News BREAKING: Arman Tsarukyan OUT of UFC 311 Main Event; Renato Moicano steps up to face Islam for the LW title

[Takes Two To Tango]

Too bad I was looking forward to seeing this fight, however great opportunity of a lifetime for Moicano. Rank only 10 and gets the shot at the title, although short notice.

 

[moosaev]

The sad thing is, I agree with them in a way. But, it's not Islam's fault. His title defenses aren't top tier, but I think he COULD be winning even if he was fighting game LW contenders. I think he's that good. But there have been a lot of funky circumstances around his reign so far. It honestly sucks pretty bad for him, because I do think he's probably the best LW we've seen.

What mma fans don’t appreciate is how damn hard it is to consistently win, almost regardless of opposition. If Islam beats Moicano that’s 15 wins in a row. I don’t care how good you are, even beating 15 average UFC LWs in a row is no easy task.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

How the hell did he injure himself before weigh ins? WTF? Anyhow his really sucks but Moicano vs Islam isn't a bad match up so let them bang I guess and give Moicano his fuckin money.

 

[MMA4Life]

Darnnnnnnn was looking forward to that one.

 

[moosaev]

I dont think they just give him the shot again. He may not ever make it to final boss Islam before Islam moves up or retires. He may have missed his chance right here.

Like RDA/Conor

LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS

SO ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Tbh I think Arman will still get the next shot. There aren’t a whole lot of options for Islam at LW, and moving up right now is tricky given the Belal situation.

 

[DoctorStoppage]

I want to see Arman win another fight to regain his title shot here. May not be fair, but we need to penalize this sort of last minute pull out as strongly as possible

 

[Fedorgasm]

Can you imagine being moicano? You've studied one dude for months and then all of a sudden you have to fight someone else? And he's way better than your original opponent?

Great opportunity but holy shit.

 

[MMAJunkie]

Yup. Rumors swirling on X that he's out of the fight.

Absolutely pathetic of Arman if so.

There is no backup fighter either.

What is pathetic about it? Tell us you fake flash in the pan fan. Tell is why a professional fighter being injured makes it pathetic on the Fighter.

Man the disrespect on these forums is hilarious.
Fake fans of the sport. Just a bunch of wanna be fans of the sport.

 

[FreedomCricket]

Can you imagine being moicano? You've studied one dude for months and then all of a sudden you have to fight someone else? And he's way better than your original opponent?

Great opportunity but holy shit.

Yeah. Carpe Diem or some shit right?

But truthfully it goes even harder the other way.

With Islam fighting the #1 contender and now suddenly a #10 wildman with really nothing to lose. There is no actual downside to Moicano taking this fight. He's playing with house money.


It will just be interesting to see if he fights the same way that he has been on this last run he's had (3-4 fights) or if he fights more cautiously realizing he's going against a potential generational talent.


I think the pressure is more on Islam to "take care of business" then it is on Moicano to win.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Rumors of an easy weight cut were likely greatly exaggerated, even if the back injury is real. The most likely way for him to have injured his back so suddenly despite not doing anything that would risk a back injury or be reported is that he passed out suddenly and fell.

I think it's more likely that he hurt his back training a few days ago, maybe a week... And they were waiting to see if it would get better by fight night.

Every day he wakes up, stretches, tests it out, and it still hurts. Finally today they had to admit it's not gotten any better and he can't fight in that condition.

 

[Sasha]

This was the surprise move Arman was talking about all week.

Pathetic

Hahaha

But honestly it's cool for Moicano. I didn't think he would dispatch BSD that easily. And he probably won't have another opportunity for a TS.

Tough fight for him tho

 

[seanb1979]

Moicano gonna get taken down over and over until he gets subbed, likely round 2, but maybe 3.

 

[Ironheart]

What mma fans don’t appreciate is how damn hard it is to consistently win, almost regardless of opposition. If Islam beats Moicano that’s 15 wins in a row. I don’t care how good you are, even beating 15 average UFC LWs in a row is no easy task.

This is very true. There are a million factors that come into play in a fight and the lead up to it, being able to deal with those and still win is part of what makes the greats so special.

 

[tritestill]

Thread makes this seem like most of you don't watch the sport. Moicano is on a run. Some of you morons have not even realized the guy left fw a while ago and I saw someone even ask why Dariush is not getting the shot. There's Google that still exists. Don't think this was some plan by ATT either. Doubt Arman would be in on training and pulling out last minute for another fighter to get his shot.

 

[Last Falconry]

mma really fucking sucks sometimes

 

[TR1]

What mma fans don’t appreciate is how damn hard it is to consistently win, almost regardless of opposition. If Islam beats Moicano that’s 15 wins in a row. I don’t care how good you are, even beating 15 average UFC LWs in a row is no easy task.

Indeed. It's why I always laugh when people bring up Brock as if he was some all time great because he became champ in a few fights....

 

[JBJ was here]

I think it's more likely that he hurt his back training a few days ago, maybe a week... And they were waiting to see if it would get better by fight night.

Every day he wakes up, stretches, tests it out, and it still hurts. Finally today they had to admit it's not gotten any better and he can't fight in that condition.

I think if that happened they'd just go with that story. Besides, he was making public appearances without any rumors of his seeming less than 100%. All the rumors were actually about how good he looked. A back injury painful enough to cause a fight cancellation is most likely going to result in at least some stiffness and awkwardness that people will notice and word would get around, even if it weren't enough to make people realize that the fight might be off.

 

[gandharva]

F"##"k that

 

[AmonTobin]

If this is truly an injury, how the hell does it get announced just before weigh-ins, and how the hell does Tsarukyan expect anyone to believe it wasn’t a weight cutting issue? Damn. what a massive disappointment. I was so pumped for this fight.

 

[mmacool]

I'm not a big fan of moicano, but if he wins that, he will be a world star...