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I was responding to you saying there aren't that many interim title fights. In my opinion yes there are. About a 3rd of the PPVs from July-June had one. Conor, Aldo, and Holloway all became interim champ of the same division within a 18 month period, and I don't like it.
In the last case with Woodley, you literally had the champ saying he'll be ready to defend in August, just 2 months after the interim fight, but UFC couldn't help themselves. It feels like the reasons for having them are becoming more and more illogical, this one with Holm/Viera carrying that trend.
Just different perspectives I guess. For me it's too much.
I agree with you that there are too many but again, casuals do not necessarily know, feel or care the same way you and I do.
Let's see if the Holm/Viera IC fight will actually be confirmed before jumping the gun (Cyborg =/= UFC). Note that fight makes perfect sense as a title eliminator bout, the interim title is just an unnecessary element.