“Doesn’t deserve a title shot”

[YewJan]

I’m bored of champions constantly claiming that the contenders in there division do not deserve a title shot. The champ should always have a next challenger lined up for them in my opinion. Even if no one is standing out in the top 5 ranked challengers, the champion shouldn’t sit out until one guy “deserves” or “earns” a title fight by clearing out all the rest of the top ranked guys.

What do you guys think? Should the champ wait until the top ranked contender is on a heavy win streak and sit out if no one is standing out at #1?

Or should the champ keep cycling through the highest ranked contenders?



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My example bring the 170 situation, Till/Colby /Usman- I don’t mind who gets the title shot as long as ONE of the top contenders is booked in to fight for the belt. Don’t make them eliminate eachother whole the champ sits out.

 

[Pakman]

next available contender should always get the shot. These guys are all blabbing about how they'd fight anyone anytime anywhere but none of them do. Only PMP.

 

[LouisBolanos]

These are just public negotiating tactics. A champion does whatever he wants as long as he manages to successful negotiate the terms with the UFC.

 

[YewJan]

These are just public negotiating tactics. A champion does whatever he wants as long as he manages to successful negotiate the terms with the UFC.

Any idea why it seems like champions are using these tactics to increase the time between their fights as much as possible?

 

[FleximusPrime]

Any idea why it seems like champions are using these tactics to increase the time between their fights as much as possible?

Oh let me see now, maybe its to do with..

 

[LouisBolanos]

Any idea why it seems like champions are using these tactics to increase the time between their fights as much as possible?

They aren’t?

Aside from McGregor which champion is dragging it out?

 

[YewJan]

Oh let me see now, maybe its to do with..

Surely fighting makes you more money then not fighting though?

 

[YewJan]

They aren’t?

Aside from McGregor which champion is dragging it out?

Woodley

 

[Emjay]

I'm bored of people that don't understand how this stuff works.

 

[LouisBolanos]

Woodley

Recency bias much?

GSP fought roughly twice a year as champion. Woodley has had 3 defenses since November 2016, by November 2018 he would have defended the belt 4 times, that’s an average two times a year.

 

[FleximusPrime]

Surely fighting makes you more money then not fighting though?

As the champ they will make more money with sponsors and endorsements and so on.

 

[acannxr]

They aren’t?

Aside from McGregor which champion is dragging it out?

Woodley
Dillashaw
Montano

Edit: My explanation for Woodley.

If Woodley hadn't delayed shoulder surgery by five months he would've been fit to fight in late February or early March and none of this would've happened.

And before you (or anyone else) tries to argue that he was holding out for a fight against GSP: that potential fight was scrapped in the post fight press conference of UFC 214 and the next day negotiations began for Bisping vs. GSP (and officially announced one month after after UFC 214). Woodley then waited four months until trying to get a fight against Nate Diaz on six weeks notice.

Woodley then got the surgery and it was no coincidence that he estimated his return in July; Woodley only wants to be on the Jul/Nov/Dec cards, which is why he delayed shoulder surgery in the first place, because he doesn't want to headline a card in the first quarter of the year, he wants to co-main with a big draw in Jul/Nov/Dec.

 

[YewJan]

As the champ they will make more money with sponsors and endorsements and so on.

Yeah I guess this is the correct answer, that just frustrates me.

 

[YewJan]

Woodley
Dillashaw
Montano

Can Cormier at 205 be added to that list?

 

[Rondas Pillow]

They aren’t?

Aside from McGregor which champion is dragging it out?

What decade was it when Woodley last fought? The 90s?

 

[acannxr]

Can Cormier at 205 be added to that list?

That has more to do with LHW being a dead division than it does Cormier dragging anything out.

Cormier already fought Gustafsson, the latter of whom doesn't deserve a title shot. Cormier defeated Oezdemir this calendar year. Teixeira doesn't deserve a title shot. And Latifi is 2-1 in his last three, over the last three years, and those two wins shouldn't grant him a title shot either.

 

[Chain Saw]

Woodley
Dillashaw
Montano

Edit: My explanation for Woodley.

How is Dillashaw dragging it out? He has a fight in 2 weeks...

 

[acannxr]

How is Dillashaw dragging it out? He has a fight in 2 weeks...

Prior to signing the Garbrandt rematch he was dragging it out, which contributed to the narrative that TS is speaking of.

 

[Chain Saw]

Prior to signing the Garbrandt rematch he was dragging it out, which contributed to the narrative that TS is speaking of.

How was he dragging it out?

He was campaigning for a MM fight.

 

[acannxr]

How was he dragging it out?

He was campaigning for a MM fight.

All the while saying that none of the fighters at Bantamweight deserved a title shot.