Veteran voices say the opportunity of the UFC stacking a number of title fights on the White Home card could possibly be a catastrophe.
MMA Promotions, in collaboration with the U.S. Authorities, has introduced a groundbreaking struggle occasion scheduled for June 14th on the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, D.C. in honor of the 250th anniversary of america.
Final month, US President Donald Trump mentioned the occasion would give MMA followers an expertise by no means seen earlier than, whereas additionally hinting that the cardboard might characteristic an unprecedented eight or 9 championship fights.
A rising variety of followers and fighters, together with former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, have expressed considerations about stacking a number of title fights and occasions, a sentiment echoed by UFC insider Chel Sonnen.
Chel Sonnen believes followers might be overwhelmed if there are too many title fights at UFC White Home occasion
In a current interview with The Schmo, Chel Sonnen weighed in on the concept of stacking seven or eight championship fights on the UFC’s White Home card.
The previous a number of title challenger argued that such a lineup could be exhausting for followers, citing the Strikeforce Nashville recreation in April 2010 as a cautionary instance. Three title fights dragged on there, making the occasion really feel overly lengthy fairly than memorable.
“Everybody’s speaking about there going to be seven title fights, which by the best way, I hope would not occur,” Sonnen mentioned. “That is a bit an excessive amount of. As only a fan, I have been to an MMA occasion, the one Scott Coker placed on, and there have been three title fights, lovely posters, and every little thing went far. It was an excessive amount of. It was 75 minutes to see three fighters. It was an excessive amount of. I feel that was an enormous mistake.”
Sonnen added that star energy alone might elevate the occasion, noting that the participation of UFC attracts akin to Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Alex Pereira ought to greater than make up for the absence of a number of title fights.
“I feel we now have some huge fights, a Conor struggle we’re speaking about, an enormous rumor about Pereira vs. Jones. However these fights have one factor in widespread, and that is no belt. We need not win a belt, and we undoubtedly need not have seven fights.”
