As someone who’s seen plenty of “close but no cigar” moments (hello, late-night ER cases that almost go right), I’m not fully buying Chiesa’s take that Garry’s stock didn’t go down at all. Yeah, Garry was way more competitive against Makhachev than most pundits predicted. But this was his first title shot, and he lost a unanimous decision. In a division as stacked as welterweight, coming up short in that big moment can’t leave his standing untouched. It’s not a massive drop, but to say his stock stayed exactly the same? That doesn’t add up.