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Ok, you're right that it would help Werdum and JDS sell more ppvs. But for anyone who knows who Cain is they won't be viewed as the #1 guy.
If Cain gets stripped
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Ok, you're right that it would help Werdum and JDS sell more ppvs. But for anyone who knows who Cain is they won't be viewed as the #1 guy.
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I disagree. People said the same when Cruz was stripped, but most fans adjusted to Barao as the champ fairly quickly.
In the era of one night tournaments, toughness and endurance counted for a lot. Now, in the era of perpetual injury, the same is true. A fighter who cannot fight should not be champ very long in most cases.
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I would hate for Cormier to go back to HW. Even if Cain got stripped, he's fighting for the gold on his first outing back, and DC doesn't want that. DC did OK against Bones, he should stay at LHW, a lot of money to be made for him there, even without ever fighting Bones again.
I would be okay with this. DC fights a lot more than Cain so that wouldn't be a bad thing. at least the title would be defended.
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If Cain cant fight he needs to he stripped. This is just getting ridiculous as of next month the guy will have only fought 6 times in the past 5 years. He'll be going on a year and a half on this one alone. The division needs to move on
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hope it is brought to resolution soon. i want to see werdum fight.
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If Cain was stripped then as Interim Champ Werdum would become the champion automatically (just like Barao was when Cruz was stripped)
JDS would be the obvious first defence I'd have thought; though I seriously doubt they would take the belt from Cain considering his marketability in Mexico
JDS would be the obvious first defence I'd have thought; though I seriously doubt they would take the belt from Cain considering his marketability in Mexico
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It would be pretty fucking hard to find a viable first contender. Browne and Hunt got smashed by Werdum not very long ago. JDS, while being 1-0 versus the champion, would not get a TS on the risk they would have to make Cain vs JDS IV next. Miocic had a great performance in his last fight and has some good wins in the division, but he'd still be coming off a loss. Same for Cormier. I guess an Overeem trilogy would be next if he gets past Roy Nelson.
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F off.
B's too stupid to comprehend precedent piss me off so bad. It is YOU who ruin this sport.
What the F part of 567 days between title defenses do you turds fail to understand.
That is how many days that passed between one UFC champion (WW) title defenses WITHOUT getting his title stripped!
567 days between UFC title defenses was deemed 100% acceptable by Dana White. Don't hang Cain for this delima, push for Dana's termination and etch a timeframe in stone for all UFC title defenses.
How about being fair, a 567 day period for Cain ends on May 08, 2015.
Lets shelf this talk until April 01, 2015! OK?
B's too stupid to comprehend precedent piss me off so bad. It is YOU who ruin this sport.
What the F part of 567 days between title defenses do you turds fail to understand.
That is how many days that passed between one UFC champion (WW) title defenses WITHOUT getting his title stripped!
567 days between UFC title defenses was deemed 100% acceptable by Dana White. Don't hang Cain for this delima, push for Dana's termination and etch a timeframe in stone for all UFC title defenses.
How about being fair, a 567 day period for Cain ends on May 08, 2015.
Lets shelf this talk until April 01, 2015! OK?
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No point stripping , all roads will lead to him eventually getting it back.
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Dude, that 567 days was for GSP, who at the time had defended the belt six times in that title run. That's right. He fought the same amount of times Cain has in the last five years, all for title defenses, in a span of three years. Cain has defended the belt twice, both of which were in 2013. Let's not act like these two situations are even close to being the same.
Edit: Also, what's with all the "f off" stuff? Either spell like a big boy, or diversify your vocabulary. Right now you come off as an 11 year old roman catholic rebel who's idea of being bad is to imply swearing through a means of anagrams.
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If Cain got stripped it would mean nothing.
Everyone in that division knows who they have to beat in order to be anything other than a paper champion.
Cain is the baddest man in the world and the only person who can say anything about that is Jon.
Everyone in that division knows who they have to beat in order to be anything other than a paper champion.
Cain is the baddest man in the world and the only person who can say anything about that is Jon.
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It's been so long since Cain has fought that I don't even consider him as champ any more. It's just another division at a stand still. Along with champs sitting out wasting their prime, you have the guys who want their title shots sitting out and wasting away too. Let's get these fighters active and these divisions moving.
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If Cain can't make it to the title fight I think they'll strip him, declare Werdum the official champion and possibly do Reem/Werdum next.
I think they want to avoid having JDS as champion if at all possible and will do Browne/Junior next.
I think they want to avoid having JDS as champion if at all possible and will do Browne/Junior next.
