Interim belt?? Hell no. Zero reason.
a few points....
1. Last UFC title fight was august, really not that long ago, and Stipe injured, had eye procedure
2. UFC are doing Stipe vs Cormier III, cos that's what Cormier wants as his last fight. And so even if this is scheduled for, say, March, if Stipe wins again, next fight would be summer (Approx), so guess what Ngannou....you gotta fight someone else.
3. Ngannou had a title fight and was well beaten. He had cardio endurance for ONE round. That's pathetic preparation, shows his arrogance.
4. He then lost again to Lewis, and threw maybe THREE punches the entire fight. Maybe UFC should have cut him at that point for pathetic display.
5. He still doesn't have any cardio, and almost no grappling, no wrestling to speak of, small Jitsu.
- Therefore, he is not a mixed martial artist.
6. He's only had 2mins20secs of cage experience since his stupid loss to Lewis. He hasn't actually learned anything by cage combat experience since his double-loss.