/threadJosh was never my Fremd
- Dana
Beat me to itJosh was never my Fremd
- Dana
Why should they have to fight someone that can't make weight? And 3 lbs means they didn't even try hard so they won't be drained.I wonder what the cut off point is for Dana and the crew?
Sometimes when a guy turns down a fight due to a weight miss, they get ripped to shreds.
On this occasion, the weight misser gets canned.
I'm surprised they didn't cut them both if Abdul Razak won't take a fight after a measly 3 pound weight miss.
Abdul didn't do anything wrong, it's not on him to accommodate Fremd's mistakes.I wonder what the cut off point is for Dana and the crew?
Sometimes when a guy turns down a fight due to a weight miss, they get ripped to shreds.
On this occasion, the weight misser gets canned.
I'm surprised they didn't cut them both if Abdul Razak won't take a fight after a measly 3 pound weight miss.
Why should they have to fight someone that can't make weight? And 3 lbs means they didn't even try hard so they won't be drained.
I agree, but that wasn't what I was asking.
We know the UFC lean on fighters to accept fights once an opponent has missed weight - Dana was very unhappy with Wonderboy when he refused to fight Michel Pereira, for example - but maybe that was more Wonderboy demanding full pay, to be fair.
He also went off on Michel, and forced him to go to 185 or be released. Michel now looking amazing at 185, headlining a card.
Josh was never my Fremd
- Dana
Im guessing Abdul had more fights left on his contract, Fremd is 2-4 in the UFC, not that Abdul´s 6-6-1 is that impressive, but he probably has more fights left and didnt ask to be paid, the UFC seems to punish the guy that doesnt take the fight...and tries to get paid.Sure.
Dana and the UFC are consistently hard on fighters who miss weight, which is absolutely right, those are the rules that the fighters agree to.
It's just interesting to see how things play out in the media when someone refuses a fight for a minor weight miss. Obviously when someone changes weight class just to accommodate a pathetically lazy opponent, that's also cool as fuck and I'm sure they get rewarded, but it's always been an interesting one for me.
There have been a few instances where guys did the UFC a solid and took a fight at a weight disadvantage, then got released anyway for losing. I think that's my main bugbear with this.
Refuse to fight: Imperil your opponent. Take the fight: Give your opponent a chance they didn't deserve.
Im guessing Abdul had more fights left on his contract, Fremd is 2-4 in the UFC, not that Abdul´s 6-6-1 is that impressive, but he probably has more fights left and didnt ask to be paid, the UFC seems to punish the guy that doesnt take the fight...and tries to get paid.
That's what I felt but the fight was basically even odds on the line.He was probably gonna get murdered by Abdul anyway.