Yeah even though Stipe arguably doesn't deserve it, at least the fight with Jones & him was originally lined up before Aspinall got the interim belt. So it makes sense from the UFC's perspective not to "punish" Stipe for Jones injury by not giving him the fight now. But yeah Pereira somehow...
He was saying that when he fought Chandler so it's not really a new excuse. I don't think he ever said that's the sole reason he lost but surely it could've played a role.
Yeah Jon has no way out, even if Pereira smokes Ankalaev next there's no way they could justify to the fans how Pereira could get a HW title fight before Aspinall if he's healthy and able to fight.
Usman has only lost to Edwards & Chimaev in the last 10+ years, you'd have to have zero confidence in him to seriously suggest he fight Tony Ferguson.
Tony Ferguson has lost 7 straight fights and the last 3 all to unranked opponents, he shouldn't be fighting perhaps at all and definitely not vs...
How so? Usman is too shop worn at this point to put on a 15 minute wrestling clinic. Not like he's much of a submission threat anyways. MVP has freaky wrist control like he showed vs Douglas Lima, he'd be winning every second of that fight that he can keep it standing. Usman would get lit up.
Evloev also fought off against Lopes' submission attempts very well, and he was a short notice replacement opponent. Sterling has one submission win dating back to 2019, he's not a Charles Oliveira level submission threat especially against someone like Evloev.
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