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What's the point of giving out a belt if it's not meant to be defended? Just a big flashy "#1 contender" medal to hang around your waist?

It was a punch, not a performance. That's like asking if the way an actor delivered a particular line was the "greatest performance in film history." To me, "performance" implies some degree of duration, and there just wasn't any of that in Conor/Aldo.

No one was calling Volkanovski "washed" until those losses. Before going up against Islam, he had just easily 50-45ed Max Holloway.

To some extent I agree, but you're kidding yourself if you don't think the "smaller" fighter kept a bit of bulk and had an easier weight cut. For example, no one's been talking about how "LHW is so bad because a MW is the champion now," because it's pretty obvious that Pereira is very...

Just like Serra and GSP, right?

Aspinall needs to defend the interim title, and Jones needs to unify it once he's healthy. I don't know how Stipe factors into it (maybe he could take a shot at the interim title or be Jones's first title defense), but overall it's not a particularly complicated situation.

The most careful spit-take I've ever seen.

"So you beat him?" "Ahhh that's not the point"

She's...she's getting punched in the face!

I saw the thread title and for some reason I was sure it was talking about Volkanovkski, not Volkov. That was a trip.

My opinion changed because how they handled the belt changed. It started out with some nonsense fight between two loudmouths with the Rock putting on the belt. Now it's an actual fight between actual fighters who leave it all in the octagon, and Mark Coleman is putting on the belt. The idea...

Wasn't Usman the first to hold both belts, and Islam the first to knock Volkanovski out?

Holy cow, I only now realized that of his 30 wins, 29 are finishes. I don't think we've seen a record like that since Carlos Condit (who started with 23 finishes and ended 28/32).

If we want to split hairs, it's also Jiří.

It's almost refreshing that in 2024, we can still use "gay" to mean "lame." (EDIT: Or, come to think of it, that we can use "lame." But maybe they call them "differently mobile" now.)

It is rather remarkable how she can have parents like them and somehow inherit every single gene from her dad. Especially since you're supposed to top out at 50% from a given parent.

It's especially egregious because if they had read more than just the title, they'd know you were asking about changes can he make in his routine or lifestyle.

Can anyone explain why the ref let the fight continue after Reyes knocked Jiri out with an upkick? Sometimes when you're out for only a split second, the ref just doesn't realize it. And when Herzog checked on Yan, she was standing, responding, and so on, so he assumed she had only been woozy...

Yes, Stipe should be removed from the rankings due to inactivity. But until we know how ring rust and age have affected him, I would still pick him to win against anyone #5 and lower. In other words, if Stipe is in the rankings at all, #4 is exactly where he should be.