Nevertheless, “Do Bronx” will have to prove that when he returns to action to fight for the now-vacant lightweight strap later this year.
Like Helwani, it seems the prevailing view is that Oliveira remains the kingpin at 155 pounds. But for a half-a-pound… the fact that he was stripped of the belt, to me, it’s absolutely criminal,” concluded Helwani. “Time and again, people in championship fights have been over… All of a sudden, Charles gets the bad luck, the misfortune of running into a stickler, who’s gonna be like, ‘Nope, we’re gonna get this on the dot.’ And I’m not even talking about the conspiracy that the weight thingy, the calibration on the scale, I’m not even talking about that. Ariel Helwani has advocated for open scoring to be used in the UFC, claiming it would go some way to 'fixing' the perceived judging issue. UFC analyst and commentator Jon Anik recently found himself discussing the prospect of open scoring in MMA with top combat sports journo Ariel Helwani. Ariel Helwani (arielhelwani) / Twitter Ariel Helwani arielhelwani Journalist / themmahour X mmafighting / spotify X ringer / btsport / substackinc / betmgm / Proud father of 3 / / Born in Montral, QC, Canada /ArielHelwani Born JJoined December 2008 2,531 Following 1. The journalist also noted that his view was without even considering talk of a decalibrated scale behind the scenes, which the likes of Ariane Carnelossi notably complained about in the aftermath of last Friday’s weigh-ins. With those points in mind, Helwani suggests that the different attitude towards Oliveira’s narrow indiscretion on the scale was “criminal.” GSP, Montreal, my other boy, he was over 170 and they rounded down.” Helwani: Stripping Oliveira Was “Criminal” “Khabib, Gaethje, that thing wasn’t even settled ‘Boom, boom, please go to the back and re-hydrate.’ We’ve seen this time and again… In Buffalo, (Daniel Cormier) didn’t make the weight.
We all saw the clip, I re-posted it, not because I have an ax to grind with Khabib, but because it was very noticeable,” Helwani continued. “I’ve seen enough weigh-ins in Las Vegas.