Lose to #2 in under two minutes to get rewarded with a fight against the #1 contender

Pious Augustus said:
And don't even start w "The rankings don't matter" cuz it does matter.
Not everyone gets the same opportunities.

I'm talking about Sandhagen of course.
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What's that bum on your AV?
 
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Pious Augustus said:
And don't even start w "The rankings don't matter" cuz it does matter.
Not everyone gets the same opportunities.

I'm talking about Sandhagen of course.
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It's two top 5 contenders fighting, whats the problem?

Funkmaster is fighting for the belt next and Garbrandt has one win in the last 5 years (over someone Sandhagen already beat), who else would you put against Moraes?
 
Pious Augustus said:
And don't even start w "The rankings don't matter" cuz it does matter.
Not everyone gets the same opportunities.

I'm talking about Sandhagen of course.
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Aldo lost to the #1 contender then the #1 contender didn't even get a title shot and Aldo did.... Even worse IMO.

Rankings mean jack shit to the UFC.
 
Pious Augustus said:
And don't even start w "The rankings don't matter" cuz it does matter.
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They really don't matter at all though. Why would they? I'm pretty sure the UFC don't even decide them. Isn't the media outlets or some such nonsense?

It's a popularity contest and WME and the UFC are here to make as much money as they can. You would have to be a serious fucking casual to think that they're going to let something as bullshit as media rankings have an effect on how they make their money.
 
Pious Augustus said:
And don't even start w "The rankings don't matter" cuz it does matter.
Not everyone gets the same opportunities.

I'm talking about Sandhagen of course.
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He had a top 10 win followed by a top 5 win. Marlon is coming off of a loss and a thoroughly unimpressive performance. This gives both guys the opportunity to get back into the conversation. I think it makes sense.
 
Is the #1 contender some kind of special status? There is the champ and the guys that are not the champ. That's about it. Moraes needs another top win to get a TS and Sandhagen could be it. If Sandhagen wins, he is close to TS himself. What's the problem with the fight?
 
pseto223 said:
Is the #1 contender some kind of special status? There is the champ and the guys that are not the champ. That's about it. Moraes needs another top win to get a TS and Sandhagen could be it. If Sandhagen wins, he is close to TS himself. What's the problem with the fight?
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Usually number 1 contenders don’t fight guys who just got dominated in 2 minutes
 
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Technically Marlon won vs. Aldo, because those 3 people saw it that way... but there's legitimate debate about whether those 3 people had it scored right. This is an understandable debate... but the reality is that Cejudo, in seeing how close it was, still wanted Aldo for his legendary status... & so he requested that Aldo be his next fight in that weight class. So the UFC complied with Cejudo's request & then set up Marlon/Yan for the winner. When Cejudo retired a couple of months later... Dana rationalized that it wasn't fair to have Aldo already in camp & then pulled from the title shot... so they went with Aldo/Yan for the title.

Okay, that's controversial but a little bit understandable. However, Marlon was in camp for his Yan fight too... & WTF with Dana still overlooking Marlon after UFC 250 (June 6th) by saying that Al Jo gets the next shot at Yan/Aldo winner? Well, it was never booked & might had been just a way of letting Marlon know he's asking for too much money. (guessing) That said.... Yan did an interview a week after the Aldo win saying that he thought there were bigger matchups the UFC was interested in than the Al Jo fight... & that he's not even looking to fight until December.

So yan is on the shelf till Dec. & NOTHING IS BOOKED despite all these people who are pissed off that Al Jo is skipping Marlon. Maybe this Sandhagen fight is Marlon just not wanting to wait till Dec & needing to make a living. Hell who knows if the UFC will even be able to have events in Dec. so Marlon's getting it while he can.

 
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I think ufc are done with Marlon. They’re just hoping for Sandy Boi to win.
 
xhaydenx said:
They really don't matter at all though. Why would they? I'm pretty sure the UFC don't even decide them. Isn't the media outlets or some such nonsense?

It's a popularity contest and WME and the UFC are here to make as much money as they can. You would have to be a serious fucking casual to think that they're going to let something as bullshit as media rankings have an effect on how they make their money.
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The ufc tells the media how to rank the fighters.
 
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