Why has Colby fought so infrequently throughout his career?

[Söze Aldo]

For someone lauded for staying in good physical shape between fights and relatively injury free, he's been a once a year fighter for a good chunk of his career. Ring rust and inactivity is a real thing that impacts performance, and he's been paying the price in his last several outings.

 

[Trabaho]

Damage. Fighting does damage. His goal is money and less damage.

 

[HunterAcosta]

Yeah its perplexing. Not really sure why. Hard to stay sharp when you fight every two years.

 

[Kertol]

Is it true he left mma masters due to threats from various Brazilians or was there another reason?

 

[Question]

Spent most of the last four years crying for unearned title shots after beating a washed-up Woodley and Jorge

 

[Trabaho]

Spend mosty of the last four years crying for undeserved title shots after beating the ghost of Woodley and Jorge

Easy work a lot of money. He gamed the game.

 

[Question]

Easy work a lot of money. He gamed the game.

Not really, he lost every meaningful fight he had outside of the one against RDA
He's 0-3 in undisputed title fights

 

[Yagadot]

Because the ranking system encouraged him to do this. That and the way the UFC negotiate contracts.

 

[Pious Augustus]

For someone lauded for staying in good physical shape between fights and relatively injury free, he's been a once a year fighter for a good chunk of his career. Ring rust and inactivity is a real thing that impacts performance, and he's been paying the price in his last several outings.

Ran out of aging fighters

 

[humperdoo]

The superstar of the division trying to get his 4th title fight again. That's It and Dana gives him ago over and over. Because he promised to be a forever UFC fighter.

 

[TheBulge]

My theory is that he knows it's an extremely taxing fighting style that destroys the body quickly, but also very effective. He only had a few years with that peak before his body gave out but I think he stretched it out longer by not fighting frequently and only taking money fights.

 

[Cobra 03]

How does he afford to live, if fighting is his profession, but he rarely fights? Does he coach somewhere? Is he so well known that he gets bigger paydays than most? I don't get it.

 

[VinceArch]

Picked and chose his way into a corner and when he was doing his maga shtick, he legit pissed off a lot of fighters, coaches, etc. so it's probably a lot harder for him to get the right training partners than we think.

 

[Brigfa2]

Because of the street Judas!

 

[Chubi]

He waited for an undeserved TS he finally got, like Strickland and a lot more others.

 

[MEAN357]

Because he made a career of being the runner up and saying "B-b-but I was competitive!!" Then fighting 40 year olds or sitting out until he gets another gift titleshot.

Dudes a cherry picker and finally fought someone with a pulse and got mollywhopped

 

[Local Plata]

To cherry pick opponents and not risk losses against actual contenders and his way to undeserved title shots. More the UFCs fault than his, to be fair.

 

[Tweak896]

In the moment there were posters here commenting how "smart" Colby is sitting out and making the best moves for prize fighting. Well it came at a cost of his legacy. He has one of the worst resumes for a top 5 fighter what feels like forever.

 

[Söze Aldo]

How does he afford to live, if fighting is his profession, but he rarely fights? Does he coach somewhere? Is he so well known that he gets bigger paydays than most? I don't get it.

I've heard mixed opinions on his contract set-up. It was either Masvidal or Usman who were making fun of him having a contract that only paid out a set guaranteed amount, as opposed to earning PPV points when he was on a near million selling PPV card.

 

[HHJ]

Has to wait for the undeserved fight to fall in his lap