FYI Rani Yahya is 11-3 in the UFC, and 7-1 since 2014

Dude lost to Tom Niinimäki...how embarrassing, hope he gets a top guy next and gets embarrassed again.
 
i like that sorta guy who subs everyone he gets down
 
Never forgot about him because of his cool name, but yea at least he finishes cans, step up into top ten territory and he gets worked
 
His striking has never really improved, despite competing in MMA for over 15 years and his conditioning has always been suspect. Very similiar to some of the early BJJ guys who competed in the UFC/Pride.

That being said, he is probably one of the most talented and feared submission artists (regardless of weight class) to ever compete in the UFC. He has all the submissions in his repertoire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Yahya

He really does deserve a top 6-7 guy next. If Aljamain Sterling win next week in Dallas, that would be a good matchup.
 
He is prolly my favorite ground fighter to watch. Maybe the best JJ in the UFC.... I know Maia has spoken very highly of the guy.

He has some really good WEC fights to watch as well...

He is really tough and usually takes a fine beating before he gets the fight to the ground....

Frickin scrappy dude.

He is no striker by any means... But he has make his punches a bit straighter at least in the first round...... I don't think he really rocked that guy last weekend, he just went bonkers after landing the jumpy punch and got the takedown by pressure.........

But they way he doggedly chains is sub attempts, no matter how tired he gets is really fun to watch. He just never lets up.
 
Title shots and ranks should be based on wins and win streaks and Yahya deserves to be considered

Skill wise and style wise sure maybe he won’t touch the likes of Cruz or even Garbrandt but his record stands factual, he just isn’t Twittering and shoving at press conferences enough to warrant title contention
 
I always enjoy Yahya fight they should be pushing him with what he's done so far.Not sure why they would push Maia and not him.
He doesn't need a nickname either with that marketable bad ass last name.
 
Andre Xiong said:
Title shots and ranks should be based on wins and win streaks and Yahya deserves to be considered

Skill wise and style wise sure maybe he won’t touch the likes of Cruz or even Garbrandt but his record stands factual, he just isn’t Twittering and shoving at press conferences enough to warrant title contention
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I agree, which is why I think he deserves a ranked fighter even if he does fall short against the top of the bw food chain.
 
beefcake180 said:
And they just cut the one guy who beat him. Wild.
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They still have Joe B, maybe he can go back up.
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I mean Vick was 9-1 in UFC, then he faced someone near the top. In this run I think Kanehara was his best opponent and that was a split decision win.
 
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Great fighter, very underrated. fook the UFC
 
He definitely deserves a step up in competition at this point, perhaps against Aljamain or Stamann winner or maybe Alejandro Perez

Certainly doesn't deserve any higher ranked opponent

Also have to say his fight vs Tanaka was one of the worst fights of the modern era of the UFC, truly woeful. I'd rather watch Wonderboy/Woodley 1 & 2 on repeat for a year
 
MaveDeltzer said:
They still have Joe B, maybe he can go back up.
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I mean Vick was 9-1 in UFC, then he faced someone near the top. In this run I think Kanehara was his best opponent and that was a split decision win.
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I was talking about Joe Soto actually. Massively underrated performance he put in against Yahya
 
chinarice said:
Meh. He has that record but he's beaten basically nobodies in the UFC. Also zero finishes via strikes in his career after 35 fights is not appealing given how old he is as well and lost to the only remotely known guys he fought.

Hell, even Maia and Shields have a few finishes via strikes.
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Completely irrelevant post.

So because he doesn't have a top10 win means he only beat 'nobodies'? No matter who you fought going 7-1 in the UFC in 4 years is impressive. This is the biggest league in the world.

And what's the deal if he hasn't a finish by strikes ? How does that matters ? He's a ground specialist and 77% of his wins are submissions.
 
gopackgo555 said:
This guys reminds me Khabilov with how he is getting buried in cards (FN cards too) despite the stellar record. Very few guys have a UFC record this solid. Surely a top 5 or top 10 fight has to be coming?
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Fact: Kanehara got robbed against Yahya.

In any event, with 3 straight finishes, it's hard to deny Yahya a contender eliminator.
 
frandie2b said:
Completely irrelevant post.

So because he doesn't have a top10 win means he only beat 'nobodies'? No matter who you fought going 7-1 in the UFC in 4 years is impressive. This is the biggest league in the world.

And what's the deal if he hasn't a finish by strikes ? How does that matters ? He's a ground specialist and 77% of his wins are submissions.
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My post is accurate and relevant. If you don't understand why or how, that is your problem, not mine.

His record of wins in the ufc are nobodies. Whenever he fought somewhat known people he lost. He has a grappling oriented style and isn't going to finish by strikes ever and this matters to casuals who are the majority of people who pay to see UFCs.

These are all relevant. Please indulge me how it isn't relevant.
 
chinarice said:
My post is accurate and relevant. If you don't understand why or how, that is your problem, not mine.

His record of wins in the ufc are nobodies. Whenever he fought somewhat known people he lost. He has a grappling oriented style and isn't going to finish by strikes ever and this matters to casuals who are the majority of people who pay to see UFCs.

These are all relevant. Please indulge me how it isn't relevant.
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Mike Brown, Josh Grispi, Hirota and Kahanera are nobodies ? We don't say he deserves to be ranked in the top5, just that his run in the UFC is very underrated. Consitency matters too.

I still don't get your point about not finishing by strikes. He finishes fights by sub, that's a finish, that matters to casuals. GSP didn't finish a fight for like 10 years and still he was a top draw.
 
He's alright

But he's old, usually boring and not very aesthetically pleasing

UFC won't promote him
 
frandie2b said:
Mike Brown, Josh Grispi, Hirota and Kahanera are nobodies ? We don't say he deserves to be ranked in the top5, just that his run in the UFC is very underrated. Consitency matters too.

I still don't get your point about not finishing by strikes. He finishes fights by sub, that's a finish, that matters to casuals. GSP didn't finish a fight for like 10 years and still he was a top draw.
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Yes, those guys are basically nobodies, minus MTB and I bet most fans from the last 5 years have no clue who he is. Grispi was a prospect and he fizzled then became a woman beater and became irrelevant. Grispi was a can in the UFC. 14-1 upon WEC merging to the UFC then he lost every single UFC fight he had until he got arrested for deciding he can only win fights against women. Go find 1000 casual UFC fans and give those names you listed and I bet the majority of them never heard of any of those guys.

You can't compare GSP to Rani Yahya. GSP would have murdered his opponents if they were the level of opponents Yahya faced. In fact, he mostly did wreck all the guys that were on that level.

Tons of fans find Jake Shields and Demian Maia boring because they literally only have grappling. No ground and pound, no standup.... trust me, this matters to casuals. Obviously the UFC brass feel the same way, if the guy literally gets zero main cards and is usually on the early prelims.... He isn't there because of how awesome or exciting they think he is.
 
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