Is Zubair Tukhugov the most disrespected fighter on the UFC roster?

[EndlessCritic]

UFC debut against 22-0 Douglas Silva de Andrade. Gets slotted in the opening fight of the prelims. Competitive fight, but clear win.

For his win, he's rewarded with a fight against Ernest Chavez, AGAIN in the opening slot on the prelims. Zubair destroys Chavez with a first round finish.

Now 2-0 in the UFC, the UFC matches him up with Phillipe Nover. This time, the UFC puts him on the 2nd fight of the prelims. Zubair moves to 3-0 in the UFC.



Now, for his 4th fight in the UFC, Zubair is taking on undefeated Renato Moicano at UFC 198. Despite being 3-0 in the UFC with 2 very good performances (against Chavez and Andrade), he again is being slotted in the opening fight of the night.

Has any fighter ever received this kind of disrespect? It's insane that any fighter who is 3-0 in the UFC is fighting in the opening prelim fight.

 

[SUBLIME FAN]

He's only opening the prelims because the card is so stacked. He's 3/0 he's done very well, but his last fight was very boring and not the type of performance that's gonna get you noticed.

He needs a showcase win

 

[Breaking]

Never heard of him. Is he finishing people?

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

Easy paydays. Why bitch? He's making good money by the standards of Chechnya.

 

[The guest]

 

[Troublesome10]

Agreed, that's pretty shitty, but it's a Brazilian card and those matchups are getting priority. Not really too surprising when you take into account the makeup of the card.

 

[loisestrad]

No one knows him, his last win was a split. I say it's respectful to not cut him.

 

[jeff7b9]

UFC has eleventeen hundred fighters.

Not everybody is going fight on the main card.

 

[Rational Poster]

No one knows him, his last win was a split. I say it's respectful to not cut him.

I bet TS is one of those guys with a Russian fetish still grieving after what Gunni did to Tumenov.

 

[RiotWyatt]

There are too many guys in the division making a splash, beating better fighters in better fashion.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I guess you didn't watch his last fight?. If I say ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .. you will know what I mean.