He hasn’t lost in 6 years and that was a fluky loss. Also “taking 4 times to get through Cutelaba and Walker” is pretty misleading when he either smoked or was smoking them both in every matchup. In that fight against Jan he threw 312 strikes to Jan’s 140 and people want to blame him because he decided to bank a couple rounds. He outlanded Jan and dominated him on the ground. To me Jan had no business getting a draw out of that one.
Again, wtf did Colby do to deserve his shots? He’s not a draw, he is more boring of a fighter than Ankalaev by a mile, his resume was worse (all his significant wins were decisions against ancient fighters or lightweights). Dana is inconsistent in how he applies this nonsense
If he wants strikers and striking matchups then start a f***ing UFC Muay Thai company. Otherwise call this something else because it’s not mixed martial arts if you don’t want people to actually mix it up and fight to the best of their abilities
Let’s give Dustin Jacoby a shot while we’re at it, he’s a GLORY kickboxer! (And he actually beat Rountree regardless of what the dumbass judges said)
If it’s not a sport then leave ESPN and stop pretending to be a sport. Don’t have any rankings at all. It’s WWE booking.
152 of Ankalaev's strikes were thrown in the last 2 rounds, only 56 were considered significant and only 28 of those significant strikes landed. So in the final 10 minutes of action, to close out a PPV, Ankalaev out grappled an exhausted Jan and landed at a 3 significant strikes per minute pace... That ruins a fight and ruins a PPV.
Through the first 3 rounds of that fight Jan landed 53 significant strikes to Ankalaev's 50. And apparently did enough to have 2 judges give him the first 3 rounds, and one judge give him two.
A repeat of Ankalaev vs Jan is exactly what the UFC wants to avoid because they know Pereira is the superior striker and they know Ankalaev can hold down Pereira and they don't want to see it.
I don't know what you're on ... But Colby draws, like it or not more casuals want to watch Colby get beaten than want to watch another Ankalaev fight. When Colby was put in a PPV headliner vs Usman, he turned it up and performed. Both times he had a great fight. It's not hard to understand that UFC wants guys who perform and put the show before their record , it's why guys like Chandler get rewarded. Colby's recent performance vs Leon on the other hand was less interesting and he won't be rewarded on that. It's how the business works.
No one forces you to watch or like it but it's no secret that the UFC picks and chooses fights, especially the ones that headline PPVs. Styles make fights and the UFC makes money by putting on fights that are perceived by the audience to be fun. Way she goes.