Contender Series 2022: Week 9

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Good that they signed him, rosas has a very bright future

1-5 = **** u❗️


All good, life is never perfect..

Ur math is off, 1-5 is 4

Thx 😎 

CTE

Rosas should train with Oliveria 

Gg

Another fantastic performance by myself. 4 out of 5 and close to 5 out if 5.

Give this man a contract!!!!

And another stack of cash. Even called the Aliev by finish. I am amazing 👏 👏👏👏

Dude, why you alway have to  bring race into every converstation when it doesn't have to be said, No one care that you have something agaist other races, It's weird Bo Nickal didn't get sign, but the 17 year old did, But it 100% not a race thing, Also, Why you only get mad when white people get robbed, Or disadvantage

Also, I think the UFC want to build Nicklal up and don't really care about the 17 year old progression tbh

* Edited at 09.21.2022, 4:30 AM ET *

Don't worry about Bo Nickal, obviously his quick win at DWCS Week 3 was deserving of the contract, but the UFC giving him a second fight at DWCS will probably also allow him to get a KO performance (like he did in his pro debut) and he'll have highlights in DWCS that accredit him as an Elite Wrestler (which we all know he was because of his success in NCAA), efficient in his submission grappling and a fighter with excellent KO power. For Dana White it is more convenient to sign Nickal with a 3-0 record and 2 highlights than to sign him with a 2-0 record. The 185-pound division is mainly dominated by strikers, and if Bo Nickal continues to evolve in his ground game, added to growing in striking (mainly defensively), the vast majority of fighters in the division will be in trouble because they have faced an NCAA Division I Wrestler , Bo Nickal has the background, potential and the team (American Top Team) to become the king of the middleweights in the UFC, but he still needs to continue developing (which may take a year and a half or 2 years) and the matchmakers are clear about that.

I think the UFC gave him a second fight, to create more expectation and have Bo in people's eyes like they did Hardy when he knocked out Austin Lane, they gave him another opponent in DWCS that same season and after another KO they gave him contract. In the case of Hardy it was easier to hide because at that time only 1 or 2 DWCS winners were selected for a contract per week, currently almost all winners of the week receive a contract in the last DWCS seasons. So they did not sign Nickal immediately After his quick victory, looked weird in the eyes of practically the entire public. Dana White and company know that Nickal has great potential and that it is better to sign him with a 3-0 record and 2 DWCS victory highlights, than just sign him with a 2-0 record.

Rosas has a bright future from a popularity standpoint.  However, I feel the UFC will give him fighters they know he can beat.  He will then then get a title shot when he is around 20 so that he has the potential to be the youngest title winner ever.

I don't really know about a 17 year old being in the UFC, Especially at Bantamweight where they're not many fighter who are bad, He is young and not even a man yet, Most people his age is either in their last year or second last year of school

I hope their can build him up properly because he could be a talent, I'm just worry because he still so young 

yeah I don't get the signing at all either. they're going to have to treat him like Greg Hardy and just keep bringing in cans for him to beat up until they eventually have no choice but to give him tougher competition. his brain wont be fully developed for another 7 and a half years, guys please just think about that. by the time this kid is 40/50 years old he is going to be a scrambled egg.

Filho vs ode Osborne 
Aliev vs Hadzovic
Austen Lane vs chase Sherman 
Rosas Jr vs Jay perrin 
Ferreira vs Denis tiuliulin