Last time we were in this situation at Heavyweight with interim champ and undisputed champ not fighting each other right away

[Sms_productions713]

We had big nog beat Sylvia, couture was out trying to get the fedor fight. So we got a dream match up of mir vs noguiera, and Brock fighting Randy just purely for ppv buys.


This leads to a big grudge match between Brock and mir 2, which was so hyped, and biggest ppv card for ufc to that day.


So while we didn’t get interim vs undisputed right away, it worked out better in the long run for everyone.


So have jones fight stipe, aspinall who ever he fights, then fight Alex for another defense, and that winner fights Jones.

This is way better than just doing aspinal and jones now. Builds aspinall even more before he fights jones

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Or.... have the champ and interim champ fight and stop the bullshit.

 

[whocares]

The interim champ should defend the interim belt 9 times before fighting the champ because someone hurt Dana's feelings

 

[The Big Babou]

We had big nog beat Sylvia, couture was out trying to get the fedor fight. So we got a dream match up of mir vs noguiera, and Brock fighting Randy just purely for ppv buys.


This leads to a big grudge match between Brock and mir 2, which was so hyped, and biggest ppv card for ufc to that day.


So while we didn’t get interim vs undisputed right away, it worked out better in the long run for everyone.


So have jones fight stipe, aspinall who ever he fights, then fight Alex for another defense, and that winner fights Jones.

This is way better than just doing aspinal and jones now. Builds aspinall even more before he fights jones

I get your point and like your optimism but...

It wasn't way better since we were deprived of the Fedor fight

Timing is everything

 

[JakePaulMMA]

Or.... have the champ and interim champ fight and stop the bullshit.

Best we can do is add the Alternate Interim Championship belt.

 

[World eater]

This is way better than just doing aspinal and jones now.

No it is not. It is absolute garbage and I am sad there are people finding excuses and supporting this crap.

 

[13Seconds]

Atleast Couture tried to fight Fedor. That's like Jones trying to fight Ngannou now.

What makes this situation a joke is that Jones is trying to fight retired Stipe

 

[loisestrad]

What makes this situation a joke is that Jones is trying to fight retired Stipe

It's a joke, for sure. But you're missing part of the equation, I believe.

It's basically semi-retired Jones trying to fight retired Stipe.

I'm pretty sure though, that semi-retired Jones is considering fighting Pereira instead of Stipe. I would be surprised if Jones doesn't consider his next fight his retirement fight.

 

[Snake Fist]

May the fans keep making noise, in the hope it leads to the match that should happen in accordance with the rules (there can only be one heavyweight champion).

 

[OldBoy91]

At least the Randy/Brock/Mir/Nog thing was played off like a mini tournament.
With the winners planned (and going on) to face each other.

Aspinall has no clear path forward if he beats Blaydes, and neither does Blaydes if he wins for that matter. The Jones fight is out of reach. It's likely the winner fights Gane or Volkov. Such a shitahow.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Or.... have the champ and interim champ fight and stop the bullshit.

Or strip Jones and let the division move forward. He's no more the champ than Aspinal. He can have an immediate TS upon his return.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Sounds like we need an interim interim champ

 

[markg171]

I can't believe you missed the blatantly obvious part where the undisputed champion lineage came out on top of that.

 

[markg171]

The interim champ should defend the interim belt 9 times before fighting the champ because someone hurt Dana's feelings

Hurt Dana's feelings?

Yeah, Dana's real fucking pissed that Aspinall saved his MSG card in November when he fought Pav on 10 days notice, and is also real fucking pissed Tom's giving him a fight in July that'll keep the English awake until 6am for the real banger that is Leon/Belal 2.

Christ you guys are fucked up.

 

[don't ask]

Or.... have the champ and interim champ fight and stop the bullshit.

No it is not. It is absolute garbage and I am sad there are people finding excuses and supporting this crap.

At least the Randy/Brock/Mir/Nog thing was played off like a mini tournament.
With the winners planned (and going on) to face each other.

