JDS fighting for an Interim title.

I'm sick of these things. It's always the bloody heavyweights.

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There's no one for him to fight for the belt except Brock Lesnar if he wants it. Or Carwin. ****, I'd love to see Carwin vs. JDS.

 

Agreed.

The thing is, this could be the worst thing ever if JDS takes out another competitor. They don't have the numbers for another challenger. If JDS cleans out one potential future candidate, then when the Cain fight eventually rolls around, neither man are gonna have anyone to take on. As much as I'd like to see Carwin fight JDS, I seriously think he should be left to rebuild for a fight or two. He should get another shot at the belt, because really, who else is there? Struve? Mir? Lesnar? Come on...

 

That's not what I'm saying whatsoever, that's the issue with the interim title this time. It's a two man race, and one of them has had to stop running.

It reminds me of the scene in Rocky where Apollo Creed's scrambling for a challenger and he's like "Then get me Buddy Shaw. Hell he's ranked fifth!"

You've got 3 choices. Lesnar, Mir or Carwin. All of them have problems, the least being Carwin.

Lesnar does make the most sense, but if he did beat JDS, it would set up a rematch between Cain vs. Lesnar. It might sell still, but it wouldn't be at all competitive, and I really don't think Brock's interested. However, if he is, this is the most likeliest option. Dana might throw a whole load of money at him guessing like most people that JDS can finish him for good. I don't think Lesnar'll bite though and if he does somehow win I think it'd be awful to see Cain beat him up again.

Mir's another possible encounter but the problem is he's not in the league to fight either guys. He'll be shitcanned by JDS way before Cain comes back. Like Lesnar, he'd be just a feeding to JDS and I think he could be the most likely.

Then there's Carwin, who's coming off a loss but would make the fight the most exciting and competitive. Problem is he should be reserved for Nelson (which he isn't, apparently Nelson's fighting Mir, which I wouldn't put too much faith in considering the circumstances) where he can raise his stock again and get the shot. If JDS whoops him, which I think they will, they'd be eliminating another challenger when they've got so few to choose from.

Personally, I'd go with Mir if they can't get Lesnar. They can't risk losing Carwin and Lesnar's not going to bite, Mir's always faithful and he's always a laugh. Other than that there's nothing really to choose from. Tournament anyone?

 

Exactly. It's a tough spot because there's nothing out there but it doesn't mean Dos Santos should have to fight for an interim title. I think he should just fight on and not be able to lose his #1 slot no matter what happens. That way if he does get beat you've got another guy to give a shot to afterwards whilst not throwing JDS completely down the drain.

An Interim Title is completely pointless. Especially considering JDS is obviously going to win it, and we already know he's the challenger. Interim's should be kept for when there's two challengers and no champion. GSP vs. Penn would be a perfect example back before the Hughes fight.

 

It's funny because Carwin is an engineer.