Why has Colby fought so infrequently throughout his career?

[cold_spring_harbor]

You seem to have a bone to pick with T-Wood's title run which I didn't mention in my OP
Tbh you might be blinded by hate for T-Wood considering you made up him fighting Wonderboy for a third time(never happened)

I gave Colby credit for when he beat RDA, but dude that was the last he's had a relevant win. Again this fight was all the way back in 2018, his last few wins are discounted because at the time they were all against washed up fighters such as Jorge(0-2 skid, 37 years old), Woodley(0-3 skid, 38 years old) and Lawler(1-3 skid, 38 years old)

Twood was bad ass and an amazing champion, but that doesn't change that he openly ducked Colby, and judging by their fight, and their history of training together, I can't blame him, he knew what would happen .

Yes as I said it's easy to discount those wins , because hindsight is 2020 however, those guys were all top 5-10 at the time of their ranking...

That's how the sport works, people win, go on streaks, get titles, or title shoots and they generally end up loosing after reaching the Pinnacle of their respective divisions...however it doesn't make the wins less impressive when you look at it through the lens of the time frame the fights happend

Are we going to call Buckley overrated because he just jumped like 5 spots, beating a 37 year old who was 2-3 in his last five?

I don't think Buckley cares, I bet he is ecstatic over this win, and probably ranks it as his best win to date .

 

[blaseblase]

The Usman rematch was over three years ago, why has it taken him till just this past weekend to fight an up a comer? It would have made sense for him to fight any one of the guys I mentioned over the last two years or so but he was never in the conversation, mostly because everyone knew he wouldn’t take the fights as he sat there waiting for undeserved opportunities while calling out guys like Poirier and Wonderboy. And if you recall, Dana was adamant about making Khamzat vs Colby after Khamzat beat Burns but we never heard a peep from Colby, then out of the blue Nate vs Khamzat was announced.

Let’s not try and spin Colby’s inactivity into there not being anyone to fight, there were plenty of options, he just only wanted old guys and title shots.

Let's not forget his ducking of both Shavkat and Garry. He was asked about fighting Shavkat in the UFC 296 post fight press conference and immediately changed the topic and called out Wonderboy. Then at one point he and Garry were dissing each other on Twitter but Colby refused to sign the contract. His entire career has been a legacy of ducking.

 

[AfroBanana]

I like how you have to go all the way back to 2017 to find Colby's last decent wins lol
And also fuck you for putting words in my mouth for "disrespecting other fighters", chill out on the gaslighting

What I said was true, when it mattered, Colby lost all the big fights. Usman, Usman and Leon
The only title fight he won was against RDA(interim), that's why I noted that

And are we still giving credit for having a close fight against the champ? Colby sat out and rarely fought after the first Usman fight, the only wins he could get was a washed up Woodley and Jorge, he's 2-3 in the last four years
Colby didn't deserve two of his title shots either(Usman 2 and Leon), he got jumped over Leon and Belal, yet still he couldn't win a undisputed title bout

Huh? He fought Dobgbin June 2017, Maia in October 2017 and RDA June 2018. You’re just trying to shit on the guy and mandate your own timeline. Like I said they were both 7-1 and only lost to Woodley, objectively better wins that 170lb RDA and they weren’t years and years apart as you’re trying to state “all the way back to 2017, as the dude cites a fight months later…….

 

[Xanzito]

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.

 

[Question]

Huh? He fought Dobgbin June 2017, Maia in October 2017 and RDA June 2018. You’re just trying to shit on the guy and mandate your own timeline. Like I said they were both 7-1 and only lost to Woodley, objectively better wins that 170lb RDA and they weren’t years and years apart as you’re trying to state “all the way back to 2017, as the dude cites a fight months later…….

"Mandate your own timeline", you mentioned the Maia and DHK bouts, which both happened in 2017 dingus, I was making fun of the fact that you have to look that far to find Colby having wins over guys who were still in their prime or close to it
I never said they were better or worse wins compared to RDA either, you love making shit up about what I said. You're arguing with yourself at this point because half the things you have issue with, I never said in my previous posts

I only brought the RDA bout up at first because it's the last time Colby beat an opponent coming off a win and there was an interim championship on the line
And yes, even 2018 when that fight happened is still well over 7 years ago

 

[richardjohnson]

You're pointing to guys who've gotten into contention recently, while Colby was the #1 contender 3-5 years ago and is semi-retired and fought Buckley 3 days ago. Old guys very rarely fight down in the rankings unless they're coming off a loss.

You act like the guys I mentioned just appeared in the rankings last month when in reality most of them have been there for at least a year or more. Instead of fighting any of those guys he sat out waiting for a TS he didn’t deserve, it worked out for him but that doesn’t absolve him from the continuous ducking. Just weird to justify his inactivity with “he’s old, lost to the champ and semi-retired” while Colby sits there and claims the best is yet to come.

