Maybe it is the case that a lot of 155ers can beat each other on any given night. Not sure why you’re getting so upset about it, like you’re dating these guys or something. In most other divisions the ufc is leaps and bounds ahead of other organizations. Khabib was miles ahead of the rest of the fighters at 155. I wish we could have seen khabib compete up a weight class to truly know how skilled he was or whether he was dominating guys in a mediocre division. Mazvidal is overrated and gets to cherry pick strikers. Jorge and Nate both.
155 is nowhere near weak. Khabib is “the most dominant” lightweight and only had three title defenses. Three is the most obtained by any lightweight in the history of the division, I think BJ being the other guy to achieve that.
Aside from that the belt switches hands pretty often. I see that Charles, like many others, Won’t get the credit he deserves.
You saw what he did to Dustin, right? The same Dustin who’s only loss in the last five years was against Khabib.
I did see the fight. I dunno what happened to Dustin in round 2, by round 3 he had checked out. Maybe he’s nearing the end as a fighter. He made a ton of money against Conor and the build ups likely took a lot out of him. I hope Charles goes on a nice run. I like seeing a dominate champion.
Ya i mean he almost got finished in round 1. He’s not a dominant fighter, there is no dominant lightweight without khabib. They will just play musical chairs with the belt. Oliveiria probably loses his next fight.
Oliveira has definitely improved. His striking has improved by a large margin. He’s managed to do it without his body getting too banged up so far.
I certainly didn’t see this as his peak. I never thought he’d sniff at a championship. 155 has been good for him. He was drained at featherweight and must’ve missed that weight at least 4-5 times, if I recall correctly.
I guess you missed the 9 knees Charles landed to the body in round 1? Add those to the pace Charles was fighting at led to to Dustin mentally and physically exhausted.
Charlie olives has gotten that much better. He tightened his striking n clinch game and he’s always had an incredible ground game. He’s a great fighter who’s won what 9 in a row? Dudes a bad ass yall need to waken up.