Rank these recent undeserving Title shots

[MrBlackheart]

Colby vs Leon
Chito vs Omalley
Dustin vs Islam
Khalil vs Alex
Stipe vs Jones

I think Least deserving is a 3 way tie between Stipe, Khalil and Colby. Maybe Stipe is worst because everyone wants to see Jon vs Tom and the later is interim champion. Colby had no business vs Leon. Khaki TS just came out of no where. If MMA fans were ask: UFC 307 main event Alex Pereira vs “fill in the blank” three weeks ago, how many people would say Roundtree?

Chito skipped the line over Merab but he did have a fluke win vs O’Malley.

I’d say Dustin vs Islam is most deserving of the group since no one was available and he did put up a valiant effort.

Hope this is not a trend.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

1. stipe is the worst. the fight is a farce and is pretty much cock blocking us from watching aspinall vs poatan for the vacant belt
2. colby didn't deserve a title shot. he is a coward fighter.
3. dustin got lucky while the guys ahead of him had their career km catch up to him. he didn't deserve it and pulled the same rank squating bs his team often dones (colby, jorge, joanna)
4. chito didn't deserve it but at least he had a win over omalley that the champ wanted back
5. alex vs khalil could be good. only being done because the ufc wants alex to sit until jones and stipe is done to have the vacant hw fight. alex doesn't want to sit so they gave him a person he should beat

 

[Croton]

1. Stipe Jones. This wouldn't be number one if Tom wasn't the interim. Having an interim champ fighting and defending against contenders makes the whole interim belt a joke.
2. Khalil vs Pereira. I'm a huge Pereira fan but this fight makes very little sense.
3. Colby vs Leon. Dude already lost 2 title shots against usman, beats Masvidal and gets a third shot..
4. Chito vs Omalley. Chito was definitely not the number 1 contender. but not too bad considering their history.
5. DP vs Islam. Made sense considering the division and the context of Arman turning down the fight.

 

[sdpdude9]

The fact all of these are taking place in a year just shows the UFC is losing all legitimacy. I’m a longtime dedicated fan but between this and the influx of subpar cards I’ve been finding myself begin to lose some interest.

 

[OldBoy91]

1- Stipe by far the worst. Not won a fight in 4 years and hasnt fought in 3. That last fight was a brutal KO loss. All the while we have a current interim champion who has beaten 5 of the top 10 in 9 minutes combined. This one is straight embarrassing.

2- Khalil Rountree. He is on a 3 fight win streal against no guys who are contenders. Should have lost the fight to Jacobi meaning it should only be a 2 fight streak. Also coming off a drugs ban.

3- Chito Vera. Got this fight solely because he had a win over O'Malley years before he became champ. On a1 fight win streak and was beaten convincingly by Sandhagen before that.

4- Colby. Got his shot for being the consensus #2 welterweight of the era and taking Usman to the limit twice. Only had a single win over washed 38 year old Masvidal. This one is not as bad as the others, it feels bad due to there being a number of more deserving contenders though.

5- Poirier. Not as bad as the others as this was short notice when none of the actual contenders wanted to take the fight. Also felt like a tribute for his overall career than his actual streak which was only 1 win.

 

[MrBlackheart]

The fact all of these are taking place in a year just shows the UFC is losing all legitimacy. I’m a longtime dedicated fan but between this and the influx of subpar cards I’ve been finding myself begin to lose some interest.

I think fans want to see a competitive title fight and that usually happens when the challenger has earned it. It’s sad that when Dana try to justify these title fights by getting on camera and hyping it up by just talking in a loud voice. That’s not going to cut it. I think fans are getting fed up with him.

 

[JakePaulMMA]

The fact all of these are taking place in a year just shows the UFC is losing all legitimacy. I’m a longtime dedicated fan but between this and the influx of subpar cards I’ve been finding myself begin to lose some interest.

I haven't paid for a show sine UFC 100. Not even chipping in $10 or even Buffalo Wild Wings. I even stopped streaming it (Congrats Dana!)

 

[Kenny Powerth]

How many undeserved title shot(s) has conman gotten?

 

[Sycho Sid]

You forgot Izzy Vs DDP. Izzy coming off a loss to the guy DDP beat for the title.

 

[richardjohnson]

1. stipe is the worst. the fight is a farce and is pretty much cock blocking us from watching aspinall vs poatan for the vacant belt
2. colby didn't deserve a title shot. he is a coward fighter.
3. dustin got lucky while the guys ahead of him had their career km catch up to him. he didn't deserve it and pulled the same rank squating bs his team often dones (colby, jorge, joanna)
4. chito didn't deserve it but at least he had a win over omalley that the champ wanted back
5. alex vs khalil could be good. only being done because the ufc wants alex to sit until jones and stipe is done to have the vacant hw fight. alex doesn't want to sit so they gave him a person he should beat

I agree with most of your list and I do agree that Dustin didn’t deserve the TS, but he got it by not squatting on his rank and beating a dangerous fighter that was ranked lower than him.

 

[SuperAlly]

Colby vs Leon
Chito vs Omalley
Dustin vs Islam
Khalil vs Alex
Stipe vs Jones

I think Least deserving is a 3 way tie between Stipe, Khalil and Colby. Maybe Stipe is worst because everyone wants to see Jon vs Tom and the later is interim champion. Colby had no business vs Leon. Khaki TS just came out of no where. If MMA fans were ask: UFC 307 main event Alex Pereira vs “fill in the blank” three weeks ago, how many people would say Roundtree?

Chito skipped the line over Merab but he did have a fluke win vs O’Malley.