And just to go back to my original post, there absolutely were people coming up that could have taken his place, he just refused to fight them, and that isn’t debatable.

 

[AfroBanana]

"Mandate your own timeline", you mentioned the Maia and DHK bouts, which both happened in 2017 dingus, I was making fun of the fact that you have to look that far to find Colby having wins over guys who were still in their prime or close to it
I never said they were better or worse wins compared to RDA either, you love making shit up about what I said. You're arguing with yourself at this point because half the things you have issue with, I never said in my previous posts

I only brought the RDA bout up at first because it's the last time Colby beat an opponent coming off a win and there was an interim championship on the line
And yes, even 2018 when that fight happened is still well over 7 years ago

You said he lost every meaningful fight. So either you’re an idiot who thinks only title fights matter or trolling. Beating #1 contender Maia who was 7-1 and Dong 7-1 is pretty meaningful. Keep blanket hating though, definitely a sign of intelligence.

I don’t disagree that Colby was inactive, took some lesser fights, best guys on skids (Lawler and Woodley), is annoying and was gifted time shots. He’s looked like shit with his “mini camp” philosophy in his last 2 fights. But to blanket state that his entire career is trash is hating.

He objectively won some meaningful fights against solid competition and had a strong showing against Usman despite losing. Continue painting your narrative on hate and not logic.

 

[fedorthegoat777]

Colby is old news now.

 

[tasticles]

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.

You think he's top 5? That's generous

 

[Tweak896]

You think he's top 5? That's generous

I meant someone ranked top 5. He was there jamming up ww. Even Usman was taking more contenders than Colby.

 

[Question]

You said he lost every meaningful fight. So either you’re an idiot who thinks only title fights matter or trolling. Beating #1 contender Maia who was 7-1 and Dong 7-1 is pretty meaningful. Keep blanket hating though, definitely a sign of intelligence.

I don’t disagree that Colby was inactive, took some lesser fights, best guys on skids (Lawler and Woodley), is annoying and was gifted time shots. He’s looked like shit with his “mini camp” philosophy in his last 2 fights. But to blanket state that his entire career is trash is hating.

He objectively won some meaningful fights against solid competition and had a strong showing against Usman despite losing. Continue painting your narrative on hate and not logic.

It's not hating, it's the truth and you're simply upset
He never won the title and his resume is quite thin in the grand scheme of it all. Hell I'm sure he feels the same way about it to some extent, the guy lost all three of his shots(two underserved ones)
Also you can't help but keep making shit up can you? "But to blanket state that his entire career is trash is hating" when did I say his career is trash in this thread? You're arguing with yourself dude, all this is in your own head

I know you're a fan of his, but throwing a fit and calling people retards for disagreeing or saying it how it is isn't a good look

 

[stephen90]

He's become a somewhat of a hero in right wing circles doing prageru videos and Fox News. He doesn't need to always fight.

 

[AfroBanana]

It's not hating, it's the truth and you're simply upset
He never won the title and his resume is quite thin in the grand scheme of it all. Hell I'm sure he feels the same way about it to some extent, the guy lost all three of his shots(two underserved ones)
Also you can't help but keep making shit up can you? "But to blanket state that his entire career is trash is hating" when did I say his career is trash in this thread? You're arguing with yourself dude, all this is in your own head

I know you're a fan of his, but throwing a fit and calling people retards for disagreeing or saying it how it is isn't a good look

Whose upset?

Simply said he had some meaningful fights. Also said his other fights were quite close to his RDA fight. Infact the fight he won against the last title contender sealed that. I don’t think he should have ever been interim champ. I don’t think he deserved the Leon fight. I also wasn’t that keen on the Usman rematch but I’ll give that one a pass circumstantially.

His resume is similar to everyone’s in the timeframes he was active and I think they’re all thin in that transitional phase (how many guys went over on the same people? To be contenders). I will not say he never won meaningful fights, that is actually retarded and just hating. Trying to dismiss his entire career and looking to create an echo chamber of resentment towards a fighter is what you’re doing here. I’ll call him obnoxious, annoying, scripted, forced, inactive, overrated, washed, privileged with unearned title fights etc.

But……..I respect Maia and Dong too much to say they’re meaningless trash fights for Colby. And you picking mid 2018 fight while criticizing me for pointing out mid to late 2017 fights is lol. Meaningful fights can exist anywhere that’s how I know you’re just being emotionally subjective. Feel free though, that’s what a hater does (runs over others to validate their opinion while fishing for confirmation bias).

I’m a fan of the sport and being honest, I don’t attach myself to fighters like a hysterical teenage swifty fangirl. I don’t like Colby much (as a person and his style) but I’ll reject that he’s never won a meaningful fight, that’s quite the ignorant take.

