UFC should stop this silly and childish revenge against Arman Tsarukyan

I don’t give a shit about Arman not fighting when the champ equally is sitting on his ass not fighting. That’s the real story.

For “some reason” Islam fans think Arman needing another fight means Islam just gets to sit around doing fuck all. He has like 4 other contenders to fight while Arman apparently has to try to re-earn a title shot.

We all know he’s going to wait until his contenders are finally matched up against one another and then suddenly announce he can fight one of the winners 6 weeks later or they’ll have to wait another 9 months if they refuse. One of them with nothing to lose will probably accept and Islam gets another layup instead of simply fighting his #1 contender.

It’s beyond tiresome. I hope JDM somehow beats Belal and Islam conveniently moves up for his cherry-picked WW title shot and we can finally be done with Islam’s bullshit reign at LW.
Islam hasn't had a legit title defense at 155. Dustin and Moicano were neither deserving of a title shot. Charles is his only legit win and that was for the belt. Hell I think Charles beats Islam if they ever fight again but we know Islam is ducking that. Islam only wants to fight 145'ers. We all say Usman/Leon and DC/Stipe and I believe Islam/Charles would go the same way. But hey if you Islam why fight deserving 155'ers when you can fight 145'ers and get sucked off by your low iq fangurls.
 
Yep, the whole thing is silly and its why I hate that the promotion is run by emotion.

Also sorry but fuck the double champ shit, LW and WW are the divisions with the longest lines of contenders, not to mention that the only true #1 contender that Islam has beaten is charles, Volk wasn't at LW, Dustin got a shot coming off 1 win because he is Dustin and Arman pulled out, clearly not Islam's fault but it is what it is.

Book him vs Arman and give Ilia a #1 contender fight vs Do Bronx.
 
hard to tell if the story is true.

he was perfectly fine.....doing video's with instatoths not long before the fight of his life and then pulled out. According to some people the docters cleared him to fight but Arman declared himself not fit enough to fight.

He already fought Islam and lost. This was a granted rematch in a title fight.....against the guy with the most defenses and current p4p. If it is true that the doctors cleared him and Arman himself made the decision to pull out......than I think all the backlash is justified.

If he truly was injured then it's a different story. But right now it does not look good for him. Has he denied the story that he was cleared by doctors to fight? I have no idea, thats why I'm asking.
 
After all the marketing dollars dana spent on this dude and he gets himself hurt trying to get pussy on fight week. Fuck him he deserves all the dana hate
 
Islam hasn't had a legit title defense at 155. Dustin and Moicano were neither deserving of a title shot. Charles is his only legit win and that was for the belt. Hell I think Charles beats Islam if they ever fight again but we know Islam is ducking that. Islam only wants to fight 145'ers. We all say Usman/Leon and DC/Stipe and I believe Islam/Charles would go the same way. But hey if you Islam why fight deserving 155'ers when you can fight 145'ers and get sucked off by your low iq fangurls.
Moiciano was not deserving of a title shot. Can you remind me how he got it?
 
hard to tell if the story is true.

he was perfectly fine.....doing video's with instatoths not long before the fight of his life and then pulled out. According to some people the docters cleared him to fight but Arman declared himself not fit enough to fight.

He already fought Islam and lost. This was a granted rematch in a title fight.....against the guy with the most defenses and current p4p. If it is true that the doctors cleared him and Arman himself made the decision to pull out......than I think all the backlash is justified.

If he truly was injured then it's a different story. But right now it does not look good for him. Has he denied the story that he was cleared by doctors to fight? I have no idea, thats why I'm asking.
Arman's story makes no sense. He claims he hurt his back but then he admits it was during his weight cut. I think it's pretty obvious he had a bad weight cut and didn't want to A) fight drained after making weight or B) miss weight and have a non-title fight. If that's true, then Arman is a gutless coward and that should be considered criminal fraud.

If you sign a contract to fight in boxing or the UFC and then pull out with a fake injury, that should be considered criminal fraud. You should be legally required to tell the truth about why you pulled out.
 
The UFC spent months building an event around the rematch with Makhachev, promoting it to the fans & he pulls out at nearly the last possible moment and you think it's just "silly and childish" lol. This is a business bro.
 
You can remind yourself. Moicano was not deserving a title shot. He doesn't even have a top 10 win, are you fuckin amnesiaing me?
bro I'm agreeing with you. Moiciano had no business being in a title fight.

I can't remember how he ended up in the cage, surely there was an uproar when Islam v Moiciano was announced.
 
