Straight from the horses mouth at Sherdog Ranch. Many many people here dismissed a rematch because Aldo got KO'd in the first exchange so there's no point because it would just happen again. And yeah, you do need to apply that same logic to every super quick finish. It's just that it doesn't happen at the highest profile levels like Aldo/McGregor. Usually it's mid-to-low ranked guys where you get a quick finish so there's no need for quick rematches but Aldo was the long reigning champ and got shafted and then given a short notice chance to rematch which was stupid.I wonder if you apply that same logic to everyone who's been knocked out quickly and never fought that particular opponent again.
Or is it just Conor McGregor?
God you kids are weird.
They offered Aldo a rematch after RDA pulled out and he turned it down.
They offered Aldo a late replacement fight which gave him less than 2 weeks to prepare after RDA pulled out, and Aldo turned it down because he needed proper time to prepare.
Yes i forgot the first one ended in 1 minuteYou realized that Cain and JDS fought 3 times right. By your logic, Cain vs JDS 2 should have never happened b/c the first fight was as "definitive as it gets". Serra vs GSP 2 should have never happened either. We should have just closed the book after the first fight and Serra should have been named the greatest WW of all time.
Aldo deserved the rematch. The UFC/Conor didn't care to give it to him b/c they got the result they wanted the first time around.
Theres always a fight or two that escape your memory. I think ive watched several thousand fights in my life. Probably 2 solid months of my life just watching people kick punch and choke eachother out. I admit defeat on this one hahaHow?
We heard you the first time pal
Amidst all these talks of Conor once again receiving special treatment from the ufc (after Dana declared that if he beats cowboy he will be gifted the title shot), taking a drive down memory lane, boy did they do Aldo dirty...no rematch has ever been more warranted and the ufc not only did NOT give him the deserved rematch and screw Aldo (it wasn't even a fight, just a one punch, 13 second miscalculation), they have been bending over backwards for Conor ever since.
One of the bigger screw jobs in ufc history imo.
Aldo has been nothing but classy after that and it always angered me the way the ufc handled that whole thing. Disgusting.
One of the cleanest counters we've seen in the sport, that Conor was practicing backstage, that's never been even close to being replicated by any fighter against Aldo.KO'd in 13 seconds is a better case for a rematch than dominated for 4 rounds and choked out. Right punch, right spot, anyone can get KO'd.
Yawn.Conor/Nate II and Aldo/Edgar II were announced on the same day. Conor didn't duck the interim champ to fight Nate as the interim champ didn't exist yet.
By the time Aldo was interim champ, Conor was already long signed to fight Nate. After he beat Nate, he then signed to fight Eddie, the undisputed LW champion. LW is higher than FW, and undisputed is higher than interim.
So yes, he did "run" to fight the higher champ than rematch the interim champ he knocked out in 13 seconds only 9 months before.
Amidst all these talks of Conor once again receiving special treatment from the ufc (after Dana declared that if he beats cowboy he will be gifted the title shot), taking a drive down memory lane, boy did they do Aldo dirty...no rematch has ever been more warranted and the ufc not only did NOT give him the deserved rematch and screw Aldo (it wasn't even a fight, just a one punch, 13 second miscalculation), they have been bending over backwards for Conor ever since.
One of the bigger screw jobs in ufc history imo.
Aldo has been nothing but classy after that and it always angered me the way the ufc handled that whole thing. Disgusting.
Context doesn't seem to be your strong point. Here let me fix that for you.
The truth is that the UFC never offered Aldo a proper rematch, they only offered one where he was able to fill in on late notice. But of course it fits the narrative of the UFC to pull shady shit like that because they don't respect their fighters.