You can't get around the fact that Anderson got praised for beating a FORMER LHW champ and NO Anderson never touched that LHW strap so you need to correct that.
And also Forrest will never be thought as a quality LHW Champ either.
No way around all the praise Anderson got for fighting a former champ one fight removed from one of his most embarrassing losses and on a slide to irrelevance and yet shitting on GSP for a win that is better in every way.
Neither Bisping or Forrest will ever be perceived as anything but champions of convenience, both at the right time and right place to grab the belt. Again the difference is GSP did not beat Bisping after a vicious loss to Gastelum and one fight removed from losing his belt. that is how Anderson beat Forrest.
Like lets be real here. If Bisping had fought Gastelum first, got wrecked and lost his belt and then lost to GSP in the next fight would you guys be praising that win up for GSP? I wouldn't. And yet that is exactly what Anderson fans did in his win over Forrest.