What is your opinion on the recent matchmaking?

[geardo]

It’s basically gotten to the level of complete negligence.

 

[usernamee]

Are they matchmaking mainly based off of IG follower counts or something?

 

[Tito Tapped]

There's nothing wrong with it. Nothing but hot takes in here.

 

[STAY GOLD]

I'll be paying less attention to the ufc for a bit. thats my initial reaction. It will give me some time for my other hobbies though, so thats cool.

This. Straight trash matchmaking. Gives me time to watch other organizations I enjoy watching.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Yes UFC 324 is dog shit. The kind of card I’ll stream on Sunday morning. I won’t be purchasing a paramount scrip. Sad.

 

[Dr. Rose]

I'll take those fights over 90% of the last year of ESPN+

Yeah, I was just thinking the same.

 

[Deadwing88]

Are they matchmaking mainly based off of IG follower counts or something?

John Pork about to get a title shot.

 

[SuperAlly]

I was literally just saying to my wife that I may have to stop watching the UFC completely. Volk vs Lopes 2 makes no sense. Volk just beat Lopes decisively, has Movsar and Murphy as legit challengers. Why not just book Volk vs Logan Paul or Tyson Fury instead?

Arman is clear as day the #1 contender at LW. He weighed in as an official backup for the last title fight, beat Hooker since no one else at LW would fight him and stated he is 100% ready and willing to fight in Jan. So of course they book Gathje vs Paddy for an interim. Buys Ilia a year and if Arman doesn't fight in the meantime morons will cry Arman is inactive so he can't have a title shot.

Islam had 1 of his 4 title defenses against an actual top 5 ranked LW and now they want to give him the WW Stipe in Kamaru Usman???

I hope the next show the UFC creates is
"Where on Earth is Joe Silva"

Your argument is better leaving out Islam. Fought the reckoned P4P king twice and had late notice pull outs by other fighters that would change your stats.

It’s a better argument if you just leave him out.

 

[JBJ was here]

Why so? You don't have much interest in seeing the actual best fighters squaring off?

The best fighters squaring off is a good thing. Making the best fights available is a reasonable alternative. Whichever you choose, there are times when you have subjective balancing choices (e.g., do you make two A+ fights and a C+ fight or three A- fights?). This matchmaking isn't doing any of these things. It's not clear whether the UFC is guessing at short-term casual fan interest for obscure reasons, whether Ali has incriminating photos of Dana, whether someone at Paramount who knows nothing about MMA is having too much influence on booking decisions, or whether something else is up, but something that shouldn't be influencing booking decisions definitely is.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

It’s dreadful…. the ufc is filled with 35+ yo has beens. Paddy the baddy for a title lol…. how lower can it get?

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Are they matchmaking mainly based off of IG follower counts or something?

LFG!!!!!!

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I Could Eat

 

[Deadwing88]

LFG!!!!!!

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I Could Eat

Very amusing I can see this in the UK but not Dana's pink head.

 

[Meathead Jock]

Volk vs Lopes 2
Paddy vs Gaethje interim
And now rumored Islam for Usman for 326

Don't want to sound dramatic but this feels like an all time low. They've always snuck in some bad ones but to do three terrible in a row to start off the new network, I've never been more disappointed about the direction of the company. Makes me wonder if Paramount executives are calling the shots it's so bad.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Very amusing I can see this in the UK but not Dana's pink head.

Testing

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[Meathead Jock]

Feels like Pantoja, Merab, and Poaton are the only ones taking the right fights

 

[ChrisBenoit]

The only confirmed one I have a problem with is Volk vs. Lopez. Murph and Movsar should get the shot. Sterling should probably be ahead of Lopez also.

I don't mind Paddy vs. Justin. Armen just fought, I know he said he'd fight Top in Jan but maybe he refused an interim title fight. He's probably still on Dana's shot list as well

 

[Beastslayer47]

Total trash. Dana needs to resign. The organisation has become WWE.

 

[Question]

Volk vs Lopes 2
Paddy vs Gaethje interim
And now rumored Islam for Usman for 326


Seems that with the new paramount era - merit is now being thrown to the wayside completely.

Are you in favour of it? Against it? Discuss.

My personal opinion I think it's officially descended straight into boxing type BS now.

Fucking dreadful, I like Lopes but he skipped over a guy who beat him twice now lol

Justin/Paddy is fucking rewarding squatters with a belt while Arman actually earned his spot

 

[MDoza]

They are trying to produce big numbers for the start of the Paramount deal.

These matchups aren’t very appealing to the average MMA fan, but they do target foreign markets that the UFC needs.

Volkanovski vs. Lopes will appeal to the Mexico and Oceania market.

Pimblett vs. Gaethje will appeal to the UK market.

The UFC probably previously had plans for Aspinall and JDM to be their big draws for those markets, but since neither of them could win their title fights they are scrambling to find other fights to generate viewership in those regions.

If you look at the current lineup of champions, the fact that they are from so many different countries isn’t a coincidence. The UFC is pushing fighters from different areas to maximize their numbers.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Your argument is better leaving out Islam. Fought the reckoned P4P king twice and had late notice pull outs by other fighters that would change your stats.

It’s a better argument if you just leave him out.

Or its a better argument if he or the UFC didn't make clear choices for his benefit.

Volk once is fine. Volk a second time was ludicrious. There were other options at the time and any ranked LW was better than a FW he clearly beat.

Moicano was a last second replacement. But the UFC or Islam chose him over Dariush. Islam likely beats either. But Dariush has been a top 10 LW for years, top 5 even. Moicano has barely squeaked into the top 10.

This kind of picking and choosing for the champion errodes his Legacy. The inclusion of Islam is very much justified. Don't forget that he is calling for a fight with Usman which is an absolute joke. The fact they have the same manager adds exponentially to the fact Islam vs Usman is