No, I'm not answering questions about what's burning in your mother's crotch region. What I'm here to address are some of the more prevalent questions that have been floating around the MMA blogosphere in the wake of Saturday's UFC 128 card. Let's get to it.
Does Jim Miller deserve a shot at the UFC Lightweight Title?
I can't believe how often I've seen this question posed, and I also don't really understand why it's being framed like that in the first place. The short answer is yes, Miller absolutely deserves a shot. The Jersey-based fighter is now on a seven-fight win streak, having stopped two previously unbeaten fighters in his last two trips to the Octagon. If that doesn't scream "championship worthy" to you, then I'd have to seriously question your judgment on all life decisions. But the question shouldn't be whether the younger Miller brother deserves a shot at the title, but what he'll have to do to actually get one.
What stands in Miller's way right now is a combination of bad timing and those lone two losses he has on his twenty-two fight resume.
Despite earning his seventh consecutive win this weekend, Miller has entered the short list to a title shot at a time when there is already a fight booked that will produce a clear-cut #1 contender: Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis. Say what you will about how Miller might deserve it more than either of those two, but the fact is that both Guida and Pettis are each coming off a higher profile victory than anything Miller has done as of late. On top of that, Pettis has already earned a title shot, so it follows that the winner of his fight with Guida should produce the next title challenger. Barring an injury to either of those two, Miller simply isn't getting the next title shot.
More after the jump.
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