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Significance Deficit
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Just what the title says. The divisions are in a re-building phase right now and in the context of title shots, rankings, match-ups, etc., everything that happened before last year is essentially meaningless. For legacy and things of that nature, it’s a different story but the talks about guys deserving or not deserving certain things are silly.
I argued in 2015 that Belfort didn’t deserve the shot against Weidman because he earned it in a different setting than the one he was going to be competing in. His win streak came during the TRT era. Once that was over, the things he did in 2013 no longer mattered. It’s the same concept here, only you have to apply it equally across the board.
As we have seen with new champions being crowned at an unprecedented rate, the foundations on which these divisions were built have been shaken. I would argue that they are no longer established in any meaningful way and thus, the talk of certain fights making sense or not have become a bit ridiculous, namely with something like Diaz/Woodley being called a nonsensical match-up.
On paper, clearly Wonderboy is the most deserving contender, but what has he really done? He beat a post-USADA Hendricks who has looked nothing like his old self and then outpointed MacDonald. The latter is a great win and I’m not throwing any accusations out there, I would just say that people need to start putting things in perspective in terms of what has actually happened. Pre-USADA wins don’t mean shit anymore, plain and simple. These divisions are starting over and there’s no reason to take anything from a past era into consideration at this point.
In summation, continuity matters and one thing should be clear to everyone who has been paying attention…
I argued in 2015 that Belfort didn’t deserve the shot against Weidman because he earned it in a different setting than the one he was going to be competing in. His win streak came during the TRT era. Once that was over, the things he did in 2013 no longer mattered. It’s the same concept here, only you have to apply it equally across the board.
As we have seen with new champions being crowned at an unprecedented rate, the foundations on which these divisions were built have been shaken. I would argue that they are no longer established in any meaningful way and thus, the talk of certain fights making sense or not have become a bit ridiculous, namely with something like Diaz/Woodley being called a nonsensical match-up.
On paper, clearly Wonderboy is the most deserving contender, but what has he really done? He beat a post-USADA Hendricks who has looked nothing like his old self and then outpointed MacDonald. The latter is a great win and I’m not throwing any accusations out there, I would just say that people need to start putting things in perspective in terms of what has actually happened. Pre-USADA wins don’t mean shit anymore, plain and simple. These divisions are starting over and there’s no reason to take anything from a past era into consideration at this point.
In summation, continuity matters and one thing should be clear to everyone who has been paying attention…
