Should Conor Be Stripped?

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The answer to that is unequivocally NO. Jose Aldo twice held that belt up for over a year, pulling out of multiple planned bouts and no one was talking about stripping him. So why on earth, when the promotion is behind him and he is fighting/making the UFC money, would they strip him. We're not talking about a vote by Frankie Edgar, Max Holloway, Chad Mendes, Aldo and Ricardo Lamas. We're talking about what the UFC wants to do.

In fact the people who should be ashamed for holding up the division are those five guys. None of them have fights scheduled, none of them have fought since Conor won the belt, none of them are calling each other out and none of them are making the kind of noise that makes them the money fight. Should Frankie get the next shot immediately? Probably not, go out and beat Max Holloway or better Jose Aldo and then start whining, don't whine now. Call the other guys out and beat them. It's not the ultimate whining championship.
 
I don't see why the UFC would strip the belt from him considering they're the ones putting Conor/Diaz 2 together in the first place.
 
I think he should have to defend his belt every other fight, at least. This rematch is a farce, but it's plain to see that the UFC is not confident that Conor'll get past Edgar.

Right now, he should not be stripped. But if he doesn't defend his belt next time, then 145 is being held up for no good reason.
 
No he should just defend the belt.
 
Why stripped? If this nonsense goes on over a year, then we can talk of stripping him of his title. He won the belt a few months ago. Relax.

I think the UFC should set a one year non-defend time limit. If you can't defend in a year, you have to relinquish the title.
 
KhabibTheBeagle said:
I think he should have to defend his belt every other fight, at least. This rematch is a farce, but it's plain to see that the UFC is not confident that Conor'll get past Edgar.

Right now, he should not be stripped. But if he doesn't defend his belt next time, then 145 is being held up for no good reason.
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Yeah, I don't think that it has anything to do with confidence, it has to do with money. Frankie is boring, for a while the UFC was no aware of this and now they are. Frankie should shut his mouth and beat Holloway or Aldo.
 
Clam said:
No he should just defend the belt.
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I thought he should too but if the UFC wants him to headline their biggest show of all time in the biggest Las Vegas venue ever, why would he turn that down. In the mean time all of these guys who want a shot at the title should show it by fighting each other.
 
blazerkor said:
Yeah, I don't think that it has anything to do with confidence, it has to do with money. Frankie is boring, for a while the UFC was no aware of this and now they are. Frankie should shut his mouth and beat Holloway or Aldo.
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The confidence issue ties with the money. If Edgar beats their cash-cow for the title, their cash-cow is diminished. Might as well have a meaningless high PPV buy-rate fight at a different weightclass before McGregor is inevitably fed to Edgar.

Also, Frankie's finished 3 of his last 4, and has been involved in some absolute wars, so your "boring" comment can take the bus.
 
I guess it depends on what he wants. If he is going to permanently move up strip him now. If he only wants one more crack at Diaz then let him have that fight and then edgar
 
Last I check it was still the UFC and not the McFC if they say Conor defend your belt then that's what he should do. But they catered so much to him they've completely clusterf*ked themselves into a unnecessary position. Simple fix you want Conor @UFC 200 make it for his 1st title defense you like the spotlight here it is....
 
The answer lies in his desire to fight at 145. If he walked in and told Dana he is 155 or 170 and never ever cutting to 145 then yes. Until a year has passed its pointless though to discuss.
 
Ya they should just win and call out conor post fight just like nate did, thats probably best chance of getting the fight.
 
blazerkor said:
The answer to that is unequivocally NO. Jose Aldo twice held that belt up for over a year, pulling out of multiple planned bouts and no one was talking about stripping him. So why on earth, when the promotion is behind him and he is fighting/making the UFC money, would they strip him. We're not talking about a vote by Frankie Edgar, Max Holloway, Chad Mendes, Aldo and Ricardo Lamas. We're talking about what the UFC wants to do.

In fact the people who should be ashamed for holding up the division are those five guys. None of them have fights scheduled, none of them have fought since Conor won the belt, none of them are calling each other out and none of them are making the kind of noise that makes them the money fight. Should Frankie get the next shot immediately? Probably not, go out and beat Max Holloway or better Jose Aldo and then start whining, don't whine now. Call the other guys out and beat them. It's not the ultimate whining championship.
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There is a bit of a difference between a champ who is getting hurt or whatnot and someone who is able to fight but is fighting at a different weight than where they hold the belt. It doesn't make sense to have the champ of a division fighting at another weight class multiple times instead of defending their belt. I'm not saying that he should be stripped, but I am saying I can understand people calling for an interim belt or possible stripping if he doesn't defend the belt this year.
 
Aldo pulled out with injuries. He wasn't taking other fights. Champion takes one fight away from the champion's division, it's tolerable. Two fights is like forfeiting the title. Especially when you have contenders.
 
Phronimos said:
Why stripped? If this nonsense goes on over a year, then we can talk of stripping him of his title. He won the belt a few months ago. Relax.

I think the UFC should set a one year non-defend time limit. If you can't defend in a year, you have to relinquish the title.
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They can't set a timeline, because then they will be held to it. The UFC wants Conor to take on these fights outside of the weight he is the champ in, so for them to strip the belt is more than a tad hypocritical.
 
blazerkor said:
The answer to that is unequivocally NO. Jose Aldo twice held that belt up for over a year, pulling out of multiple planned bouts and no one was talking about stripping him. So why on earth, when the promotion is behind him and he is fighting/making the UFC money, would they strip him. We're not talking about a vote by Frankie Edgar, Max Holloway, Chad Mendes, Aldo and Ricardo Lamas. We're talking about what the UFC wants to do.

In fact the people who should be ashamed for holding up the division are those five guys. None of them have fights scheduled, none of them have fought since Conor won the belt, none of them are calling each other out and none of them are making the kind of noise that makes them the money fight. Should Frankie get the next shot immediately? Probably not, go out and beat Max Holloway or better Jose Aldo and then start whining, don't whine now. Call the other guys out and beat them. It's not the ultimate whining championship.
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They don't schedule their own fights. The UFC does. You don't know they haven't been calling Joe Silva or DW and saying please get me a fight.

And on the Aldo issue. Aldo pulled out because of injury. He physically couldn't fight. Conor is holding up the division so he can secure another title in another weight class and drop the FW title. Then he loses to a contender and instead of saying alright time to defend my belt he says I want a rematch against a LW at WW. And the money grubbing UFC brass is pushing the idea too. That's why he will NEVER be stripped.

We need another major fighting organization like Pride, Strikeforce, or Bellator to put pressure on the UFC to quit acting like the WWE.

All the UFC has to say is fighter A is the baddest fighter at X weight class and fighter B has been on a vicious tear lately and people will watch.
 
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