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I could see Cerrone. UFC wants him to sit out and wait for the title fight but he keeps saying he wants to fight.
 
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Sad at the Gilbret news especially after his last fight.

And I wish UFC treated their countdowns like that HBO Floyd/Paq special. Mendes pointing out the same thing I did about Siver taking Connor down and using elementary wrestling.
 
What do you think the UFC should do if Mendes beats Conor convincingly? I don't really want to see Mendes vs Aldo III. How crazy would it be if they put Aldo to the side and have Mendes fight Edgar for the interim belt, and then right after the fight announce Conor vs Aldo and argue that "this is the fight the fans want to see, this is the fight that was supposed to happen, etc", and the winner of each fight will unify the belt.
 
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The thought had crossed my mind......

Basically a 4 man tournament.

Problem is, you could wind up with Mendes vs. McGregor again.
 
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Damn.

Gil HUSTLED the UFC for the new deal and now this.

UFC looking a mess lately. I said it back then. I would have let him walk.

All he was gonna do is fight Chandler 3 times too :lol:
 
What do you think the UFC should do if Mendes beats Conor convincingly? I don't really want to see Mendes vs Aldo III. How crazy would it be if they put Aldo to the side and have Mendes fight Edgar for the interim belt, and then right after the fight announce Conor vs Aldo and argue that "this is the fight the fans want to see, this is the fight that was supposed to happen, etc", and the winner of each fight will unify the belt.

I think they have to make Aldo v. Mendes 3. The last fight was lit, so they could sell the third fight off of that.

The big question I believe is if they feed Conor to Frankie. I honestly think they might not make that fight, and hold Conor to the side in case Mendes or Aldo pulls out so he can step in.

The way the UFC mistreated Aldo in this whole scenario, I doubt they add fuel to the fire by messing around and having the Interim tittle get treat the real belt.
 
As good of a fight as Aldo/Mendes 2 was, just by the reaction to Mendes stepping into the Conor fight, it doesn't seem like a fight that many people are dying to see. As the poster above said outright.

Seemed like part of the reason people felt Chad shouldn't be fighting Conor is that he shouldn't be fighting Aldo so quickly if he wins.

Ultimately, the guy is 0-2 vs Aldo. By KO and by UD 49-46.

Landed some good shots in the 2nd fight but it's not like he had 2 razor close fights against the champ.

Realistically though you can put any of those 4 guys against the other and it should make for a great fight.
 
I'm not really excited for Aldo v. Mendes 3 either.

But that is the risk the UFC took when they didn't give Frankie the shot.

All these what ifs could have been avoided with better match making. And I definitely don't think it is fair to Aldo to have the 145 championship be settled in a 4 man tournament.

So it can appear like both belts hold equal prestige and their is some question over who the champ is.

I get it who be better for business, but a Aldo v. Conor for one tittle, and Mendes v. Edgar for another tittle would be straight up disrespectful too Aldo. (Which would probably be the setups with the had a 4 man tourney)

Have Aldo fight the Interim champ and have a #1 contender match on the same card. There is precedent for that.
 
If Mendes wins then I think they make Aldo v Mendes 3.

But I think they also have McGregor on the card as the co-main, as a #1 contender fight.

The real question is whether they give Frankie the shot against McGregor or if they wait for another 145'er to win a fight in dominating fashion before trying to sell us on him being the best/toughest fight for Mcgregor. Kinda like they tried making people think Siver was a top contender and a really good wrestler and McGregor stopping his takedowns was spectacular.
 
As much as I hate what the UFC has been doing I don't recall them ever trying to make siver seem like a good wrestler nor even a top contender. They pretty much made it seem like siver was the sacrificial lamb

Was there media saying that that was supposed to be a tough fight?
 
If I remember right, listen to Rogan and Goldberg during the fight. They made it seem like McGregor stuffing Siver's takedowns was such a great thing. It felt like a lot of it was done to help quell some of the talk about McGregor not facing a wrestler.
 
Ah ok. Rogan has a tendency to say some random stuff. I feel like I recall the build up being like "look this guy siver is going to get beat" and it being more of a showcase lol smh
 
I'm not really excited for Aldo v. Mendes 3 either.

