Your examples aren't great, many of them involve vacant belts, draws or controversial endings.
Expediency of a rematch is also based on how much the UFC is behind the loser of a title fight. For ex, Cody got an immediate rematch despite losing in his first title defense. Weili might get a rematch because of her popularity in the important China market.
Andrade did not get a rematch. Title challengers who lose rarely get an immediate rematch unless there is controversy, a draw or a great competitive fight.
All that said, I sympathize your feeling, between Max and Volk, DC and Stipe, Joe B and Fig, Moreno and Fig and Usman and Masvidal, we all have rematch fatigue I think after the last year. The rematches mostly made sense to me, but it's still monotonous.
I don't know what you mean by the 'examples' not being great, it is a list, it wasn't written to persuade you it was written to prove a subjective point.
You don't seem to understand the point, at least as advertised, of a title fight is to determine the 'best ___weight in the world" not entertain you.
I don't think there is any circumstance in which someone who loses a title fight should be participating in the next one, it defeats the very purpose of the fight, since the individual who previously lost has already proven themselves not to be the best. Now that can change, hence a fighter earning their way back.
Lol Stipe could lose his next 5 fights and keep getting the next title shot
I am skeptical about Stipe being given an immediate title shot. Stipe never appeared to have a good relationship with the UFC and was not an active champion. He also has already been extended an immediate title shot, when he lost the belt the first time, a second one when you have guys like Curtis Blaydes floating around seems like it would create a lot of backlash.
Also, if Francis defends the belt one time is he going to now be eligible for these immediate rematches (which as we know aren't so immediate and usually occur half a year later); this would be a very bad precedent to set.
Its actually stipulated in some contracts
Rematch clause
Look into it..
You have access to UFC contracts and know what is in them?
You can't throw Chandler and Weili's name into the pot just because they are hoping for another shot, it's not the same as getting the title shot. Titles are big business in the UFC, most of the time they are what make up their PPV's and unlike the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB yes.. MMA has the luxury of setting up who it wants in its championship fight. I believe what could fix this so called immediate rematch problem is by making mandatory challengers where you either vacate the belt or fight the guy/girl that earned their own right at a title shot. This is however an unpredictable sport, and I imagine the scheduling is very hard to setup right since any small thing can go wrong and screw everything up, which is why this differs from other sports, it takes months to prepare and get ready and if a challenger goes down all hell breaks loose. This is also the way it has been for a long time, so it's not like this is some kind of new trend. Wonderboy got an immediate rematch after his draw against Woodley, but Woodley.. he didn't get no immediate rematch, so it's not like it always happens.
I do believe if a champion has been dominant enough for a long time they warrant the immediate rematch, for instance if schevenko or Nunes goes down... guess what.. they'll be getting an immediate rematch, Ronda Rousey was the dominant woman in WMMA for a long time, she got knocked out.. but when she was ready boom immediate title shot. As much as you would like fighters to earn their way back to the top, one thing that you truly have to consider, is this sport doesn't have a lot of two times or multi champions, yes they do exist, but it's very very hard once a fighter loses their belt to even earn it back when they fall off the high horse, so it also make sense for the UFC to keep their top tier most popular fighters relevant for their own financial reasons. Cody Garbrandt got a rematch as well, but then someone like Rose she didn't and earned her way back up, and now is the only two time champion for WMMA.
I see your point but I definitely don't think that it should just be the normal thing to make all champions who lose their belt have to string along 3 top 5 wins in order to earn their title shot back. At the same time I do think that it maybe a large reason why it's hard for new fighters to crack into the top 15 and become champion, thats why you get guys like Oliveira who finally get a shot at a belt after 28 matches... so something needs to be more structured and change, but there's no easy solution.
I put their (Chandler/Weili) names under the TBD column because either their team (Weili) or UFC broadcasters (Chandler) have publicly talked about it.
I don't believe either of them is going to get one, though I do think Justin Gaethje might if Connor defeats Dustin; and Gaethje obviously does not deserve one after being finished in the second round.
Ideally if a challenger draws they should not given an immediate rematch, but a number one contenders bout to determine the next challenger.
Yes, the current system makes it nearly impossible for guys like Oliveira to move upward in their division because once a fighter reaches the top 10 they need to either retire or be cut from the promotion to lose their ranking.
Look at Leonardo Santos, who won TUF Brazil and had won six straight fights and was fighting a guy during Fight Island I that was making his debut. The Lightweight division suffers the worst from this.
It's bs. I was arguing with someone on reddit, I got downvoted to death at first because I suggested Stipe should go back to the end of the line, he doesn't deserve a rematch because he got shUt out. The replies why he deserved a rematch were illogical. He deserves the rematch because he's Stipe, best UFC hw of all time.
Believeing the ufc PR bullshit I see. First off, past accolades don't mean that much. Once you lose, your timer restarts. It is what it is.
Stipe was 1-1 in title defenses. 2-1 total when he regained the title from DC.
He shouldn't get an immediate rematch off one successful title defense lol. You should not be eligible to get an immediate title if you got shut out for a fight. No fluke, just shut out. Trilogies aren't needed all the damn time. We don't need a rubber match.
Stipe does not deserve another title fight. I am not convinced he could beat anyone in the top 5 at HW at the moment. And for his own health he would be very stupid not to retire.
I dont expect we will ever see him fight again, because it would be irrational for both himself and the UFC, but time will tell.
Well, in this instance Figueiredo missed weight the first time, so he wasn’t champ despite beating Benavides in the first match.
When you are finished as badly as Joe was, you don't belong in a title fight immediately after said performance.
He was put in one though and it ended even worse than the first one did.
Benavidez is probably the best example for why a fighter, regardless of whether they are champion or a challenger, should need to earn their way back instead of an immediate rematch.