{"id":123907,"date":"2014-12-27T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=123907"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:59","slug":"worthy-title-shot-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/worthy-title-shot-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NOT WORTHY OF TITLE SHOT&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McGregor.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116098\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McGregor.png\" alt=\"McGregor\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McGregor.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McGregor-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McGregor-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI don\u2019t agree with Conor McGregor getting a title shot, especially after beating Dennis Siver, if he does. Why is that deserving of a title shot? Dennis Siver is not on the way up; he\u2019s not up there looking for a title shot himself. Why not put Conor McGregor vs. Frankie Edgar? Why not put Conor McGregor against Chad Mendes, or Lamas, or one of those top guys, who\u2019s actually pushing for the belt? Just because he has the hype behind him, and he\u2019s been talking a big game, and he\u2019s going to sell tickets, I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s right to surpass the Frankie Edgars, the guys that could beat Conor McGregor.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think Frankie Edgar would destroy Conor McGregor. Chad Mendes would destroy Conor McGregor. We haven\u2019t seen Conor McGregor fight a wrestler or a top name.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s really good, he\u2019s confident, he has great stand-up, and he\u2019s tricky, but I just don\u2019t feel like he\u2019s deserving yet. I don\u2019t think he should surpass those guys to get the shot; and if he does, the thing is, if he does fight Aldo, he does have a chance because it\u2019s going to be a stand-up battle. And then Aldo doesn\u2019t have that threatening takedown skills, and going to try and tap you, or ground and pound you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think he should get the title fight because he doesn\u2019t deserve it, but it\u2019s going to be a close fight in my mind.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During a recent chat with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Yz7QLWrCjk&amp;list=UUNrEHIf8QmKK-cAag4YxIXQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a>, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw gave his two-cents on Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t agree with Conor McGregor getting a title shot, especially after beating Dennis Siver, if he does. Why is that deserving of a title shot? Dennis Siver is not on the way up; he\u2019s not up there looking for a title shot himself. Why not put Conor McGregor vs. Frankie Edgar? Why not put [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":116098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;NOT WORTHY OF TITLE SHOT&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw gave his two-cents on Conor McGregor, and it wasn&#039;t nice! 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