 

[moongaze]

Not really sure the timeline you're talking about, but those guys were just ranked lower and weren't as well known after Colby's last fight with Usman. After you've already lost to the champ twice and are in your mid 30s, higher ranked guys and bigger fights are much bigger. Masvidal was ranked like #6, was one of the bigger names in the company and it was a grudge match, so it was only of the few non title fights that could headline a PPV. Obviously a big PPV headline against the previous title challenger is going to win over some 10-15 ranked guys who people haven't heard of yet.

He and Masvidal were both out for a year after their fight with their legal crap, but it turns out Khamzat couldn't even make weight and had to switch opponents anyway, and now barely fights himself and has been fighting mostly older guys who've lost a step.

Edwards and Burns are two guys that were ranked close to colby that he could have fought but ducked. There were several guys he could have fought. Khamzat was also a possibly.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Lol ok bud, sure that's one way to look at it another way to look at it was Colby was the interim champion, when woodly decided to defend his belt against wonder boy for the third time, and even snuck in a fight against till instead of Colby...

He said time and time again he didn't want the fight using every excuse from "derp derp BLM, to I'm releasing a mixtape"

And objectively the only time he publicly announced he was ready to defend his title against the interim champion was when Colby was scheduled for a surgery


These are not ideas, these are fucking facts

Colby fought RDA for the interim WW title in June. Woodley defended his title in August. That's true.

But why do you act like Woodley runs the UFC?
Woodley vs Till was already set BEFORE RDA and Colby was announced. Their fight got pushed back so the UFC made RDA vs Colby. That's fucking facts.

Champs don't decide when they fight. They fight only after the UFC offers them a fight.
That's why the UFC ended up stripping Colby. Because he knew the UFC's, signed on to it and then tried to pull the rug out from under the UFC. So the UFC punished Colby and Usman got the title fight and Colby got stripped.


Y'all need to direct your hate towards the UFC,

 

[Question]

Whose upset?

Simply said he had some meaningful fights. Also said his other fights were quite close to his RDA fight. Infact the fight he won against the last title contender sealed that. I don’t think he should have ever been interim champ. I don’t think he deserved the Leon fight. I also wasn’t that keen on the Usman rematch but I’ll give that one a pass circumstantially.

His resume is similar to everyone’s in the timeframes he was active and I think they’re all thin in that transitional phase (how many guys went over on the same people? To be contenders). I will not say he never won meaningful fights, that is actually retarded and just hating. Trying to dismiss his entire career and looking to create an echo chamber of resentment towards a fighter is what you’re doing here. I’ll call him obnoxious, annoying, scripted, forced, inactive, overrated, washed, privileged with unearned title fights etc.

But……..I respect Maia and Dong too much to say they’re meaningless trash fights for Colby. And you picking mid 2018 fight while criticizing me for pointing out mid to late 2017 fights is lol. Meaningful fights can exist anywhere that’s how I know you’re just being emotionally subjective. Feel free though, that’s what a hater does (runs over others to validate their opinion while fishing for confirmation bias).

I’m a fan of the sport and being honest, I don’t attach myself to fighters like a hysterical teenage swifty fangirl. I don’t like Colby much (as a person and his style) but I’ll reject that he’s never won a meaningful fight, that’s quite the ignorant take.

You clearly are if you're calling people tards over it lol
Also: "I respect Maia and Dong too much to say they’re meaningless trash fights for Colby" your words, not mine bro. I don't think those two care about you being offended on their behalf

 

[kkthx]

because he is a coward who was always afraid to lose.

 

[cold_spring_harbor]

Colby fought RDA for the interim WW title in June. Woodley defended his title in August. That's true.

But why do you act like Woodley runs the UFC?
Woodley vs Till was already set BEFORE RDA and Colby was announced. Their fight got pushed back so the UFC made RDA vs Colby. That's fucking facts.

Champs don't decide when they fight. They fight only after the UFC offers them a fight.
That's why the UFC ended up stripping Colby. Because he knew the UFC's, signed on to it and then tried to pull the rug out from under the UFC. So the UFC punished Colby and Usman got the title fight and Colby got stripped.


Y'all need to direct your hate towards the UFC,

I understand your point, and please see my previous posts, I have the utmost respect for Twood, he is a class act, he was an amazing champion, he is up there on the all time list for 170 pounds ...all of that is true, so please forgive me if it sound like I don't respect the man because I truly do

 

[Bilzerian]

Duckby

 

[drawp]

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

I love the undeserved TS too and maybe that's the real reason he was hanging around and not fighting. Dude was always trying to be a party boy and was about that sketchy nightlife with all those women hanging around him.

Fr. Dude got paid. Got his name out there and no longer really gave a fuck. It became just about maintaining a lifestyle.