The UFC has become more Entertainment then it is a Sport

It's pretty obvious now that it's all about who can draw the biggest gate, ppv buys, ratings, etc... You can work your butt off, win 10 straight fights, beat everyone in front of your, and that guarantees you nothing if you're not popular.

this.

win streaks, rankings, and even belts, mean practically nothing.
 
In boxing the champ doesn't always fight the #1 contender either
I didn't imply they didn't, I said they have mandatory defenses. Once you do a mandatory defense you can go for a "money fight," but if they keep going for money fights they get their belts stripped. Sometimes it works out pretty stupid like Fury was stripped of one belt because he was taking the Wlad rematch which he had to contractually give. But in the UFC you have situations like Bisping fighting #13 ranked Hendo, and then fighting GSP who hadn't fought in years and never at MW, while MW had tons of contenders.
 
It's always been this way, they're just worse at storytelling these days. They're making egregious matchups, changing drug testing rules on the fly, rushing people up, slowing the wrong ones down. It's bad lazy management who keep going "shit, will we get away with this?" ... And they haven't been stopped yet... So they keep getting worse.
 
What the fighting world has become as it is all about money instead of "climb the ladder and you will eventually get a chance." Now all new fighters are trying to become the next Conor by talking smack and hoping to get a title shot. Fans don't care about the technical aspects of fighting anymore, they just want to see two guys swinging like a couple drunks until someone gets knocked out. Lastly fighters that are not champs are paid more than fighters who are champs.

We know.
 
I didn't imply they didn't, I said they have mandatory defenses. Once you do a mandatory defense you can go for a "money fight," but if they keep going for money fights they get their belts stripped. Sometimes it works out pretty stupid like Fury was stripped of one belt because he was taking the Wlad rematch which he had to contractually give. But in the UFC you have situations like Bisping fighting #13 ranked Hendo, and then fighting GSP who hadn't fought in years and never at MW, while MW had tons of contenders.

Deff
But you brought up an example that was only 2 fights in a row

Not saying UFC is altruistic in any sense. They are certainly about the money.
But as others pointed out, it is exactly what the definition is

Other sports changed things to make more money too when it comes to championships

You can have second/third place teams getting to championship games/series, solely because that sport makes more money

what is the point of a regular season if in some sports half (or more) of the teams are in the playoffs?
 
Only at the top but the top is what matters.

The main reason people got so frustrated with boxing is that it abandoned the weight class system in all but name in favor of creating the biggest possible matchups between fighters who'd fight at any weight class the two of them could both reach. UFC offered a clear stable title lineage that had made boxing so popular in the 20th century. Now this and the rise of Bellator is making who the best fighter at any given division a question mark rather than the champ being the champ.
 
it was entertainment from the beginning you stoner lol
 
What the fighting world has become as it is all about money instead of "climb the ladder and you will eventually get a chance." Now all new fighters are trying to become the next Conor by talking smack and hoping to get a title shot. Fans don't care about the technical aspects of fighting anymore, they just want to see two guys swinging like a couple drunks until someone gets knocked out. Lastly fighters that are not champs are paid more than fighters who are champs.

Here ya go! Only 557 days to go 'til ultimate sports!

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If the NFL could put the 2 most popular teams in the Super Boul every year they would. However, they cannot.

That's what needs to happen in combat sports in general.
 
In boxing the champ doesn't always fight the #1 contender either

They used to for the most part. All the different sanctioning bodies demanding different matches and splitting belts into a more complicated system than government ABC agencies ruined that. Dana might lie all the time but who he considers the number one contender to be is the number contender.
 
"... has become"?

You have a Nov '13 join date TS

So, after the UFC put Chael Sonnen in a LHW title fight

The same Chael who had been wrecked inside 7 minutes in his previous fight, in the division 20lbs below LHW

The same Chael who hadn't fought at 205 for 7+ years

The same Chael who hadn't beaten a relevant 205er for close to a DECADE

And you're only just getting this now?
How you can live with that much hate?
 
Another bs thread. It’s always been like that. Nothing has changed. That’s why Couture got all these title shots. That’s why the ufc couldn’t wait for gsp to get his belt back from Serra. That’s why Kimbo was backed by the ufc brass. $$$$$$$$
 
They used to for the most part. All the different sanctioning bodies demanding different matches and splitting belts into a more complicated system than government ABC agencies ruined that. Dana might lie all the time but who he considers the number one contender to be is the number contender.

Maybe 50 years ago, but in the 70's champs fought low ranked guys a lot as well

Ali vs Wepner?
;)
 
Deff
But you brought up an example that was only 2 fights in a row

Not saying UFC is altruistic in any sense. They are certainly about the money.
But as others pointed out, it is exactly what the definition is

Other sports changed things to make more money too when it comes to championships

You can have second/third place teams getting to championship games/series, solely because that sport makes more money

what is the point of a regular season if in some sports half (or more) of the teams are in the playoffs?
I wouldn't say ball sports playoffs are comparable. But in football you play for home field advantage and a bye week. Also only 6 out of 16 teams per conference get into the playoffs, they have a tournament for each conference and then the winner of that 6 team tournament represents their conference in the Super Bowl for the championship of the league.
 
Maybe 50 years ago, but in the 70's champs fought low ranked guys a lot as well

Ali vs Wepner?
;)

Going to go with the scene where Apollo is going through the book looking for fighters.

That still happens in UFC sometimes. Serra fought GSP.
 
At least in boxing they have mandatory defense. In the UFC they let certain fighters get the belt and then not give top contenders a chance, going for "money fights," however many they want in a row.
Alvarez was passed on for 2 whole years by Stevenson. That’s just one example at the top of my head. So much for your theory.
 
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