So Cerrone is anywhere between +125 and +140 against Lawler, does that make sense to anyone?
I mean it's Robbie Lawler so there's always the chance he's just gonna shut Cerrone's lights out at some point... but it's only a three-round fight, Lawler is a notoriously slow starter, isn't Cerrone simply outworking him the most likely outcome here?
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Originally Posted by SwoopAE
Cyborg vs Anderson added to 214 for the womens 145 belt, GDR stripped as champion for refusing to fight Cyborg who is the #1 contender. Feels pretty gross but at the same time it sets a good precedent, if a champion won't fight the #1 contender they should be stripped of the belt and GDR was totally expendable.
...unless that champion's name is Conor McGregor. Or Michael Bisping. Or maybe Tyron Woodley :P
Agree GDR was totally expendable as champion, and I don't think she had a hope in hell of getting either the UFC or Cyborg to agree to the kind of drug test stipulations you mentioned. She's just got no leverage: even as the "champion", she's not the drawcard in that fight. If Mark Hunt couldn't get those kind of assurances against Overeem then GDR was always going to get screwed.
As for Mighty Mouse and Dillashaw... I honestly don't understand the hard-on the UFC suddenly has for that fight. I mean are they just looking for something they know Mighty Mouse won't agree to so they've got grounds to axe the division or something?!? The UFC has never been in the TJ Dillashaw business at any point before now: if anyone in the past few years deserved an instant rematch after losing their belt it was him, but he's been effectively sidelined ever since. He's not a proven draw, there's no real reason to think a DJ-TJ fight will do much more business than any other DJ fight... and I think it's fair for everyone concerned to question how Dillashaw even makes 125.