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Eddie Alvarez
“They’re meaningless. They’re used as a point of leverage for the promotion. They mean absolutely nothing, it’s proven. The media should talk about it a little more, it’s proven that an interim title means zilch. They give ‘em to a fighter, they take it from them. It’s a way for the promotion to leverage, that’s it. “They mean nothing. And for a fighter to put any value behind it is foolish. I’m more concerned with the opponent, I don’t care about titles. Interim, world title, it doesn’t mean much. If the promotion doesn’t hold it as valuable, then why should the fighters?”
Dustin Poirier
“I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title, I want to beat Eddie and fight for the real belt. I believe interim titles are necessary when a champ is out for a long period of time, but giving them out like they have been, I think that’s kind of crazy. If a champ has to take a long layoff then I think that’s the only time interim titles should be introduced to the division.”
“I’m not trying to be second best, I want the real thing."
Jose Aldo
Aldo believes it’s unfair for the interim welterweight champion to be passed over and that fighters need to be given a clearer understanding of what they have to do to make it to the very top of their division.
“It is extremely frustrating that you don’t really have the control of where you are going or what path you have to take to get where you want to be, but I guess it’s a little bit more about what you do outside of the cage on top of what you do in there. So the sporting side of things isn’t necessarily going to get you to where you want to be.”
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
“I think it’s time to have a 165 and a 175 category right now, It would do a lot of good for the UFC. First, it would get rid of a lot of fake champions it’s not because they’re not good, it’s because they’re not real, it’s not the real champion.”
Tecia Torres
“I’m not quite sure about the whole interim titles, I’m not sure they’ve really had that for the girls’ divisions yet, so I haven’t really put much thought into it,” she said.
Jeremy Stephens
“Interim titles, I think you get paid the same as you would the regular title, so any chance I get to make that type of money, bring it on. I’ll accept the challenge.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/...n-fox-30-fighters-sound-off-on-interim-titles
“They’re meaningless. They’re used as a point of leverage for the promotion. They mean absolutely nothing, it’s proven. The media should talk about it a little more, it’s proven that an interim title means zilch. They give ‘em to a fighter, they take it from them. It’s a way for the promotion to leverage, that’s it. “They mean nothing. And for a fighter to put any value behind it is foolish. I’m more concerned with the opponent, I don’t care about titles. Interim, world title, it doesn’t mean much. If the promotion doesn’t hold it as valuable, then why should the fighters?”
Dustin Poirier
“I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title, I want to beat Eddie and fight for the real belt. I believe interim titles are necessary when a champ is out for a long period of time, but giving them out like they have been, I think that’s kind of crazy. If a champ has to take a long layoff then I think that’s the only time interim titles should be introduced to the division.”
“I’m not trying to be second best, I want the real thing."
Jose Aldo
Aldo believes it’s unfair for the interim welterweight champion to be passed over and that fighters need to be given a clearer understanding of what they have to do to make it to the very top of their division.
“It is extremely frustrating that you don’t really have the control of where you are going or what path you have to take to get where you want to be, but I guess it’s a little bit more about what you do outside of the cage on top of what you do in there. So the sporting side of things isn’t necessarily going to get you to where you want to be.”
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
“I think it’s time to have a 165 and a 175 category right now, It would do a lot of good for the UFC. First, it would get rid of a lot of fake champions it’s not because they’re not good, it’s because they’re not real, it’s not the real champion.”
Tecia Torres
“I’m not quite sure about the whole interim titles, I’m not sure they’ve really had that for the girls’ divisions yet, so I haven’t really put much thought into it,” she said.
Jeremy Stephens
“Interim titles, I think you get paid the same as you would the regular title, so any chance I get to make that type of money, bring it on. I’ll accept the challenge.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/7/...n-fox-30-fighters-sound-off-on-interim-titles
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