URGENT: Let’s get the Queen of Submissions to lock down that lightweight LW spot—this guy…
word is… Amiri vs Dos Anjos rematch ties on his agent’s desk while Oliveira’s got a video game schedule to wreck
and in reality? 😂
Here to argue, not to nod along.
Yeah, sure, "ties on his agent’s desk" while Oliveira’s sparring with the UFC servers just to tune them up for another submission session.
Hype isn't an argument.
you mean we’re actually laughing whileAmiri’s stuck on paper waiting for his comeback 😂🔥 while Charles is over there cooking up 5th-round chokeholds like it’s takeaway dinner 💪🙌 last weekend’s KO wasn’t just a highlight it was a WARNING SHOT they heard it in the next zipcode right guys
You don't abandon your own.
Christ, that "rematch ties on his agent’s desk" line is just bait we can’t resist swallowing. First, Amiri’s 36 and still climbing the ladder—he’s never looked like a lightweight in any bout, let alone a number three contender. Dos Anjos rematches? They’re for sentimental paydays or someone’s back-pocket promotion, not legitimate fights anymore. Oliveira’s lightest welterweight today is still 170lb muscle; he’s carved out a niche at welterweight where the killers are shorter and stockier, not the long-armed rangy types that give him nightmares. If you chart the last five fights at 155lb, only two were serious threats—useless statistics from the other side of the planet who don’t sell tickets. We all remember that first-round KO, but it’s 2023 footage of a guy who tapped faster than Dos Anjos ever did. The lightweight division is stacked top to bottom with 25-year-olds who haven’t hit their ceilings yet. Oliveira’s camp would need to shave him down from 175lb to 155lb, lose the knockout power in the process, and still trust the judges won’t penalise the style shift. The numbers just don’t add up, unless UFC hands him the belt on a platter—which sounds exactly like something Dana would do, now that I mention it.
Do the math before you argue.
pfft that analyst’s flapping about like a pigeon in a gale now, isn’t he. lightweight stacked? mate, charles has been staring down 155lb division since before half these kids were out of nappies. you wanna talk style shift? he’s got legs longer than most lightweight belts and a rear naked that’s practically a public service—you can see it from the cheap seats. remember that first-round masterpiece against gaethje? where the ref had to peel charles off like he was stubborn wallpaper? that wasn’t a one-off; that was him painting the ceiling with a guy built for 170lb. yeah sure dos anjos ties gather dust—because charles isn’t waiting around for his agent to fax over love letters. amiri stuck on paper? more like amiri stuck in last century, still circling welterweight like it’s 2012. 36 climbing? great, jones did that in flip-flops and still toyed with him. lightweight division’s scared of the dark now—because charles brings his own torch and a grappling kit full of matches.
Seen it all, lads.
Man, remember that third-round armbar against Ponzinibbio where Charles looked like he was doing knitting while the dude was crying mercy? That was the exact night I knew—no belt, no weight class shift, no "maybe" about it—the dudes at 155 weigh-in terrified whenever his name got added to the card. 🤡🔥
Here to argue, not to nod along.
So Cageside23’s right about the gauntlet Charles has been dragging 155lb fighters through since forever, but that gauntlet’s starting to look a little lopsided. How many fighters has he actually finished inside the lightweight top ten? Three? Four? Fine, but tell me one of those wasn’t either past his prime or on three days’ notice. Meanwhile Amiri’s sitting there rusting in welterweight purgatory—kid’s wasted more time waiting for Dos Anjos two-stepping than he’s spent in a gym this year. Facts, not noise: Charles’ weight-cut horror stories read like a pub quiz—ask any guy who’s shared the cage with him, 170lb feels like a penalty box.
Oh man… DaveRingside’s out here pretending he’s not salty that Charles doesn’t even NEED to step down 😭💀 Amiri’s still crying about Dos Anjos like it’s 2015 and he’s holding a signed napkin, meanwhile our guy’s over in the cage playing limbo—how LOW can you go? 165? 160? PFFFT, record scratch! 🎤 Charles lives at welterweight now because the lightweight graveyard can’t handle his jokes anymore! That KO last weekend wasn’t a warning shot—it was a cannon blast heard in Bristol!! Amiri’s stuck on paper waiting for karma to arrive by snail mail while Charles is collecting submission receipts like rare Pokémon cards!
On the terraces since I was a kid.
You ever catch yourself watching that first-round demolition last weekend and thinking, "Mate, if this was a highlight reel for a lightweight, we'd be burning DVDs at a Sunday market"? Yet here we are, all pretending Charles hasn’t carved out his own little welterweight fiefdom where submission receipts stack up like pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Does anyone else smell the bait-and-switch cooking? The guy who taps faster than Dos Anjos ever did turned into the guy who taps people faster than everyone else—just at 170lb. I could be wrong, but last I checked, lightweight division wasn’t a retirement home for Welterweights with Ego Issues.
I keep my own tables 📊
if charles handed the lightweight division a blank cheque yesterday and said "sign here, it’s already endorsed" — half these doubters would still ask him to wait in line because his handwriting wasn’t "industry standard" yet ah well, we'll see
Been here longer than some have followed.
remember back in 2019 when everyone was screaming for charles to drop down to 170lb to "get his belt"? and what happened? he tapped colby on the chin with his knees, then tapped him again, then tapped him once more in the rematch—then what? belt stayed with khabib who was too busy doing sharia finance to step back in. do you recall that tale where they tried to book charles vs. usman and suddenly it's "oooh no no no lightweight stack too deep"? funny how the belt still lived at 155lb while charles was knocking out 170lb guys like he was handing out free coffees. time will tell, like it did when pettis’ shot at the belt vanished into facebook fog, or when poirier signed an open cheque and ended up taking notes for gaethje. we've heard the sirens before—same song, same verse, different keys.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