He is the real champion because he beat the former champion. How hard is it to understand that? Do you want to know how to beat him? Beat him when he's challenging you for the belt, you goof! Then he would never have the belt in the first place, and there will be no hold up for the divisions.
Wasn't Aldo The champion? Wasn't he supposed to defend his belt against Conor? Wasn't Eddie the champion? Wasn't he supposed to defend against Conor? FAIL.
Beating the current champion is how you become the champion. Once you are the champion, that's not the end of it, that's the beginning. You have to defend your belt.
Yes, he beat aldo to win the belt. Then what did he do? absolutely nothing at FW the entire year. not a single defense, not a single fight. He carried around the belt for a year. Pathetic. Look at other divisions in that same year.
LW: RDA defended his belt, lost his belt to Eddie, Eddie lost it to conor. a title defense and the belt changed hands twice.
BW: Cruz wins the belt, defends the belt and then loses the belt.
WW: robbie defends the belt, loses the belt, and then Woodley defends.
MW: Bisping wins the belt, defends the belt.
HW: Stipe wins the belt, defends the belt.
FlyW: MM defends belt, they film a TV show, defends again.
LHW: Cormier gets injured, Jones wins interim, Jones gets suspended, Cormier fights Anderson.
Notice which division is missing here? Where the champ was healthy and active all year, and there were zero defense?
GTFO with this bullshit. Yes, he won the belt. He never defended it. He was stripped. i.e. he's not the real champ anymore. Is that hard to understand? he's not by any definition the FW champ anymore.
It was, hands down, the worst and most pathetic reign of a UFC champion in UFC history. No fights, no defenses, active and healthy, and then stripped. It was pathetic.