Krylov it is.
It's nothing like that at all. You can give a man a contract but you can't make a man fight. If it means waiting til almost june, I'd rather see a title fight in march.
I strongly disagree. I’d rather wait a minuscule 3 months than have an undeserving challenger in a far less intriguing title fight. That’s like saying you’d rather have Jones vs. Sergei Spivak than wait 3 months for the Aspinall fight. I want to see the best fights and this one has already been delayed far too long already.
Chimaev will be in Ramadan as well
yeah but we dont know the whole situation right? Im just not sure why Poatan isn't allowed to advance his career at all. Not sure why he should have to wait for anakalev.
He's fought in ramadan before.
I just feel like that is the only fight to make and it’s the only fight that makes sense. Waiting a couple months is not going to derail Pereira’s career. Getting the fight that makes senses together should be priority in my opinion, not random title or vanity fights. You’re entitled to your opinion, but we’re just not going to agree on this.
yeah i agree with this, but you're blaming poatan. you are saying that poatan is getting a "pass" from fans posting here today but you know it's not him, you KNOW it's the UFC that is doing this.
Fair points, I’ve said for a long time it’s the promotion more so. But there are lots of hypocritical fans in here which is what I mean. Lots of indifference and defending it when we know this wouldn’t be the case if the champion wasn’t popular and/or the challenger wasn’t widely disliked. It’s excusing ducking whether you want to lay the blame on Pereira or the promotion.
Of course it can happen. Quit being a beta male and pound that bloody snatch.
yeah but why shouldn't SOME of the blame be on ankalev? It's not like he's done absolutely everything right. He was given a title fight and it went to a draw and he threw a hissy fit over it. He could have rebounded quick with the win over walker but that got delayed some more via a DQ (again this was anakalevs fault). He already turned down the title fight once, UFC 300, And we know promotions LOVE it when you do that. then his fight with rakic was pretty mild and didn't send much a statement.
Lmao prize fighting is not a merit based sport. Maybe it loosely wears that facade when it fits, but come on dude. You just start watching last week?
Not fighting the #1 contender multiple times in a row, obviously.
Some is fair, but a Quick Look around this thread and many like it shows you a large portion, probably the majority, place it entirely on Ankalaev.
Which isn't fair. However IMO, It is ZERO percent on poatan as he has been the most active champion since winning his title and has the most title defenses of any current champion. for him to take another fight other than ankalaev, can we really call that a fault of his? A champion who ACTUALLY WANTS TO STAY ACTIVE and we're going to hold it against them?
I'm about 100% sure this is by the UFC and another one of their shit tactics to fuck over fighters.
I have my own personal theory regarding why this is happening.
