Why would he be fighting green fighters with more upside? Those fighters could, potentially, become good or even great fighters themselves.
And even those fighters would need to beat fighters in the UFC to establish themselves - or to make them worthy opponents for Bo. Which is yet another reason for the UFC to keep fighters with records like 13-9 or 4-2 around.
Hopefully Adesanya has the balls to face him and doesn't duck him
Yeah, Izzy ducking someone is the last thing you need to worry about
TFighting guys with bad records and clear ceilings who he's a 12 to 1 favorite against is a little absurd, there's a middle ground.
He absolutely should be fighting fighters with "clear ceilings", that's an obvious way to keep him on his track to stardom, which is the point of signing him in the first place.
And the guys he's fighting doesn't have "bad" records - they've both beat guys in the UFC, have (I believe) winning records in the UFC. They haven't got bad records if you aknowledge what they're there for: To be stepping stones.
He absolutely should be fighting fighters with "clear ceilings", that's an obvious way to keep him on his track to stardom, which is the point of signing him in the first place.
And the guys he's fighting doesn't have "bad" records - they've both beat guys in the UFC, have (I believe) winning records in the UFC. They haven't got bad records if you aknowledge what they're there for: To be stepping stones.
And kneeing him in the ballsYeah, Bo Nickal deserves the title shot after defeating Hall of Famer, highly skilled veteran Jamie Pickett
Hopefully Adesanya has the balls to face him and doesn't duck him
Yes, I'm aware, I just think he shouldn't have been signed so early if that was the case. Other talented prospects, even Rinya Nakamura who has BETTER WRESTLING ACHIEVEMENTS was forced to fight LEGITIMATE prospects with upside and better competition than Bo to get signed to the fucking UFC.
Far from it. Pickett is 2-5 and Gore is 1-2.
Yeah, Izzy ducking someone is the last thing you need to worry about
The UFC probably signed him early out of fear of him getting signed by other orgs. Which is perfectly fine, that's good business strategy, just as it's good business stratedy to keep "low level" fighters around for potential stars to build there name on.
I don't think we're getting further, was great having this talk (unironically).
Bo has 1 fight in the UFC , what are you going on about?Yeah, I understand and have explained everything you're saying to me, it's besides the point. To me, I see guys like Cameron Saaiman and Rinya Nakamura who are the same age or younger with similar experience, shit Rinya started his MMA career after the 2020 trials losing in the finals to Otoguro, same age as Bo too. These guys are fighting SIGNIFICANTLY better opponents on the contender series and road to the UFC.
Bo is inexperienced but he also is wealthy, has an elite background in wrestling and can center entire training camps and teams at elite gyms around himself while guys like Gore and Pickett despite being in the UFC cannot even afford nor are important enough to do that. Plus Bo is almost 4 years into his MMA training now, he began in 2019 but didn't fight until after coming up short in the trials.
Cain was similar, his 3rd and 4th pro fights were in the UFC and he was already fighting 10-1 type guys then. Just saying Bo is being mollycoddled to the extreme, even 18 year old Rosas Jr didn't get this kind of favoritism. It's a bit weird and then when Bo talks big it's just super cringe. Bo isn't young at 27 either, he can't fight the 12 to 1 underdogs forever.
Of course they signed him so other promotions wouldn't, Bellator woulda been all over that. Damn shame Bo gets such amazing privilege over non American fighters though, fuck Rinya.
Bo has 1 fight in the UFC , what are you going on about?
I'd just rather see him fight other green fighters with more upside, I see that as more of a test. Kinda like Raul Rosas Jr vs Christian Rodriguez tonight, they had similar records and amounts of pro experience. These are literally bottom of the barrel guys for the UFC, they aren't top 50 MWs, they don't have potential to ever reach a top 20-30 rank, their records are awful. These are -1000 squash matches.