Should the UFC start 'protecting' Champions?

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

From certain bad stylistic match ups in order to build up stars better like they do in boxing? I know one of the beauties of the UFC culture is forcing the best to constantly fight the best, but the downside is that is very hard for champions to stay established which results then constantly being recycled. Almost all the greatest Boxing champions have at one point ducked someone because it was a bad match up. Floyd did it, and Canelo has been doing it for years, and they remained stars for many years.

They were getting some real momentum with Omalley as a star, as he was becoming bankable yet decided to match up him up in a horrific stylistic match up to a boring grinder which he lost and now the UFC are left with another boring euro champion that won't draw flies while sacrificing a bankable star. It is pretty bad for business. That is not to say you just feed champions bums, but should they engage in smarter match ups in a stylistic level at least to build up fighters momentum and create real bankable stars. It felt like they shot themselves in the foot tonight. Just to confirm I am not arguing for bum fights, just more favourable stylistic match ups, meaning still fighting top fighters and just being a little more savvy in matchmaking.

They are actively protecting Alex Pereira from Magomed

 

[BSquared]

UFC brand was built on stars, like, tito, chuck, silva, brock, jones, conor not o'malley. Stars sell tickets and ppvs, and merchandise, and create the revenue and power of a brand. Sean is nothing without the ufc? and what is the ufc without top fighters? would it be worth 5 billion?

"Some of that was obviously sarcastic and hyperbolic..."

 

[GrantB13]

I'm not even going to read your post past the first sentence. Fuck no, dude.

 

[Gamer2k4]

I like to think UFC fans are aware enough that there would be pushback if champions kept avoiding top contenders.

 

[Goutfather]

i don’t think they should protect them but they should use the japanese style of feeding them cans to hype the clash.

crocop and fedor were clearly the best of their generation, but if the ufc managed the build up its just a stale fight

preface all the big fights with some can crushing to really emphasis that these guys are on a new level

you know what would have made this fight better? if i’d watched merab suplex ko a bus driver in his last fight and o’malley koing a seven foot tall chinese man

in retrospect it’s silly, but letting these dudes have larger than life performances would increase the overall excitement for champion fights imo

o’malley had a good run, if he got two cans between every serious contender it would be way more hype

i like that idea, but instead of cans, just have it be lower ranked fighters with no notice. imo that’s a perfectly legitimate test for both fighters.