Quote Originally Posted by Tuan
Didn't BJ win all three fights before getting a shot a Pulver? How is Mir getting a shot at the title? He has to fight Minotauro who doesn't have the belt. My point is Minotauro should have had first dibbs on the belt.
BJ fought guys who weren't even close to the level of Herring, or Mir too though. Trust me, I'm not dogging BJ. I know him, and have talked to him numerous times about stuff like this, but the UFC doesn't use a ranking system. It never has, never will. They put on big fights that people wanna see. Werdum would've technically been the top contender, but who would've wanted to see him fight? In the end, he got KTFO by a guy making his UFC debut anyway, so him being a contender got flushed down the toilet really fast. Anyway, Nog is the interim champion (he beat Tim Sylvia during the time when Randy was in his contractual dispute with Zuffa), and that's what Mir is fighting for. The winner of that fight will face Brock, so yes, he's getting a title shot with virtually no merit behind it either.