Quote (Havocide @ Dec 21 2009 07:16am)
Italics: Who at the time was a better hw contender than brock? No one really stood out.
Bold: Put the exact same fighter in the ufc, minus the name...and tell me people would still be mad about him having the title shot after winning it and defending the belt successfully.
also, yes it was that obvious.
http://www.bestfightodds.com/fighters/Randy-Couture-79 brock was the slight favorite...obviously people (the massive betting public + pundits) thought brock had a very good chance of beating couture.
i would still be upset, if not more upset to see a no name guy come in the ufc and do exactly what brock did
win one lose one then title shot, just seems unfair to me. but thats business
Quote (vitt4300 @ Dec 21 2009 06:25am)
You cant fault him for getting a title shot.. not his decision. Anyone would have taken it i mean really your going to say something about when he gets a title shot. People wanted to see him fight so Dana made it happen.
no im not putting the blame on him for getting it to early, and yes anyone would have taken it if offered to them. i understand its a business and there was a lot of money in giving him that fight. sometimes business just isnt fair to others in that business
its just my opinion that he got the fight a little premature, and seeing as how this is an opinion based argument i dont think any of us are gonna win lol
Quote (masterofshadows @ Dec 21 2009 07:25am)
i figured brock would win but i do think he got the title shot to early although it didn't bother me because if he wasn't worthy of holding the title, he would lose it right? hasn't lost it yet
hes definately worthy of holding it. i never said he wasnt good, like i said before hes good at what he does (obviously or he wouldnt have the title) . all i was saying is as far as being the best all around hw mixed martial artist, i cant agree. now if he keeps dominating fights, and keeps improving he definately has the potential to fill that spot.
This post was edited by moneymike on Dec 21 2009 01:21pm