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If Poatan loses to Ankalaev, should there be an immediate rematch?
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Only if controversial.
If the champ is soundly beaten, we don't need to have "you need to beat the champ" twice in place. I don't like that shit really ever but especially in the case where the champ doesn't have a monumental amount of successful defenses.
I think Poatan is going to knock this dude out, but if not and Ank wins fair and square then good for him.
Alex has 3 title defenses. Imo that should roughly get you a #1 contender fight if you lose your belt fair and square (while champ defends against next challenger) . If you and the new champ both win your respective fights, then run it back.
MAYBE if the champ has 5+ successful defenses, then you could argue ok champ might have had an off night and deservse the get back... and again, ideally this is just when the flight was competitive enough to justify that the outcome could go the other way. If the champ get smoked, they should get in line, perhaps not the end of the line, but they shouldn't skip the line.
If the champ is soundly beaten, we don't need to have "you need to beat the champ" twice in place. I don't like that shit really ever but especially in the case where the champ doesn't have a monumental amount of successful defenses.
I think Poatan is going to knock this dude out, but if not and Ank wins fair and square then good for him.
Alex has 3 title defenses. Imo that should roughly get you a #1 contender fight if you lose your belt fair and square (while champ defends against next challenger) . If you and the new champ both win your respective fights, then run it back.
MAYBE if the champ has 5+ successful defenses, then you could argue ok champ might have had an off night and deservse the get back... and again, ideally this is just when the flight was competitive enough to justify that the outcome could go the other way. If the champ get smoked, they should get in line, perhaps not the end of the line, but they shouldn't skip the line.
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Usman in '21
Johnson in '13
Frank Shamrock and Matt Hughes back in the day. But that just tells us how rare it is.
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Carlos Ulberg, 7 fight win streak and is fighting Jan next. If he wins, he's the legit next contender at LHW.
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Depends. If Ank goes in there and lays on top of Pereira for 25 minutes he would probably opt to go to Heavyweight instead.
If Ank catches him with some Hail Mary shot then yes, rematch. He would deserve it based on how dominate he was and what he did for the company 2024.
If Ank catches him with some Hail Mary shot then yes, rematch. He would deserve it based on how dominate he was and what he did for the company 2024.
