Figueiredo deserves a title shot more than Umar, and it’s not close

[Tweak896]

Whether Figgy is the hardest contender or not isn't why he's not getting the title shot, nor is it why Umar is getting it. If Umar was the hardest fight available but he was from the Tanzania and not related to anyone famous, he would not have a title shot over Figgy.

Figgy has lost fights in the UFC, Umar hasn't. Both have wins in the top 5. I don't get why Figgy has to be next for title fight when he couldn't hold his FLW belt too long. An older fighter who went tooth and nail with Vera in a 3 rounder vs Umar who won basically all 5 rounds against Sandhagen.

It was literally the same card. Umar beats the higher ranked Sandhagen in a 5 rounder as main event while Figgy barely scrapes by Vera in 3 rounds and looks gassed. Yet, you can watch that event and think Figgy deserves it over Umar?

Merab/Umar winner should fight Figgy/Yan winner. That can be done by 2025 and everyone gets their chance.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Fig is one of the reasons I watch the sport still. Most fighters you forget after 10 years even if you say you wont like action figure names lol. Fig isn’t quite Boba Fett but like a Bib Fortuna at this point to me if you catch my drift. One of those dudes you just never forget and quickly rising.

Bib Fortuna, what, lol

He's just some guy in Jabba's palace?

 

[blaseblase]

Umar has a win over the number one contender, Figgy has zero top 5 wins. If Figgy beats Yan then I could buy that argument, but not before then.

 

[rjmbrd]

Umar and Fig are both deserving and reasonable picks for going next.

Anyone saying one is far ahead of the other are just writing a post confirming their personal bias of what they would like to happen.

 

[checktheknuckles]

and STILL he "doesn't deserve it" STILL he should have to fight a 4th contender and a former champion at that. bullshit. If he does win he deserves it more than Umar with his wins over song and Sandhagen.


Never seen a former champ come off a title reign and have to do so much. NEVER.

I bet if Fig slapped on some women, Dana would give him that White privilege then. Fig would then be one of the boys along with Jon Jones and Greg Hardy.

 

[Pechan]

Umar is a nepo baby, people acting like he is a clear #1 contender are insane.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Figgy has lost fights in the UFC, Umar hasn't. Both have wins in the top 5. I don't get why Figgy has to be next for title fight when he couldn't hold his FLW belt too long. An older fighter who went tooth and nail with Vera in a 3 rounder vs Umar who won basically all 5 rounds against Sandhagen.

It was literally the same card. Umar beats the higher ranked Sandhagen in a 5 rounder as main event while Figgy barely scrapes by Vera in 3 rounds and looks gassed. Yet, you can watch that event and think Figgy deserves it over Umar?

Merab/Umar winner should fight Figgy/Yan winner. That can be done by 2025 and everyone gets their chance.

He had 2 defenses, he just fought frequently.

Chito looked aggressive against Fig for the first time in a LONG time. And "scraped by" is a bit duplicitous when the 1st was obviously Fig and then he put a stamp on the 3rd with knocking down Chito, which no one else has done. There wasn't any question about that fight.

Sandhagen is Umar's ONLY win. Yes, he should have been getting ranked fights before, but he didn't get to fight and beat any. And then if Fig beats Yan, that eclipses everything Umar has done

Umar has a win over the number one contender, Figgy has zero top 5 wins. If Figgy beats Yan then I could buy that argument, but not before then.

Chito was #4 when Fig beat him

 

[RockyLockridge]

I bet if Fig slapped on some women, Dana would give him that White privilege then. Fig would then be one of the boys along with Jon Jones and Greg Hardy.

I don't get why this fighter doesn't get sublimely favourable treatment. He basically carried the UFC through the Pandemic fighting 4 times in 2020 all title fights, Mans a legend and has always shown up and taken which ever fight is given. to think a former champ who is 4-2-1 in Title fights should have to fight 4 contenders before a title shot is unprecedented...... 3 of those contenders being a top 10 fighters, 2 of those 4 being former champs. Never seen anything like it, and it's only because Umar is MMA royalty or some shit.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Figgy has lost fights in the UFC, Umar hasn't. Both have wins in the top 5. I don't get why Figgy has to be next for title fight when he couldn't hold his FLW belt too long. An older fighter who went tooth and nail with Vera in a 3 rounder vs Umar who won basically all 5 rounds against Sandhagen.

It was literally the same card. Umar beats the higher ranked Sandhagen in a 5 rounder as main event while Figgy barely scrapes by Vera in 3 rounds and looks gassed. Yet, you can watch that event and think Figgy deserves it over Umar?

Merab/Umar winner should fight Figgy/Yan winner. That can be done by 2025 and everyone gets their chance.

There are some holes in that argument, but regardless, that isn't arguing what I said.

Whether Umar is better than Figgy or "more deserving" or not isn't why he is getting the title shot. He's getting a title shot because of his last name.

The reason why he fought Sandhagen in the first place is because of his last name. Umar is getting a title shot because he is more bankable, not because he is better. It is irrelevant whether he is better or not.

