hughes getting too long between title fights?

themaninblack · 04-01-2006, 01:20 AM

hughes will be getting over a year between putting his belt on the line (riggs not making weight/gracie). what ever happened to karo getting a shot? also, how long do you think the ufc will give its golden boy after he fights royce until he fights gsp if gsp even gets his shot?

Reeves · 04-01-2006, 01:21 AM

Karo got injured. But yeah I agree with you. Hughes hasn't defended his title in over a year, and he's not defending it against Royce.

jager · 04-01-2006, 01:23 AM

there are alot more ppv's this year and two of the other champs are hurt so i don't think it will be that long before we see gsp hughes 2

GRIZZLY · 04-01-2006, 01:29 AM

Its not Hughes fault. He will be defending its soon enough. And dont knock him for not defending. Hughes has defended his belt more than anybody else in MMA.

TheBoss86 · 04-01-2006, 01:34 AM

I think it's becoming a problem in the UFC now with the champions not defending the belts enough, especially Hughes lately (although with TUF2 and Riggs not making weight, it's not totally his fault).

Chuck has defended just twice in a year since he won it, Franklin will be just twice in the year because of his injury and Arlovski, believe it or not, will have the most title defenses in the past year when he fights Sylvia with three, but he hasn't defended since October.

It seems like with more fighters in the fold now that we probably won't see two belts defended on the same PPV for a long time.

That happened three times in a row from UFC 51 (MW, HW) 52 (LHW, WW) and 53 (MW, HW) but hasn't happened since.

It's kind of frustrating because I want to see these guys fight the top competition on a regular basis. That might just be too much to ask, though.

jager · 04-01-2006, 01:37 AM

yeah two title defenses on one ppv hasn't happened since 53 but they did try for 56 it isn't the ufc's fault riggs didn't cute enough weight

bignothing · 04-01-2006, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBoss86

I think it's becoming a problem in the UFC now with the champions not defending the belts enough, especially Hughes lately (although with TUF2 and Riggs not making weight, it's not totally his fault).

Chuck has defended just twice in a year since he won it, Franklin will be just twice in the year because of his injury and Arlovski, believe it or not, will have the most title defenses in the past year when he fights Sylvia with three, but he hasn't defended since October.

It seems like with more fighters in the fold now that we probably won't see two belts defended on the same PPV for a long time.

That happened three times in a row from UFC 51 (MW, HW) 52 (LHW, WW) and 53 (MW, HW) but hasn't happened since.

It's kind of frustrating because I want to see these guys fight the top competition on a regular basis. That might just be too much to ask, though.

Well, they defend a hell of a lot more than pride...

TheBoss86 · 04-01-2006, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bignothing

Well, they defend a hell of a lot more than pride...

Yeah, I was going to put something to that effect, but I figured I'd just let it go because we were talking about UFC.

12pkasassin · 04-01-2006, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBoss86

I think it's becoming a problem in the UFC now with the champions not defending the belts enough, especially Hughes lately (although with TUF2 and Riggs not making weight, it's not totally his fault).

Chuck has defended just twice in a year since he won it, Franklin will be just twice in the year because of his injury and Arlovski, believe it or not, will have the most title defenses in the past year when he fights Sylvia with three, but he hasn't defended since October.

It seems like with more fighters in the fold now that we probably won't see two belts defended on the same PPV for a long time.

That happened three times in a row from UFC 51 (MW, HW) 52 (LHW, WW) and 53 (MW, HW) but hasn't happened since.

It's kind of frustrating because I want to see these guys fight the top competition on a regular basis. That might just be too much to ask, though.

I AGREE

Lawrence Dunning · 04-01-2006, 01:42 AM

I dont care if there isnt a belt on the line...if Hughes looses he wold probably relinquish the belt anyways. Is Karo next or does Hughes go straight to GSP??