What Happened to UFC 200?
There is so much build up for UFC 200; everyone was excited to see what the UFC had in store for us. UFC 100 is still the organizations highest selling event so one would imagine that UFC 200 would be pushing to top that record. For some reason though, Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 is the headlining fight for what could potentially be UFC’s biggest event to date. But wait, didn’t that fight just happen? I’m pretty sure McGregor went up two weight classes to fight Diaz, who didn’t have a full camp, and got embarrassed when he lost the fight via rear-naked choke. Now I wouldn’t mind seeing Diaz beat up on McGregor again, but I didn’t expect to see it so soon and if I’m not mistaken, doesn’t McGregor have a title he’s supposed to defend? Speaking of the Featherweight championship, the UFC scheduled another fight for UFC 200, Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar for the Interim Featherweight Championship belt. It’s pretty interesting that there is a fight for an interim title when the Champion of that division is not only healthy and active, but is fighting on the same card. I’m really not mad at McGregor, I’m sure he’s doing what he feels is best for him. I have grown to appreciate both the skills he has shown inside the octagon, and his comedy act outside the octagon. I still can’t help but to feel insulted by the UFC for putting McGregor on a pedestal, above all other fans and fighters. I was excited the first time he was scheduled to fight Nate because he had just won the title and I wanted to see if he could go beyond that. After the loss though he should go back and defend the title, it doesn’t seem right for him to just stall a division while he gets to hand pick who he fights next. It raises the question that maybe McGregor just doesn’t want to fight Frankie Edgar? I’ve never heard Conor go off on one of his rants about Edgar before, and McGregor has something to say about everyone. Maybe McGregor is hoping Jose Aldo takes out Frankie because Conor feels safer fighting Aldo again. To me it seems like Edgar has a good chance at beating McGregor, if I was Conor I might try to dodge him too.I’ll only forgive the UFC for this if they make the Madison Square Garden event the greatest card in history. There is so many great fighters from all over NY and Long Island. I know that all the guys fighting out of Long Island MMA in Farmingdale want a piece of that card. If we could get a card filled with the likes of Jon Jones, Chris Weidman, Ryan LaFlare, Dennis Bermudez, and Chris Wade the fans in NY would go crazy!
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