Whats next for The "Red King"?
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I think both Condit and Diaz deserve a fight with Lawler first.
Let Rory Mac fight Matt Brown. If he wins convincingly, he gets a title shot. Or the Hendricks-Thompson winner.
Let Rory Mac fight Matt Brown. If he wins convincingly, he gets a title shot. Or the Hendricks-Thompson winner.
No clue.
Condit, Maia, Diaz, Rory Mac, Hendricks, Thompson, Lombard ... All could make the argument that they should be next for a title shot and I'd be ok with any.
If GSP comes back, could you imagine? This is exciting as the WW has ever been, imo.
Condit, Maia, Diaz, Rory Mac, Hendricks, Thompson, Lombard ... All could make the argument that they should be next for a title shot and I'd be ok with any.
If GSP comes back, could you imagine? This is exciting as the WW has ever been, imo.
Rematches have their place...after they've fought a few others guys first
Tbh, while there are plenty of good fights for him, I thought they should have stopped that fight with lawler when he blitzed him at the end of the third (think it was the third).......he earned my respect and he never had it until then.....
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He won 3/4 rounds but ok
Who, Robert or Rory?
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Rory was up 3-1 on all 3 judges' scorecards before the 5th round.
The problem is that he had nothing left for that fifth round and Robbie did.
Can't argue with that.......he took an ass kicking from a beast.....and i wanted Robbie to win.....but I was begging for the bell when he was laying that beating on Robbie.
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Robbie is as tough as they come. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to TKO the guy. He has only been KO'd once when he was young and put himself way out of position. I don't see him making that mistake now that he has more experience in the cage.
I love Nick Diaz, but can someone please explain to me why he deserves a title shot? He hasn't won a fight since 2011.
The UFC hasn't made many match ups lately based on who's deserving. It's all about the $$$ and Lawler vs Diaz would draw.
In his last 5 fights, Rory has lost to Robbie twice. Their last fight ended in a brutal KO. He's a long way from a rematch.
The best thing for him would be if Robbie loses the belt to somebody else, creating a fresh championship match for him or a rematch with Condit (another fight he dominated early before getting KOed late). In the meanwhile, he's going to have to win at least a couple of fights.
The best thing for him would be if Robbie loses the belt to somebody else, creating a fresh championship match for him or a rematch with Condit (another fight he dominated early before getting KOed late). In the meanwhile, he's going to have to win at least a couple of fights.
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I'll give you the short version:
1. He's already beaten the champ in dominating fashion.
2. He is a needle mover.
3. After everything the NSAC did to try to fuck his career up, the least the UFC could do to make up for it is let him get a shot at the gold.
Condit will probably get the next shot but after Condit Nick is the #1 contender.
I agree, but this would be one of the worst ones in my opinion. Nick's last 3 fights are a loss to Carlos Condit (who just lost to the champ), a loss for the same WW belt(against one of the GOATs), and a loss (against another one of the GOATs) in a non-title fight. I think they need to give Nick a non-title fight that he can win before giving him the champ. Matt Brown.
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Rory arguably won the first fight and was winning that second fight before completely gassing.
Normally I would agree that a third fight is unnecessary when one guy won both matches, but this is an exception. I think most people would agree that Rory has a very good chance of beating Robbie if they were to fight again.
1. He beat the champ in dominating fashion over 11 years ago. Shouldn't have anything to do with matchmaking in 2016.
2. He is a needle mover, but I think that means he can draw with any name next to his. Doesn't have to be a title fight.
3. The UFC owes Nick nothing. The NSAC are the ones who screwed up, and the UFC shouldn't feel obligated to right a wrong that they did not cause.
I don't know what to do with Rory. He was so close to winning the title that he does deserve another shot. If Wonderboy is able to catch Hendricks with something and put him out, the WW division is going to be stacked with 5 potential #1 contenders.
Robbie always has that extra gas left. We see these close ww championship fights ever since GSP left the game. GSP was part of some of those as well. Looking back though, makes you respect how long GSP held on to that belt. Welter weight is probably the toughest class out there.
Robbie would leave conor a bloody pulp, are we serious here ?
