I don’t see how this fight makes sense when Izzy wanted to fight again soon. Maybe the UFC wants to avoid the Africa, black vs white angle. Because this is an easy fight for Rob. Feel like Strickland vs Whittaker made more sense.
Figgy is fighting Kape on that card. So wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is the back up, probably Kape. And then if Kape wins i think he surpasses Royval. But yea other then that it should he Royval. Props to Mokaev for wanting that fight but he doesn’t deserve it.
If Mokaev wants on that...
Dariush does deserve it, but he’s not fighting until May. Islam isn’t gonna wait for him until September. So either they run back the Volk fight or do the Poirier fight.
Side not they never should have made Dariush/Oliveira and Dariush should be fighting Islam next.
If he doesn’t want to fight until September and Dariush/Oliveira winner won’t be ready until August at the earliest. Then let’s just run the rematch…
Also i love Yair, but not the idea of him being champ. He’s not active enough…
Dariush clearly deserves the title shot. They should just scrap that fight and give Charles someone like Gamrot. If they go through with that fight i don’t think Islam fights the winner though. Sure he could wait until August (at the earliest), but could see Poirier undeservedly being next. They...
If he beats Cejudo he still wouldn’t be in line until after Yair/Emmett gets a shot at Volk. I think he’s fine taking all that time off regardless though. I could see him holding onto the belt regardless and then the UFC doing an interim belt with O’Malley vs Chito/Sandhagen winner or Merab. If...
Now that Pereira is champ there are so many more open match ups to make. If Izzy had won, I wonder if they steer away from Vettori potentially killing off a contender. Really might have been looking at Du Plessis or Dolidze getting a title shot if Izzy were still champ
He’s kind of in limbo a little. I think Izzy takes time off and Whittaker/Costa is still 3 months away. If Du Plessis beats Till, I could see that as a random option for an April time-frame defense. Maybe even earlier if they want to push for it. Obviously not the most deserving, but...
I was having a real hard time figuring out the next contender if Izzy won. Was maybe Du Plessis if he beat Till. Now it’s probably Whittaker/Costa winner…
I’d like to see them start mixing guys like Muniz and Imavov (if he beats Kelvin) in with winners of Cannonier/Strickland and...
Izzy’s been so active that if he beats Pereira, he doesn’t really have a next opponent. Du Plessis if he beats Till I guess would be the best option. If Strickland beats Cannonier, I could see him getting a #1 contender fight. Same with Imavov if he beats Gastelum…
This card kind of screwed up some of the momentum i though WW would have going forward. Everyone is ducking Shavkhat, so i figured if Leech destroyed Tony then he could be next for him, even if it was a step down. Now they won’t rank D-Rod because that fight was at 180.
Khamzhat should have to...
To be fair Shavkat 3 wins were better then any of those guys. Also Battle just dropped down to WW.
It is fair that he probably didn’t deserve Magny by who he had beaten in his 3 fights. A fair next fight would have been a Niko Price, D-Rod or Randy Brown. But how do you argue when he was...
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