Dos Anjos Confirms Fight With Colby at UFC 224

PeterGriffin said:
They had no problems stripping him of the FW title, and soon to be LW title. Titles don't mean shit anymore, and having a belt around Conor's waist isn't going to sell "more" PPV's than otherwise normally would. People just want to see him fight, and a piece of tin isn't going to change anything.
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I never said anything of the sort. I was just explaining my take on the logic of making this an interim fight. You're kinda slow, hey?
 
executionermma said:
RDA part of the deal is signed/done, now it's on Colby, that's what Evy is reporting.
This was at Australia.
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Enigma87 said:
That was Australia brohiem. Last time he was in Brazil he almost beat Maia to death
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runnpray said:
Fake news. He was assaulted in Australia.
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Parang said:
That wasnt in Brazil, it was Australia. If it was Brazil the cops wouldve beat his ass
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I'm old, and got confused.

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Ya'll sound like ageists. Young punks think you "run everything". Nobody cares about the old people around here.
 
Yea, it's strange that the card is like a month away and a title fight still isn't official. There must be something up in the air still
 
This fight needs to main event. Amanda won't get a chance to smash Pennington if it is booked after because they'll take too long to clean up all the trash fans are gonna throw at Covington.
 
Limit Smasher said:
I never said anything of the sort. I was just explaining my take on the logic of making this an interim fight. You're kinda slow, hey?
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RDA earned the next title shot. Colby ONLY wanted to fight Woodley for the title, and had zero interest in fighting anyone but. Creating the interim title was more to get Covington to fight a top contender and satisfy marketing purposes at the same time.

Those who live in glass houses...
 
Another interim title? 221-224 UFC is such a mess.
 
PeterGriffin said:
RDA earned the next title shot. Colby ONLY wanted to fight Woodley for the title, and had zero interest in fighting anyone but. Creating the interim title was more to get Covington to fight a top contender and satisfy marketing purposes at the same time.

Those who live in glass houses...
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Are you justifying the interim title or you're just explaining UFC's POV?

Because creating a new title just to get two contenders to fight is about the most non-sensical thing I've heard seeing as the actual champion is healthy.

All I see is UFC in desperation mode once again. They need a main event for 224 and once again they have no one, so they just making stuff up as they go.
 
PeterGriffin said:
RDA earned the next title shot. Colby ONLY wanted to fight Woodley for the title, and had zero interest in fighting anyone but. Creating the interim title was more to get Covington to fight a top contender and satisfy marketing purposes at the same time.

Those who live in glass houses...
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RDA only has three fights at WW, he did not earn it, but he does deserve it. Whereas now, the winner of this fight for sure deserves it
 
Danespina said:
Are you justifying the interim title or you're just explaining UFC's POV?

Because creating a new title just to get two contenders to fight is about the most non-sensical thing I've heard seeing as the actual champion is healthy.

All I see is UFC in desperation mode once again. They need a main event for 224 and once again they have no one, so they just making stuff up as they go.
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I'm not justifying the interim title, and (in general) I am against them. The interim BW title when Cruz was on the shelf as a result of injuries, and (in my opinion) was one of the few exceptions to the rule. It made sense and was justifiable. It wasn't that Cruz didn't want to fight, he couldn't. Condit vs. Diaz (as GSP was on the shelf) was passable.

The UFC created a LW interim title fight between Ferguson and Lee barely two months after Conor took the LW title from Alvarez because he wanted a break. Whittaker/Romero was an interim title because Bisping had a date with GSP. Aldo/Edgar was a interim title fight because of Conor not wanting to defend. McGregor/Mendes, Holloway/Pettis... the increasing frequency of using an interim designation is also taking away from the legitimacy of being considered a champion.

Now they've got a LW contender fighting an injured FW for the LW title. The UFC doesn't draw a line in the sand when it comes to titles, they're throwing darts at a dart board.

I agree, it's a desperation move, but it was being done more so to placate Colby as he seemed be ducking other WW's and focused solely on his next fight being for a belt. He gets a "title fight" and the UFC gets a marketing ploy. Honestly, to me, I would probably value this fight more as a title contender's elimination match than a title fight and was going to watch it anyways.

Parang said:
RDA only has three fights at WW, he did not earn it, but he does deserve it. Whereas now, the winner of this fight for sure deserves it
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The reason I say RDA earned it is because the UFC billed Lawler/RDA as the title contender's elimination match, with the winner to face Woodley. That being said, in my opinion I think RDA's has a better run of recent WW wins than Covington.

I agree the winner of this fight should face Woodley, though I still expect Tyron to weasel out of it.
 
PeterGriffin said:
I'm not justifying the interim title, and (in general) I am against them. The interim BW title when Cruz was on the shelf as a result of injuries, and (in my opinion) was one of the few exceptions to the rule. It made sense and was justifiable. It wasn't that Cruz didn't want to fight, he couldn't. Condit vs. Diaz (as GSP was on the shelf) was passable.

The UFC created a LW interim title fight between Ferguson and Lee barely two months after Conor took the LW title from Alvarez because he wanted a break. Whittaker/Romero was an interim title because Bisping had a date with GSP. Aldo/Edgar was a interim title fight because of Conor not wanting to defend. McGregor/Mendes, Holloway/Pettis... the increasing frequency of using an interim designation is also taking away from the legitimacy of being considered a champion.

Now they've got a LW contender fighting an injured FW for the LW title. The UFC doesn't draw a line in the sand when it comes to titles, they're throwing darts at a dart board.

I agree, it's a desperation move, but it was being done more so to placate Colby as he seemed be ducking other WW's and focused solely on his next fight being for a belt. He gets a "title fight" and the UFC gets a marketing ploy. Honestly, to me, I would probably value this fight more as a title contender's elimination match than a title fight and was going to watch it anyways.



The reason I say RDA earned it is because the UFC billed Lawler/RDA as the title contender's elimination match, with the winner to face Woodley. That being said, in my opinion I think RDA's has a better run of recent WW wins than Covington.

I agree the winner of this fight should face Woodley, though I still expect Tyron to weasel out of it.
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Got you. Yeah I agree with just about everything you wrote here.

RDA/Lawler was deemed a title eliminator and everyone was okay with that when the fight ended.

Woodley was okay to return in July, but now what happens is we likely have to wait even longer for the next welterweight defence seeing as the Colby/RDA winner may need healing time afterwards.
 
Expect Colby and rda to be at that big press conference. That’ll be interesting
 
MMAProfessional said:
So far I haven't been impressed by Colby. Maia did a little too much damage on his feet for my liking. If he beats RDA I'll see him as legit
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K1 Maia is a badass! He bloodied up Rory's nose and almost ko'd Condit on the ground. Colby got this.
 
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