What the UFC should do next:
- Give Gaethje and Volkanovski a legacy fight at 155. Both retire after that.
- Same card: Ilia Topuria vs Paddy Pimblett
- Arman Tsarukyan will get his title shot against the winner of Topuria vs. Pimblett for the vacant lightweight title.
Smesh Talk retweeted
The Islam Makhachev hate is so forced it鈥檚 actually pathetic. He鈥檚 somehow ducking a fight that was never official 2 months after he last fought?
Days since UFC champions last fought for their title:
Kayla Harrison - 504 days
Tom Aspinall - 324 days (until vacating)
Petr Yan - 322 days
Alexander Volkanovski - 266 days
Carlos Ulberg - 196 days
Sean Strickland - 168 days (refusing to fight)
Justin Gaethje - 132 days (retirement?)
Ciryl Gane - 132 days
Islam Makhachev - 70 days
Mackenzie Dern - 70 days
Joshua Van - 35 days
Joshua Van is the only champion who鈥檚 defended his belt more recently than Islam but these fans don鈥檛 keep the same energy
Morales didn鈥檛 fight for one year but they want the champion and current biggest star to fight again after 4 months 馃
Morales didn't fight for a year. Prates didn't fight for 5-6 months, Bec both of them believe they should be next in line, but Prates expects Islam to turn around 3 months for him.
Both Prates & Morales could've fought under the same card of Islam/Ian, but they didn't.
#UFC
Smesh Talk retweeted
*Alexander Volkanovski talks about overcoming 2 brutal knockout losses, mental health struggles, and alcoholism
Failed 60 year journalist: you don鈥檛 know real pain like me
AND STILL 馃敟 Alex Volkanovski finishes Movsar Evloev at the end of round 2 馃敟 The greatest featherweight of all time 馃悙 #UFC333
AND STILL! 馃敟 Petr Yan beats Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision. WHAT A WAR 馃敟 #UFC333
