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Angling for the next shot at Merab?
Yan rubbing salt on Sugars wounds
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Angling for the next shot at Merab?
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Yan is right about him receiving things he hasn't earned - his UD over Yan, and his second title shot.
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They robbed Yan to gift Suga a title shot.
Then leaned on Aljo to fight with injuries on a short camp with Suga getting a 9 month layoff prior.
Then gave Suga an undeserving Chito in his first defense.
Then after clearly losing got a rematch without earning it.
UFC doing what it does to manufacture a star, but can only do so much.
Then leaned on Aljo to fight with injuries on a short camp with Suga getting a 9 month layoff prior.
Then gave Suga an undeserving Chito in his first defense.
Then after clearly losing got a rematch without earning it.
UFC doing what it does to manufacture a star, but can only do so much.
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True, Dana's hand picked contender series dweeb69 was given undeserved handouts. Fuck the UFC, Yan can dig at him all he wants.
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Lol, this guy got his title shot off a win over washed ass Faber and then fought Aldo for the belt, who was coming off two losses and had no wins in the division.
Suga at least beat Yan himself, who was higher ranked than Faber or Aldo.
Suga at least beat Yan himself, who was higher ranked than Faber or Aldo.
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To a certain extend, I agree with Yan. O'Malley's resume has a smoke-and-mirrors element to it.
But it's weird coming from Yan, considering he got completely embarrassed by Merab.
But it's weird coming from Yan, considering he got completely embarrassed by Merab.
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By "beating Yan" you mean basically paying off the judges to score it for Suga?
25/26 media members scored it for Yan and 7 even gave him 30-27's.
Faber had just come back and stopped Ricky Simon on a 7 fight win streak - he told the UFC he wanted a title shot and they told him to fight Yan since he wanted so much money. Basically a "shit or get off the pot" moment where Yan absolutely obliterated and dismantled him.
As far as Aldo goes he had just dropped to BW and had the incredibly close fight with Moraes who was coming off his title loss that he blew against Cejudo when he had him fighting with one arm and one leg, but managed to gas and mentally collapse after not understanding how to get out of a clinch.
How did the Yan/Faber fight end? It ended with Faber with a broken orbital/broken nose semi-unconscious on the mat.
How did the Yan/Aldo fight end? It ended with Aldo curled in a fetal position eating dozens of brutal shots so the ref had to stop it and save him.
How did the Yan/Suga fight end? It ended with Suga barely being able to get up off the mat when it was over and not even believing he won it when they interviewed him.
I hope that they make Yan/Suga 2 as a 5 round co-main if Yan gets by McGhee, that's the fight we as fans really deserve.
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Yan lost to Aljo twice
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Ah, don't do that, mate. Come on. It was a razor close fight. It wasn't a robbery. It doesn't matter what the media members scored it. Personally, I scored it for Suga, and so did plenty of other people.
Simon was on a 7 fight streak, but only 3 of those were in the UFC, and one of them was the controversial win against Merab. Simon was not fighting top fighters and he wasn't a top fighter himself.
That doesn't really matter. Aldo didn't deserve that title shot at all. Losing a close fight to Moraes who failed to win the title shouldn't get you a title shot. Aldo still had no wins at all in the division. He should have at least had to beat one top guy.
You can't be okay with Aldo getting a title shot off a close fight he lost but then not be okay with Suga getting a title shot off a close fight you think he lost as well.
Yeh, Faber was on his way out, but just having one last crack until he lost. He hasn't fought MMA since that fight.
Not relevant to Yan getting a title shot. This was the title shot.
What's your point? Yan's an amazing fighter. Barely beating him is still an amazing effort. In 18 fights only 2 people had beaten him before Suga did.
If Suga had been fighting Aldo, he'd have likely had an easier time of it, but instead he fought Yan.
If you want to compare performances like you did above, then how did Yan go against Aljo? Almost 10 rounds and couldn't beat him. Got backpacked to a decision in the decider. How did Suga go? TKOd him within 10 mins.
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Getting matched up with Yan after eyepoking Munhoz was undeserved as well
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These are just fans giving their own score. They're not different than me or you. Their scores aren't any better than mine or yours either.
But if you put so much stock into these scores then just know Danny Segura changed his mind and scored it for Suga. You can see that if you click on Well's score. It'll show a tweet where he replied to Danny saying he changed his mind. There was another one who said Suga 29-28 would have not been crazy either.
Only scores that mattered were the judges, and it's not like the two judges that scored it for Suga have a history of shit scores or anything. Those two actually have way more experience than the one that scored it for Yan.
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Except that he didn't.
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2/3 judges who aren't known for shit decisions and have a lot more experience than the one that scored it for Yan scored it the same exact way for Suga.
That's all that matters. You lot in denial need to get over it at this point haha.
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What about getting a title shot off a washed old guy who never fought again and then fighting for the belt against a guy coming off two back to back losses and and who had no wins the division? Is that undeserved also?
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Yea
and after he lost the belt, they just gave him another shot for not doing anything at all
