to deal with.

Yup.

However, Yoel is best

 

[snackgod]

The UFC / Dana White made the biggest mistake by letting Mousasi go to Bellator.

Mousasi's notable wins:

1. Hendo (TKO)
2. Weidman (TKO)
3. Vitor (TKO)
4. Mark Hunt (Sub)
5. Ovince St. Preux (UD)
   
6. Uriah Hall (TKO)
7. Jacare (KO)

Gegard Mousasi is one of the true p4p best fighters in MMA:



But perhaps the UFC let him go because they don't care to have a Dutch-Iranian MW champ. Having the Australian market with Whittaker is more profitable.

Mousasi is a stylistic nightmare for Whittaker. He's a more well-rounded striker with better grappling. Only strong wrestlers like Romero can beat Mousasi.

they let him walk cause they didn't want to match a over valued contract in the ufc mind for him

 

[MikalP]

Easily? I think Mousasi is a fine fighter, but I'm not sure any MW easily beats Romero.

I didn't mean the fights would be easy, just that it's easy to imagine a scenario of him becoming champ.

Poor wording on my part.

 

[UFC=Pride]

Yeah but does he sell tickets like CM Punk that's all Dana cares about.

 

[SiEdmondson]

Congratulations, you have no clue what a lineal championship is, have yourself a round of applause.

are you saying UFC lineal? or true lineal? as Rampage beat Bustamante before Hendo did, then Wandy beat Rampage, and then Mark Hunt beat Wandy

 

[Fight Professor]

Mousasi wanted too much money considering he only attract fans that stream PPVs.

 

[bigeastgi43]

The UFC / Dana White made the biggest mistake by letting Mousasi go to Bellator.

Mousasi's notable wins:

1. Hendo (TKO)
2. Weidman (TKO)
3. Vitor (TKO)
4. Mark Hunt (Sub)
5. Ovince St. Preux (UD)
   
6. Uriah Hall (TKO)
7. Jacare (KO)

Gegard Mousasi is one of the true p4p best fighters in MMA:



But perhaps the UFC let him go because they don't care to have a Dutch-Iranian MW champ. Having the Australian market with Whittaker is more profitable.

Mousasi is a stylistic nightmare for Whittaker. He's a more well-rounded striker with better grappling. Only strong wrestlers like Romero can beat Mousasi.

He's ok. Not that great. Rory was a bigger loss imo.

 

[Lemmy Caution]

Moose was boring, no killer instinct and went missing in title contender fights.

He's not missed, he's not a draw & frankly he's overrated.
He'd never be UFC champ. High level gatekeeper.

So you say UFC=WWE?

If Gegard is overrated, what is Weidman? I guess the entire UFC MW is overrated. Every UFC MW is a gatekeeper.

 

[skylolow]

It's pretty simple if you look at the history of the UFC letting guys go to competing orgs..

They have long history of letting/not matching high offers on certain guys they know will not bring ratings in for the comp. but cost the comp mucho dollars every time they fight. The UFC can pay Mousasi twice what he is making in Bellator and it will do very little to the the UFC's profit if they really wanted to. But Bellator paying Mousasi's salary sticks out like sore thumb on the books everytime he fights and someone has to answer for the event if it doesn't do well in the ratings. Same can be said about Rory and Machida. Henderson going to Strikeforce and the moronic contract Coker gave him. I'm sure the investor's were super happy about that blunder.

If you can make good money for the UFC they will never let you go. They will pay you the most out of anyone if needed. The UFC has plenty of good fighters so sending a few "salary anchors" to the comp sometimes is better business move than retaining those fighters.

 

[Raknesh]

Inconsistent fighter that was never an A-League champion.

 

[acannxr]

are you saying UFC lineal? or true lineal? as Rampage beat Bustamante before Hendo did, then Wandy beat Rampage, and then Mark Hunt beat Wandy

Bustamante's losing streak against Rampage, Henderson, and Nakamura weren't contested at 185 lbs; he didn't lose at 185 lbs until Henderson defeated him in 2005.

Lineal championships can only be contested at the weight which they're for; the lineal 185 lb championship can only be won/lost if the fight is at 185 lbs.

 

[Ken Fresno]

If DC vacated LHW, and they had a cross-promotional event with WW, MW, and LHW undisputed titles on the line, Bellator would be a favorite in all 3.

 

[kingjim]

If DC vacated LHW, and they had a cross-promotional event with WW, MW, and LHW undisputed titles on the line, Bellator would be a favorite in all 3.

Would they?
Woodley - rory
Whittaker - mousasi
Ill put Gus here - bader

 

[Zanmato]

The UFC don't need the best fighters, they need the most well known and easily saleable ones. He is a great fighter but they had him for years and he never won any belts. Most people would see any accolades subsequent to his UFC run as having an asterisk next to it. The UFC will not make any less money from letting Mousasi go away

 

[clumseygenius]

Umm yeah; but your like a year late with this thread.