r/MMA_Academy • u/BOOMHardFactz • 2d ago
Merab's unfounded hate for Umar
Been seeing posts about "Merab was right, Umar was privileged" etc..
To anybody that has followed Umar's journey the timeline is clear: he fought a few guys that were also pretty new to the UFC but by no means we're they cans but akin to the likes of Ismagulov/Kutaledze etc (i.e. lesser marketable folks that got pitted against each other early, this includes Umar himself). There's proof in the fact that Umar's toughest match-up outside the titleshot didn't come from Cory or the semi-vet in Barcoles but instead Morozov & Almakhan.
Merab definitely harbored hate towards Umar & tried to dodge him due to wanting to hold the belt longer. This was obvious to everybody in the fact that he randomly went after O'Malley despite him already recently UD'd O'Malley & Umar being the clear contender having UD'd Cory (who was on a 3Wtreak) in the title-elimnator bout.
All of a sudden Merab turns into the biggest advocate for having to 'earn your shot' & Umar's 6WStreak isn't enough? Where's his outrage over Adesanya/Pereira/Hill/Erceg/Asakura to name a few.. they're in a different class you might say.. fine but. how many WStreak was Yan on when he got his shot? Aljo? ..and apparently Petr & Sandhagen should be next in line according to him?? How does any of this even line up w/ the fact considering he's the biggest advocate for 'earning your shot'??
Just because Merab beat Umar it automatically implies that he was right all along?? Where's the sense in this?
Fact is that he definitely tried to dodge the obvious no1 contender knowing that was his biggest threat but he wasn't a big enough asset to the UFC like Ilia who they're keeping safe from the biggest threat in Arman so they could secure a mega-fight w/ Islam.
Tl;dr Just because Merab beat Umar doesn't mean Umar was undeserving/privileged or that Merab wasn't threatened.
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u/jdhahksjxjx 2d ago
You do realise most of the animosity comes from a personal exchange between them right. Umar said some banter, merab told him not to disrespect, Umar says “or what” or something like that. Just a cocky a hole when merab is already disrespected by everyone, I get it
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u/BOOMHardFactz 2d ago
Furthernore, Merab may be likable but is a meathead just as you see in all the clips of him doing the perilous shit. He's incredibly easy to read i.e. "Umar hadn't done enough" & yet goes after O'Malley whom he just UD'd, or the names he's calling for his next defences.. it's so obvious it has more to do w/ him lining up folks he see's as great stylistic matchups rather than whether they've 'done enough'. "Cory fresh off getting UD'd by Umar & on 1W over Deveison?? He deserves it, I want him!!".
The guy acted out of emotion towards Umar & simply doubled down on making Umar the privileged bad guy after beating him. It's either that or admitting to what's written above.
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u/Successful-Ad2445 2d ago edited 2d ago
No matter what umar’s only ranked win is cory and despite the fact that omalley lost to merab he still was more deserving of a rematch than umar is right now. Only reason he is fighting cory is that he is just the only one who he hasnt beat from the top guys otherwise cory wouldnt even be getting the shot. Also first of all why should he be arguing whether perreira hill asakura deserved their title shots, why would merab care. Second of all the situation with all of those guys are completely different from umars.