I don't get this move by the UFC, we had a nice storyline going on between the welterweight champ Tyron "drama queen" Woodley and Colby "meathead" Covington and its now official that Woodley and Kamaru "30%" Usman signed the contract to fight at UFC 235 on March 2. WTF? From my understanding, 90% of fans wanted to see Covington get his ass beat by Woodley. I know there's a lot of politics behind the scenes but still, this doesn't make sense to me at all. Colby spoke about it on Ariel Helwani's ESPN show and here's what he had to say. First time that I feel bad for the guy, he earned a beating.
What do Y'all think about this situation?
Yo man just listened to the whole interview with Ariel. Makes NO SENSE to me at all,.. the ufc are all about the big money fights that can sell AND Colby is the interim!!! I thought it was crazy that Darren Till fought woodley but now again another opponent is jumping Colby?! What the hell. Regardless of what the fans think of Colby, he deserves and was promised Tyron, and Tyron wants to beat his ass! It’s by far the biggest fight to make at WW, I really don’t understand it. I’m looking forward to see what Tyron has to say about this, but it’s silly I must say
My point exactly, it was the fight to make and they've blown it big time.
I’m still baffled by the decision... I don’t get it at all... must be something else other than Usman performing well against rda... man it’s crazy
I think it's just a pure money move on part of the UFC, Usman is hands down the bigger PPV draw, thus bringing in more revenue for the company. The UFC will always go the route of the biggest draw.