Lowest Amount of Fights Someone Has Had in Modern UFC Before A Title Shot?

Bagatur said:
what does your drivel have to do with the thread title?
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My response was to Senzo, not to you, but if you simply can't follow along, this was the statement that started down that road.

That was the start of the money era in the UFC and it has only gotten worse. He didn't earn his title shot. He got it because he was a celebrity.

That in turn rubbed me the wrong way because it makes Lesnar seem like he isn't a legit mixed martial artist when in fact he is. Maybe he got his title shot fast but he is a real fighter and he proved he was. You think about this bud. Lesnar stepped into the UFC with only 1 professional fight and went straight to the deep end of the pool. He told Dana he could either fight or he couldn't.
 
Chris Weidman was 9-0

Cody Garbrandt 10-0

Jon Jones 13-1 but he had only been fighting MMA three years which is a year or so less than the other two mentioned. I don't think anyone had a shorter career before being champ besides Brock but his career is a meme.

Edit: someone mentioned NIcco Montano who i forgot about. they were champ at 4-2 after two years of fighting but lets just say their division has an * next to it.

Replies keep talking about UFC fights only but that isn't what the OP was talking about
 
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MusterX said:
My response was to Senzo, not to you, but if you simply can't follow along, this was the statement that started down that road.

That was the start of the money era in the UFC and it has only gotten worse. He didn't earn his title shot. He got it because he was a celebrity.

That in turn rubbed me the wrong way because it makes Lesnar seem like he isn't a legit mixed martial artist when in fact he is. Maybe he got his title shot fast but he is a real fighter and he proved he was. You think about this bud. Lesnar stepped into the UFC with only 1 professional fight and went straight to the deep end of the pool. He told Dana he could either fight or he couldn't.
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and he still didnt EARN it. EARNING happens BEFORE getting something, not after. you may say him getting the shot so fast was justified in view of his career after that point, but it certainly didnt earn him the title short retrospectively. do you even English, brah?
 
Nicco Montaño at TUF 26 Finale. First "official" fight in the UFC
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
It'll forever be Brock. Beats Herring, loses to Mir, gets a title shot against Randy.

That was the end of UFC being a legitimate sport and all about the money and freak show fights.
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Especially since it rarely happens ever.
 
MusterX said:
My response was to Senzo, not to you, but if you simply can't follow along, this was the statement that started down that road.

That was the start of the money era in the UFC and it has only gotten worse. He didn't earn his title shot. He got it because he was a celebrity.

That in turn rubbed me the wrong way because it makes Lesnar seem like he isn't a legit mixed martial artist when in fact he is. Maybe he got his title shot fast but he is a real fighter and he proved he was. You think about this bud. Lesnar stepped into the UFC with only 1 professional fight and went straight to the deep end of the pool. He told Dana he could either fight or he couldn't.
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He got it because he was a celebrity and because he came in as the favorite. Not all paths will ever be earned the same way. Brock was a talent and it was obvious to everyone. Same reason Olympic medalists will have a quicker path to a boxing title. Brock we knew could win. Not because he was a celebrity.
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
It'll forever be Brock. Beats Herring, loses to Mir, gets a title shot against Randy.

That was the end of UFC being a legitimate sport and all about the money and freak show fights.
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Or it demonstrates how shit-tier the UFC's HW division was (this, at the time when Fedor was supposedly ducking the UFC)
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
It'll forever be Brock. Beats Herring, loses to Mir, gets a title shot against Randy.

That was the end of UFC being a legitimate sport and all about the money and freak show fights.
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How much of a legitimate sport is it if a guy with that little amount of experience can beat the champ and then go on to defend the title?
 
kflo said:
He got it because he was a celebrity and because he came in as the favorite. Not all paths will ever be earned the same way. Brock was a talent and it was obvious to everyone. Same reason Olympic medalists will have a quicker path to a boxing title. Brock we knew could win. Not because he was a celebrity.
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I agree 100%. Maybe he had a short path but he made the most of it and defended twice at HW. Yes, he was a celebrity, but also yes, he is a real fighter. He's probably one of only a couple guys from the WWE wrestling world that can actually fight in real life.
 
Bluntforce420 said:
Except he beat Edgar at UFC 200 for the interim FW belt, which was later vacated
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He never beat the champ to be the champ on both occasions he became FW champ. He was awarded the belt twice without having to fight for either belt. It goes to show that if you whine and complain long enough, the UFC will give in.
 
bubbleboyjones said:
How much of a legitimate sport is it if a guy with that little amount of experience can beat the champ and then go on to defend the title?
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He was an NCAA Division 1 championship wrestler...
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
That's not the argument. Brock had 1 fight in the UFC and was coming off a loss and got a title shot. Why? Because he was big, strong and a former WWE wrestler. That's it. That was the start of the money era in the UFC and it has only gotten worse. He didn't earn his title shot. He got it because he was a celebrity.
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The biggest thing is that he got a title shot off a loss... who does that?
 
TheRassler said:
He never beat the champ to be the champ on both occasions he became FW champ. He was awarded the belt twice without having to fight for either belt. It goes to show that if you whine and complain long enough, the UFC will give in.
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Well the first time he got the belt was in the WEC, when he beat the champ who was Mike Brown. The UFC then absorbed WEC so Aldo was already champion. So on the first occasion he did beat the champ to get his belt. Unless he was suppose to unify in his first UFC fight against himself, because hes was without a doubt the FW champ

The 2nd time he didnt beat the champ to get the belt, but he still had to fight for it. He beat Frankie for the interim title and was promoted to undisputed champ when Conor was stripped. I dont see the issue with either instance

No different than Whittaker, whos considered the champion even tho he didnt beat the champ
 
Man, sometimes I think MMA has jumped the shart.

That's right, I said "Shart, not shark." I know the difference.
 
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