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Merabbit deserves the opportunity to dry hump O”Sally
Merab is on a 10 fight winning streak. To not give him the shot next would be criminal..
Yeah no it takes more than repeating that some cage fighter is a superstar for him to be a superstar. LOL at this marketing attempt.Now that Sean O'Malley is virtually a superstar now, he has plenty of options to who he wants to fight.
Who would you like to Sean O'Malley fight next?
I was referencing the OP. I wasn't basing my opinion solely on Merab's merits (I realize it looked that way). I was also insinuating what O'Malley still needs to do before even considering Super Fights..Keep in mind, he publicly refused to fight the champion and refused a title eliminator. If you jam up the division by refusing to move along, you are to blame. I'd also argue he's securing a title shot without really fighting his peers in the top 5.
#6 Henry Cejudo hadn't won a fight in near 4 years when he fought Merab. He was gifted a title shot and lost, and was fighting coming off a loss. He looked like it.
He fought Yan coming off back to back losses. Aldo in his retirement fight in a absolute stinker.
I agree Merab is 100% the #1 contender, but I don't think its some injustice he didn't get a title shot yet.
Of course that is taken into account. Anyone picking O'Malley vs. Topuria is choosing super fight over legit matchup within the division. So no one should vote for O'Malley to move up, expect for O'Malley himself and maybe a few of his super fans.I never really like these questions cuz they don't ever take into account the other fights you would get with one choice or wouldn't get with another.
For instance, voting Ilia vs Sean would cut off the potential fights of Ilia vs Holloway or Evloev or a Volk rematch and Sean vs Merab.
Fighting up a weight class for a current champion shouldn't be so easy to do. It needs to be earned. Volk earned by beating all the top contenders having multiple title defenses first. O'Malley has not earned it yet with only 1 title defense. You owe it to the division to defend your title at least a few times before chasing other belts.
Merab is a more interesting matchup and I would like Merab to have a shot. This switching weight class business is horseshit anyways.
Even though that would be a fun fight I rather see both of them defend their belts first. A lot of hungry and/or game contenders waiting. Merab could very well beat Sean and it's possible Ilia could lose to Volk in a rematch or against someone like Max.