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1) Good job quoting only 1/3 of my post because you had no answers to the remaining 2/3.Dana White and Mike Goldberg both have contracts with the UFC. Are they fighters? Aaron Pico has a contract with Zinkin Management. Is he a fighter? Until you actually compete, you cannot claim to be fighter, or have anyone compare you with guys like Yoel Romero or Cejudo. Makhov has the same credentials in MMA as CM Punk, which are non existant.
2) Don't try to act like you didn't understand what I was saying. Dana White isn't a fighter because his contract doesn't say he's a fighter. Makhov, on the other hand, was employed by the UFC as a fighter. Don't act like you didn't know that. You'd make a fool out of yourself.
Now ask yourself: when does one become the president of the UFC? Let's say I sign a contract that says I'm officially the new president of the UFC. Does this contract make me the president? I didn't sign any fighter yet, I didn't fire any fighter yet, I didn't fuck any ring girl yet. Hell, I might even be fired tomorrow before I even had the time to make any decision. But, as for now, if somebody claimed I wasn't the president of the UFC, would he be right or wrong? How can I not be the president of the UFC if my contract says I am? It doesn't make sense.
Let's go back to my first example: if somebody was recruited by a NBA team as a player during the off-season, is he a NBA player? Remember: the new season hasn't started yet and he still has to play one game with the team. Could such a person say "I'm a member the team"? Could he walk around with his NBA jersey without people throwing stones at him? I bet you he could.
In conclusion, Makhov is an UFC fighter because his contract says he is an UFC fighter. By the way, you must become an UFC fighter before your first fight, not after it. If you're not an UFC fighter, you won't be allowed to fight in the UFC in the first place. If having a fight in the UFC was necessary to become an UFC fighter, there would be no UFC fighters. Your perspective isn't just wrong, it defies all logic.
Did I say Bilyal Makhov had the same MMA credentials as Yoel Romero or Henry Cejudo? Did I even say he had any MMA credentials at all? No, I didn't. That's not what we're talking about. We're not talking about the wrestler with the most MMA credentials. We're talking about the wrestler with the most wrestling credentials who has ever come to MMA. Those are two completely different things.
Makhov did exactly that; he came to MMA. He still has to accomplish things in MMA. Maybe he won't even accomplish anything in MMA. But he still came to MMA, whether you like it or not.
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