Aldo is the only active Featherweight champion in UFC history.

[Megalodon]

It sucks about Max and I hope he gets healthy but it's pretty crazy considering all the shit that Aldo took for not being 'active' that two champions later he was more active than either of them.

 

[Juventud]

He still lost to them.

 

[Megalodon]

He still lost to them.

So, everyone loses in MMA, if Max and Conor keep fighting eventually they'll lose too.

Only a select few fighters (Aldo, Silva, Fedor etc) dominated their divisions for years before losing.

 

[Danespina]

Two wrongs don't make a right?

Max fought 6 months ago. Aldo took full years off at times.

 

[Turkleton]

get the fuck outta here

Aldo pulled out of like 6 titlefights

 

[Megalodon]

get the fuck outta here

Aldo pulled out of like 6 titlefights

Max has pulled out of three this year and Conor didn't even attempt to defend any titles.

 

[bosox32]

You’re comparing Max’s year run vs Aldo’s 10 years. Max is on pace to shatter Aldo’s pull out record at this point.

 

[Turkleton]

Max has pulled out of three this year and Conor didn't even attempt to defend any titles.

true

that doesn't make Aldo any more or less active though

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Max has pulled out of three this year and Conor didn't even attempt to defend any titles.

Holding 223 against him is retarded. He took the fight on five days notice.

 

[youllneverwalkalone]

Holding 223 against him is retarded. He took the fight on five days notice.

Not really. I agree it is less bad than the other two instances but he shouldn't have taken the fight if he was not confident he could make the weight. He took the opportunity away from other fighters (incl. Ortega) and ultimately he is responsible for Khabib having to fight the #11 guy.

 

[SOAzmayesh]

Active?

 

[sonhow]

Lol wut? Aldo pulled out like a madman..

 

[conscience]

Isn't it ironic with his 50% pull out rate

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Not really. I agree it is less bad than the other two instances but he shouldn't have taken the fight if he was not confident he could make the weight. He took the opportunity away from other fighters (incl. Ortega) and ultimately he is responsible for Khabib having to fight the #11 guy.

I'm curious how Max taking the fight and then pulling out three or four days later took opportunities away from other fighters? Who lost their chance at fighting Khabib just because of Max's decision to accept the fight first?

They didn't want Ortega to have the fight - there's no guarantee he'd even be able to make the weight himself - If they did they would have offered it to him either before they gave it to Max or at least immediately after Max dropped out. But he was never even offered it.

Felder was never in contention for it, Pettis demanded too much money, Cheisa wasn't an option due to being injured from Conor's bus attack, and that left Raging Al as the only one left to accept it. And he was already fighting at 155 that night anyhow.

Anyone holding that against Holloway is just nitpicking. He took it on five days notice, and despite having the confidence that he could make the weight, no one can really blame him for failing on that sort of super short time restriction. There's a difference between being a extremely late replacement and having weeks/months head of time to make the weight and failing/getting injured.

 

[youllneverwalkalone]

I'm curious how Max taking the fight and then pulling out three or four days later took opportunities away from other fighters? Who lost their chance at fighting Khabib just because of Max's decision to accept the fight first?

They didn't want Ortega to have the fight - there's no guarantee he'd even be able to make the weight himself - If they did they would have offered it to him either before they gave it to Max or at least immediately after Max dropped out. But he was never even offered it.

Felder was never in contention for it, Pettis demanded too much money, Cheisa wasn't an option due to being injured from Conor's bus attack, and that left Raging Al as the only one left to accept it. And he was already fighting at 155 that night anyhow.

Anyone holding that against Holloway is just nitpicking. He took it on five days notice, and despite having the confidence that he could make the weight, no one can really blame him for failing on that sort of super short time restriction. There's a difference between being a extremely late replacement and having weeks/months head of time to make the weight and failing/getting injured.

Ortega was offered the fight at the same time as Max and had accepted. When Max also accepted they decided to go with him.

Regarding the rest of the post, I already agreed it is less bad than the other two. Still, the fact remains he pulled out 3 times in a row in the same here which doesn't bode well for him.

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

Two wrongs don't make a right?

Max fought 6 months ago. Aldo took full years off at times.

When he was undisputed champion that happened only once in 2012 and 2015. For the latter, even before he got injured in July, the fight had already been delayed for the world tour. Any other year he fought twice, or even more during WEC.

 

[Danespina]

When he was undisputed champion that happened only once in 2012 and 2015. For the latter, even before he got injured in July, the fight had already been delayed for the world tour. Any other year he fought twice, or even more during WEC.

True his first 3 UFC defences were very quick. Regardless it's still early with max, and he's getting shit on it all the same as Aldo did. So it's not like there's some exception here.

 

[AimedWithV]

It sucks about Max and I hope he gets healthy but it's pretty crazy considering all the shit that Aldo took for not being 'active' that two champions later he was more active than either of them.

UFC history doesn't matter.

Here is the real active, proactive, always coming to bang FW champion:

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

That's true his first 3 UFC defences were very quick. Regardless it's still early with max, and he's getting shit on it all the same as Aldo did. So it's not like there's some exception here.

He's getting shit on because that's what happens every time a fighter pulls out, even for legitimate problems. There's also the added critique that Max talked mad shit about Aldo for the same reasons, so he's open to backlash for those comments. We'll see how this develops. Hopefully, he'll get healthy quickly.