If Dana Told You to Book the IC Title in Each Division

[Deleted member 585708]

Fun thread (this could go over like a lead balloon):

If you had to book an Intercontinental-style second belt in each division, how would you book it?

Rules:

- Nobody inside the current UFC top 5 rankings
- Up-and-comers preferred to veterans
- Most fun matches possible
- That's it

If you've never seen WWF/E this might be lost on you, but they effectively used the Intercontinental title as a secondary title for wrestlers just outside the World title picture...

 

[mbinder]

Johnny Walker vs Reyes for LHW.
Till vs. Gastelum even though I think they've fought before.

 

[Mammothman]

Brunson would be the Intercontinental GOAT

 

[SuperNerd]

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

 

[gondo]

You mean in interim belt?

 

[TriangleMonkey]

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

LoL just re-read that book last weekend

 

[Ares Black]

HW: Tom Aspinall vs Alexander Romanov
LHW: Paul Craig vs Johnny Walker
MW: Sean Strickland vs Nassourdine Imavov
WW: Sean Brady vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
LW: Brad Riddell vs Gregor Gillespie
FW: Giga Chikadze vs Ilia Topuria
BW: Song Yadong vs Adrian Yanez
FLW: David Dvorak vs Sumudaerji

WBW: Julia Avila vs Macy Chiasson
WFLW: Erin Blanchfield vs Casey O'Neill
WSW: Amanda Ribas vs Amanda Lemos

 

[Deleted member 585708]

You mean in interim belt?

No, like a second-tier title for fighters that aren't quite top 5 yet, but might be with a couple of wins.

Khamzat would almost certainly be an Intercontinental champion as we speak, for example, because he's got tons of buzz around him.

 

[Jonathan Utah]

HW: Daukaus vs. Aspinall
LHW: Oezdemir vs. Craig
MW: Gastelum vs. Strickland
WW: Chimaev vs. Brady
LW: Tsarukyan vs. Riddell
FW: Topuria vs. Emmett
BW: Marlon Vera vs. Pedro Munhoz
FlyW: Dvorak vs. France

 

[Deleted member 585708]

HW: Tom Aspinall vs Alexander Romanov
LHW: Paul Craig vs Johnny Walker
MW: Sean Strickland vs Nassourdine Imavov
WW: Sean Brady vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
LW: Brad Riddell vs Gregor Gillespie
FW: Giga Chikadze vs Ilia Topuria
BW: Song Yadong vs Adrian Yanez
FLW: David Dvorak vs Sumudaerji

WBW: Julia Avila vs Macy Chiasson
WFLW: Erin Blanchfield vs Casey O'Neill
WSW: Amanda Ribas vs Amanda Lemos

Strong selections

 

[Ares Black]

HW: Daukaus vs. Aspinall
LHW: Oezdemir vs. Craig
MW: Gastelum vs. Strickland
WW: Chimaev vs. Brady
LW: Tsarukyan vs. Riddell
FW: Topuria vs. Emmett
BW: Marlon Vera vs. Pedro Munhoz
FlyW: Dvorak vs. France

 

[gondo]

No, like a second-tier title for fighters that aren't quite top 5 yet, but might be with a couple of wins.

Khamzat would almost certainly be an Intercontinental champion as we speak, for example, because he's got tons of buzz around him.

So does the IC champ lose his belt once he enters the top 5?
Would the IC champ be stuck to a champions clause?

I realize this is all in good fun but I just can’t see how it would work.

 

[SuperNerd]

So does the IC champ lose his belt once he enters the top 5?
Would the IC champ be stuck to a champions clause?

I realize this is all in good fun but I just can’t see how it would work.

3 IC titles defenses = a world title shot.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

So does the IC champ lose his belt once he enters the top 5?
Would the IC champ be stuck to a champions clause?

I realize this is all in good fun but I just can’t see how it would work.

@SuperNerd gives a good answer.

In WWF they'd generally have the IC champion lose the belt just before they go after the world title - since that won't work in MMA, three defences and you're fighting for the world title works well.

 

[Herwald]

- Zubaira Tukhugov vs Bryce Mitchell (FW)
- Drew Dober vs Michael Chandler (LW)
- Kevin Lee vs Robbie Lawler (WW)
- Darren Till vs Kevin Holland (MW)
- Ion Cutelaba vs Johnny Walker (LHW)
- Ben Rothwell vs Greg Hardy (HW)

 

[WHITE ANDERSON]

fuck that shit bro

make a 24/7 hardcore belt
wrap mike perry's wrists in barbed wire and take it to the champagne room, baby
JUST BLEED

 

[TheChance]

Fun thread

Liar

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Mr Perfect vs The Texas Tornado for all the belts

 

[DestinedAussie]

No, like a second-tier title for fighters that aren't quite top 5 yet, but might be with a couple of wins.

Khamzat would almost certainly be an Intercontinental champion as we speak, for example, because he's got tons of buzz around him.

Islam falls in same category.

 

[RemyR]

I’d tell him to fuck off with the IC belts already

edit: oh this is some lame ass WWE thread, thought this was about interim belts