Agreed on every single point.Because....
He's on a 7 fight win streak
High finish rate.
Usually the Underdog but finds ways to win.
Fun style to watch
Tons of heart and grit
Blue collar work style
Always always comes to fight like his life depends on it.
Now while I agree he wouldn't beat any of the top 5, and is perhaps a little over ranked himself considering he has no top 10 wins or fights for that matter (I think)
He's earned his right to be fight an elite WW. If beats Lawler (despite my respect I give it a verrrrrrry low chance) I would have no qualms with him getting a title shot.
It's the same as Matt Mitrione, he was on the show and got fed some weak opposition so the UFC could market him as a legitimate star.
TUF is a godsend for the UFC. They can popularize fighters that no one would otherwise care about, and if it starts to show that they aren't high caliber talent, they will feed them a string of Chris Copes and Luis Ramoses so that people will buy into their story again.
Kenny Florian, Forrest Griffin, Michael Bispbing, and many other TUF alumni were given a string of low level competition whenever they lost a fight. Matt Brown was given the same treatment. He was given a path that would most easily lead to the top ten, and people are eating it up.
When Matt Brown loses to Lawler, he'll get some undercard nobodies to hype him back up again, and then you'll start hearing about how he deserves a title shot and all this nonsense.
Also, I don't like to watch skilless brawlers fight other skilless brawlers. Matt Brown does nothing for me.
Because....
He's on a 7 fight win streak
High finish rate.
Usually the Underdog but finds ways to win.
Fun style to watch
Tons of heart and grit
Blue collar work style
Always always comes to fight like his life depends on it.
Now while I agree he wouldn't beat any of the top 5, and is perhaps a little over ranked himself considering he has no top 10 wins or fights for that matter (I think)
He's earned his right to be fight an elite WW. If beats Lawler (despite my respect I give it a verrrrrrry low chance) I would have no qualms with him getting a title shot.
He also fought some very tough guys along the way. People seem to forget the ufc matched him up against Wonderboy in hopes of hyping up a new star. Very excited for the Lawler/Brown fight, Brown will be an underdog but anyone that brawls with him in an ugly fight is at risk of losing, not saying he will knock out Ruthless but it'll be interesting to see who tires out first.anyone who goes on a 7 fight win streak in the ufc with 6 kos/tkos deserves some form of hype that is justified
Because....
He's on a 7 fight win streak
High finish rate.
Usually the Underdog but finds ways to win.
Fun style to watch
Tons of heart and grit
Blue collar work style
Always always comes to fight like his life depends on it.
Now while I agree he wouldn't beat any of the top 5, and is perhaps a little over ranked himself considering he has no top 10 wins or fights for that matter (I think)
He's earned his right to be fight an elite WW. If beats Lawler (despite my respect I give it a verrrrrrry low chance) I would have no qualms with him getting a title shot.