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The way UFC is doing business right now makes it obvious that the UFC no longer cares about the legitimacy of the sport, and is not afraid to risk their credibility to draw the most amount of viewers possible. Dana white and the Ferttitas no longer care about the longevity of the sport. Instead they want to cash out as much as they can before the UFC is viewed as a joke.
Undeserved title shots/questionable match making:
Chael Sonnen vs Jon Jones. Chael had absolutely ZERO business fighting for a LHW TITLE. ZERO. we all know UFC did this fight to pull TUF ratings, and had to trick viewers into believing that this is actually a "fight that the fans have been screaming for." Complete joke of a fight.
GSP vs Nick Diaz: here we had Jonnny Hendricks riding a big streak with wins over Fitch, Koscheck, Pierce, Kampman. Most logical fans predicted that he would be next in line for GSP. But the title shot instead goes to "bad boy" Nick Diaz riding a massive 0-1 streak, who also happened to be suspended for 1 year due to testing positive for pot.
Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar: not even going to waste my time talking about this.
shafting "boring" fighters.
if you are considered a "boring" fighter or don't have a charismatic personality, prepare to be cut if you lose just 1 fight, no matter how skilled you are.
Jon Fitch being the prime example of this.
The guy was a top 10 welterweight and goes 1-1-1 in 3 fights and gets billed to be on the "downside of his career" and gets cut. meanwhile you have the Leonard Garcias (who was and still is on a massive losing streak, just recently cut), and the Pat Barrys (4 of his last 6 opponents aren't even in the UFC anymore, and he lost to 2 of the 4 guys that were cut) hanging around in the UFC because they "come to bang"
tl/dr
The UFC no longer cares about your skill level, or how high you are ranked. No matter how bad of a fighter you are, the UFC will keep you around if you can put asses in seats. The UFC is going in the direction of pro wrestling and while this is profitable in the short run, the UFC is going to be viewed as a joke many years down the road if it doesn't change its ways.
Undeserved title shots/questionable match making:
Chael Sonnen vs Jon Jones. Chael had absolutely ZERO business fighting for a LHW TITLE. ZERO. we all know UFC did this fight to pull TUF ratings, and had to trick viewers into believing that this is actually a "fight that the fans have been screaming for." Complete joke of a fight.
GSP vs Nick Diaz: here we had Jonnny Hendricks riding a big streak with wins over Fitch, Koscheck, Pierce, Kampman. Most logical fans predicted that he would be next in line for GSP. But the title shot instead goes to "bad boy" Nick Diaz riding a massive 0-1 streak, who also happened to be suspended for 1 year due to testing positive for pot.
Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar: not even going to waste my time talking about this.
shafting "boring" fighters.
if you are considered a "boring" fighter or don't have a charismatic personality, prepare to be cut if you lose just 1 fight, no matter how skilled you are.
Jon Fitch being the prime example of this.
The guy was a top 10 welterweight and goes 1-1-1 in 3 fights and gets billed to be on the "downside of his career" and gets cut. meanwhile you have the Leonard Garcias (who was and still is on a massive losing streak, just recently cut), and the Pat Barrys (4 of his last 6 opponents aren't even in the UFC anymore, and he lost to 2 of the 4 guys that were cut) hanging around in the UFC because they "come to bang"
tl/dr
The UFC no longer cares about your skill level, or how high you are ranked. No matter how bad of a fighter you are, the UFC will keep you around if you can put asses in seats. The UFC is going in the direction of pro wrestling and while this is profitable in the short run, the UFC is going to be viewed as a joke many years down the road if it doesn't change its ways.
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