Islam makhachev and Leon Edwards getting a title shot while not beating top fighters

[Snake_bite]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

Islam beat Dan Hooker, Moises and Drew Dober.

i think Oliveira already won the belt with 0 top 5 wins and outdid them... Chandler? Ferguson at no.3? lol

 

[Ajax41]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

Islam beat Dan Hooker, Moises and Drew Dober.

Bro stop bitching. Literally who has a better case than Leon rn?

 

[mmamxfan]

I literally have no clue who this Islam guy is? Never seen him fight that I recall? Or is it a nickname that he goes by? I'm gonna Google him right now. Granted I don't pay attention to Mma unless it's a fight between guys I know.

Edit: looked him up, another neckbeard Dagi. Great record but the only guys I've heard of that he beat is Hooker and Dober. I bet Edwards takes him pretty easy.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

RDA is a journeyman? How does that even make sense.

Sherdogers are something else.

 

[kingmob6]

I literally have no clue who this Islam guy is? Never seen him fight that I recall? Or is it a nickname that he goes by? I'm gonna Google him right now. Granted I don't pay attention to Mma unless it's a fight between guys I know.

Edit: looked him up, another neckbeard Dagi. Great record but the only guys I've heard of that he beat is Hooker and Dober. I bet Edwards takes him pretty easy.

my opinion, Islam would make quick work of Edwards.

 

[jons333]

RDA is a journeyman? How does that even make sense.

Sherdogers are something else.

a post-prime RDA fighting at 170 is not anything more than a journeyman.

at least islam dominates everyone. leon isn't impressive.

 

[Jose Beehive]

I literally have no clue who this Islam guy is? Never seen him fight that I recall? Or is it a nickname that he goes by? I'm gonna Google him right now. Granted I don't pay attention to Mma unless it's a fight between guys I know.

Edit: looked him up, another neckbeard Dagi. Great record but the only guys I've heard of that he beat is Hooker and Dober. I bet Edwards takes him pretty easy.

Lol

 

[Bilzerian]

Islam got no fault on him since all LW top 5 are running scared af

 

[Cooliox]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

I was typing out a reply, then I realized TS is a noob who just joined 2 months ago and probably put 2 seconds of thought into making this thread.

So, k.

 

[Stalingrad9]

If 2 high contenders duck you, it counts as a high ranking win.

Makhachev and Edwards probably have elite resumes by now.

 

[maximus__]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

Islam beat Dan Hooker, Moises and Drew Dober.

RDA and Hooker are legit wins. Not title shot worthy when they both did it, but enough to justify a short notice shot if someone pulls out.

 

[mmamxfan]

my opinion, Islam would make quick work of Edwards.

That's cool. All I know about Edwards is him getting punked by Masvidal backstage and almost losing to Diaz. Islam? No clue. Don't ever remember seeing him ever fight, but I also don't watch like I used too. The UFC now is like a glass of good whiskey being watered down. Just lost interest in it.

 

[Ackmed]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

Islam beat Dan Hooker, Moises and Drew Dober.

Hopefully you've now learned that, when on a dominant and long win streak, the ranking of one's past opponents doesn't mean much towards championship potential.

Guys like you complained that neither Leon nor Islam deserved a title shot.

Yet Leon won the title last night and Islam will in two months.

 

[Sincere Guy]

Islam and Leon edwards got 0 wins over top 5 talent. And now they are pretty close to getting title shots.

Leon beat Journeyman Diaz, RDA and Cerrone

Islam beat Dan Hooker, Moises and Drew Dober.

Definitely not the same. Leon strength of schedule is much better. And that's not true about Edwards not beating any top 5 once he beat RDA, #4 at the time they fought.

Last 10 fights from both, before the belt (ranks accordingly the fight date):

Edwards:
Nate Diaz #NR
Belal Muhammad #13 (Leon was winning until the accident)
Rafael Dos Anjos #4
Gunnar Nelson #13
Donald Cerrone #11
Peter Sobotta #NR
Bryan Barberena #NR
Vicente Luque #NR
Albert Tumenov #14
Dominic Waters #NR

Makhachev:
Bobby Green #NR
Dan Hooker #6
Thiago Moisés #14
Drew Dober #NR
Davi Ramos #NR
Arman Tsarukyan #NR
Kajan Johnson #NR
Gleison Tibau #NR
Nik Lentz #NR
Chris Wade #NR

Edwards: one top 5, four top 15 and five non-ranked.
Makhachev: no top 5, one top 10, one top 15 and eight non-ranked.

 

[Noraaq]

Definitely not the same. Leon strength of schedule is much better. And that's not true about Edwards not beating any top 5 once he beat RDA, #4 at the time they fought.

Last 10 fights from both, before the belt (ranks accordingly the fight date):

Edwards:
Nate Diaz #NR
Belal Muhammad #13 (Leon was winning until the accident)
Rafael Dos Anjos #4
Gunnar Nelson #13
Donald Cerrone #11
Peter Sobotta #NR
Bryan Barberena #NR
Vicente Luque #NR
Albert Tumenov #14
Dominic Waters #NR

Makhachev:
Bobby Green #NR
Dan Hooker #6
Thiago Moisés #14
Drew Dober #NR
Davi Ramos #NR
Arman Tsarukyan #NR
Kajan Johnson #NR
Gleison Tibau #NR
Nik Lentz #NR
Chris Wade #NR

Edwards: one top 5, four top 15 and five non-ranked.
Makhachev: no top 5, one top 10, one top 15 and eight non-ranked.

Rankings don’t mean shit.
Ferguson was still in the top 10 prior to getting decapitated by Chandler, Conor was ranked despite not doing shit in the LW division for years. I could go on and on about how fucking terrible the ranking system is but it’s not worth the time cuz it’s not going to change.

 

[Sincere Guy]

Rankings don’t mean shit.

Hooker was ranked #6 but he would have gotten destroyed by Tsarukyan.

Ferguson was still in the top 10 prior to getting decapitated by Chandler, Conor was ranked despite not doing shit in the LW division for years, I could go on and on

The best guys are on rankings, the worst aren't. That's somewhat simple. Islam has 8 non-ranked guys and no top 5 lol. Can't dispute facts, sorry.

 

[Noraaq]

The best guys are on rankings, the worst aren't. That's somewhat simple. Islam has 8 non-ranked guys and no top 5 lol. Can't dispute facts, sorry.

Rankings are shit, just marketing tool. Islam has no top 5 wins but he will beat Charles

 

[Sincere Guy]

Rankings are shit, just marketing tool. Islam has no top 5 wins but he will beat Charles

Marketing tool is having Khabib and Ali talking for yourself instead of you proving a point and beating top ranked guys. It worked, at least. lol.

 

[empsim]

To be fair you can't fight the top 5 at LW. They just fight each other and stay there forever.

 

[Ackmed]

Rankings are shit, just marketing tool. Islam has no top 5 wins but he will beat Charles

Lol the more @Sincere Guy tries to put down Islam, the worse Oliveira looks after losing to him. He'll have lost to a guy who has beaten nobody and who didn't even deserve a title shot