Would having tournaments fix the ranking system?

[MikeK1989]

Not that the ranking system is flawed by any means. But what we are seeing is fighters who are reluctant to fight below their rank. No one wants to fight Zabit, no one wanted to fight James Vick, unless it is guys coming off a loss / injury.

Solution-

Having more tournaments throughout the year where the winner moves on and the loser does not. This way #3 wont be upset facing #6 since a win will propel him forward. And the best part is, if there is an injury, then the #3 can fight an even lower ranked guy.

Hypothetically if we see a welterweight tournament go down:

Woodley vs Usman.
Askren vs Lawler.

Colby vs Till.
Ponzi vs Thompson.

Do you think this solves anything? Or we will still see the same old BS where fighters make "buisness decisions". In my opinion this way when a fighter pulls out or refuses to fight another guy, it kind of forces their hand.

 

[Exemplar]

Dana says UFC will never do tourneys, so there MUST be a genius reason for this.

 

[Shaddows]

No. TOurney can be deceiving.
Winning a tourney means you don't fight through half the roster.
You need to have both.
I like when the tourney winner fights the champ.
But while the tourney goes on, the champ is defending against top contenders.
This way we have best of both worlds.

 

[Kvothe_the_kingkiller]

2 reasons Dana won't allow tournaments, both have "control" at the root: a) injuries, and b) inability to pick matchups that will sell well.

By the way, who did Steve Jennum beat to earn his shot at the finals in UFC 3? And when Fihlo beat Misaki in the semi-finals and then Misaki (who advanced because Fihlo was injured) beat Kang (who was also injured) in the finals, who should be ranked highest?

 

[accolyte1022]

As stated, injuries would eff up a tournament worse than they mess up regular shows.

 

[Sonny Qc]

look at the strikforce HW grand prix.

DC won and he was a late remplacement.

 

[0-1]

No we just need somebody to make the fights we all know should be made.

 

[AWilder]

Who's ducking zabit? Didn't he turn down a fight?

 

[accolyte1022]

No we just need somebody to make the fights we all know should be made.

MM and Cejudo vs Brock?

 

[AWilder]

Dana says UFC will never do tourneys, so there MUST be a genius reason for this.

Half the bracket would be DQd for injuries. It would be a mess.

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

no dumb idea

 

[georgekillian]

Lol at people not wanting to fight glass jawed Vick. That guy is so overrated it's laughable. Gaethje fucking ended him.

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

look at the strikforce HW grand prix.

DC won and he was a late remplacement.

He was also the best fighter in the tournament.

 

[jeff7b9]

Not that the ranking system is flawed by any means.

Yes it is

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Everyone's afraid to fight this guy.

 

[Bogeyman]

There's no need to fix the ranking system because rankings are inconsequential. If UFC wants to make Zabit versus Holloway then they will, regardless of rankings. It happens every week.

Rankings are just a way to simplify the whole thing for new people watching the UFC. And for hype.

 

[MikeK1989]

Everyone's afraid to fight this guy.

I clearly meant before Gaethje knocked him into next Tuesday. AS justin even said himself, everyone was too scared to fight him so he had to shut him up.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I clearly meant before Gaethje knocked him into next Tuesday. AS justin even said himself, everyone was too scared to fight him so he had to shut him up.

Point is every middling fighter without a name isn't worth top guys time. No ones ducking Vick there's just no insensitive to beat him when you can take a better fight.
Hooker was likewise exposed by Barboza.
Hopefully Zabit looks better in his test.

 

[MikeK1989]

Point is every middling fighter without a name isn't worth top guys time.

Hence my thread.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

Dana says UFC will never do tourneys, so there MUST be a genius reason for this.

U cant control tourney winners. Dana is a control freak.