Hell, even Tony wasn't dropping at first for the same reason. "He only lost to the champ, the last contender, and the next contender."
Yeah and in no world should a guy be consecutively booked against those 3 opponents to make a losing streak. The #50 ranked guy would have lost those 3 fights in a row too, that tells us nothing. Losses should mean dropping, and a really good fighter top ranked fighter should end up turning that around pretty quickly.
I've always said, your record is your resume, and you gotta keep that shit updated. He's applying for the title contender position, and the interviewer should be going, "Can you explain these gaps?"