Is there any way fans can arrest the trend of fighters being less active

And you get a better event for less money. Honestly I love those golden boy cards in mexico. Let two 10-1 mexicans square off and i know it's going to be a great fight. Same with japanese.

Now i saw thor fight eddy hall and the jake paul fights and so on... They are freak shows and more fun as a 'noone knows what will happen' kind of event. But such fights are ppv. Or see benn vs eubank.

Honestly as long as people prefer narrative over actual good matchups it makes total sense for fighters to care for exactly that.