Originally Posted by JMTD:
“Jones was disliked way before the recent show cancellation stuff even happened. He continues to claim he's "the nicest guy in the world" and other stuff, but the truth is that many people don't buy it and simply don't find the guy likable and it stems back way before the recent stuff that happened.
Sonnen isn't only an average fighter either. Saying I've disliked the guy for a while would be an understatement, but he's a very good fighter, not incredible and of course nowhere near as good as he'll talk himself up to be, but yeah, certainly not average.
And Bat, honestly, Bader getting a title shot instead? That'd be nothing short of a demolition and likely go along the lines of their previous fight. And Davis could probably do with another fight or two before being pushed into a title shot, certainly when you take into considering how the Rashad fight went.”
Bader deserves the title shot more than a guy who has just moved into the division.
Sonnen should start at the bottom and work his way up, as if he was a newbie, which technically he is in this division.
As for Phil, yeah maybe so, but I was just thinking of other people in that division that Jones has not faced before, that was all (plus I do actually quite like him).
Why should Sonnen get prefetential treatment just because he knows how to open his mouth and speak a few words?
Actions speak far louder than words, and his actions have just not been good enough at any level to warrent any sort of title shot, at any weight, nevermind with the third best in the UFC (I would say Anderson is number one, with George number two)!
He should proove that he deserves this title shot, by you onow, actually winning some matches, I know that is a wild a crazy idea, but there you go, I will just put it out there.
As for the like or not of Jones, he gets my respect as an athlete in the cage, but away from it, for certain aspects, he doesn't help himself (the driving charge as mentioned earlier), but in others he has been hard done by (getting the blame for the PPV getting canceled), so overall I don't mind him, he is certainly not in Sonnen's level of hatred, that is for sure.