Putting historic UFC achievements into perspective

Make the best fights you can outside Zuffa for each division. That'll answer your question.

 

the ufc will take into account the big players in mma the same way rival boxing orgs do.

 

2012, just the way things turned out.

I don't think the commentators are secretly brainwashing folks when the roster is so deep to begin with.

 

MMA certainly exists beyond UFC, but it's the premier division in any sport who's records are most respected. The remainder are like second grade and not directly comparable.

 

Bigger fights than what The UFC serves up?

Please, name them.

 

To put things into perspective The UFC is major league.

I couldn't tell you who Fedor and Hector Lombard's last few opponents opponents were, Bellator has a card in a few weeks that you can be sure UFC matchmaking will be watching.

 

There might be better fighers that never get praised simply because they dont go into the UFC, there also might be **** fighters who gets praised as the baddest man in the world simply because they are in the UFC.

Look at the Strikeforce fighters, they were nowhere near the top when they were in Strikeforce, but they go to the top of the heap as soon as they beat even a CAN UFC fighter.

 

UFC is the premier league in MMA. They always say the whole record but inthe broadcast they say the UFC record so you know how they have performed on the highest level.

 

Now UFC is the best.

But before Pride was the best.
WEC had the best in the bantamweight devision.
Strikeforce had better H/W fighters than the UFC.

But they all got bought by the UFC.

In 2 years there will be an organization like dream that challenge the UFC and they will be bought, this is done to protect the UFC brand.

This management style always gives the fans the illusion that the UFC is always the best organization when it's not always true.

 

This ^^^^

 

The UFC always beat other orgs in marketing. Every example in the sports history has shown that the UFC wasn't where ALL the talent was. Now that they have bought everyone up they are the best but Overeem, Diaz, Shogun, Henderson amongst many others blew away the theory that the UFC was the place for elite talent.