UFC fighters with the most "Dana White Privilege"?

Ronda was the clear darling of Dana and Rogan when she was fighting (Rogan even cried for her).
 
Apparently Kevin Holland. Guy comes out, pulls a Diaz, and says he only wants hitters, and since then, he get wonderboy and now ponz. Must be nice to pick your fights...

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cubanstogie said:
So what, Dana likes good fighters with personality and charisma. Belal has none except good fighter for example. . You have to bring energy to any job interview or an audition or you’re getting passed up. UFC no different.
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This is a sport...not a recruiting job...

An athletes only job...or main Job is to win ...and win as often as possible...the rest is just gravy...
 
hoevan said:
Apparently Kevin Holland. Guy comes out, pulls a Diaz, and says he only wants hitters, and since then he get wonderboy and now ponz. Must be nice to pick you fights...

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Well ...i mean they sacrificed him to Lard ass ... Sooo...they kinda owe him
 
matrixremaster said:
Conor gets whatever he wants and the UFC are so desperate for him to fight they don't usually stand in his way. It's just that sometimes his delusions lead him into fights he gets killed in.
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You're looking at it the wrong way. The reality is that the UFC can't match Conor against anybody else but top 5 guys as his price tag wouldn't justify it.

The UFC is not paying Conor $5M to show + PPV points + Proper Twelve sponsorship placements + whatever else he makes to fight some rando. They would either barely scrape even or would outright lose money. They need to give him top fighters. It's why Dana doesn't immediately toss out the idea of having Conor come back for a championship fight despite being on a 2 fight losing streak. He hasn't earned one fight wise, but he's earned one invoice wise as it's one of the few fights they'll make money on.

Yes Conor also wants and asks for these fights too, but the UFC quite literally couldn't afford to match him against lesser competition. People wouldn't buy it. It's actually the complete opposite of privilege in that he can't take steps back even though he should at this point.

Privilege is being a top ranked fighter who gets to fight jobbers instead of other top fighters. People are calling O'Malley a top protected fighter for getting to be ranked #2 after beating Yan, completely missing that the protected fighter was then #1 Yan getting to comeback against #11 O'Malley. Yan was supposed to dominate the lesser but popular O'Malley, while O'Malley winning was just a welcome bonus if it managed to happen. Yan was the protected fighter while O'Malley was thrown to the wolves.
 
In regards to Ortega,he is a "bullet sponge",and that is always valuable in the fight game
 
This thread is odd, because at least half the fighters here don;t know what "protected" means. Take Conor McGregor for instance. You can argue that he's favored, and I' d agree with you. The last few years of his career he got some fights he didn't deserve. But protected? Hell no. Throwing a LW into a cage with Alvarez, Khabib, and Poirier is the opposite of protecting them.

A protected fighter is Paddy Pimblett, or even better yet, Greg Hardy. Just never put in a fight with great or dangerous fighters. Always set up to win.
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
This thread is odd, because at least half the fighters here don;t know what "protected" means. Take Conor McGregor for instance. You can argue that he's favored, and I' d agree with you. The last few years of his career he got some fights he didn't deserve. But protected? Hell no. Throwing a LW into a cage with Alvarez, Khabib, and Poirier is the opposite of protecting them.

A protected fighter is Paddy Pimblett, or even better yet, Greg Hardy. Just never put in a fight with great or dangerous fighters. Always set up to win.
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This is true.

I changed the title of the thread. I meant protected players in the sense of "Who has the Most Dana White Privilege" so I'll stick with that.
 
HHJ said:
Inga could just show up tommorow and get a title shot against Zhang Weili.
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She doesn't want any of this:

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Like really, I'm sure she's not interested.
 
matrixremaster said:
My short list.

1) Conor McGregor - He's been a mid to lower level fighter for years but gets whatever he wants because he's the biggest cashcow in the sport and the embodiment of a WWE character who's mouth has gotten him places because he can sell a fight like no other.

2) Jorge Masdvial - I'll admit it's cool he comes comes from the Kimbo era but it seems like the UFC wants him to be at the top of company because he's a draw more than because of his achievements in the Octagon.

3) Sean O'Malley - He's a talented striker and a worthy top 10 fighter but the fact that he's ranked #2 and next in line for a titleshot in the stacked BW division after a highway robbery against Yan tells you all you need to know. His personal style really speaks to the Zoomer crowd.

4) Colby Covington - He really has no notable wins outside a past their prime fighters. He's a good fighter but doesn't belong anywhere near another title shot. Some find his gimmick lame but he invests a hell of a lot into it so you at least have to give him that.

5) Brian Ortega - Hasn't had a win in years, two titleshots already. He's a good fighter, but let's be real about how his looks have gotten him where he is. He doesn't even really have a gimmick like the others here he's simply the UFC pinup boy.

Honorable mentions

Paddy Pimblett - It's pretty obvious the UFC wants him to be something he probably never will be and are trying to protect him against lower level fighters hoping he'll one day blossum. He has a goofy charm that makes him memorable but he's probably the least skilled fighter on this list.

Micheal Chandler - he loses an awful lot yet is somehow still relevant and I'd probably put him higher on the list if he didn't sacrifice himself to the JBG every single fight and wasn't so damn entertaining in the cage.
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The interesting thing about Colby is that he used to be persona non grata. Got passed over for the title shot, came at Dana at the casino, etc.

Chandler has earned whatever privilege people think he has (although every single fight he gets is brutally tough). McGregor has too in a different way.
 
markg171 said:
How is the most protected guy in the UFC the guy who's only fought top 5 fighters (barring Siver) since 2014?

That's a pretty shitty job of protecting the guy by, checks notes, making him fight top 5 fighters.
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Try throwing a dolly through a window at other workers at your work location and see what happens. Imagine what happens if anyone in the UFC other than McGregor does it.

And in what fucking world were Diaz (x2) and Cerrone top five fighters?
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
This thread is odd, because at least half the fighters here don;t know what "protected" means. Take Conor McGregor for instance. You can argue that he's favored, and I' d agree with you. The last few years of his career he got some fights he didn't deserve. But protected? Hell no. Throwing a LW into a cage with Alvarez, Khabib, and Poirier is the opposite of protecting them.

A protected fighter is Paddy Pimblett, or even better yet, Greg Hardy. Just never put in a fight with great or dangerous fighters. Always set up to win.
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lol Hardys 5th fight in the ufc was Volkov..that's the opposite of protection. His last 2 fights were Tuivasa and Spivac
 
markg171 said:
How is the most protected guy in the UFC the guy who's only fought top 5 fighters (barring Siver) since 2014?

That's a pretty shitty job of protecting the guy by, checks notes, making him fight top 5 fighters.
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Who are we talking about?

Conor hasn't only fought top 5 guys since 2014. He fought Nate twice and Donald Cerrone. He hasn't beaten a top 5 fighter since 2016.

I wouldn't necessarily call him "protected", but he does get whatever fight he wants, and got immediate rematches with both Nate and Poirier after losing to them. They've largely kept him away from good wrestlers as well except for the horrible mistake of thinking he had chance when Khabib had the belt, which is why they didn't bother with a rematch. The only other good wrestler he fought the whole time in the UFC was Mendes on short notice without a camp.
 
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