Colby cardioing a past his prime 155er is absolutely less impressive than a title win over an in-prime challenger, sorry it is what it is imo. Maybe if Royval was an atomweight I would agree, but he’s actually closer to a 135er than that.Robbie Lawler was ranked #2 when RDA beat him and Colby beat RDA in his next fight. Don't agree with discrediting his win over RDA.
As for Royval - no. He's an exciting fighter who has routinely lost to the top of a very shallow division. Saying that Pantoja win over him is bigger than Colby over RDA is just dumb.
Not arguing that Colby deserved this shot or is as good as the opportunities he's been given. I'm sure every MMA fan would agree with that.
That version of Robbie Lawler you talk about didn’t win a fight for 4 years until he faced a washed up, out of shape Nick Diaz. You can call it dumb but that’s just a fact. RDA is an all-time lightweight who beat Neil Magny as his best win at 170 . He’s not a welterweight. Was he still talented when he fought Colby? Sure, he’s still talented now. He’s just a 155er so of course he’s going to lose to a larger welterweight wrestler. And the fact remains Colby has never beaten a legitimate welterweight contender in their prime. RDA is the closest and he’s not gonna get remembered as a 170lber so that says it all
His run to his first title shot was Barberena (the most in-prime welterweight he’s ever fought), washed up stungun who immediately retired, washed up Maia, past his prime RDA up a weight class, and washed up Lawler. He finished zero of them. There are 0 signature wins in his entire career. His only finish since Obama was president was a guy who hurt his rib trying to get up. That guy was viciously finished by a YouTuber a year later. He had a cherry-picked run by the ufc and he did absolutely nothing with his Dana White Privilege
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