OK, but can we agree that he prevented another heavyweight from furthering his career by not fighting them? Stipe is a main event fighter, and there are only a certain amount of those in the UFC, and even less at HW. So to have another heavyweight fight him in a 5 round fight, particularly a fighter who hasn't had a main event, 5 round bout before, is important for the division. There are what, 40 HW under contract with the UFC, that means the HW top 10 is 25% of the roster. Having one of those 25% fight Stipe has real repercussions for the division.
