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It happens from time to time, People talk things into exsistance, but if you look at the people ranked ahead of him it's all people isreal fought recently. He's getting this coverage because, he's beaten everyone.Not sure where you got that from.
#6 is his ranking. It is relatively uncommon for a #6 ranked fighter to be getting significant press coverage as a potential title challenger.
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It's like when everyone was talking up number 5 ranked chris weidman to fight anderson silva soley because he was a fresh talent. When you've beaten 1(x2), 2 ,3 and 4(x2) already 5 makes sense
edit: Weidman was number 1 actually, but there are times where this happens. I get what you're saying there's a story behind it, and it adds to it's intrigue, but I dont want to detract from the idea that it is not logical matchmaking.