Did Condit deserve a Title Shot vs. Lawler? Win over Alves, Loss to Woodley, sat out a year?
And yes, He lost all 8 minutes of his Fight with Woodley, so how did Carlos earn his fight with Robbie? Condit Jumped Wonderboy, Maia and Woodley after beating Alves (Not Top 10 ) after stting out a year injured? Woodley broke his foot in his fight with Kelvin and then Hendricks missed weight, but at least he beat Stun Gun, and Gastelum, and was promised a fight by the UFC.
People can say Condit would have won his fight with Woodley, but you can't watch that fight and say the tide was going to change, Woodley was having success every second of that fight with leg kicks and Takedowns. I doubt Condit was about to stop a TD within the next round or even 3 rounds, He has never seen a takedown he could stop in his career.
I get that Condit is an awesome fighter who has a fan friendly style, More friendly at times than Wonderboy, so if Condit beats Maia, will fans or the UFC not view Carlos as the biggest fight and most deserving? Fans will want to see Woodley/Condit 2. If Maia Wins, who is the real #1 Contender since one can easily argue that both fighter's are deserving.
As it stands now, Robbie is the #1 contender, but he has gone silent, so has Thompson. Interesting. Nobody screaming to fight Woodley. What are we missing cause GSP is trolling us as usual.
I didn't Proof read, just felt this needed to be said, UFC has always made fights based on Reputation. Hendricks was passed over by Nick Diaz coming off a loss when he was killing everyone. I could give examples all day, but now Thompson should feel 10% as bad as Aldo felt after 9 years Undefeated in the era of rematches. Aldo was most deserving Champ to ever deserve a Re-match especially after a 14 second fight. Say what you want about him missing fights etc. The guy was clearly the #1 pound for Pound fighter when he lost.
Thompson wins 2 fights and now is unbeatable and Woodley is scared. That makes sense. WW has 5-6 guys who could be champ on any given night.