Do you think umar will take a fight after Bautista?

[ChrisBenoit]

The winner of Umar/Mario will likely get the next shot unless Yan upsets Mareb then he'll get the rematch.

I don't see Mareb moving up since Aljo already moved up so Mareb can fight for the belt. I don't think he's big enough either

 

[ledonk]

Umar should certainly do more to deserve a rematch. He got airhumped ffs.

 

[svmr_db]

not sure how that changes things

The point is that Merab may prefer to keep defending his title at 135 even if the UFC offered him a shot vs Volkanovski or potentially another FW champion.

So yeah even if Merab earned the shot doesn't mean he's ever going to go up.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

he's going to have to take another fight after he loses

 

[Hymen Crusher]

No the Russians sit and wait until its as easy as possible. They never fight

 

[Sticko]

Didn’t Merab say he didn’t want to move up because he doesn’t want to fight Volk out of respect?

I don't know about that but Merab isn't moving up. For one, he is too small for FW. For two, he's friends with Aljo and Aljo is trying to earn a TS at FW. We already know that Merab and Aljo won't fight each other so Merab won't get in Aljo's way.

 

[Sticko]

All these Umar has earned a rematch thread got me really hoping for a Mario upset. I didn't know I'd ever be cheering that guy on but here we are.

Anyways TS, I do think Umar will take a 2nd non title fight. Because in December I will expect Pantoja to call out merab if both win, and that's a new exciting fight, vs a guy who's got more than 1 win.

Pantoja is not interested in moving up.

 

[flektarn]

If he wants another TS he should fight again. 1 fight and then another TS is #1 bullshit

 

[jeskola]

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[jeskola]

I got Mario by split decision that should have gone to Umar

 

[Streeter]

Doubt it. What exactly has Mario done that all of a sudden people think he's anywhere near Umar's level? Beat Patchy, who just lost to a random guy in his debut that nobody knows? Cage hugged Aldo for 15 minutes? Nothing I've ever seen from him tells me he's can compete with an Umar, Merab, or even Yan or Sandhagen.

Edit: but he's not a "can". He's a solid fighter. Just not elite.

Merab cage hugged Aldo hes impossible almost to take down with tbe GOAT tdd.
Aldo isnt a good stick to measure there hes a goat for a reason.

 

[fortheo]

Umar definitely deserves a rematch.

Merab also dislikes him enough to want to fight him again.

So hopefully it's something we see.

I'd rather see that than some of the fights Merab has been hinting at.

Why does umar deserve a rematch exactly?

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Pantoja is not interested in moving up.

I'm so sick of sherbros at me this lie pantoja has said multiple times if the UFC wants to book it he's happy to fight merab.

Now don't do the other dumb thing everyone who @ making up that, "well I don't think he has anything for merab then" idgf how competitive you think he will be.

 

[Sticko]

I'm so sick of sherbros at me this lie pantoja has said multiple times if the UFC wants to book it he's happy to fight merab.

Now don't do the other dumb thing everyone who @ making up that, "well I don't think he has anything for merab then" idgf how competitive you think he will be.

‘No way’: Alexandre Pantoja shuts down calls for him to move to bantamweight

UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja wants to continue to fight the best in his division.

www.mmafighting.com

Article from 3 months ago. He says he'd accept a fight with Merab if offered, but he's not interested in moving up to bantamweight.

I think it would be a good fight but I don't think Pantoja is really that interested, and I don't see the UFC offering it to him and potentially holding up the FlyW division unless the fighter himself is pushing for it.

 

[mkess101]

Merab cage hugged Aldo hes impossible almost to take down with tbe GOAT tdd.
Aldo isnt a good stick to measure there hes a goat for a reason.

Sure, but who has Bautista beaten and looked so good against that you'd think he could handle the elite guys? The only top 5 guy he fought, he got subbed in rd 1.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Volk would hold Merab against the wall better then he held Aldo against the wall and better than Merab held Aldo against the wall
And better then Mario held Aldo against the wall


Man Jose needs to stop defending takedowns

 

[HNIC215]

Why does umar deserve a rematch exactly?

I think he's done the best against Merab (in recent memory) and with his hand being injured early in that fight - I'd like to see them fight again before Merab retires.

He's already 34 - that's a rematch I have significant interest in.

I'm not the only one who feels that way.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

Maybe Fig

 

[fortheo]

I think he's done the best against Merab (in recent memory) and with his hand being injured early in that fight - I'd like to see them fight again before Merab retires.

He's already 34 - that's a rematch I have significant interest in.

I'm not the only one who feels that way.

I don't see how that equates to umar deserving the rematch. Seems more like people just want it

 

[FilipEmoFights]

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