I get that the Brock thing was about money. I know the UFC is a business. It always has been. And I don't blame them for keeping their revenue a priority at all. But atleast Brock was a freak and pretty much the best HW in the organization at the time. And sure they may have gotten a little more lenient on title shots over the years, but even then those people had still proven themselves in the division and beat some contenders. A lot of that also has to do with availability and matchmaking.
The fact that we're actually taking a barely top 10 LW, who is coming off a loss, and has REFUSED to fight for over a year, and awarding him with a title shot at WW, where he is 1-4? It's gotten to that point. I'm sorry but you're lying if you saw stuff as ridiculous as that coming years ago, when the Fertitta brothers still owned it.