Dana White reiterated that Colby Covington will likely be getting the following welterweight title shot in opposition to champion Leon Edwards. This has outraged many of the MMA group, given Covington’s inactivity and lack of fights in opposition to prime contenders. Here’s a answer that might make the remainder of the division pleased: put an interim title on the road.
An interim welterweight title would do three issues: set up a transparent primary contender to disallow anybody else from leaping the road, give deserving fighters a chance for a bit of UFC gold, and additional construct up a unification title bout sooner or later.
Interim titles are sometimes placed on the road when the undisputed champion is injured, suspended, unwilling to combat, or switching weight lessons. Edwards has acknowledged his want to be energetic. Nonetheless, there’s one other technique to justify this. In line with Grounded MMA, “interim champions are the winner of the interim title combat between the 2 fighters most deserving of the possibility, as decided by the UFC matchmakers. The 2 fighters aren’t essentially the #1 and a pair of ranked fighters.”
This could function a comfort prize for the 2 most deserving fighters who’ve stayed energetic and fought the hardest guys. That may be Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns if he defeats Jorge Masvidal at UFC 287. Right here is the best way to schedule it:
● August 2023 PPV Fundamental Occasion: Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington for the welterweight championship● August 2023 PPV Co-Fundamental Occasion: Belal Muhammad vs. Gilbert Burns / Jorge Masvidal winner for the interim welterweight championship● November 2023 PPV: welterweight title unification at Madison Sq. Backyard
The winners of the 2 August fights can face off within the octagon, creating an emphatic promotion for a title unification.
Anik Subramanian is an aspiring MMA journalist based mostly in the USA. He found his ardour for MMA when the game was the primary to return to stay motion in the course of the pandemic. He’s additionally a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has been a lifelong sports activities fan.
