Islam should move up after Moicano and forget Arman

[MarioLemieux]

The Arman fight wasn't even that interesting since Islam beat him anyway and he blew his chance by getting injured the day before the fight. Moicano is going to be easy work. Nobody at LW is that interesting.

 

[VinceArch]

I'd personally like to see him get 5 defenses in before moving up. WW still needs Belal/Shavkat to happen and that likely isn't happening until Summer.

 

[Gabe]

lol at his back hurt. He had a horrible cut.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

The Arman fight wasn't even that interesting since Islam beat him anyway and he blew his chance by getting injured the day before the fight. Moicano is going to be easy work. Nobody at LW is that interesting.

I wanna see him and Belal if he does beat Money Moicano

But want Moicano to beat him more.

 

[Simple Southerner]

Facts.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Did he hurt his back last min or something? I don't get it

 

[MrBlackheart]

Arman was suppose to be Islam’s hardest test and Vegas made Makhachev a -400 favorite. Islam is -1400 vs Moicano. What’s the point of clearing your division if you’re so much better than everyone?

 

[wrb]

It hurts Islam if he leaves the division, this win would of cemented him as p4p. Now, his resume is week and this is the second "last minute" change that he will probably walk through by round 2. I would be pissed if I was his team and he should get the Arman rematch setup as quickly as possible. If not, Ilia will be the win he is remembered for which is another featherweight and that's if he beats him. If he moves up I am not sure how many fights he has left in him. I think he is getting tired and I have already heard him talk about how he has the money to move on which usually means the fire will eventually start to die down.

 

[whocares]

Fo sho. Arman was a good test in this place and time but he isn't important enough to wait around for. Islam needs bigger fights. World keep on spinnin

 

[ultra321]

I just learned of the pull out a few minutes ago...
now I won't waste money going to the bar tomorrow.... Thanks Sherdog
this pull out.....


that said if you're hurt you're hurt....
I'm pretty fuckin bummed... NGL...

 

[dipstickjimmy]

It hurts Islam if he leaves the division, this win would of cemented him as p4p. Now, his resume is week and this is the second "last minute" change that he will probably walk through by round 2. I would be pissed if I was his team and he should get the Arman rematch setup as quickly as possible. If not, Ilia will be the win he is remembered for which is another featherweight and that's if he beats him. If he moves up I am not sure how many fights he has left in him. I think he is getting tired and I have already heard him talk about how he has the money to move on which usually means the fire will eventually start to die down.

That is where I would love to see him run thru Moicano which is likely and turn around and fight again before the 6 month Ramadan shut down. Unfortunately UFC 312 is 3 weeks Sadly Islam will have no real challange and still take until October or next Jan to fight. Would love for him to take his month off for Ramadan and then fight end of May first week of June so he has an 8 week camp. If Arman can't do it book Charles.

 

[Rhood]

What about the Islam vs Topuria Superfight?
If Islam moves up, then so will Topuria.

 

[The Big Babou]

It hurts Islam if he leaves the division, this win would of cemented him as p4p. Now, his resume is week and this is the second "last minute" change that he will probably walk through by round 2. I would be pissed if I was his team and he should get the Arman rematch setup as quickly as possible. If not, Ilia will be the win he is remembered for which is another featherweight and that's if he beats him.

I agree

The frustrating thing about Islam is that he fights so infrequently

 

[payton]

lol at his back hurt. He had a horrible cut.

 

[MarioLemieux]

I just learned of the pull out a few minutes ago...
now I won't waste money going to the bar tomorrow.... Thanks Sherdog
this pull out.....
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that said if you're hurt you're hurt....
I'm pretty fuckin bummed... NGL...

he re-injured himself while he was simping trying to impress Nina Drama lol

 

[Neck&Neck]

He’s gonna get an instant rematch after he loses to Big Money Moic

 

[K-Bag]

Money will win via flying knee KO

 

[witt1021]

usman has one more fight on his bellator contract. usman will enter the UFC. islam will then vacate the 155 pound belt and go up to 170. at this point belal will either retire to age or wont be champ. i have heard both islam and belal say they wont fight each other. belal has also said islam beats the shit outta him when they train together. islam then takes the 170 belt. this will happen all within the next 2-3 years.

 

[svmr_db]

Arman was suppose to be Islam’s hardest test and Vegas made Makhachev a -400 favorite. Islam is -1400 vs Moicano. What’s the point of clearing your division if you’re so much better than everyone?

Shevchenko was a massive favorite over Grasso and lost, Usman was a decent favorite over Edwards in the 2nd fight and lost. Islam is gonna be a solid favorite over anyone at lightweight but that doesn't mean someone can't pull off the upset.

 

[MrBlackheart]

Shevchenko was a massive favorite over Grasso and lost, Usman was a decent favorite over Edwards in the 2nd fight and lost. Islam is gonna be a solid favorite over anyone at lightweight but that doesn't mean someone can't pull off the upset.

Of course anything can happen. Just like It can rain in the dessert but you shouldn’t plant crops there. Just because something happens 3% of the time, it doesn’t mean it’s a pattern.

So if we’re going to use the “anyone can pull of the upset” logic, then Islam would never move up. Because as soon as Islam beat all the ranked guys at LW, new contenders will be ranked. And Islam can’t move up because “anyone can pull off the upset”. Now he has to fight new guys and so on.

just because something can happen, it doesn’t mean we should do it. Alonzo Menefield can beat Alex Pereira. But should UFC make that fight?

For example, If we take simulations of 100 fights between 2 random fighters. In one simulation, fighter A beats fighter B 3 out of 100. In another simulation, fighter A beats fighter X 60/100. If we can make only one championship fight, which fight do fans want to watch and is good for the sport?