We have entered an era of uninteresting title fights

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RDA vs Alvarez - Alvarez has not looked good in his victories at all, got beat pretty bad by Cerrone
Lawler vs Woodley - Woodley got a title shot off of a terrible performance against Gastulem (who had a flu and was hospitalized days earlier) that a lot of people thought he lost. Also has been out for about a year and a half.
Werdum vs Stipe - Stipe is on a 2 fight win streak and only got the shot because Cain dropped out
Rockhold vs Weidman - Rematch
Aldo vs Edgar - Rematch with potential rematch against Conor if Aldo wins
Cruz vs Faber - Rematch
DJ vs anyone - self explanatory
WMMA - self explanatory
 
MMA sucks bro. Hopefully we get some sweet subs or KOs.
 
the last few title fights at light heavyweight have sucked, they were better then jones was the champ.
 
It looks like a bad round of title fights, not a bad "era"
 
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With all these boring title fights, thank God for those spectacle fights.
 
LW and WW have several interesting title fights lined up. I guess they're getting those ones out of the way, and burying them on Fight Pass and the show immediately following UFC 200 to boot.
 
effervesciata said:
LW and WW have several interesting title fights lined up. I guess they're getting those ones out of the way, and burying them on Fight Pass and the show immediately following UFC 200 to boot.
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What if Alvarez and Woodley actually manage to win their fights? That would be horrible...
 
lol and Anderson Silva never beat anyone good either. gtfo these are the best fighters at their weight classes. maybe some arnt aesthetically pleasing and whooping ass like you think a "champion" should but these are all the best fighters. sorry you cant appreciate that.
 
boring title fights yet all of Lawlers defenses are FOTY candidates even if he fought 3 times a year.
 
Era of whiny, bitchy, tmz-lovin, non-appreciating, complaining fans
 
Alvarez had dull outings in his last two but he was able to exploit weaknesses in his opponents that shouldn't be an issue with RDA, if his past few fights are any indication. That alone makes me hyped for the fight. RDA is going to make Alvarez bring it like he used to or get fucked up. I'm expecting this to be an exciting fight, one way or another.

Rockhold vs Weidman II should be interesting because of how much both guys say they were off their game for the first bout.

Lawler vs Woodley is hard for me to get excited for because this should be Thompson's shot. As for the fight itself, both guys are heavy hitters, at least.

Cruz vs Faber III, could take it or leave it. Cruz came back and looked as good as ever while Faber has looked off in his last three bouts at BW, despite winning them. This is the long awaited trilogy bout, though, so there's that going for it.

Mighty Mouse vs Cejudo, I fully expect Johnson to handle him but Cejudo has unshakeable resolve and legit skills that can't really be ignored, and it has been the upset era. After that, eh.

Werdum vs Stipe, HW has always been iffy with matchmaking but at least Cain's not in the picture for the time being. Stylistically it's a good fight.

Aldo vs Edgar II will be fine with me as long as there is a definitive winner. Another go round of the "omg, edgar was robbed" stuff might be more than I can tolerate.

Tate vs Nunes, okay enough. Holly or Ronda would've been better but meh, Nunes earned it.

Joanna vs Gadelha is a good fight. Most people had Claudia winning their first but Joanna has been a good champion since then. The animosity is also pretty interesting.


I get how a lot of people aren't excited but I'm mostly liking what I'm seeing.
 
Scheme said:
RDA vs Alvarez - Alvarez has not looked good in his victories at all, got beat pretty bad by Cerrone
Lawler vs Woodley - Woodley got a title shot off of a terrible performance against Gastulem (who had a flu and was hospitalized days earlier) that a lot of people thought he lost. Also has been out for about a year and a half.
Werdum vs Stipe - Stipe is on a 2 fight win streak and only got the shot because Cain dropped out
Rockhold vs Weidman - Rematch
Aldo vs Edgar - Rematch with potential rematch against Conor if Aldo wins
Cruz vs Faber - Rematch
DJ vs anyone - self explanatory
WMMA - self explanatory
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Uninteresting? Are FKM?! Even though I AM SICK OF REMATCHES, so I won't speak to those. Everything else you mentioned is interesting. Keep procedural fairness in mind, as MMA is a legit sport.

Alvarez deserves a title shot. He's on a tear and just beat the former champ, decidedly.
Woodley has been killing it in the UFC and was patient for his title shot.
Stipe deserves a title shot. Cain doesn't; he's injured and lost the title in definitive fashion. There's no reason to hold things up on those counts. Who else deserves a shot? Nobody.
DJ is a straight up monster in his division. Tell me about a more dominant champ. Yes, he's the lightest, but does he lose rounds or get banged up??
WMMA has two divisions that are anything but boring. Yes, the fighters are female but you see technical fights absent of brawling. It's on the upswing.

Just because there is no hype train trash talk and jackassery with endless promotion for the fights I mentioned doesn't mean the fights are uninteresting. Ranked opponents fighting top competitors the creme de la creme is where it's at. Go watch WWE if you want "Sports Entertainment". Be a fan of the sport not the drama, broseph.
 
Scheme said:
Aldo vs Edgar - Rematch with potential rematch against Conor if Aldo wins
Cruz vs Faber - Rematch
DJ vs anyone - self explanatory
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Aldo vs Edgar isn't a title fight, so I don't see how it supports your theory.

I'm kind of intrigued to see Johnson vs Cejudo.
 
Maybe you're just a shitty fan.
 
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