Dana White har redan gått ut och sagt att föredetta titelhållaren Jon Jones kommer få en direkt titelmatch så fort han är redo att komma tillbaka in i oktagonen, då Jones blivit fråntagen bältet efter att han misstänks vara inblandad i en smitningsolycka.
En som inte tycker det verkar särskilt rimligt är ingen mindre än Chael Sonnen, som hade följande att säga via ”MMAMania”:
You get stripped for two reasons: You don’t defend your belt or you are unable to defend your belt. Those are the only two things that get you stripped. You have a guy who is still in the company and you took his belt. It’s weird. It’s really weird.
If you cut a guy and he is no longer with the company than, obviously, he is no longer the champion. I don’t know what you do from here. Are you telling me that Jon’s next fight when he comes back won’t be for the title? Because if it is for the title, than what’s the difference?
If you put him in a title fight then none of this makes sense. It’s the exact same spot he’s in. He walks out to the ring without the belt and he walks away with the belt. Or, if he loses, he doesn’t leave with the belt. That is the exact same thing that would’ve happened if he would’ve walked to the ring with the belt.
So, you can either admit now that he is really not stripped, or you are going to have to admit it in six months when you bring him back and let him out there for a title fight. It’s the same thing and so, it’s weird.
Anthony Johnson kommer under natten att möta Daniel Cormier om bältet i UFCs lätta tungvikt, då de möts vid UFC 187 i Las Vegas.
