Why is the UFC so against Cory vs Sean?

[omawho402]

Allowing Sean to rank squat for a year and have another unearned gimme isn't moving the division ok. Its holding it up

Maybe another contender who has invested his time and effort developing as a well rounded fighter is denied an opportunity by such nonsense

Either way doesn't matter. But make Figgy vs Sand.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Didn’t you hear?

Sean will undergo hip surgery AND improve his wrestling

 

[blaseblase]

Sandhagen tried to get a fight with Figgy before the events of 306. You're misrepresenting the timeline.

 

[SuperAlly]

Isn't Sean supposed to have a surgery? Dude lost his belt like 60 hours ago. Then said he wants to take some time off.

How about we give him a week before we accuse him of ducking fights we just made up?

Strong strawman game sir

 

[SuperAlly]

What was criminal about the second Chito fight? You have people like yourself still claiming that Chito won it and could beat him. He torched Chito for 25 minutes straight and now you are bitter about it and calling Chito “meh”.

Corey’s best win was Song and a geriatric Edgar…He is 0-1 in title fights and he just lost his title eliminator fight. His resume is most certainly below the Suga Show. Aljo is much much better than any fighter that Corey has beat too.

You think it was a valid choice for a defence?

Didn't read your post beyond the first line as that is my only point of contention regarding that fight

It was embarrassing to give a title shot to a guy coming off a loss

 

[Dorkman]

Hopefully when Sean returns, it's a fight that can be made. I've been hoping for it for 2+ years now.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Looks like Cory was offered Figgy. Seriously WTF?

Sean vs Cory is such a great and interesting stylistic matchup.

I know a lot of fans have been begging for this fight for years.

Cory should've gotten the shot over Marlon. There really is no excuse right now

I'd love to see Cory VS Sean too, but Sean wants to take a lot of time off.

 

[jx820]

Strong strawman game sir

I can't tell if you're accusing me of setting up a strawman or saying these other poster are, but for clarity's sake I'm addressing a direct accusation.

There really is no excuse right now

Sounds like he's ducking

Sean is ducking

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Lol, why can't you just give Merab his flowers without calling Suga a can?

Corey has been in the UFC for longer and has achieved a lot less than Suga whether you like it or not. Nuff said.

O'Malley had a lot more favorable match making and judges. Without his robbery win over Yan he never would have gotten the Aljo fight where the UFC forced the champ to fight on a shortened timetable. Sandhagen dominates O'Malley.

 

[filthybliss]

O'Malley had a lot more favorable match making and judges. Without his robbery win over Yan he never would have gotten the Aljo fight where the UFC forced the champ to fight on a shortened timetable. Sandhagen dominates O'Malley.

That’s a spicy take but now I wanna see it in action

 

[Kono dio da!]

Sean's out.

Corey wanted that fight and is bummed Sean has to get surgery.

Yan has raised his hand to fight Corey but Corey said he's dubious if he will make it to fight in December after Yan's knee surgery, which is the month Corey wants to fight (or asap really)

When asked of fighting Cejudo Corey didn't like that idea and seemed pissed about the prospects of Cejudo getting another big fight for doing nothing. (Kind of a primadonna on that one if I'm being honest..)

So I guess he wants to wait until Yan is ready some time early next year.

Considering that he'd destroy cejudo too.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

That’s a spicy take but now I wanna see it in action

I mean it's not really. The media scorecards for Yan vs O'Malley were like 28-1 in Yan's favor and anyone that pays attention to MMA knows Aljo was forced to defend his title before he said he would be ready to. O'Malley also avoided the number 1 contender in his first title defense. Sandhagen has great striking and much better grappling than O'Malley. He dominates that matchup.

 

[filthybliss]

I mean it's not really. The media scorecards for Yan vs O'Malley were like 28-1 in Yan's favor and anyone that pays attention to MMA knows Aljo was forced to defend his title before he said he would be ready to. O'Malley also avoided the number 1 contender in his first title defense. Sandhagen has great striking and much better grappling than O'Malley. He dominates that matchup.

Was talking about Corey beating Suga, the rest of what you said was pretty tame.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Was talking about Corey beating Suga, the rest of what you said was pretty tame.

I mean they are similar level strikers but Sandhagen is way more well rounded and has as good or better fight IQ. He's also got a similar reach to O'Malley. I think he wins that match up way more often than not unless Sean can manage to KO him or there are bad judges like the Yan fight.

IMO O'Malley is pretty overrated at the moment.

 

[SuperAlly]

I mean they are similar level strikers but Sandhagen is way more well rounded and has as good or better fight IQ. He's also got a similar reach to O'Malley. I think he wins that match up way more often than not unless Sean can manage to KO him or there are bad judges like the Yan fight.

IMO O'Malley is pretty overrated at the moment.

Bingo

It's very hard to pick Sean in that fight for all the reasons you mention