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It’s pathetic, but this is a contract manoeuvre to bolster the UFC’s legal position relative to McGregor. Champion contracts are different, and give the UFC even more rights over fighters. They want to retain that leverage over McGoof.
So they have made Tony the real champion in a sporting sense, while ensuring that McDuck’s contract also says champion on it for legal purposes. This is a contract manoeuvre. I don’t like it either, but that is what we are seeing play out.
For sporting purposes, though, Tony is now the champ and faces Khabib in what could be a fight for the ages. Conor is a champion only on paper. It’s a legal manoeuvre.
So they have made Tony the real champion in a sporting sense, while ensuring that McDuck’s contract also says champion on it for legal purposes. This is a contract manoeuvre. I don’t like it either, but that is what we are seeing play out.
For sporting purposes, though, Tony is now the champ and faces Khabib in what could be a fight for the ages. Conor is a champion only on paper. It’s a legal manoeuvre.