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#576
#576
Stephen A Smith said he would be praying for Chael on First Take today. Lol Sonnen does hype a fight and is slightly entertaining. TUF will be fun, he still doesn't deserve a title shot.
 
#577
#577
Let's be real about the booking of the Bones-Chael fight. Unless Bones wanted to fight a catchweight bout against a HW, his next fight was not going to be appealing to a lot of MMA fans. Hendo-Machida was already scheduled, and they were probably the two most deserving. Bones has already dismantled Rashad, Bader, and Shogun. Gustafsson's win over Shogun was his first against a top-notch LHW, so he needs at least 1 and possibly 2 more fights of that caliber before you would consider him ready for a title shot. Glover will be a contender soon, but he's only had 2 UFC fights. They were in a bad spot.
 
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#579
#579
shelbyvillevol said:
Let's be real about the booking of the Bones-Chael fight. Unless Bones wanted to fight a catchweight bout against a HW, his next fight was not going to be appealing to a lot of MMA fans. Hendo-Machida was already scheduled, and they were probably the two most deserving. Bones has already dismantled Rashad, Bader, and Shogun. Gustafsson's win over Shogun was his first against a top-notch LHW, so he needs at least 1 and possibly 2 more fights of that caliber before you would consider him ready for a title shot. Glover will be a contender soon, but he's only had 2 UFC fights. They were in a bad spot.
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Double post my bad
 
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#580
#580
shelbyvillevol said:
Let's be real about the booking of the Bones-Chael fight. Unless Bones wanted to fight a catchweight bout against a HW, his next fight was not going to be appealing to a lot of MMA fans. Hendo-Machida was already scheduled, and they were probably the two most deserving. Bones has already dismantled Rashad, Bader, and Shogun. Gustafsson's win over Shogun was his first against a top-notch LHW, so he needs at least 1 and possibly 2 more fights of that caliber before you would consider him ready for a title shot. Glover will be a contender soon, but he's only had 2 UFC fights. They were in a bad spot.
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Hendo-Machida got set because the UFC screwed them both. Hendo was the #1 contender but hurt his knee. The fighter that looked the best between Vera-Shogun and Machida-Bader was supposed to be next. It went to machida who didn't want to take the fight on a short training camp. Can't blame him since it may have been his last chance. So Dana got his panties in a bunch and took it away from both of them and set up the Hendo-Machida fight. Chael seized the opportunity of hendos injury and Machida wanting more time. In no way did Hendo-Machida make the Chael-Jones fight happen. It was the opposite actually.
 
#584
#584
shelbyvillevol said:
You can lose a #1 contenders bout and still get a title shot. Ask Nick Diaz.
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Diaz is getting a shot because that fight with GSP 1,000x more marketable than one with Hendricks. Hendricks is still young and up and coming. He'll get his shot.

The UFC is a business and White runs it like one. What's the problem?
 
#585
#585
shelbyvillevol said:
TOP, I get your frustration, but I honestly think placing all the blame on Dana is unfair. Chael volunteered to fight Jones on 3 weeks notice. I'm sure Dana promised him a favorable booking in the future after he made the effort to help save that card. But even that really isn't the issue. Dana has thousands of fans on twitter and msg. boards that were clamoring for him to book the Bones-Chael fight. Knowing that he needed blockbuster coaches for the upcoming season of TUF, he saw an oppurtunity that was too good to pass up.

At the end of the day, the UFC is a business just like anything else. Not only that, but their business is largely dependent on PPV buys. That leads to the UFC being somewhat handcuffed sometimes when it comes to booking fights.
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Give him the fight, but don't make it a title fight. Just because he wants the fight doesn't mean he should get it. Every fighter out there wants a title shot, that doesn't mean they will get it. Belfort called out Jones and Dana and wants a title shot, lets see if he gets it
 
#588
#588
bentenn said:
Give him the fight, but don't make it a title fight. Just because he wants the fight doesn't mean he should get it. Every fighter out there wants a title shot, that doesn't mean they will get it. Belfort called out Jones and Dana and wants a title shot, lets see if he gets it
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They need to knock off the, trash gets a title fight thing. Its annoying when skill doesn't matter over a big mouth.
 
#590
#590
VOLinthaATL said:
Diaz is getting a shot because that fight with GSP 1,000x more marketable than one with Hendricks. Hendricks is still young and up and coming. He'll get his shot.

The UFC is a business and White runs it like one. What's the problem?
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Unless another big mouth talks his way ahead of Hendricks. Btw I think Hendricks is the biggest challenge to GSP. Jumping guys that lose to title shots, over warranted contenders will eventually cost the UFC. Hendo was the #1 contender, didn't lose, where is he in the contenders list now? Behind Chael and possibly Vitor? It's a joke honestly.
 
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