Matches to make after Tsarukyan vs Hooker

His striking defense and gas tank are mediocre at best.


He can’t keep that wrestling pace for 5 rounds and his striking defense isn’t good enough to keep Topuria from testing his chin eventually. He’s already been rocked and wobbled multiple times in his career.

One thing is clear - time for easy fights for Topuria has finally come to an end. No wonder he tried to avoid Arman at all costs. This fight needs to happen.
 
One thing is clear - time for easy fights for Topuria has finally come to an end. No wonder he tried to avoid Arman at all costs. This fight needs to happen.

Bro fought Volk, Max, and Oliveira back to back. Idk what easy fights you’re talking about.

Arman doesn’t get through that schedule of 5 round fights.
 
Arman Tsarukyan vs Ilia Topuria for the belt
Dan Hooker vs Benoit Saint-Denis
Ian Machado Garry vs Giacomo Della Maddalena
Belal Muhammad vs Gabriel Bonfim
Volkan Oezdemir vs Khalil Rountree
Alonzo Menifield vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Myktybek Orolbai vs Geoff Neal
Jack Hermansson vs Rafael Dos Anjos
Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Alexander Volkov
Shamil Gaziev vs Valter Walker
Kyoji Horiguchi - Flyweight is too unclear before 323, but could be Pantoja, Moreno, or Royval
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Joseph Morales
Luke Riley vs Julian Erosa
Bogdan Grad vs Hyder Amil
Nicolas Dalby vs Vicente Luque
Saygid Izagakhmaev vs Austin Vanderford
Asu Almabayev - Flyweight is too unclear before 323, but could be Taira, Albazi, or Royval
Alex Perez vs Charles Johnson
Raffael Cerqueira - Cut
Aleksandre Topuria vs Victor Henry
Bekzat Almakhan vs Louis Jourdain
Ismail Naurdiev vs Yousri Belgaroui
Ryan Loder - Cut. Go back to teaching wrestling
Nurullo Aliev vs Kaue Fernandes
Shem Rock vs Mandel Nallo
Denzel Freeman - Cut. That was awful
Marek Bujlo - Cut
 
Garry does not deserve the TS over morales with that shitty performance
I’d give Morales the shot BUT I THINK they’ll give Garry the shot, if that’s the case give me Morales vs Shavkat
 
hooker fiziev could be a fun fight - although i think fiz would be a bit too much for him.
 
Arman Tsarukyan vs Ilia Topuria
Dan Hooker vs Rafael Fiziev
Ian Machado Garry vs Islam Makhachev
Belal Muhammad vs Joaquin Buckley
Volkan Oezdemir vs Khalil Rountree
Alonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby 2
Myktybek Orolbai vs Sam Patterson
Jack Hermansson RETIRE PLEASE
Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Lewis, Petrino, or Spann
Shamil Gaziev vs Mick Parkin
Kyoji Horiguchi TITLE SHOT
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Andre Lima
Luke Riley vs Jack Jenkins
Bogdan Grad vs Harry Hardwick
Nicolas Dalby vs Uros Medic
Saygid Izagakhmaev vs Andreas Gustafsson
Asu Almabayev vs Amir Albazi
Alex Perez vs Charles Johnson
AbdulRakhman Yakhyaev vs Tuco Tokkos
Raffael Cerqueira CUT
Aleksandre Topuria vs Aoriqileng
Bekzat Almakhan vs Cristian Quinonez
Ismail Naurdiev vs Almeida/Oleksiejczuk winner
Ryan Loder CUT
Nurullo Aliev vs Rafa Garcia
Shem Rock vs Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Denzel Freeman vs Mohammed Usman
Marek Bujlo vs Louie Sutherland

I put 3 opponents for Acosta because I think all three are realistic for a December fight
I like this.
 
Or CTE Gaethje for that matter. Enough of these divas.
Are two wins over Fiziev between a devastating KO loss not enough for a title shot anymore?

No wonder he tried to avoid Arman at all costs.
How did this come about when Arman just had his first fight since UFC 300? How can you avoid a fighter who does not fight? Now if he starts downplaying the win over Hooker, I can agree he is avoiding him.
 
Oh are we supposed to fault him cause all the other contenders ducked him, including Pimblett?

He was given a title shot and was not healthy enough to compete. Now its been over FIVE HUNDRED DAYS since he last fought. The division has moved on in that time and no I do not believe Dan Hooker is the only person who agreed to fight him in over a year.

I would like to have seen Islam x Arman and it made sense, it was unfortunate they didn't rebook it. Now over a year has past and things kept moving. I'm fine if Arman goes next, but saying its a mandate is absurd. The dude never fights.
 
Arman Tsarukyan vs Ilia Topuria
Dan Hooker vs Rafael Fiziev
Ian Machado Garry vs Islam Makhachev
Belal Muhammad vs Joaquin Buckley
Volkan Oezdemir vs Khalil Rountree
Alonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby 2
Myktybek Orolbai vs Sam Patterson
Jack Hermansson RETIRE PLEASE
Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Lewis, Petrino, or Spann
Shamil Gaziev vs Mick Parkin
Kyoji Horiguchi TITLE SHOT
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Andre Lima
Luke Riley vs Jack Jenkins
Bogdan Grad vs Harry Hardwick
Nicolas Dalby vs Uros Medic
Saygid Izagakhmaev vs Andreas Gustafsson
Asu Almabayev vs Amir Albazi
Alex Perez vs Charles Johnson
AbdulRakhman Yakhyaev vs Tuco Tokkos
Raffael Cerqueira CUT
Aleksandre Topuria vs Aoriqileng
Bekzat Almakhan vs Cristian Quinonez
Ismail Naurdiev vs Almeida/Oleksiejczuk winner
Ryan Loder CUT
Nurullo Aliev vs Rafa Garcia
Shem Rock vs Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Denzel Freeman vs Mohammed Usman
Marek Bujlo vs Louie Sutherland

I put 3 opponents for Acosta because I think all three are realistic for a December fight
Let's be real this fight should never of happened tonight should have Ben

Illia vs Armen

Instead illia will sit out for half or more than a year. While the n1 and paddy get screwed waiting and fighting .. illia will fight one of them and then wait another year.. it's kind of a joke

Yeah illia is great but who cares at this point if he never competes.
 
I don't wanna hear shit about Pimblett getting a title shot

Tsarukyan is a very legit #1 contender.
He fought Dan Hooker. Doesn't say much.

I was about to laugh if Hooker actually won and became the #1 ranked contender. That would show how bad 155 actually is.
 
Arman even said he'd be ready for January, so there's no excuse for the UFC to not make Ilia vs Arman 234, but Paddy should be backup because we saw what happened last time they trusted Arman to headline.

I'm on the Morales > Garry for the first Islam fight. Either is good I'd be OK with prates too, just don't want to see Shavkat or Usman next.

Lewis vs Waldo would be cool addition to 233.
 
He fought Dan Hooker. Doesn't say much.

I was about to laugh if Hooker actually won and became the #1 ranked contender. That would show how bad 155 actually is.
He’s clearly the biggest threat to the champ and it’s not close … and I mean hooker didn’t win he got destroyed so the if he won I was about to laugh comment doesn’t make sense to me .. if my aunt had a d*** She’d be my uncle
 
Gotta be Arman vs illia … I don’t really agree with Garry getting a shot although he looked the best I’ve ever seen him easily
He looked good but I think he was getting hit way too much by that "Canelo-level" boxing
 
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