Iaquinta vs Khabib would have been better than Pettis

[Alanf7]

Pettis is the easiest matchup for Khabib. Iaquinta has much better boxing And wrestling than Pettis. That fight would have been much better.

For fucks sake Pettis got wrestlefucked by Poirier who is a striker. Imagine what Khabib is going to do.

 

[Bubba32]

if laquinta wasnt such an asshole theyd probably do that.

 

[Rehydrated Dos Anjos]

All he wants to do is sell houses, leave the guy alone.

 

[Washad]

Yeah, fuck the Pettis fight. Would rather watch nothing than him getting wrestlefucked for 25 min for the 7:th time.

 

[Gilday]

But then they'd have lost another fight on the card which you know they don't want

Pettis does make sense since Chiesa was injured and pulled and he was left without a fight

 

[VVarhead]

Agreed

 

[infidelkastro]

Pettis wont take the fight. He is trying to bounce back from a slump, not continue it.

 

[xyzxyz94]

Iaquinta didn't make 155. They also don't want to put on an event with 9 fights.

 

[Joe Rogan's Kettlebell]

let conor fight

 

[Treeloy]

Al vs Khabib is actually a great fight, and Al is deserving of a shot. Pettis vs Khabib is not interesting at all.

 

[BoD 2.0]

I agree. Pay Raging Al to fight Khabib. Felder can fight Pettis.

 

[sdpdude9]

While neither likely has much of a chance against Khabib, Iaquinta is more intriguing. Guy is on a 5 fight win streak and has much better wrestling than Pettis. Book it. And book Pettis vs Felder if Pettis can make weight. Much better options.

 

[bryank]

if laquinta wasnt such an asshole theyd probably do that.

I agree with TS, but this is even more spot on. Iaquinta is easily a tougher challenge for Khabib and I would have some interest in that fight actually. But Al doesn't have the name of Pettis and he's the last guy on the roster the UFC wants to do a favor for.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

Ariel just said on his stream that Al is actively campaigning for the shot

 

[Supatune]

He's 'actively campaigning' for it too apparently, Let them bang.

 

[Sapp]

For sure he is stylistically. However, Pettis is a name and they want to give this some semblance of legitimacy. Winning a title against Raging Al would be pretty lame.

 

[bryank]

I agree. Pay Raging Al to fight Khabib. Felder can fight Pettis.

Felder and Pettis are teammates and wouldn't fight, Paul just said that this week that Pettis is the only guy in UFC he wouldn't fight.

 

[Fight Professor]

Just about anyone in the top 10 would have been a better matchup.

 

[Magooglie]

They'd bump up Felder, he's a company guy.

 

[sdpdude9]

Felder and Pettis are teammates and wouldn't fight, Paul just said that this week that Pettis is the only guy in UFC he wouldn't fight.

Didn't know that. Let's just do all lightweight shuffle.

Khabib vs. Iaquinta
Felder vs. Aubin-Mercier
Pettis vs. Dunham