Diggin’ Deep on TUF 25 Finale: Johnson vs. Gaethje - Fight Pass preview

Is the UFC really promoting Grey Maynard and Teruto Ishihara over Tecia Torres and Juliana Lima? Hasn’t the UFC noticed that Maynard hasn’t been an active part of an exciting contest since completing his trilogy with Frankie Edgar? How about the fact Torres is on the short list of strawweights who have yet to face Joanna Jedrzejczyk that could give the champ problems?

To be fair, Ishihara is very easy to promote, even with the UFC stifling his catchphrase “I love my bitches!” Despite that, the youngster is still a long way away from scraping the top of his ceiling. Thus my confusion on the placement of these two contests. Oh well. More than likely, if you’re watching one of these fights,…