Changed my mind, JDM looked a little too good tonight

So topuria vs charles for ifw for the interim

He's lowkey might try to stand with JDM too, great fight

Its gonna a be a banger for sure. But lets not act like Ilia vs Islam is not the one to make.

We will see the next Belal fight in 2027 🙏💔

They all present different challenges. Brady is a phenomenal grappler, great top position and one of the best top half guard players in mma with a pretty good sub game. His guillotines are nasty and he sets em up from top position.
Garry is a super technical and smart striker. Great range management and hard to hit clean. He’s not gonna be there the way Belal was.
Morales is a prospect but he’s got crazy power, he’s still a little green but he’ll be a killer in a few years.
Prates is still dangerous and has great Muay Thai, if he can adjust his pace for 5 rounders and get his cardio up he’ll be a hard fight for anyone.
Buckley the only guy whos a reach but he’s been proving me wrong every fight at this division. If he cooks Usman he’s a legit problem.
None of these are easy fights. It’s a pretty good division. All these guys vs Jack would be hard to call who’d win.

For the first time ever the ufc is gonna pretend to care about title defenses. Belal prolly ain’t getting that rematch despise the great performance.

Not only is he not getting the rematch, he's probably going to the back of the line lmao

Wouldn't be shocked if they made him fight Colby next or some s*** so he doesn't accidentally take out a younger contender

He shouldn’t, it’s his first defense and there’s a line of killers in this division. He also knows his teammate wants that belt. Belal gotta fight his way back like anyone else cause there’s at least 3 guys who are in line.

okay we can be best friends now !

Belal is not active enough to get that rematch. Idek if hed want it

I’m not saying he should but the ufc usually forces that title rematch regardless of defenses nowadays. He probably will be an exception.

The backup fighter for this one isn't even getting the next shot

Belal is facing an uphill battle to say the least and he's already 36 (almost 37,) it's not looking too good

I mean as they should. It sounds like they’re cracking down more on championship “status” and what it means. Ie. making ilia drop belt to go up, and telling other champs they can’t move around without clearing division

I’m not disagreeing holy s***

That’s usually if it’s a huge draw of a fighter or if there’s not a real contender that can fight in that timeframe.
This is different, Islam already negotiated his shot, Garry was willing to do it on short notice and Shavkat should be healthy by the time Jack wants to fight again

You guys are quite literally giving the reason as to why I made the statement to begin with

Poor Belal

At least he got to touch gold and go out with a banger fight

If Islam don’t relinquish the belt then he’s for sure going to fight ilia if he can beat Charles. Honestly that’s the best way to do it. Hypes up ilia at LW and for Islam his resume isn’t just adding another 45er. Helps sell that fight better too.

If im Ilia and Islam isnt giving up the belt why would take a fight thats not for the belt

I get he has to at this point but UFC rlly hoed him lol and Islam is ducking crazy

Interim belt, unify it in the next fight in a mega fight. Taking out Charles and Islam back to back would solicit him as a lightweight great as well.

Its just crazy they force u to give up FW belt to move up and promise a title fight. Only for the other dude to get to keep his belt and now u fight for a fake belt