When you’re an undefeated prospect in the UFC, wins don’t necessarily provide answers or clarity; they simply move the goal posts and bring about different questions. While each victory establishes a new floor, gives new information to those trying to forecast where a competitor may eventually settle in, two, three, or four straight victories doesn’t lessen the scrutiny or cause the public interrogation of one’s talents to ease up.
If anything, it ratchets things up.
“I think my resume speaks for itself,” said Farid Basharat, who has opened his UFC tenure with five consecutive victories and goes in search of his sixth straight triumph this weekend in Las Vegas in a compelling battle with fellow prospect Jean Matsumoto.