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I am not really try to bash any one fighter, but it does seem like collectively the belts really don't mean jack shit anymore. For a couple reasons I think.
First of all I think the interim stuff is hurting it. Just ridiculousness.
I think in a lot of cases the best fighters in each weight class don't have the belt. Back in the day the best fighter ( or close to the best fighter) in each weight class had the belt. Now I am more interested in individual matchups rather than who is the champ.
And I think the pay issue has something to do with it as well. I know this has been beaten to death but really if you think about if
WMMA- Who gives a shit
FLY- Who gives a shit
Everyone from BW-WW wants to fight Conor. So they can get paid.
MW is pretty much acknowledged that Bisiping is like the 5th best fighter in the division. But hes not fighting anyone noteworthy so nobody is making dick.
LHW- So much fuckery with Jones over the last 2ish years. Hopefully it gets settled at 214
HW- Stipe is the man but they are all old as fuck.
So eh. I don't know if it is even really a big deal tbh. Its just interesting how the mindset is. I remember during the UFC's Golden years 08-12 it was like THE GOAL to be the World champion.
I guess these guys just wanna get paid. Can't blame them, most basically make pennies. Its just interesting
First of all I think the interim stuff is hurting it. Just ridiculousness.
I think in a lot of cases the best fighters in each weight class don't have the belt. Back in the day the best fighter ( or close to the best fighter) in each weight class had the belt. Now I am more interested in individual matchups rather than who is the champ.
And I think the pay issue has something to do with it as well. I know this has been beaten to death but really if you think about if
WMMA- Who gives a shit
FLY- Who gives a shit
Everyone from BW-WW wants to fight Conor. So they can get paid.
MW is pretty much acknowledged that Bisiping is like the 5th best fighter in the division. But hes not fighting anyone noteworthy so nobody is making dick.
LHW- So much fuckery with Jones over the last 2ish years. Hopefully it gets settled at 214
HW- Stipe is the man but they are all old as fuck.
So eh. I don't know if it is even really a big deal tbh. Its just interesting how the mindset is. I remember during the UFC's Golden years 08-12 it was like THE GOAL to be the World champion.
I guess these guys just wanna get paid. Can't blame them, most basically make pennies. Its just interesting