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Believe it or not, Josh Grispi was actually the #1 contender at the time right after the WEC merged with the UFC. I believe he was actually booked to fight Aldo for the title, but it fell through. He accepted the fight with Poirier as a late replacement, lost, and then his career and life fell apart and he ended up in prison.Do you have any proof cause I don't ever remember Grispi being the number 1 contender, besides if he were it wouldn't make sense that Dustin won 3 fights in a row after beating the number one contender and still didn't get a title shot.
As for why Dustin didn't get a title shot early on in his FW UFC career after beating Grispi and others, that's a fair question, I guess they just thought he needed to prove himself more. He got a #1 contender fight with Korean Zombie but lost so KZ got the title shot instead.