Movsar Evloev is getting the Ank treatment

[HHJ]

It's the whole ironically fanboying someone because UFC/Dana "doesn't like them."

That isnt it really.

First of all I dont really care who Dana or the UFC likes.

First and foremost, is the fighter good?

Like Belal for instance. Dude doesnt lose. Then a bunch of sissy casuals in here start saying he isnt skilled, and hes not good, and joke that they dont know his name.

The JOKE is now on you.

You were the bums this whole time for doubting him.

You guys were sayin how Ankalaev doesnt even DESERVE a title shot and activley hoped he wouldnt get one.


Well look at you now.

Pitiful.

Im just pickin winners, dunno what you marks are here for.

 

[TR1]

Evloev's brother is an olympic Greco Gold medal champ.

That alone makes his clinch work interesting to watch.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Of course he is, he has a win fighting over the guy fighting for a belt while never losing in the UFC. As far as logic goes, that makes 0 sense like less than Jones not fighting Aspinall by a mile

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

That isnt it really.

First of all I dont really care who Dana or the UFC likes.

First and foremost, is the fighter good?

Like Belal for instance. Dude doesnt lose. Then a bunch of sissy casuals in here start saying he isnt skilled, and hes not good, and joke that they dont know his name.

The JOKE is now on you.

You were the bums this whole time for doubting him.

You guys were sayin how Ankalaev doesnt even DESERVE a title shot and activley hoped he wouldnt get one.


Well look at you now.

Pitiful.

Im just pickin winners, dunno what you marks are here for.

So you root for them because others don't like them, got it.

 

[HHJ]

So you root for them because others don't like them, got it.

Others not liking them are the bums to begin with, thats your problem.

I am just going with the fighters that are good.

 

[hector domino]

This is the entertainment business, bub.

well then call yourself an sport entertainment like wwe not use the word fighting or fighter or claim to have the best fighters on the planet. might as well get Logan paul to Ko Jon jones and Aspinall at once in a triple threat UFC heavyweight championship match with a 360 spinning tomahawk punch im sure shit will be very entertaining

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Others not liking them are the bums to begin with, thats your problem.

I am just going with the fighters that are good.

Your dedication to this shtick is commendable

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

well then call yourself an sport entertainment like wwe not use the word fighting or fighter or claim to have the best fighters on the planet. might as well get Logan paul to Ko Jon jones and Aspinall at once in a triple threat UFC heavyweight championship match with a 360 spinning tomahawk punch im sure shit will be very entertaining

UFC hasn't been a sport since the WME purchase. Ari even registered it as an entertainment company

 

[Luthien]

Im just pickin winners, dunno what you marks are here for.

Didn't you simp for Shara Bullet before Ank How did that turn out

 

[BJJ4Tone]

How is Diego Lopes getting the shot over Evloev?

He literally lost to Movsar, and has a beautiful record of 19-0, with 4 of those wins being over CURRENT ranked fighters (Lopes, Allen, Ige and Aljo)

Reminds me of Pereira skipping the queue and heading for the title, although this is worse because at least Pereira was a champion.

This is only justifiable if Movsar is injured, which I don’t think is the case.

This is NOT a true championship fight between the two best guys in the division.

Make it make sense!!

PREACH!
PREACH!
PREACH!

Been saying this forever. So stupid.

But the UFC only cares about money, so it's to be expected.

Getting title shots based on actual MERIT????

 

[RockyLockridge]

You guys were sayin how Ankalaev doesnt even DESERVE a title shot and activley hoped he wouldnt get one.

no one said this

 

[RockyLockridge]

PREACH!
PREACH!
PREACH!

Been saying this forever. So stupid.

But the UFC only cares about money, so it's to be expected.

Getting title shots based on actual MERIT????

fight is in ramadan and it's likely that Evloev said no or would have said no to doing his entire training camp during ramadan. not the same as ankalaev who only cut weight during the first week of ramadan not actual training.

 

[laleggenda27]

The UFC now has 3 champions whom they ACTIVELY tried to keep away from titles (Merab, Belal, Ankalaev). They'll do everything they can to prevent Movsar from becoming the 4th.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

How is Diego Lopes getting the shot over Evloev?

He literally lost to Movsar, and has a beautiful record of 19-0, with 4 of those wins being over CURRENT ranked fighters (Lopes, Allen, Ige and Aljo)

Reminds me of Pereira skipping the queue and heading for the title, although this is worse because at least Pereira was a champion.

This is only justifiable if Movsar is injured, which I don’t think is the case.

This is NOT a true championship fight between the two best guys in the division.

Make it make sense!!

It's not as bad as Rountree getting the shot over Ankalaev and then made him fight during Ramadan.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Only gives him more time to improve just like Big Ank.

 

[hector domino]

UFC hasn't been a sport since the WME purchase. Ari even registered it as an entertainment company

back in the day I though the whole brock lesner shit was a clown show but atleast Brock was an actual legit D1 Wrestler and close in skill to the National Champions. Then It was CM punk and that was actually a clown show. im surpised we havent had a tag team match in UFC

 

[richardjohnson]

The treatment of getting another TS after just one fight with Johnny Walker?

Conveniently leaving out the fact that his first TS ended in a draw

 

[TempleoftheDog]

This BULLSHIT needs to stop.

He had a fight for the Undisputed UFC LHW Title more than TWO YEARS AGO.

You people need to fuck off. I’ve never seen so much disingenuousness before.

They offered him the shot at the Undisputed LHW Title before.

He turned it DOWN.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

The Champ left the division and Dana scrambled to put a title fight together... He should be next...

And this works out better. Topuria would have defended against Volk and Lopes.... and set out a year for an Islam fight. So who knows when he would have finally got his shot vs Topuria.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

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Activity is the main reason he deserves it (along with style).

You can only beat the fighters they give you, so opponent quality is out of your control. Plus the UFC is only obligated to "offer" you so many fights a year and they might offer you opponents that make no sense so that when you say no they can wait 6 months to offer you someone else. They have an innate ability to manipulate fighters careers by whom they offer and when, so it's kind of how much they like you and how much you are wiling to eat shit/play ball.

Also some of those wins by Lopes lack the credibility of high-level wins:

-submitting Gavin Tucker (hasn't fought since then, was 36 at the time at FW, is basically retired)
-KO'd Sabitini who had just been KO'd a year before by a declining Damon Jackson, isn't ranked and primarily a grappler
-Ige was a 29-28 decision against a guy with less than 24 hours notice (whom Evloev absolutely mauled 30-27 when they were both full camp)

The Yusuff and Ortega wins are both very good, but Yusuff wasn't even top 10 and Ortega has declined heavily and taken insane amounts of damage prior to his fight with Lopes (planning to move up to LW before he pulled out of the first fight, never a good sign of an elite fighter that is supposed to be a contender).

I get that it's all through a revisionist lens though, and credit should be given to Lopes for having such an aggressive-exciting style and being willing to take whatever fights possible to work his way up the ladder as fast as possible.

Evloev isn't getting the shot because he's a decision machine with a grappling-heavy style fighting out of a region they already have plenty of champions/contenders in. I mean people can shit on Ank all they want, but he does have like a 40% KO/TKO rate, so even if those guys he finished aren't elite you can't say he's seemingly incapable of it like you an with Evloev.

If Lopes wins it sets-up an intriguing 5-round rematch with Evloev, so I'm fine with the match-making - is Volk vs. Evloev really a more compelling fight to make? I don't think so.