Recent UFC Hw Champion activity-
Daniel Cormier fought 2 times at HW in 2018(3 fights total 1 in Lhw)
Stipe Miocic fought 1 time the following year he became champion, two times the following year
If you have a tournament of the best fighters, you get at least two of these guys fighting 4 times throughout the year to become the 2020 HW Tournament winner, which comes with a hefty payday and the covited title for the badest man for that weight class.
1.Daniel Cormier
2.Stipe Miocic
3.Derrick Lewis
4.Francis Ngannou
5.Curtis Blaydes
6.Alexander Volkov
7.Alistair Overeem
8.Junior Dos Santos
9. Aleksei Oleinik
10.Marcin Tybura
11. Justin Willis
12. Tai Tuivasa
13.Shamil Abdurakhimov
14.Walt Harris
15.Andrei Arvloski
16. Stefan Struve
If you go by seeding it'd look like
Daniel Cormier vs Stefan Struve
Stipe Miocic vs Andre Arvloski
Derrick Lewis vs Walt Harris
Francis Nganou vs Shamil Abdurakhimov
Curtis Blaydes vs Tai Tuivasa
Alexander Volkov vs Justin Willis
Alistair Overeem vs Marcin Tybura
Junior Dos Santos vs Aleksei Oleinik
I see Daniel Cormier advancing with more than likely facing Stipe or Ngannou in the finals.
Whoever wins, DC, Stipe, JDS, Ngannou, whoever, will have fought and won FOUR times in 2020 against ranked opponents.
Would you view that heavyweight as being more dominant than a hw who fought 1-2 times in the same time span? I would.
Daniel Cormier fought 2 times at HW in 2018(3 fights total 1 in Lhw)
Stipe Miocic fought 1 time the following year he became champion, two times the following year
If you have a tournament of the best fighters, you get at least two of these guys fighting 4 times throughout the year to become the 2020 HW Tournament winner, which comes with a hefty payday and the covited title for the badest man for that weight class.
1.Daniel Cormier
2.Stipe Miocic
3.Derrick Lewis
4.Francis Ngannou
5.Curtis Blaydes
6.Alexander Volkov
7.Alistair Overeem
8.Junior Dos Santos
9. Aleksei Oleinik
10.Marcin Tybura
11. Justin Willis
12. Tai Tuivasa
13.Shamil Abdurakhimov
14.Walt Harris
15.Andrei Arvloski
16. Stefan Struve
If you go by seeding it'd look like
Daniel Cormier vs Stefan Struve
Stipe Miocic vs Andre Arvloski
Derrick Lewis vs Walt Harris
Francis Nganou vs Shamil Abdurakhimov
Curtis Blaydes vs Tai Tuivasa
Alexander Volkov vs Justin Willis
Alistair Overeem vs Marcin Tybura
Junior Dos Santos vs Aleksei Oleinik
I see Daniel Cormier advancing with more than likely facing Stipe or Ngannou in the finals.
Whoever wins, DC, Stipe, JDS, Ngannou, whoever, will have fought and won FOUR times in 2020 against ranked opponents.
Would you view that heavyweight as being more dominant than a hw who fought 1-2 times in the same time span? I would.