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Jean Silva climbing his way closer to contention at 145, if he gets a big win against a ranked guy next he could be in the title picture by the end of the year.
 
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I love Topuria going to LW to fight Islam and that's definitely what's going to happen. There's no way he vacated without a guarantee of a title shot.

I'm never going to complain about a UFC fighter going big game hunting. These guys need to maximize dollars while they're still healthy and can still accomplish big things. I think the days of for instance Adesanya fighting a nonentity like Jared Canonier just because he's there are fading. Topuria doesn't owe FW anything. Plus, from all I've read, his weight cut to FW is brutal.

It's not as if he's not taking risks here. He just lost the comfort of having a championship belt. The easier/safer path is to stay at FW. Islam looks completely untouchable. Topuria could very well get wrestle ****** into oblivion. Makhachev's got the name, he's got the lineage, he's got Saudi money backing him up. The fight will probably be in Riyadh on a massive card. Hopefully vacating the belt allows Topuria to commit fully to 155 which is something I don't think we saw with either Volk fight. I love it. I think it should be applauded.
 
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Chaels Arms said:
I love Topuria going to LW to fight Islam and that's definitely what's going to happen. There's no way he vacated without a guarantee of a title shot.

I'm never going to complain about a UFC fighter going big game hunting. These guys need to maximize dollars while they're still healthy and can still accomplish big things. I think the days of for instance Adesanya fighting a nonentity like Jared Canonier just because he's there are fading. Topuria doesn't owe FW anything. Plus, from all I've read, his weight cut to FW is brutal.

It's not as if he's not taking risks here. He just lost the comfort of having a championship belt. The easier/safer path is to stay at FW. Islam looks completely untouchable. Topuria could very well get wrestle ****** into oblivion. Makhachev's got the name, he's got the lineage, he's got Saudi money backing him up. The fight will probably be in Riyadh on a massive card. Hopefully vacating the belt allows Topuria to commit fully to 155 which is something I don't think we saw with either Volk fight. I love it. I think it should be applauded.
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Fair enough.

I do think it is a bit of no win situation for Islam. If he does win the fight, he will just get criticised for beating a 'smaller' fighter again.
 
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I am not exposed said:
Fair enough.

I do think it is a bit of no win situation for Islam. If he does win the fight, he will just get criticised for beating a 'smaller' fighter again.
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Yeah probably but most fighters at LW currently with the exception of Arman are going to have asterisks like that attached to them.

I look at Topuria and he looks like he should be at LW which is not something I ever felt with Volk.
 
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Gaethje-Fiziev 2
Silva-Mitchell
Chito-Bautista
Hill-Rountree
Jacoby-Bruno Lopes
Zellhuber-Hubbard (Brener fell out so Thud steps in)
GM3-Tavares
CeeRod-Melky Costa
Inferior Tafa brother-Tokkos
Andrade-Jasudavicius
Iron Turtle-Naurdiev
Mo Usman- Hamdy
Kutateladze-Kaue Fernandes
Emmett-Murphy

All announced recently. Junior Tafa vs Tuco Tokkos is in the running for WOAT fight

UFC 314 is positively sexy at the moment

 
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Gaethje-Fiziev 2 is an absolute lose-lose fight for Justin. He already beat Fiziev, and Fiziev hasn't won a fight since then, Justin goes from fighting #6 to #11. Gaethje gets nothing if he wins, but gets pushed way back if he loses - all risk, no reward here. He's gotten the short end of the stick lately. Should have gotten the Islam fights instead of Poirier after KOing Poirier.
 
CDJ said:
Gaethje-Fiziev 2
Silva-Mitchell
Chito-Bautista
Hill-Rountree
Jacoby-Bruno Lopes
Zellhuber-Hubbard (Brener fell out so Thud steps in)
GM3-Tavares
CeeRod-Melky Costa
Inferior Tafa brother-Tokkos
Andrade-Jasudavicius
Iron Turtle-Naurdiev
Mo Usman- Hamdy
Kutateladze-Kaue Fernandes
Emmett-Murphy

All announced recently. Junior Tafa vs Tuco Tokkos is in the running for WOAT fight

UFC 314 is positively sexy at the moment

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Both Tafa's shouldnt be in the UFC.

Taytro said:
Gaethje-Fiziev 2 is an absolute lose-lose fight for Justin. He already beat Fiziev, and Fiziev hasn't won a fight since then, Justin goes from fighting #6 to #11. Gaethje gets nothing if he wins, but gets pushed way back if he loses - all risk, no reward here. He's gotten the short end of the stick lately. Should have gotten the Islam fights instead of Poirier after KOing Poirier.
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He's most likely getting a pay increase for taking this fight rather than sitting out.

He likes to fight twice a year anyways
 
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