He wasn't injured. He couldn't make weight and faked an injury, then posted like a week later that he was already back in the gym. Dude hasn't weighed in at 155 in 6 years, has missed weight with even the extra pound allowed, and the one time he had to make 155, he pulled out the day before, and also turned down multiple other offers to fight Islam, including last summer when they called Poirier after Arman turned it down.

No reason the UFC should risk giving it right back to him after he wrecked a main event until he proves he can make championship weight.
I think this is a bit silly. Just make it clear to Arman that he has no place in the promotion if he pulls any stunts. I’m sure he’ll show up knowing that his career at the UFC is likely over if something happens again. UFC is just trying to be punitive to discourage others from last minute pullouts not because they don’t trust Arman will show up next time. But at some point you’re hurting the product, just give him the damn shot.
 
Islam hasn't had a legit title defense at 155. Dustin and Moicano were neither deserving of a title shot. Charles is his only legit win and that was for the belt. Hell I think Charles beats Islam if they ever fight again but we know Islam is ducking that. Islam only wants to fight 145'ers. We all say Usman/Leon and DC/Stipe and I believe Islam/Charles would go the same way. But hey if you Islam why fight deserving 155'ers when you can fight 145'ers and get sucked off by your low iq fangurls.
And this is exactly why Islam should not fight ilia next lol. @RockyLockridge if you want to blame someone for how team Islam is moving, blame this guy and guys like this. This sentiment is what they’re responding to. If Islam got due props for beating Volk the first time, I think he would feel differently about fighting ilia. But somehow he became a hated figure after that fight, so where’s the upside? He should only fight legit 155 contenders from now on. LW legend Justin Gaethje is next up!
 
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Did confirmed details ever come out?

I suspected that the issue was not Arman being injured (or having weight issues) but that he and his team hid the details from the UFC for some time until it became obvious he would not be able to fight, leaving the UFC to scramble to find a replacement.
I remember reading an article that said he was having major back spasms. Allegedly due to the weight cut. I don't know if that was proven or it was made up or what.
 
bro I'm agreeing with you. Moiciano had no business being in a title fight.

I can't remember how he ended up in the cage, surely there was an uproar when Islam v Moiciano was announced.

Nobody is arguing Moicano had a strong case for a title shot but he was the best available option to keep Islam on the card given Arman pulled out with under 48 hours to go before the event.
 
bro I'm agreeing with you. Moiciano had no business being in a title fight.

I can't remember how he ended up in the cage, surely there was an uproar when Islam v Moiciano was announced.
Someone pulled out for Moiciano to jump to the top. But yeah Islam hasn't proven shit at LW by beating any real deserving title challenger. And LW is weaker than its ever been at this current moment. UFC really still trying to push Justin/Dustin/Chandler as being top guys when they haven't done much to prove they really top 10 or 5.
 
And this is exactly why Islam should not fight ilia next lol. @RockyLockridge if you want to blame someone for how team Islam is moving, blame this guy and guys like this. This sentiment is what they’re responding to. If Islam got due props for beating Volk the first time, I think he would feel differently about fighting ilia. But somehow he became a hated figure after that fight, so where’s the upside? He should only fight legit 155 contenders from now on. LW legend Justin Gaethje is next up!
Justin don't deserve no title shot.
 
no, it's way better to "teach someone a lesson" that they already learned by missing the fight. meanwhile the division is a bunch of turds just bumping up against one another with nothing getting done, but at least that one guy got his comeuppance, I guess
 
And this is exactly why Islam should not fight ilia next lol. @RockyLockridge if you want to blame someone for how team Islam is moving, blame this guy and guys like this. This sentiment is what they’re responding to. If Islam got due props for beating Volk the first time, I think he would feel differently about fighting ilia. But somehow he became a hated figure after that fight, so where’s the upside? He should only fight legit 155 contenders from now on. LW legend Justin Gaethje is next up!
I never said he should lol, so i'm not sure why you're tagging me

I've always maintained that he should fight Armen, if not armen then Illa. because Illa DOES deserve it more than Paddy, Gaethje Or charles.


I think the rest of your statement is pretty bogus man. If islam got props for beating volk...... If Islam didn't arguably lose to volk I'm sure he'd have gotten more props. It's because of how the fight went and the optics of the last 2 rounds that. Those are the things people hold against him. I love justin gaethje he's one of my top 5 favourite fighters ever and I'd love nothing more than him to get one more title fight before his career is over. But he doesn't deserve it as much as Illa OR armen, so that is again, islam just avoiding the most deserving challengers.

it is impossible to critique the decision to fight Armen.
 
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