http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2009/07/03/mma-tidbits-for-july-3rd-2009/ MMA Opinion and Cheap MMA Gear Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2009/07/03/mma-tidbits-for-july-3rd-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7157 Bill Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:55:44 +0000 http://mmaopinion.com/?p=3262#comment-7157 WAR PENN! Anyway, I am not a believer that two fights in a division make you a title contender, unless you held a belt at another weight class or were a title contender there. Sanchez never earned his title shot at WW and could not get into contention. So he drops a weight class because he then believes he is the "best" there. Sure he beat Stevenson and Guida, but he should have to either fight the loser of Penn vs. Florian or another fighter like Edgar to gain a shot. He was not able to gain a title shot before, he should have to earn one now! I mean no matter what Florian's first title shot was like in order to earn this one he had six fights since his loss to Sherk. Diego should at least have half as many before he gets one. WAR PENN! Anyway, I am not a believer that two fights in a division make you a title contender, unless you held a belt at another weight class or were a title contender there. Sanchez never earned his title shot at WW and could not get into contention. So he drops a weight class because he then believes he is the “best” there. Sure he beat Stevenson and Guida, but he should have to either fight the loser of Penn vs. Florian or another fighter like Edgar to gain a shot. He was not able to gain a title shot before, he should have to earn one now! I mean no matter what Florian’s first title shot was like in order to earn this one he had six fights since his loss to Sherk. Diego should at least have half as many before he gets one.

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