Alan Belcher wants Top Middleweight Fights, says Division is “A mess”

For UFC middleweight veteran Alan Belcher, he has been on quite a roll within the 185 pound weight class as ‘The Talent’ has won 6 of his last 8 fights inside the Octagon, but has felt that he needs to be pushed into competing in bigger fights with top ranked competition and following a recent UFC 113 victory over former title challenger Patrick Cote, Belcher asked for a fight with middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva.

Although, Belcher will not be getting that shot yet, he tells Sherdog.com that he does not know what UFC matchmaker Joe Silva thinks of him, but remains patient at the same time knowing that his time will eventually come.
“I don’t know what [UFC matchmaker] Joe Silva’s deal is. Through my career, I’ve pushed for certain fights, and I don’t know if it’s Joe’s personality or what, but I think he’s not an Alan Belcher fan. They haven’t brought me in to lose any fights,” Belcher said. They haven’t tried to set me up or anything. [Joe Silva is] cool and everything; it’s just … I don’t know. It seems like I’m sitting there screaming: ‘The fans want to see me fight big fights.’ I’ve got a big following, and I’ve got not just a flashy style; I have an explosive striking style. The fans want to see it, but he’s not hearing it, man. It doesn’t matter. As time goes by and I keep winning fights, they have to give me the big fights.”

Since the UFC 113 win, Belcher had expressed in taking such fights with Demian Maia or even Vitor Belfort if not Silva. But although, Maia may be a possibility for Belcher it is not likely that he will get a fight with Belfort due to the fact that he is likely next for a middleweight title shot after Chael Sonnen who will face Anderson Silva at UFC 117 this coming August, which leads to Belcher stating that the middleweight division as a whole has been a mess as of late.
“I think it may be something with Belfort’s contract,” Belcher said. “Probably said if he beats Rich Franklin, he gets a title shot or something. It’s probably something like that, because have you ever heard of someone getting a title shot after someone else gets a title shot? Chael gets this, [and] then after he loses, Vitor gets the next one? I never heard of that before.”
“What do I have to do to get on a poster? What do I have to do to get on a ‘Primetime’ show or when Spike TV comes to your school and stuff?” Belcher asked. “I need to put a lot of work into this, and I feel like I’m on top of the game and there [are] a lot of fans out there that haven’t gotten the opportunity to know who I am yet. I just feel like I should be pushed a little bit more, and I feel like I should be making more money.”

In Belcher’s case, he must continue to keep on winning and had he got the decision over Yoshihiro Akiyama back at UFC 100 which some believe he won that fight, he would be a lot closer to a title shot.

But, he has to know that he is in the hunt for title contention and a couple of more wins should get him there. Thoughts?

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