{"id":310099,"date":"2019-04-17T06:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310099"},"modified":"2019-04-17T06:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T13:29:04","slug":"dana-white-has-a-message-for-idiots-who-dont-like-ufc-interim-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-has-a-message-for-idiots-who-dont-like-ufc-interim-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White has a message for ‘idiots’ who don’t like UFC interim titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The UFC has been crowning a lot of interim champions of late. In fact, it crowned two new interim champions at UFC 236 last weekend, as Dustin Poirier defeated Max Holloway to win the interim lightweight title, and Israel Adesanya defeated Kelvin Gastelum to win the interim middleweight title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, these interim title belts often amount to little more than number one contender belts, guaranteeing the interim a champion a shot at the true, undisputed champion. Sometimes, they don’t even accomplish that \u2014 see the cases of Colby Covington and Tony Ferguson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given these drawbacks, some fans have been very critical of the UFC’s choice to crown so many interim champions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ever UFC President Dana White is happy to defend this choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to tell you because I\u2019m going to take another swing at the idiots that don\u2019t like interim belts, there\u2019s probably some of you in this room, too,\u201d White said at the UFC 236 post-fight press conference (transcript via MMA News<\/a>). \u201cBut here\u2019s the reality — when more is on the line — could you imagine if Israel Adesanya versus Kelvin Gastelum was a three round co-main event? Even the Poirier fight, the main event if it wasn\u2019t a five round fight. These titles mean something to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo when you go in there and there\u2019s a belt on the line and you know what\u2019s next.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana White continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about what\u2019s on the line,\u201d White said. \u201cYou know how bad Israel wanted to win that fight? You know how bad Gastelum wanted to win that fight? Watch it. Watch the fight. That\u2019s how bad they both wanted it. There\u2019s real stakes. There\u2019s something on the line. Now if you\u2019re\u00a0Israel Adesanya, you\u2019re lined up — we had to wait for Gastelum before and we had to wait for Whittaker to come back — now\u00a0Israel Adesanya\u00a0comes out and he\u2019s got a belt, he already beat Gastelum, he doesn\u2019t have to wait for Gastelum and he gets pay-per-view [points]. How does this not make sense to anybody?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsrael Adesanya was on vacation,\u201d White added. \u201cHe left vacation to come take this fight because he understands what\u2019s at stake here and what he can get. The same thing for Max, you heard Max all week, he wanted to be a double champ, he wants legacy, he wants people to know his name when he\u2019s long gone and he wants two belts and there\u2019s more money involved in that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your thoughts on the UFC’s frequent use of interim titles? Do you agree with Dana White?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on <\/em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a> on 4\/17\/2019. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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