The MMA fanbase places too much stock in the handful of fighters who are "hottest" at the moment

[BigMuffler]

in a given division. Why do so many always tend to treat the 2-4 fighters who are perceived as the best at the moment as head and shoulders above the rest? Putting a small group on a pedestal like this rarely works out.

HW - Cain and JDS were put on a pedestal, both lost to "clearly inferior" fighters
LHW - Jones and Gus were put on a pedestal, Gus lost twice to fighters dismissed against him
MW - Weidman and Rockhold... see pattern
...
tons more examples, but skip all the way down to WSW where JJ and Gadelha were viewed as being far superior to the rest even though Claudia lacked wins over other contenders

Now at LW we have Khabib and Tony being treated as head and shoulders above the field despite Ferguson only squeaking out a 48-47 win over RDA and almost getting KOed by Lando, the vast majority dismisses Eddie Alvarez (the former champion!)'s chances against him.

Why do we ie. much of the community put almost ALL stock in the handful of "hot" fighters in a division at the given time? Is it another sign of the MMA fanbase's immaturity (along with so many other things like the silly fad of thinking "more" movement automatically equates to superior skill)?

 

[Tamriel Terror]

Its called hype. Every sport has it, especially combat sports.

 

[BigMuffler]

Its called hype. Every sport has it, especially combat sports.

Yeah but you'd think "hardcores" should be more knowledgeable and less susceptible to quickly putting somebody on a pedestal when we've seen so many prove *not* head and shoulders above their peers far more often than not.

 

[Tamriel Terror]

Yeah but you'd think "hardcores" should be more knowledgeable and less susceptible to quickly putting somebody on a pedestal when we've seen so many prove *not* head and shoulders above their peers far more often than not.

Francis Ngannou is the future hw goat and will murder anyone the UFC sacrifices to him.

WAR BLACK PLATINUM CAMEROONIAN WARLORD

 

[Anomonis]

I'm not sure why that is so. But it's noticeable. Seems like on Sherdog if you're not a top 5 fighter you should retire, it's ridiculous.

 

[dontlaugh]

Well nothing wrong there. Fans will enjoy who's showing more talent recently instead of guys that oscillate much. is all about how well you did last time we saw you, not how well you CAN be sometimes. Fans don't get behind inconsistent fighters.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

For the very same reason Conor Mcgregor and Ronda Rousey were getting all the hype and attention for the last 3 years bro.