UFC MW division - from stacked to old in 1 year

the division is still in a better condition then when that cheater anderson was champion.
 
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Go with the Charles Manson look brilliant stuff...
 
People thought it was stacked only because Bisping was seen as a very beatable champion.

Prior to him winning the belt that division was very top heavy (Rockhold, Weidman, Romero and Jacare)
 
Only the new owners could waste contenders against each other until everyone got picked off.

Think about it: Bisping was only 'ready' to fight if GSP was his opponent. Once GSP was sidelined with the eye thing, so was Bisping, coincidentally.

So 2 of the top killers squared off for the interim belt. GSP vacated (like we knew he would), Whitaker got hurt and then the #2 guy wipes out one of the two remaining interesting matchups for the champ. Bye Rockhold.

Mousasi was too expensive, apparently.

Weidman is injured and has won one fight.

TS is right. If Bisping was stripped for literally refusing to fight anyone bar GSP, we would have had Whitakker/Yoel for the belt. Then Rockhold for the next shot, or have him face Mousasi. Weidman and Gastleman could have worked things out between Jacare and another top 10 to give us the next contender.

We are now, finally, getting a proper MW title fight with the top 2 guys, but it's lost steam as it's almost an immediate rematch. And everyone else has been knocked down the line, left for other divisions or couldn't get paid.

They couldn't have fucked it up worse if they tried.
 
Only the new owners could waste contenders against each other until everyone got picked off.

Think about it: Bisping was only 'ready' to fight if GSP was his opponent. Once GSP was sidelined with the eye thing, so was Bisping, coincidentally.

So 2 of the top killers squared off for the interim belt. GSP vacated (like we knew he would), Whitaker got hurt and then the #2 guy wipes out one of the two remaining interesting matchups for the champ. Bye Rockhold.

Mousasi was too expensive, apparently.

Weidman is injured and has won one fight.

TS is right. If Bisping was stripped for literally refusing to fight anyone bar GSP, we would have had Whitakker/Yoel for the belt. Then Rockhold for the next shot, or have him face Mousasi. Weidman and Gastleman could have worked things out between Jacare and another top 10 to give us the next contender.

We are now, finally, getting a proper MW title fight with the top 2 guys, but it's lost steam as it's almost an immediate rematch. And everyone else has been knocked down the line, left for other divisions or couldn't get paid.

They couldn't have fucked it up worse if they tried.

Do a little history check and see how many championship fights and contender chances were lost because of Aldo dropping out of championship fights.
 
The entire MMA world getting older. No young prospect, just check the LHW and HW division.
 
Luke will be back real fast after Gus whoops his ass without breaking a sweat.
 
The once stacked UFC MW division has lost
1. Luke Rockhold - moved to LHW
2. Gegard Mousasi - moved to Bellator

Now you are left with:
1. Robert Whittaker - good champ
2. Yoel Romero - 42 years old, could get old overnight
3. Kelvin Gastelum - undersized MW
4. Chris Weidman - 34 in 1 month, 1-3
5. Jacare Souza - 38, just lost to Gas, probably close to retiring and won’t get a title shot anytime soon.

Thanks Ping and Pierre.

Well it was historically always the worst division, basically dudes who couldn’t make it at LHW. Then when Jones turned up, everybody who could make MW ran there. A WW (I love GSP) besting the champ (a great one) just proved that MW isn’t deep. Can you imagine Conor going to WW and beating GSP?

It’s not like WW was the MW reject division or LW was the WW reject division.
 
The only young prospect out there is this kid who left the WW ranks until he can mature into his full man growth and debut at MW in 2019.
Waiting for you, Erick.
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That one is for "one more year to grow please."
 
It has always been a very thin division as it seems to not develop its own young prospects. During most of Anderson's prime run it was painfully weak. At the end the Weidman, Strike Force group coming in and guys like Machida dropping down really boosted it up and made stacked but there simply was no young guys to refresh that.

Whereas you look at WW and LW and there is always a big pack of top veteran guys and a surging group of hungry young contenders pushing them and waiting to take over when they lose a step.
 
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