His last three wins were POTN bonuses too. I honestly thought he should've got FOTN against Klose but everyone had to pretend Zhang vs Joanna was better so that didn't happen.
I doubt he gets a title shot much less wins the title. I'm a big fan and I'd like to see him prove me wrong but while he's very well rounded, dangerous both on the feet and especially on the mat, he's just too slow and easy to hit on the feet and he doesn't necessarily have a great chin. Even against Klose he got cracked like two or three times, then the brawl started and he got a counter that turned the tides in his favor and allowed him to get the KO. But if Klose can land on him like that I suspect the elite strikers can too. He was beating Edson actually but then of course ran into that knee. I can see that happening again, him being skilled enough to hold his own or even win a round or two against an elite fighter before getting starched.
He can make it to the top with good match ups, basically any guy who doesn't have speed and power in their hands or strikes or who he can takedown. He only really needs a few, maybe even only one, to win a fight with how good he is on the mat. The reverse-triangle-armbar from the kimura trap on Dober stands out particularly in my mind, what a sick finish
