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UFC 230 main card: DC vs Lewis (HW), Weidman vs Jacare (MW), Branch vs Cannonier (MW), Roberson vs Marshman (MW), Brunson vs Adesanya (MW). 4 MW fights out of 5 on the PPV
Ignoring the short notice main event because we all know that wasn't the plan... are PPV cards that are mostly one weight class the future?
I think the UFC should do more of this going forwards. Rockhold fell out of the card and instead of a crisis they just moved in Jacare for one of the best fights of the year and moved up Cannonier who made a name for himself at MW. Plus, you got to see up and coming Adesanya and the elite guys at MW on the same night which I think helps build him up for the future because when you're watching those top 5 MWs you're thinking man... I wonder if he could do that to these guys too
Boxing is doing something like this with their Superfly fight cards and when the UFC did a single division PPV pretty much everyone loved it (all HW UFC 146). It's clear the UFC is starting to try and defend themselves against injury pullouts by having another fight on the card they can move guys up from (Tony/Pettis on 229 is an obvious example) but should they go even further?
Obviously you can't do this every card, or for every division but is this the way PPVs are going to be built going forwards? Should it be?
I think it's not a bad idea for the UFC to try going this route personally. It limits the damage from injury pull outs and I think it helps the overall feel of the card when you know most of the guys you're watching could end up in there with each other in the future
TLDR: PPV cards that are only 1 or 2 weight classes instead of 5 random weight classes. Like/don't like?
Ignoring the short notice main event because we all know that wasn't the plan... are PPV cards that are mostly one weight class the future?
I think the UFC should do more of this going forwards. Rockhold fell out of the card and instead of a crisis they just moved in Jacare for one of the best fights of the year and moved up Cannonier who made a name for himself at MW. Plus, you got to see up and coming Adesanya and the elite guys at MW on the same night which I think helps build him up for the future because when you're watching those top 5 MWs you're thinking man... I wonder if he could do that to these guys too
Boxing is doing something like this with their Superfly fight cards and when the UFC did a single division PPV pretty much everyone loved it (all HW UFC 146). It's clear the UFC is starting to try and defend themselves against injury pullouts by having another fight on the card they can move guys up from (Tony/Pettis on 229 is an obvious example) but should they go even further?
Obviously you can't do this every card, or for every division but is this the way PPVs are going to be built going forwards? Should it be?
I think it's not a bad idea for the UFC to try going this route personally. It limits the damage from injury pull outs and I think it helps the overall feel of the card when you know most of the guys you're watching could end up in there with each other in the future
TLDR: PPV cards that are only 1 or 2 weight classes instead of 5 random weight classes. Like/don't like?