Rumored Ciryl Gane plans to return in September and targets a fight with Sergei Pavlovich.

Cost benefit analysis doesn't make someone a coward. Something Jones haters should have learned from Jones "ducking" Chael.

Regardless how confident Jon is he could beat Pav is the fact remains casual MMA fans don't know who the fuck Pav is. If Jones has 1-2 fights left he wants to make every dollar he can.

Crazy part is, Jones has been saying Stipe was his last fight for a while, before most of these people even knew who Pavlovich was. But they say that’s not a valid excuse and that he’s afraid of or ducking Pavlovich. Yet they will come up with a laundry list of excuses for Pavlovich to sit out and avoid defending his spot in the rankings— and that’s not cowardly? The double standards are wild.
 
Calling someone that eats punches for a living a coward while sporting a videogame egirl in the profile pic has to be peak Sherdog.
Do you know what else is cowardice? Taking PEDs and then crying when confronted.
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According to who? You? Dana White? I’m not saying it’s not true, I’d just like to see some evidence of where that was confirmed.
According to MMA fans who want to see the best matchup. Do you really think Stipe deserves to fight for the belt over Pavlovich?
 
Do you know what else is cowardice? Taking PEDs and then crying when confronted.
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I thought you were about to insult me with the punchline, but you assumed insulting Jones would hurt me?
I appreciate the effort I guess.
 
I thought you were about to insult me with the punchline, but you assumed insulting Jones would hurt me?
I appreciate the effort I guess.
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According to MMA fans who want to see the best matchup. Do you really think Stipe deserves to fight for the belt over Pavlovich?

First off if you really wanted Jones to fight the best opponents you'd have wanted him to stay at LHW.

Second the best matchup for the champ doesn't earn a title shot by being the best matchup. Kevin Lee was likely the best matchup for Khabib at LW. He didn't earn a title shot(after losing to Tony) thus he didn't fight Khabib. No one has a problem with that. Just because a fighter doesn't have a chance against the champ doesn't mean they didn't earn the shot. Stipe earned the shot he has a 5-0 win against the lineal champ and won the trilogy with DC. Stipe deserves to fight for the belt you just don't want him too because you know he'll most likely lose.

Also I think Aspinall or Blaydes would be tougher matchups for Jones. Pav beating Blaydes really doesn't change that IMO.
 
Stipe deserves to fight for the belt you just don't want him too because you know he'll most likely lose.
This is the kind of mental gymnastics I was talking about. Stipe's last win was in 2020. Since then he has had only one fight in 2021 in which he got brutally knocked out. He doesn't deserve to fight for the belt in any way, shape or form.
 
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First off if you really wanted Jones to fight the best opponents you'd have wanted him to stay at LHW.

Second the best matchup for the champ doesn't earn a title shot by being the best matchup. Kevin Lee was likely the best matchup for Khabib at LW. He didn't earn a title shot(after losing to Tony) thus he didn't fight Khabib. No one has a problem with that. Just because a fighter doesn't have a chance against the champ doesn't mean they didn't earn the shot. Stipe earned the shot he has a 5-0 win against the lineal champ and won the trilogy with DC. Stipe deserves to fight for the belt you just don't want him too because you know he'll most likely lose.

Also I think Aspinall or Blaydes would be tougher matchups for Jones. Pav beating Blaydes really doesn't change that IMO.

Nah man, UFC does what it wants but Miocic has lost his last fight and hasn't fought in forever. He has no business having a title shot right now.

I don't even think Pavlovic is a worse matchup for Jones, Overeem mauled him, granted it was years ago but obviously Jones is a better wrestler than Reem.

Miocic (though I have no idea how much age will factor) has great boxing and wrestling, and a great chin too. On paper it's a worse matchup for Jones.
(That is assuming Jones doesn't go on a bender and murder 17 people while ingesting every drug there is tomorrow)
 
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Nah man, UFC does what it wants but Miocic has lost his last fight and hasn't fought in forever. He has no business having a title shot right now.

I don't even think Pavlovic is a worse matchup for Jones, Overeem mauled him, granted it was years ago but obviously Jones is a better wrestler than Reem.

Miocic (though I have no idea how much age will factor) has great boxing and wrestling, and a great chin too. On paper it's a worse matchup for Jones.
(That is assuming Jones doesn't go on a bender and murder 17 people while ingesting every drug there is tomorrow)

This is HW. The HW division has always been ruled by people who haven't fought in forever. Stipe is more deserving than any other candidate. No one else has his feats.
 
This is the kind of mental gymnastics I was talking about. Stipe's last win was in 2020. Since then he has had only one fight in 2021 in which he got brutally knocked out. He doesn't deserve to fight for the belt in any way, shape or form.


Stipe hasn't had an unavenged loss in like a decade.
 
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