I’d say Dustin vs Islam is most deserving of the group since no one was available and he did put up a valiant effort.

Hope this is not a trend.

Izzy v DDP is a good shout

Also OMalley v Sterling

 

[andgonsil]

 

[Hassan Mouzine]

1. stipe is the worst. the fight is a farce and is pretty much cock blocking us from watching aspinall vs poatan for the vacant belt
2. colby didn't deserve a title shot. he is a coward fighter.
3. dustin got lucky while the guys ahead of him had their career km catch up to him. he didn't deserve it and pulled the same rank squating bs his team often dones (colby, jorge, joanna)
4. chito didn't deserve it but at least he had a win over omalley that the champ wanted back
5. alex vs khalil could be good. only being done because the ufc wants alex to sit until jones and stipe is done to have the vacant hw fight. alex doesn't want to sit so they gave him a person he should beat

dustin did not rank squat. he fought benoit st dennis and had alot to lose. bsd had everything to gain. dustin maybe didnt deserve it, but he fought a dangerous lower ranked guy before the title shot

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I mean, one of the worst thing about Khalil's shot compared to the others is just the optics of him coming off a suspension. 5 fight win streak that includes beating a #13 and #8 is much better than off a loss and fighting for the title after 40+ months of inactivity. The hard part about judging this is, he's actually got momentum, where the others can be more easily compared to each other because they were top ranked guys who did very minimal to turn themselves around.

 

[AAA4444]

1.Chito vs Suga
2.Stipe vs Jones
3.Colby vs Leon
4.Khalil vs Alex
5.Islam vs Dustin

 

[TRUS8888]

1. Stipe vs Jones the WORST (by far). It feels like a Bisping vs GSP situation where neither of them doesn't really want to fight the best, but are interested in a big name and subsequent retirement. Also at the time Whittaker was the interim champ who should've been the actual champ, much like Aspinall. Jones v Stipe could've been a fun fight and entertaining without the belt being on the line, they didn't need to hold up the division seeing as people don't really regard Jones as *undisputed* champ anymore (interim champ existing is a pretty large dispute imo haha)
2. Alex vs Rountree is pretty disgraceful. Could've been allowed if Poatan had cleaned out the division and needed an opponent, but with Ankalaev existing.. it's not a good look. Poatan fans can't deny their boy is being protected by the UFC. Even stars like Izzy and Conor had to go through wrestlers but this guy continues to avoid being fraud checked.
3. Colby vs Leon was pretty weird. Colby sucks plain and simple.
4. Dustin vs Islam very weird seeing as Dustin was knocked out by Gaethje and somehow got a title shot ahead of him. He had a entertaining fight against a prospect in Benoit.. I guess they just needed someone and Dustin at least had credit to his name unlike Colby... Stipe doesn't even have a win over a CURRENT UFC heavyweight ffs.
5. O'Malley vs Chito was kind of bad but seeing as Chito had a win over him and it was a weird kind of victory, I was fine with seeing this fight tbh. I didn't mind seeing Merab wait longer seeing because of how adamant he was about NOT wanting a title shot when Aljo was the champ.. fuck Merab he can wait.

 

[The Siege]

1. Colby vs Leon. 3rd TS in the span of a few years. No notable wins.

2. Stipe vs Jones. Only because Stipe is basically retired and this is just a vanity fight for Dana and the UFC.

3. Chito vs O'Malley. Squash match for Sean. Chance for him to get a win back. Delayed a dangerous CLEAR contender in Merab.

4. Khalil vs Alex. #8 ranked LHW skips the #7, #6, and #2 ranked LHW on a 10 fight unbeaten streak. Shallow division so this isn't as bad, but it's very obvious that it was a snub of Ankalaev.

5. Dustin vs Islam. Dustin was a Top 5 LW coming off a KO win against a surging prospect. His only recent losses were to Champions and another other Top 5 guy. Did he deserve it? No, but he was at the right place and the right time.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

1. Colby vs Leon - Colby has gotten 3 title shots while barely fighting. Definitely very undeserving.
2 .Chito vs Omalley - Chito was most def not the #1 contender but it was the most exciting fight they could make at the time and he at least had the rivalry with Sean going on to help sell it. So it was understandable.
3. Dustin vs Islam - He wasn't the most deserving but given the circumstances it was understandable.
4. Khalil vs Alex - It's definitely not the match up that should be happening but it's not exactly terrible either considering LHW is short on contenders.
5. Stipe vs Jones - They're holding up an entire division just to make this fight happen. This is undoubtedly the worst of all 5 IMO for that reason.

Yeah sure you can argue that there are more undeserving on this list than Stipe, however at least their respective divisions are still moving despite of those undeserving title shots. Where as HW has been at a stand still for nearly an entire year thanks to the UFC. Dana White, Stipe and Jon.

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Alex isn’t comparable. He fights every 2 months and takes whoever will sign the deal. He’s unlike others. He wants to fight often so he does. Some guys line Anklaev would rather sit on the sidelines more than fight and want 6 months notice for a fight. That’s not Alex’s fault, he wanted to fight now so he took the only opponent willing to go in on a couple months notice.

Alex will be back in another 2 months and just watch, Anklaev will duck that fight again or try to push his own terms. He’s jumping in to save yet another card. He ducks nobod.

Rountree is coming off a 5 fight win streak, his last two being KO. Anklaev beat Johnny Walker. It’s not as bad as some seem to think. There’s been far, far worse title shots given.

To answer the original question, Stipe. That title shot is BS and the wait for it is keeping an entire division hostage.

 

[Local Plata]

Colby. Any of his shots qualify.