If the winner of Lawler vs RDA dominates it's gonna be hard to deny them a title shot.
But it if Masvidal finishes Wonderboy he might get the title shot instead.
His win/loss record does not look great cause he's 4/4 in his past 8. But if you consider all those 4 losses were SPLIT decisions against top 10 fighters (Maia, Larkin, Benson, Iaquinta) they look better.
His wins are TKOs over Cowboy, Ellenberger, Ferreira. UD win over Pearson.
Perhaps not a super impressive list of names, I must admit.
Overall I'd say Cowboy has a stronger record. 9-3 since Nov 2013.
Look at this list of FINISHES:
Dunham, Martins, Barboza, Alvarez, Jury, Benson, Makdessi, Oliviera, Story, Matt Brown.
My god.
And he only lost to three top guys: RDA, Lawler and Masvidal.
But since the losses were so recent, he probably needs 1 more win after Till to join the contender debate