Do you consider Petr Yan a legit champ?

Well hes the first champ in recent history to win the title by not having any top 6 wins.
 
Of course. Hes a bad motherfucker, albeit a manlet one.
 
Yes. Legit champ. Of course I also think Cejudo would eat him.
 
Dirge said:
If a champ retires and someone else wins the belt, the new champ isn't a champ?

what kind of nonsense is this?
Click to expand...


Nonsense is Yan getting the title shot over two guys with much better records against a guy with zero wins in the division.
 
15089371 said:
Yes, truly earned his title shot with 6 wins, just fought whoever they put in front of him, will defend his title against the best challenger, called out triple C multiple times. Like, what more can you ask from this guy? He's getting the best he can that's within his reach.
Of course there's doubt whether he can stay champion with a handful of possible contenders lined up already, but that's why he's here to try defend it.
Click to expand...


He didn't earn shit. His best wins going into the title fight were over Rivera and two washed up guys in Faber and Dodson.

Sterling beat five ranked guys in a row without losing around.

He was only in that position because Dana was still pissed about Sterling complaining about money five years ago.
 
Dirge said:
If a champ retires and someone else wins the belt, the new champ isn't a champ?

what kind of nonsense is this?
Click to expand...
Exactly

People can think Cejudo is better than Yan if they want,but the real champ defends his belt. Cejudo chose to relinquish his duties. Yan is now the reigning defending champ
 
HHJ said:
Exactly

People can think Cejudo is better than Yan if they want,but the real champ defends his belt. Cejudo chose to relinquish his duties. Yan is now the reigning defending champ
Click to expand...
This has nothing to do with Cejudo. It's about Yan vs. Aldo being a bullshit match up to crown a new champ.
 
Phisher said:
This has nothing to do with Cejudo. It's about Yan vs. Aldo being a bullshit match up to crown a new champ.
Click to expand...
i was against Aldo getting the shot too. was a great fight anyway tho
 
DS66 said:
?

kamaru-usman-ufc-245-faceoffs.jpg
Click to expand...

He's a maybe, I think Colby can easily win the rematch. Burns is a threat too
 
and then if he beats Aljo it will be but Moraes smoked Aljo and TJ never lost hte belt and Cejudo didnt either etc.

But yes Aldo wasnt the best BW even though I do think he beat MOraes. So the Yan/aldo winner is the best BW in the world with Cejudo retired.

Good thing for him is he's in a stacked div, TJ's coming back, you got Moraes, Sandhagen, Aljo so he'll have the opportunity to fight them all.
 
Phisher said:
Sterling and Moraes were ranked above Yan when he got the shot. Both have much better resumes. At this point, so does Sandhagen.
Click to expand...

Now Sandhagen perhaps but not then except he lost recently.

Also Sterling had a loss to Moraes.

Sandhagen has a loss to Sterling

Moraes recently lost to Sandhagen

You see the problem here, they have all been losing to each other.

Moraes got his title shot and lost against Cejudo 3 fights ago and he has gone 1-1 since.

Sterling loss to Moraes and then won 5 in a row

Sandhagen is on a scorching one fight win streak after beating Moraes.


Yan is 7-0 in the UFC so far.
 
Dirge said:
Now Sandhagen perhaps but not then except he lost recently.

Also Sterling had a loss to Moraes.

Sandhagen has a loss to Sterling

Moraes recently lost to Sandhagen

You see the problem here, they have all been losing to each other.

Moraes got his title shot and lost against Cejudo 3 fights ago and he has gone 1-1 since.

Sterling loss to Moraes and then won 5 in a row

Sandhagen is on a scorching one fight win streak after beating Moraes.


Yan is 7-0 in the UFC so far.
Click to expand...


Yan's best wins pre-title shot were Rivera, Dodson and Faber.

Dodson and Faber were past it, and Moraes and Sterling beat Rivera easier than Yan did.

Going by your logic, any rando from DWCS who has an undefeated record against scrubs has more of a case for a title shot than top contenders who have losses to other top contenders.

Sterling had five straight wins over ranked opposition with three straight wins over guys ranked in the top 5.
 
Last edited:
I’m still not totally sold on him yet, though he’s obviously good. His best win is Aldo, who is still a good fighter but definitely not in his prime anymore. I just haven’t seen him face a true top contender yet and until he does, I’ll remain a little skeptical.
 
Phisher said:
Yan's best wins pre-title shot were Rivera, Dodson and Faber.

Dodson and Faber were past it, and Moraes and Sterling beat Rivera easier than Yan did.

Going by your logic, any rando from DWCS who has an undefeated record against scrubs has more of a case for a title shot than top contenders who have losses to other top contenders.
Click to expand...

So consistency doesn't matter? I ask because Yan shares common wins against other guys in the division (like Rivera).

I don't see what's got you so worked up. The division has a lot of exciting fighters and with TJ's return it should be very interesting. Moraes got his shot very recently. Sterling will likely be next (Sandhagen should have been but that loss pretty much heads that off).
 
Dirge said:
If a champ retires and someone else wins the belt, the new champ isn't a champ?

what kind of nonsense is this?
Click to expand...

Correct. If you break the chain there's no champ unless the guy with the belt can clear out the division with a 10 fight win streak over legitimate contenders.
Thus, there are no champions in the UFC.
 
Dirge said:
So consistency doesn't matter? I ask because Yan shares common wins against other guys in the division (like Rivera).
Click to expand...

He was more consistent against shittier opposition.

The only top ranked guy that Yan fought pre-title shot was Rivera, and Yan had a harder time beating him than the guys above him did.

There is no merit based case for Yan getting a shot above Sterling.

I don't see what's got you so worked up. The division has a lot of exciting fighters and with TJ's return it should be very interesting. Moraes got his shot very recently. Sterling will likely be next (Sandhagen should have been but that loss pretty much heads that off).
Click to expand...


I don't like seeing guys who put in the work getting fucked because there's a bug up Dana's ass.

Sterling didn't get his announced until Sandhagen beat Moraes, ehich was months after Dana said the winner of his fight with Sandhagen would be next. Dana didn't want to give it to him, snd there's guarantee that they won't sub in TJ.
 
Phisher said:
He didn't earn shit. His best wins going into the title fight were over Rivera and two washed up guys in Faber and Dodson.

Sterling beat five ranked guys in a row without losing around.

He was only in that position because Dana was still pissed about Sterling complaining about money five years ago.
Click to expand...
And Aljo has a streak that is much better? Not really, it is a very small margin if it is. Things went the way they supposed to, Aljo getting starched by Magic Moreas is plenty reason for Petr to have gotten the TS before him. Anyway it's not even a big deal, Aljo is getting his shot so there's no reason to cry about this.
 
One thing that I like about him as a Champ. He dont call for Big Money Fights... no Frankie Edgar no T.J dillashaw
He said give me the #1 Contender Aljo...

What about everybodys Darling Cejudo? After the championship win he called for Aldo, Faber, Cody...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
1,281,149
Messages
58,344,124
Members
176,009
Latest member
wmmaf

Share this page

Back
Top