That is also why they continue to get title shots when others may deserve the shot more.

Andrei Arlovski deserves a title shot. I have little doubt that when hi is on his game that he can beat Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Mirco Cro-cop, etc.

But, sadly, skill and merit don’t always carry the day. Instead Dana White has to want you to win before you will get your shot at winning. Case in point, Tim Sylvia’s shot at an interim title. That doesn’t even pass the smell test. It just stinks.

so that those of us who are gonzaga fans can see him tear through Werdum!
that fight isn’t going to be fair at all….

but yes bring back AA i wanna see him fight a striker he’s had two BJJ guys in a row, let him fight vera in the spring, like in march or something vera will be healed by then. and after that AA can make his run for the title and vera can drop down to LHW

I couldn’t have said it better myself, mad_drummer.

Dana White, people will understand if Tim still needs to earn one more win after his unanimous decision loss to Couture. Yeah, Vera was victory number one but he should still be entailed to win AT LEAST one more fight. How does it look when your champ can get demolished, lose his belt, and then win against a fighter who hadn’t fought in a year (granted it was Brandon Vera) and get a shot right away to earn his title back?

Perhaps that may have been the case a couple of years ago when the HW division was extremely thin but with the current talent among the HW division, it’s an injustice and a slap in the face to all your top HWs to put Tim Sylvia right back in the vacant title fight.

I am not saying that it should necessarily be BIG NOG vs. AA but I believe that AA has earned the respect of his fellow peers, God knows he’s popular as hell, and for Gods sake you agreed to give him a title shot.

My opinion, BIG NOG vs. ARLOVSKI. Fans will be ecstatic, Tim can earn his one more victory, and then you can have the winner of BIG NOG vs. ARLOVSKI take on the winner of Tim and his opponent. My ideal fight for Tim to earn his second win would be against Cheick Kongo. This way, regardless of who wins SYLVIA vs. KONGO, the winner will have established a win/performance streak that’s impressive enough to legitimately get the winner of BIG NOG vs. AA.

Just my opinion but I think it’s pretty good.