A reminder of how badly Chimaev messed up in not fighting Nate at UFC 279...

I’m glad he didn’t. This was clearly Dana trying to shaft Nate before he walked.

It was insane that they were open to feeding a journeyman lightweight, way past his prime who struggled with wrestlers his entire career to a young, middleweight wrestler on a major hype train. It shouldn’t have even been sanctioned.

Khamzat was a badass up until Burns showed him that it ain’t easy to get to the top. It turned him from a confidant guy calling out everybody to a cowardly spot picker, trying to angle his easiest way to a title shot. He still would have absolutely crushed Diaz in a totally uncompetitive fight that I would refuse to sanction. Basically Cody MacKenzie vs Chad Mendes level mismatch
 
ThaiSexPills said:
I’m glad he didn’t. This was clearly Dana trying to shaft Nate before he walked.

It was insane that they were open to feeding a journeyman lightweight, way past his prime who struggled with wrestlers his entire career to a young, middleweight wrestler on a major hype train. It shouldn’t have even been sanctioned.

Khamzat was a badass up until Burns showed him that it ain’t easy to get to the top. It turned him from a confidant guy calling out everybody to a cowardly spot picker, trying to angle his easiest way to a title shot. He still would have absolutely crushed Diaz in a totally uncompetitive fight that I would refuse to sanction. Basically Cody MacKenzie vs Chad Mendes level mismatch
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I don’t think it’s fair to say Khamzat was looking for the easiest way to a title fight. He had just beat Burns which was probably one of the worst matchups for him in the division and it was pretty clear the Nate fight was just the UFC’s bright idea to kill Nate off
 
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richardjohnson said:
I don’t think it’s fair to Khamzat was looking for the easiest way to a title fight. He had just beat Burns which was probably one of the worst matchups for him in the division and it was pretty clear the Nate fight was just the UFC’s bright idea to kill Nate off
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maybe skillwise on paper he was a bad matchup, but sizewise he wasn't. which is why Khamzat asked to fight Burns again at 185lbs. he's comfortable fighting Burns. he is looking for an easy way to the title. he chose Burns because he's a former LW. why didn't he pick Leon? because on paper it might seem like an easier matchup but in reality it isn't. Leon is nearly as tall as Khamzat and obviously we saw how difficult it was for Usman to wrestle him.
 
He f'd up but I'm happy he did. Nate would've been drowned by Khamzat and Tony would've been slept by Leech. It was cruel match making
 
Pancake Sprawl said:
maybe skillwise on paper he was a bad matchup, but sizewise he wasn't. which is why Khamzat asked to fight Burns again at 185lbs. he's comfortable fighting Burns. he is looking for an easy way to the title. he chose Burns because he's a former LW. why didn't he pick Leon? because on paper it might seem like an easier matchup but in reality it isn't. Leon is nearly as tall as Khamzat and obviously we saw how difficult it was for Usman to wrestle him.
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He “chose” Gilbert because he was ranked higher than Leon at the time. I’m pretty sure he was even trying to get a fight with Colby who was ranked higher than Gilbert before they did Colby vs Usman 2 and he decided to try and fight Gilbert
 
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What title is Jake Paul fighting for next?
 
richardjohnson said:
I don’t think it’s fair to say Khamzat was looking for the easiest way to a title fight. He had just beat Burns which was probably one of the worst matchups for him in the division and it was pretty clear the Nate fight was just the UFC’s bright idea to kill Nate off
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Everybody including him thought he was going to steamroll Burns. I got laughed at when I said he would be a tough opponent and dismissed because he is apparently a shitty fighter and just a LW.

It was after the Burns fight where he stopped the “I kill everybody” talk and didn’t answer when people called him out. Instead of fighting multiple times a year now, he sits on the sidelines. Burns made him realize it would not be easy to be champ.
 
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It was great for everyone that fight fall apart and you can say it was a divine intervention. Because a Chimaev-Diaz fight was basically a legalized manslaughter.

I recall everyone happy with the way things turn out fans, UFC board etc etc and everyone
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everyone except the fans. I would've loved to see Diaz get blown out of the water.
 
Yeah true. Because title shots and shit work from popularity. Dana can say what he wants, it's about popularity. Leon won about 174 fights in a row before he got his title shot. Only after, as you point out, beating lowly journeyman but popular Nate Diaz did he get his shot lol.
 
Chimaev will get a title shot regardless, he just needs to prove against massive TDD likes Costa

but the damage his body endures cutting weight is going to be permanent

pray for Chimaev
 
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maybe skillwise on paper he was a bad matchup, but sizewise he wasn't. which is why Khamzat asked to fight Burns again at 185lbs. he's comfortable fighting Burns. he is looking for an easy way to the title. he chose Burns because he's a former LW. why didn't he pick Leon? because on paper it might seem like an easier matchup but in reality it isn't. Leon is nearly as tall as Khamzat and obviously we saw how difficult it was for Usman to wrestle him.
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LMAO did you just ignore everything prior to Khamzat/Burns?

Khamzat and Leon were booked multiple times. Leon got covid. Khamzat got covid. Then Khamzat got the i retire feels and the UFC moved away from making the match.

He already agreed to the fight. Multiple times. Why would you act a fool, manufacture history, and reaaaaaaaaaaaaaachhh when all this is public knowledge nary a google search away and there are actually 100 actual valid and legitimate reasons to criticize Khamzat.
 
While He may have gotten a title shot after beating Nate, He beat Gilbert Burns who is/was a top ranked guy and it wouldn't be because he beat Nate lol. That's just one of those interesting things like when Dillashaw kept winning 4 fights then losing 1, coincidence. RDA beat Benson in the fight before he fought Nate. Benson was a former champ with 3 defenses and was 9-1 in the UFC at that point with his only UFC loss being to Pettis. Benson was the real reason he got the shot, it's like saying Conor got the shot at Aldo by beating Siver..

Mcgregor was a massive star and was already supposed to fight for the belt, Nate was thrown in as a last minute replacement and ended up beating him. Him beating Nate in the rematch did not earn him the title shot, being a massive star did.

Masvidal Ko'd Till who was ranked #3, ko'd #5 Askren in 5 seconds and Askren was 19-0 at the time. The Askren Ko became super famous as well as Masvidal's three piece and a soda line after sucker punching Leon. His popularity and starching multiple top 5 guys is what got him the title shot, not beating Nate Diaz.

Leon was on a 9 fight winning streak.
 
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