Hendricks vs. Kampmann may no longer be #1 contender's bout
Posted on November 7, 2012, 04:42 PM by Andreas Hale
When the UFC matched up Johny Hendricks with Martin Kampmann, most assumed that the winner would get the next crack at the UFC welterweight title.
Not so fast.
Dana White recently went on record during the UFC 154 conference call to say that he has "no idea" whether the winner between Hendricks and Kampmann would be pegged as the #1 contender. The primary reason being that, if Georges St-Pierre defeats Carlos Condit in Montreal on November 17, a super fight against Anderson Silva would likely be next on the UFC docket.
"I have no idea. We have to see how this thing plays out," White said on the call. Obviously, a fight between GSP and Silva would lock up the title for at least several months. Meanwhile, the winner of Hendricks and Kampmann would have to wait a minimum of 6-9 months before getting a shot at GSP. And that would clog up a fluid welterweight division. That's something that White doesn't want to commit to just yet.
However, if Condit comes out victorious and without any controversy, you can probably anticipate that the Kampmann-Hendricks winner would be his first title defense.
"Carlos Condit ... will defend the title against who's next (if he beats St-Pierre)," White said.
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Hahahaha
Translation: Diaz is still more marketable than both put together. We'd much rather do a super fight with Anderson, or a grudge match against Nick.
gsp needs to get knocked out for all those horrible fights
yeah, dana!!! you could skip the whole ranking system and just random every fight..
that would be coool....
That's pretty much what he's been doing for years.
Nick Diaz should of been tagged in this post
The only way I want to see GSP fight Anderson is either @ 170 or 185, but not a catch-weight fight.
I would much, much rather see GSP fight Nick Diaz.
A catch-weight fight @ 178 against Anderson is a sucker's bet for Rush. He would be better off just taking the fight and the likely beating @ 185.
...give us Nick Diaz and let Anderson fight Jones, which is what everyone really wants to see.
So for Silva to cut further to 178 where GSP would cut less weight and be less tired is unfair but 170 where GSP does a totally normal cut and Silva has the most extreme cut OR 185 where GSP cuts almost nothing at all and Silva has a normal cut are both cool. Yeah, I can see the logic in that position.
There is nothing more I'd like to see than Kampman vs Condit rematch for the title, while GSP and Diaz can still fight and the winner gets a shot at the belt. This would end the superfight talk with Silva. Dana white can then jerk off to a superfight with Silva and Jones. I think Silva will have an easier time with Jones than GSP. He will have the speed advantage and he is more skilled than Jones in every area of the game except wrestling.
If Diaz gets the shot over either one of these guys.... there is clearly NO ranking system in the UFC. Kampann and Hendricks are clear front runners after Condit, both of them are also on nice win streak against top 10 guys.
Diaz has one UFC win in years and is actually coming off a loss....
Same old stuff from Dana, at least we know their ''in the mix''.
Dana give one of these guys a chance, they fight there guts out just to make the company money. If you say your for the fighters as you say you are then give the winner what he deserves.
If GSP beats Condit any superfight is gonna put him on the shelf for the best part of a year again and it could leave the WW belt tied up again which is unfair on contenders. If GSP he should fight again in 4-5 months max providing he is fit and then if he wants this fight should he take it. Silva has lost a lot of respect from a lot of fans with this stunt btw.
I dont think Silva has lost any fans, either your a fan of him, or your one of those people the criticize him no matter what he says and can spin it to fuel their dislike for him, the fans have been asking for this fight since 2009 now that he wants to do it, its a problem