"to be the champ you have to beat the champ" is a lie

[melvinj0]

the stats werent close

winning 4 rounds to 1 is not close

round 2 Driscus landed 4 more strikes than Sean

Round 3 Sean landed 2 more strikes than Driscus

Round 4 Sean landed 4 more strikes than Driscuss

Those stats are insanely close.

Round 1 Strickland landed more but Driscus also took him down twice


The fight was close as hell, I’ve yet to see anyone who isn’t just a die hard fan of either guy try to say it wasn’t.

 

[DarthChen731]

I also believe that the defending World Cup and Stanley Cup champions have to be beaten by 2 goals.
Incumbent politicians must be defeated by 3% or more.
And Super Bowl champs can't lose by anything less than a touchdown!

And if they lose by a touchdown you have to add another quarter to give them the chance to tie it up. If it's tied at the end of extra time defending champ wins.

 

[gentel]

DDP beat Strickland, Reyes got robbed, Islam beat Volk, Volk beat Max

So basically 1 robbery

 

[Last Falconry]

Lol a fighter could theoretically lose a bunch of fights in a row but still be the champion for some reason.

That reason is always "I don't like the challenger as much". which seems to open itself up to a host of other problems that have clearly never been considered

 

[TonyRolo]

Fair. But you changed the thread title to which I was referring. Smart move, btw.

Well a lot of people were just reading the title and mising my point i think. So I changed it to something more accurate

 

[Myrddin Wild]

A fight is to see who is the best of the 2 when they fight each other... not swayed toward whomever held teh belt before teh cage door shut behind them.

Once the cage door shuts, the belt no longer belongs to either man.

 

[Zanmato]

I hate people who trot out this stupid line. The 10 points must system is the same whether it's a championship fight or not. There is no special championship scoring ruleset. If you score more points per the established scoring criteria, even if by a thin margin, then you win, end of story

 

[Ares Black]

The more I think about this silly thread, the dumber it gets. I really hope TS was just trolling.

 

[Domitian]

TS is taking this loss pretty hard. Annnnnnnd NEWWWW

 

[Ares Black]

A fight is to see who is the best of the 2 when they fight each other... not swayed toward whomever held teh belt before teh cage door shut behind them.

Once the cage door shuts, the belt no longer belongs to either man.

^^^^^^^^^ THIS, and you'd think it would be obvious

 

[Bloupotlood]

Anyone actually see Sean mention the word rematch or run back? I feel that Dricus would drop everything and agree to it in a heartbeat, I also think Sean knows not to play "who's the Chad" with Dricus.

 

[jeskola]

The champion should be a man or woman that decisively, unquestionably, won a title fight.

Sean Strickland won the title decisively against Izzy. He left no doubt. It was a schooling from beginning to end.

The champion deserves the benefit of the doubt, such as Jones has gotten numerous times in his career, or GSP against Hendricks, etc.

This is extremely sad and Strickland's life will change dramatically without the belt.

keep posting stupid shit and you will have your black belt in no time!

 

[Zanmato]

For the 25 minutes they are in the cage there is no longer a champion and a contender, both guys have to fight for the right to walk away with the belt. Past success is just that - in the past. You can't get a scoring equivalent of a 30 second head start because you won your last championship fight. If you do enough to surpass the other within the scoring criteria then you win, anything else is tantamount to corruption

 

[Ares Black]

Anyone actually see Sean mention the word rematch or run back? I feel that Dricus would drop everything and agree to it in a heartbeat, I also think Sean knows not to play "who's the Chad" with Dricus.

Strickland had as good a performance as he could hope for and he still lost.

 

[Jon's Drug Dealer]

Absolutely not. Defender and challenger alike should earn their victories on equal ground. Whether you're the challenger or the defender should have no bearing on how the fights are scored.

 

[Copper Burner]

I also believe that the defending World Cup and Stanley Cup champions have to be beaten by 2 goals.
Incumbent politicians must be defeated by 3% or more.
And Super Bowl champs can't lose by anything less than a touchdown!

Sorry but no. Nice try.

 

[marvinparsons]

People act like a split decision is some verdict that came down from all of the judges. The judges are scoring the rounds independently, they don't sit down and talk to each other, then decide that it should be a split decision.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Not the first one either. Imagine winning the belt so you can become immune to losing close fights.

Like Jon Jones?

 

[Kryptt]

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

No. If you lose you lose. If you're the best then don't let it get that close. Being champ shouldn't get you anything but better pay and a belt