 

[RockyLockridge]

There are some holes in that argument, but regardless, that isn't arguing what I said.

Whether Umar is better than Figgy or "more deserving" or not isn't why he is getting the title shot. He's getting a title shot because of his last name.

The reason why he fought Sandhagen in the first place is because of his last name. Umar is getting a title shot because he is more bankable, not because he is better. It is irrelevant whether he is better or not.

It is also irrelevent if he has a better chance to beat Merab or not, but it keeps being brought up.

That's because without merit, it's the best argument they have.

 

[Tweak896]

He had 2 defenses, he just fought frequently.

Chito looked aggressive against Fig for the first time in a LONG time. And "scraped by" is a bit duplicitous when the 1st was obviously Fig and then he put a stamp on the 3rd with knocking down Chito, which no one else has done. There wasn't any question about that fight.

Sandhagen is Umar's ONLY win. Yes, he should have been getting ranked fights before, but he didn't get to fight and beat any. And then if Fig beats Yan, that eclipses everything Umar has done


Chito was #4 when Fig beat him

Still, imagine watching both fights that night they both last fought and thinking Figgy deserved it over Umar. Not only was Umar main event, 5 rounds against the better fighter, but he won by a clearer margin.

There are some holes in that argument, but regardless, that isn't arguing what I said.

Whether Umar is better than Figgy or "more deserving" or not isn't why he is getting the title shot. He's getting a title shot because of his last name.

The reason why he fought Sandhagen in the first place is because of his last name. Umar is getting a title shot because he is more bankable, not because he is better. It is irrelevant whether he is better or not.

Nothing changes the fact that they both fought last the same night and Umar beat the higher ranked fighter more convincingly. Or do you believe Figgy's win over Chito showed the better performance?

 

[MrBlackheart]

Imagine using Cody , Vera and Font as important wins …. Sandhagen win is better than all 3 wins combined……People act like Figgy was champ when he rose up ….ex champs moving up don’t get instant title shots unless they’re a draw or never lost the belt …. Umar is undefeated and id like to see him next …..But Merab clearly wants figgy to milk his shit reign

Agreed. Umar could fight and beat Cody, Font, Vera on monday wednesday friday of the same week.

 

[svmr_db]

Lol people digging up all these angles for Figgy, ultimately how much does the UFC care about giving old Figgy his title shot when he's going to get smashed by any top bantamweight?

If you don't understand why the UFC would prefer Umar in a title fight over Figgy then you've got no clue about this business. He's likely not even going to get past Petr Yan so people can save their energy writing up essays on him.

 

[r-harper-1]

you're outta line.


Merab is the polar opposite of Umar. the most proven contender to earn a BW title in the history of the UFC BW division, Vs Silver spoon fed nepotism Umar who gets a favourable style match up against a top 5 guy.

Most proven because he refused to fight the champ …not saying Merab should’ve fought Aljo ….but there’s extenuating circumstances lol

 

[r-harper-1]

I slightly lean Fig right now, but will think there's ZERO argument against this if he beats Yan while Umar fights Yadong. Then that whole "Yeah, but Umar has the best win in Sandhagen" takes a backseat

If figgy beats Yan he’s leaps Umar imo

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Still, imagine watching both fights that night they both last fought and thinking Figgy deserved it over Umar. Not only was Umar main event, 5 rounds against the better fighter, but he won by a clearer margin.


Nothing changes the fact that they both fought last the same night and Umar beat the higher ranked fighter more convincingly. Or do you believe Figgy's win over Chito showed the better performance?

Thinking people deserve fights based solely on "last fight" or on any single fight, and additionally, basing them on how they beat someone instead of who they've beaten in total is something I have to imagine, because that's ridiculous to me.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Most proven because he refused to fight the champ …not saying Merab should’ve fought Aljo ….but there’s extenuating circumstances lol

Okay explain O'Malley Vs Vera then? He still had to take another fight, still had to watch someone else take his title chance. Extenuating circumstances don't include not willing to fight in march or april I suppose? Even though that is a decision that he makes for himself

 

[Rataria]

Umar can wait . Merab just got the title bro :xg

 

[The Siege]

Everyone saying Umar is the number one contender seems to forget that Figueiredo exists

-2 time flyweight champion
-2 top 10 wins in the bantamweight division (twice as many as umar)
-wins over pantoja, Tim elliott, benavidez twice, Alex Perez, robbed in the first fight of a 48-46 win against moreno, officially beat moreno aswell, rob font, Cody garbrandt and now chito vera
-first man to ever drop chito
-beat 3 champions (pantoja, moreno, garbrandt)

Umar has
-1 ranked win over cory sandhagen
-???

Do we just pretend that his flyweight title reign didn’t happen?

Besides his wins at BW, none of that matters when you are trying to get a TS in another division.

Not saying he doesnt have a good case for a TS (I think when it was known Merab wasnt going to fight Umar, they should have just booked Figgy vs Umar).

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I'd slightly favor Fig for a title shot over Umar