Should Dana Offer Belal the Islam fight -- then strip him of the Title if he declines?

[Bork Neslar]

This is retarded even by Sherdog standards.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Shavkat exists.

JDM only needs to win the fight he's booked for to stay relevant, but he's another challenger

Brady and Buckley should both be in a position to get a title shot with just one win each.

By the time all of the above is settled, it's hard to think Garry won't have bounced his way back into contention

And all of that is without mentioning that Usman is, for some fucking reason, popular enough to have his name bandied about for an undeserved shot at some point.

So no. Belal will be plenty busy for a while. Islam can instead try to finish that joke he was telling about getting the MW belt at some point if he wants to wait for Khamzat and Imavov.

Belal vs Shavkat first no matter what. Belal pulled out due to his pinky or whatever being hurt. He needs to face Shavkat first. He has not defended his title even once.

You mean the bone infection?

 

[GrantB13]

Dumb idea. If it weren't Muhammad nobody would be calling for it.

 

[AmonTobin]

No they can't be doing crazy things like that. But THEY CAN strip the HW champ for refusing to fight the reigning defending interim champ.

 

[evergreenrider]

Naw, think Dana has as much power as people perceive and is just limited on the major things. Pretty sure Dana has the say in who gets stripped and title shots bro.

I'm betting sophisticated algorithms based on social media "impressions" and other decidedly non fighting factors have more sway in that matter then Dana. But I am somewhat of a tard. And could be wrong. But I don't believe a company as large as the one that owns UFC is letting one man have that much power or say.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

What do you think UFC is -- a church league run solely on merit?

Team Dana controls the narrative, storylines -- using preferred choices for determining match ups, who keeps what Belt for how long, where Fighters fight on the Cards, what fighters get rematches and when, front-room and back-room Bonuses, access, jobs, etc etc

The only line he may not have crossed is actually fight fixing once the cage doors closes.

Theres tons of lines that they havent crossed yet and the fact your okay if they do is shameful...

People get away with what you allow them too



Stripping Belal of his title for that reason would be fucking criminal lol..


No other words

 

[Gabe]

No? He should offer it to the guy who he promised the shot to in the first place - Shavkat. And he can offer Charles or Arman to Islam. The way things should be.

 

[CieloLuce]

You must trolling or you're sauced up.

I don't even like Belal, but, stripping him of the belt because he won't fight Islam.

How about Islam fights right away again instead of twice a year.

Yo, what happened to standard here on Sherdog. I remember when you guys cried when someone didn't defend the belt 4x a year?

Are we really settling for Champs who fight below their weight class?

 

[Bend NvR Break]

No.
Islam needs to fight Arman again.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

You must trolling or you're sauced up.

I don't even like Belal, but, stripping him of the belt because he won't fight Islam.

How about Islam fights right away again instead of twice a year.

Yo, what happened to standard here on Sherdog. I remember when you guys cried when someone didn't defend the belt 4x a year?

Are we really settling for Champs who fight below their weight class?

That seems to be the direction this place is going.

I remember when this placed tried to eviscerate Woodley for wanting to fight Bisping after he had had accumulated multiple title defenses and was an active champ.

 

[CieloLuce]

That seems to be the direction this place is going.

I remember when this placed tried to eviscerate Woodley for wanting to fight Bisping after he had had accumulated multiple title defenses and was an active champ.

I remember when Champs cleaned out their division when they were Champs.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

I remember when Champs cleaned out their division when they were Champs.

I remember that too. McGregor ruined it imo. Getting a TS in another division without even having 1 title defense to his name.

Now we can't put the cat back in the bag.

 

[Oscar Madison]

Theres tons of lines that they havent crossed yet and the fact your okay if they do is shameful...

People get away with what you allow them too



Stripping Belal of his title for that reason would be fucking criminal lol..


No other words

Vote YES on putting more Butterfish in Lau Lau's!

 

[thewhiterooster]

that's retarded. belal deserves the chance to clear the division prior to ANY talk of being stripped.

 

[Oscar Madison]

Belol is putting down terms that do not merit validity in a professional sport -- so challenge his terms.

This is a Professional Championship -- not an amateur tournament in BF Egypt.

 

[Dave Poodle]

We see drivel like this on here pretty regularly but how many champs have actually ever been stripped other than those injured long term who are given immediate title shots upon their return?

 

[Oscar Madison]

When Belul says he'd jump off the summit of Welterweight before he'd fight Islam --

then Dana has every right to throw him off that Welterweight Peak.

You don't just threaten an organization with resigning from your position and think you then have a say where you go next.

You guys aren't even thinking straight.

 

[sabretitan]

It's dana so who the hell knows. Can't believe anything he says. Especially gauran fuckin tees

 

[HHJ]

I remember that too. McGregor ruined it imo. Getting a TS in another division without even having 1 title defense to his name.

Now we can't put the cat back in the bag.

McGregor didnt ruin anything. That is soley on the UFC.

The money went up and everyone saw what was possible and thats what every prize fighter is after.

 

[Sticko]

When Belul says he'd jump off the summit of Welterweight before he'd fight Islam --

then Dana has every right to throw him off that Welterweight Peak.

You don't just threaten an organization with resigning from your position and think you then have a say where you go next.

You guys aren't even thinking straight.

DC would never fight Cain. Usman would never fight Adesanya. Khabib would never fight Islam. Merab would never fight Aljo.

This is nothing new. There are always some guys that professional fighters won't fight for any amount of money. Stupid to punish Belal for it now.

For one, Islam isn't even next. Shavkat is. And for two we don't even know that Islam is willing to fight Belal. It took Belal YEARS to work his way up to a title shot, you can't just strip him because you think Shavkat vs Islam is a more interesting fight.