Top 5 fighters in every division that has a cashcow as the champ need to PRETEND they're beatable...

[MMAart]

Top 5 fighters in every division that has a cashcow as the champ need to PRETEND they're beatable by fighting in a way that make them look beatable ("sandbagging", "hustling"), so that the UFC / Dana White will give them the title shot against the cashcow champ.


The reasoning is very simple:

The UFC / Dana White want to keep the cashcow as champ to make money.


If the top 5 fighters are TOO GOOD (example: the top 5 of the MW division), the UFC / Dana will NOT give them the title shot against the cashcow champ.

Example:

Wiedman, Romero, Jacare, Mousasi, and Belfort, are currently the best MWs, but the UFC are NOT giving them the title shot against the cashcow champ, Bisping. Instead, they're giving the title shot to potentially GSP or Nick Diaz, fighters who aren't even MWs but Bisping has more chance of beating!

Conclusion:

Fighters in the top 5 should keep on winning, but they also need to PRETEND they're beatable by the cashcow champ of their division, so that the UFC will even consider them for the title shot.

 

[MMAart]

TLDR: Top 5 fighters need to pretend they're beatable by the cashcow champ if they want the UFC to give them a title shot.

 

[FadeLess]

You forgot Rockhold , and the fact that Bisping will fight a top contender in his next fight , and the fact that this doesnt apply to any other division.

 

[MMAart]

Nick Diaz isn't a top MW contender.

 

[Ja Jas]

MW is all booked up. Bisping was looking for a cheeky payday while everyone is sorting themselves out.

Any other examples apart from MW?

 

[Buff]

Nick Diaz isn't a top MW contender.

No shit.

 

[Philtard]

Your one single example is super fucking poor.

 

[MMAart]

Your one single example is super fucking poor.

How is it a poor example?

 

[Ez Eric]

That's what Vitor was trying to do against Mousasi but he accidentally lost

 

[MMAart]

MW is all booked up. Bisping was looking for a cheeky payday while everyone is sorting themselves out.

Any other examples apart from MW?

Mousasi could have fought Bisping. Instead, they put him against Vitor. Weidman or Romero could have fought Bisping, but the UFC make them fight each other instead. Jacare has been denied his title shot several times now. They could have him fight Bisping as well, but they're not.