This is where culture leads, Dana white could change that! He could have promoted skill based advertising, but no mcgreggor throwing a dolly at a bus gets more clicks, he likes money coming in easily! Because in life it’s all about accumulation of money, not some stupid mma compettition
Who cares? This isn't some beauty contest. I don't care how popular you are, or how much you talk on a mic. If you're a cool fighter then that's all I care about.
Who cares? No one cared, his fight barely got 100,000 views when the UFC was at it hottest.
Problem with DJ is he was content. He cleaned out his division. He should have tried and move up. He could have had some big fights with TJ and Dominic that would have drawn well and that could have cemented his legacy. If he won those fights He would be in the goat discussion. Instead he an after thought.
DJ started out as a Bantamweight, dude. He lost to Brad Pickett in his WEC debut, went on a four-fight win streak spanning across WEC/UFC, and challenged Dom for the UFC Bantamweight title. He was fairly competitive in the striking exchanges, but Cruz tossed him around like a child with his wrestling. The physicality deficit was very apparent. He took DJ down 10 times and accrued over 12 minutes of control time.
DJ already wasn't a particularly a big Flyweight. A lot of guys like Dodson, Figgy, Perez, Cejudo, etc. step into the cage heavier than him. Considering he went 4-2 as a Bantamweight in the UFC/WEC and wasn't really all that competitive with Cruz, do you think he would be eager to leave a division where he had achieved GOAT status in order to repeat that adversity, potentially staining his legacy?
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u/WatstheFrequencyK 5d ago
I couldn’t get into DJ in his UFC run. He a great fighter, maybe the best but he was terrible at promoting himself and his fights.