Aspinall has no clear path forward if he beats Blaydes, and neither does Blaydes if he wins for that matter. The Jones fight is out of reach. It's likely the winner fights Gane or Volkov. Such a shitahow.

I get your point and like your optimism but...

It wasn't way better since we were deprived of the Fedor fight

Timing is everything

Atleast Couture tried to fight Fedor. That's like Jones trying to fight Ngannou now.

What makes this situation a joke is that Jones is trying to fight retired Stipe

It's a joke, for sure. But you're missing part of the equation, I believe.

It's basically semi-retired Jones trying to fight retired Stipe.

I'm pretty sure though, that semi-retired Jones is considering fighting Pereira instead of Stipe. I would be surprised if Jones doesn't consider his next fight his retirement fight.

May the fans keep making noise, in the hope it leads to the match that should happen in accordance with the rules (there can only be one heavyweight champion).

Or strip Jones and let the division move forward. He's no more the champ than Aspinal. He can have an immediate TS upon his return.

I like the way you speak truth to idiocy.

The interim champ should defend the interim belt 9 times before fighting the champ because someone hurt Dana's feelings

Best we can do is add the Alternate Interim Championship belt.

Sounds like we need an interim interim champ

I like the way you make shit-talking truthful.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Have we ever had a champion duck a unification match to fight a 47 year old who has been inactive for over 3 years? Stipe’s last fight was a brutal KO loss and he has 0 wins over any active UFC fighter.

 

[markg171]

Or.... have the champ and interim champ fight and stop the bullshit.

The entire reason the champ *usually* fights the interim champ next is because the interim fight is simply the original contender fighting a new contender after the champ's injured/out. The original contender either defends their spot as next in line and takes out another contender or loses and gets usurped. Of course that winner is next in line.

That never happened here. It's not Jon or Stipe's fault the UFC moronically made Aspinall/Pav, a random fight between contenders, instead of Stipe/Pav as had literally already been agreed upon as the official backup interim title fight for the very situation they were in.

That's by no means to say Aspinall isn't doing everything right in taking out Pav and trying to avenge his Blaydes loss to get his title fight, but trying to pretend this is at all a normal interim title is beyond disengenuous. Aspinall never beat Stipe to take his title shot (earned or not), so nobody should be surprised their sticking with the original title fight.

 

[World eater]

Let us also ignore the fact that 2 champs at LHW were “encouraged” to vacate the belt once they got injured so the division could move on, but not at HW. Just waiting to see if the cut-off finger story is true and if it will cause further delay.

 

[Young Calf Kick]

The entire reason the champ *usually* fights the interim champ next is because the interim fight is simply the original contender fighting a new contender after the champ's injured/out. The original contender either defends their spot as next in line and takes out another contender or loses and gets usurped. Of course that winner is next in line.

That never happened here. It's not Jon or Stipe's fault the UFC moronically made Aspinall/Pav, a random fight between contenders, instead of Stipe/Pav as had literally already been agreed upon as the official backup interim title fight for the very situation they were in.

That's by no means to say Aspinall isn't doing everything right in taking out Pav and trying to avenge his Blaydes loss to get his title fight, but trying to pretend this is at all a normal interim title is beyond disengenuous. Aspinall never beat Stipe to take his title shot (earned or not), so nobody should be surprised their sticking with the original title fight.

In case some of y’all skipped this novel I’ll sum it up for you:

*shilling noises* “not a normal interim title, therefore Jon ducking Aspinall to fight 43 year old coming off brutal KO loss hasnt fought in 3 years Stipe OK.” *more shilling noises*

 

[don't ask]

In case some of y’all skipped this novel I’ll sum it up for you:

*shilling noises* “not a normal interim title, therefore Jon ducking Aspinall to fight 43 year old coming off brutal KO loss hasnt fought in 3 years Stipe OK.” *more shilling noises*

This is perfect. How can we get you to translate all their dumb-assery?