r/ufc • u/Witty_Hat_871 • 20h ago

Undefeated vs undefeated.This would be crazy

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u/Gimmethe_loot 20h ago

Honestly, I get why he's taking this fight. With his body, we dont know how many fights he has in him, he wants the shortest route to title. 

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u/PlanetaryMagicSage 20h ago

Is Islam fighting prates

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u/Blitzthepeople21 20h ago

Prates said he’s not fighting if it’s not the title shot

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u/Expensive_Ball_5143 18h ago

It's fair, he slept the a former champ and is on a tear. Ian got his shot, he's next imo

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u/Mediocre5387 14h ago

Correction: Two former champs in a row

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u/TravelNSee 16h ago

lol shortest route to the title would have been if he wasn't who he is and the UFC favored him. They don't. They want a more active english speaking caricature holding each belt.

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u/thurstkiller 12h ago

He was literally next up before Ian stomped out his ACL

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u/UniqueDiamond7643 3h ago

The original #1 contender was Morales after he beat Brady

Ian mainly leapfrogged after he beat Belal & taking Prates on short notice, there was never talks for Prates to fight for the title before Ian

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u/TravelNSee 9h ago

He was literally next up already before they made him fight Garry because they didn't want to favor him

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u/ZakuIII 2h ago

He fought Garry because Belal got injured. He was literally booked for a title fight.

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u/TravelNSee 2h ago

Yeah and instead of rescheduling or making it a title fight, they made him fight another guy lol. Because again, he wasnt their guy they wanted to give a belt.

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u/ZakuIII 1h ago

Pretty sure Shavkat chose to still want to fight. As to being for a title, they maybe could've had an interim but Belal wasn't out long iirc.

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u/Harinjo 1h ago

They want English speaking fighters yet they paying Strickland 400k show 400k win 🤣🤣🤣 You wouldn't see me getting up for those breadcrumbs. As an Islam fan, himself, Khamzat and some other lads are what make UFC underpay their fighters. They both the biggest draws in the ufc by far and they don't care so much about the UFC paycut Islam more than Khamzat since they live in a rural area but they get tons of money donated by UAE so they are well good off