The most difficult road to the title vs Dana White Privilege

[HHJ]

Like 95% of the time we get one of these threads about "guys on long win streaks not getting title fights" you look at their wins and their best win turns out to be like #8.

Then you look at the comparison fighter getting one on only a few wins and they're coming off beating top 5 fighter(s).

Like no shit.

Thats because the UFC will only give the long streak guys the lower end of the top 10 so they dont have to give them title shots. They dont want them eliminating the #3's and #4's

Thats what they did to Jon Fitch after he lost to GSP and thats what they tried to do to Ankalaev but it didnt work

 

[markg171]

Thats because the UFC will only give the long streak guys the lower end of the top 10 so they dont have to give them title shots. They dont want them eliminating the #3's and #4's

Thats what they did to Jon Fitch after he lost to GSP and thats what they tried to do to Ankalaev but it didnt work

If you're that much better than those lower end guys go do something impressive against then then.

 

[HHJ]

If you're that much better than those lower end guys go do something impressive against then then.

He did something impressive, he beat them all.





Was him one shotting the guys they gave him, like Ion and Walker, not impressive? what was he supposed to do better than that?

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Let's not forget that the UFC, by my definition, fixed the Aljo fight for O'Malley:

First, they scheduled the fight knowing Aljo was injured and when he asked to delay it so he could get surgery, which would delay the fight by 3 months, threatened to strip him for not fighting O'Malley, while injured, as O'Malley would be peaking from his full fight camp.

Then, when Aljo tried to fight O'Malley immediately so that neither he nor O'Malley would have an advantage, they refused to allow it and forced an injured Aljo to fight O'Malley on O'Malley's schedule, when O'Malley would be peaking.

In a championship fight, which can hinge entirely on inches and a single mistake, Aljo was done incredibly dirty by the UFC... I don't know why we're not up in arms about this fight rigging.

Same, I get that Aljo isn’t the most well liked guy on the forum (hell I’m not a fan of the guy)
But what the UFC did to him was down right despicable and blatant favoritism.
Yet no one seems to care…and they wonder why fans hate O’Malley and his manufactured ass

 

[Guy LeDouche]

what’s interesting to me are there are huge amount of asterisks next to a majority of O’Malley’s fights, let’s just look at the last five alone

- Merab: Loses a very one sided decision, yet gets an instant rematch?

- Chito: Hand picked punching bag who wasn’t even close to a title shot.

- Aljo: see post above, the UFC did Aljo dirty and manufactured this title shot around Aljo’s injury and still one of the fishiest fights I’ve ever seen.

- Yan: Argue all you want about how close it was. 25 MMA media outlets and numerous fighters scored that fight for Yan. Viewed as a robbery.

- Pedro Munhoz: gets a NC when any other instance would be a DQ and for some reason gets pushed forward off of a foul like it was a win (this is the “fight” that broke him into the top 5 btw)

Count all the lawn chairs he fought before that in the ghost of Wineland and punching bags like Mountiho. Again this is without talking about his outside life or colorful hair into account, this is purely based on his career as a fighter.
can anyone say that this kid had a legitimate rise to the top?

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Let's not forget that the UFC, by my definition, fixed the Aljo fight for O'Malley:

First, they scheduled the fight knowing Aljo was injured and when he asked to delay it so he could get surgery, which would delay the fight by 3 months, threatened to strip him for not fighting O'Malley, while injured, as O'Malley would be peaking from his full fight camp.

Then, when Aljo tried to fight O'Malley immediately so that neither he nor O'Malley would have an advantage, they refused to allow it and forced an injured Aljo to fight O'Malley on O'Malley's schedule, when O'Malley would be peaking.

In a championship fight, which can hinge entirely on inches and a single mistake, Aljo was done incredibly dirty by the UFC... I don't know why we're not up in arms about this fight rigging.

The sad part is that the promotion having an agenda and blatantly stacking the deck for a fighter whom they consider marketable doesn’t surprise anymore in the least. It’s become a common practice with the UFC, the athletic commissions certainly seem to have no issues because its revenue. The journalist who call BS seem to lose their credentials to cover events, it’s a sad state of affairs.

 

[Lawrence]

I will always be pissed of by how Gegard Mousasi did not get a fair try for the title!
But I might also just like him because he is so weird.

A bit of both I think. Moose was Elite by any measure.

I mean Nate and Cowboy got title shots in the toughest division... No shade about that... But I think Moose is in the same league.

 

[Bradillac]

Well when one guy refuses to fight the champ, yea, he's going to have a long road to the title. Also doesn't help that he's extremely boring.

 

[Bradillac]

what’s interesting to me are there are huge amount of asterisks next to a majority of O’Malley’s fights, let’s just look at the last five alone

- Merab: Loses a very one sided decision, yet gets an instant rematch?

- Chito: Hand picked punching bag who wasn’t even close to a title shot.

- Aljo: see post above, the UFC did Aljo dirty and manufactured this title shot around Aljo’s injury and still one of the fishiest fights I’ve ever seen.

- Yan: Argue all you want about how close it was. 25 MMA media outlets and numerous fighters scored that fight for Yan. Viewed as a robbery.

- Pedro Munhoz: gets a NC when any other instance would be a DQ and for some reason gets pushed forward off of a foul like it was a win (this is the “fight” that broke him into the top 5 btw)

Count all the lawn chairs he fought before that in the ghost of Wineland and punching bags like Mountiho. Again this is without talking about his outside life or colorful hair into account, this is purely based on his career as a fighter.
can anyone say that this kid had a legitimate rise to the top?

Kinda sad when you're begging for a DQ to prove a guy isn't legit lol. Also, it was proven that a punch caused that damage to Pedro.

You can make lists like this for every fighter. Islam's resume looks even worse than this when you actually analyze his resume, yet you have plenty of people trying to call him GOAT lol.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

A bit of both I think. Moose was Elite by any measure.

I mean Nate and Cowboy got title shots in the toughest division... No shade about that... But I think Moose is in the same league.

In many fights Moose was just running out of time pulling his opponents into the jaws of defeat like a antlion.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Kinda sad when you're begging for a DQ to prove a guy isn't legit lol. Also, it was proven that a punch caused that damage to Pedro.

You can make lists like this for every fighter. Islam's resume looks even worse than this when you actually analyze his resume, yet you have plenty of people trying to call him GOAT lol.

That was a poke man, you sound pretty desperate trying to white knight O’Malley on here hard the last week.

And yes I do have a problem with Islams run too.
But don’t sit here and strawman Islam to downplay how blatantly manufactured O’Malley’s career is

 

[don't ask]

don't forget the early stoppage in the title fight

also suga being gifted the decision against yan to set him up for the title shot.

I actually did forget both of those things. Thank you for reminding me!

 

[Snake Fist]

Volk wants Evloev, UFC "We don't think you can beat him, so we are giving you Yair again, will be good for are Mexican market."

I love Yair as a fighter, but when you are leap frogging over a guy that's 9 and 0, that's a fucking joke.

 

[CobraCobretti]

"We will make this right for you"- Dana to Volkov after he was robbed against Gane.

Make this right, giving Gane a titleshot once again