Is the belt real if the promotion works to put it on the fighter that benefits them the most?

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The UFC is trying as hard as they can to put the LW belt around the fighter that benefits them the most, they are also trying as hard as they can to keep the 145lb belt around the fighter that also benefits them the most. Does this cheapen the belt and make it fake?

The belt is supposed to represent the best fighter proven through competition but the UFC is manipulating who wears is based on their best financial interests.
 
The last real belt was in the hands of Chael P. Sonnen (which he stole from Anderson Silva, like a gangster in the night).

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ufc became almost unwatchable with all that bullshit
 
No, Conor is the best fighter. you're just gonna have to deal with it.
 
Yes, as long as the fighter wins the fight, they are the champion.
Defending the title is another issue that can very easily venture into the gray area of whether a champ is legit.
 
Having the belt doesn't mean anything. It meant you were the best fighter in your division and the UFC was looking for someone to beat you. Now it's so watered down with interim belts and undeserved shitle shots. Right now, DJ is a real champ, having cleaned out his division. They are trying to find someone for him to fight. Dominick is a champ having beat most everyone in his division, except Cody. 145 has a huge marketing tool as it's "champ" who has yet to defend. Alvarez needs to defend, but at least he's run a guantlet and his resume is pretty impressive. T-wood needs to defend, Bisping needs to defend. DC is proven a great fighter but needs to face Jones. Stipe has defended, but I want to see him against Cain.
 
The UFC is trying as hard as they can to put the LW belt around the fighter that benefits them the most, they are also trying as hard as they can to keep the 145lb belt around the fighter that also benefits them the most. Does this cheapen the belt and make it fake?

The belt is supposed to represent the best fighter proven through competition but the UFC is manipulating who wears is based on their best financial interests.

Agree 100%
 
Yes, as long as the fighter wins the fight, they are the champion.
Defending the title is another issue that can very easily venture into the gray area of whether a champ is legit.
If only the people the UFC feel make them enough money are allowed to fight for the belt how can someone claim they are the best and the true champion?
 
Mcgregor is ducking Aldo so I don't consider him featherweight champ anymore. You can't fight 3 fights at a different weight class (while the no 1 contender is waiting) and still call yourself champion. The way UFC has favourably treated Conor Mcgregor has really hurt the legitimacy of the organisation
 
Lorenzo Fertitta didn't go in there and knock Jose Aldo out in 13 seconds. There's a limit to how far promotional push can go.
 
Lorenzo Fertitta didn't go in there and knock Jose Aldo out in 13 seconds. There's a limit to how far promotional push can go.
They did keep him from having to prove that the outcome was more than a shit happens moment.
 
Having the belt doesn't mean anything. It meant you were the best fighter in your division and the UFC was looking for someone to beat you. Now it's so watered down with interim belts and undeserved shitle shots. Right now, DJ is a real champ, having cleaned out his division. They are trying to find someone for him to fight. Dominick is a champ having beat most everyone in his division, except Cody. 145 has a huge marketing tool as it's "champ" who has yet to defend. Alvarez needs to defend, but at least he's run a guantlet and his resume is pretty impressive. T-wood needs to defend, Bisping needs to defend. DC is proven a great fighter but needs to face Jones. Stipe has defended, but I want to see him against Cain.
Dominick hasn't beaten Lineker, Rivera or Caraway who are all more proven than Cody.
 
ufc became almost unwatchable with all that bullshit

This goes all the way when rich franklin was MW champ and they never gave Matt Lindland a title shot because he was too ugly.

True story.
 
No, Conor is the best fighter. you're just gonna have to deal with it.

It's true. How can you say the UFC is trying to keep the belt on Connor when he beat the champion in 13 seconds.

Maybe they're doing this with Michael Bisping by giving him what many consider an easy title defense instead of one of the monsters that's actually ranked.

But this is not happening in the case of Conor McGregor. Those divisions are not currently backed up with number one contender's deserving of title fights.
 
There's a reason it's called the "UFC _____ Championship Belt". All you're a champion of is a contest the UFC crafts around the.premise of competition.

It they called it the "Mixed Martial Arts _____ Championship of the World" then they'd be liars.

It's been this way forever now, they just attempted to cloak it in the guise of pure sport a little harder before. Now there's too much money involved for them to even bother with that.
 
Giant asterisk next to it but whatever I'm super hyped for ufc 205 even though I realize its completely bullshit and unfair Conor got the titleshot.
 
The UFC is trying as hard as they can to put the LW belt around the fighter that benefits them the most, they are also trying as hard as they can to keep the 145lb belt around the fighter that also benefits them the most. Does this cheapen the belt and make it fake?

The belt is supposed to represent the best fighter proven through competition but the UFC is manipulating who wears is based on their best financial interests.
bold: what kind of fairy tale nonsense is this?

Santa and the Easter bunny are also fake, FYI.
 
The UFC is trying as hard as they can to put the LW belt around the fighter that benefits them the most, they are also trying as hard as they can to keep the 145lb belt around the fighter that also benefits them the most. Does this cheapen the belt and make it fake?

The belt is supposed to represent the best fighter proven through competition but the UFC is manipulating who wears is based on their best financial interests.
How can belts be real when our torsos are fake?
 
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