T.J. Dillashaw’s Worst-Case Scenario: Could a Loss Leave Him out in the Cold?

Really quick, let’s lay out the doomsday scenario for T.J. Dillashaw. The new men’s bantamweight champion is already getting the short end of the stick on Saturday—slated for a nonsensical immediate rematch against Renan Barao on an otherwise dreadful UFC 177 card. It’s the sort of booking that can only be justified by the fight […]

Really quick, let’s lay out the doomsday scenario for T.J. Dillashaw. The new men’s bantamweight champion is already getting the short end of the stick on Saturday—slated for a nonsensical immediate rematch against Renan Barao on an otherwise dreadful UFC 177 card. It’s the sort of booking that can only be justified by the fight […]

Worst-Case Scenario for Each UFC Champion in the Next 12 Months

Every champion must face a worst-case scenario head-on every once in a while. Some get injured, some have bad nights and others show up physically when they know they never showed up mentally on fight night. These things happen, and for some current UF…

Every champion must face a worst-case scenario head-on every once in a while. Some get injured, some have bad nights and others show up physically when they know they never showed up mentally on fight night. These things happen, and for some current UFC champions, it happened int 2012. Will it happen in 2013? If […]