But that is the risk the UFC took when they didn't give Frankie the shot.

All these what ifs could have been avoided with better match making. And I definitely don't think it is fair to Aldo to have the 145 championship be settled in a 4 man tournament.

So it can appear like both belts hold equal prestige and their is some question over who the champ is.

I get it who be better for business, but a Aldo v. Conor for one tittle, and Mendes v. Edgar for another tittle would be straight up disrespectful too Aldo. (Which would probably be the setups with the had a 4 man tourney)

Have Aldo fight the Interim champ and have a #1 contender match on the same card. There is precedent for that.

Agreed that the matchmaking lately has been a mess.

One thing I'm wondering....if Aldo pulled out, is he on a medical suspension?

I could see some shady **** around that. The UFC obviously wanted him in this fight. As seen by this mysterious doctor ****.

Anything can happen now if they're also pissed that he pulled out.

Winner of Holloway/Oliveira probably going to get in this mix soon too.
 
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If I remember right, listen to Rogan and Goldberg during the fight. They made it seem like McGregor stuffing Siver's takedowns was such a great thing. It felt like a lot of it was done to help quell some of the talk about McGregor not facing a wrestler.
Promotion 101. Everyone knew Siver was going to be a can to help Connor look good and legitimize his claims to a title shot.

They should've went with Plan C with Connor. Nate Diaz. From a buy rate perspective, a trash talking back and forth between the two would've been great. AND Nate has zilch wrestling so he would've ate leg kicks and tried to outbox Connor and if by some horrible octagon accident, Connor ended up on the floor, he would've used some BJJ. You know what you're getting with the Diaz brothers.

Mendes/Edgar are a huge risk to derailing the possible huge championship fight payday with a Connor McGregor.

And how are we going to get a Mendes/Aldo 3 when we haven't even gotten a Edgar/Aldo 2, which was awhile back.

I'd love to see Holloway/McGregor too. Max has grown a lot in the cage. His last lost was to McGregor.
 
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Na man. UFC has f'd around enough with these goofy matchups. Mendes is the least they could have done if not Frankie

The legitimacy would have completely went down the drain if they put washed Nate Diaz in there

I don't think fans even care about Diaz anymore tbh. Buy rates will be just as good or better with Money Mendes. In less than 2 weeks it would be tough for Diaz and Conor to build any sort of trash talk and they have no history on top of that

But I do agree, I would love to see Max and Conor go back at it. The Holloway/Oliveria fight is going to be LIT
 
btw I find it really ironic that Gil got popped for PED's when Nick Diaz has been one of the loudest complainers about PED use

I have to wonder if they've talked yet 
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And I just remembered Jake Shields got popped too a while back 
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I'm not really excited for Aldo v. Mendes 3 either.

But that is the risk the UFC took when they didn't give Frankie the shot.

All these what ifs could have been avoided with better match making. And I definitely don't think it is fair to Aldo to have the 145 championship be settled in a 4 man tournament.

So it can appear like both belts hold equal prestige and their is some question over who the champ is.

I get it who be better for business, but a Aldo v. Conor for one tittle, and Mendes v. Edgar for another tittle would be straight up disrespectful too Aldo. (Which would probably be the setups with the had a 4 man tourney)

Have Aldo fight the Interim champ and have a #1 contender match on the same card. There is precedent for that.
Agreed with everything you just posted here. I think Mendes is going to win and maybe KO/TKO conor
 
if mgregor looses, I dont think he will stay at 145 for long



who yall got against robbie x rory tho???
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I think Rory in a close one. Lawler is a deserving champ and he's rounded out his game nicely 

I do think Rory will have no troubles taking him down. Rory went through this weird phase where he was fighting not to lose. He got over that and has been blasting dudes lately
 
I think Rory in a close one. Lawler is a deserving champ and he's rounded out his game nicely 

I do think Rory will have no troubles taking him down. Rory went through this weird phase where he was fighting not to lose. He got over that and has been blasting dudes lately

Who has he "blasted" lately?
 
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