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i know i know, the NSAC doesnt allow same day fights, im sure cali doesnt either, and ill go ahead and assume whatever other states they have sanctioning in are the same as well. besides only the final is same day and so were only creating one extra event by not doing that.
now the reason why it should happen; people love tournaments. we saw crocop fight and beat barnett twice, yet watching them fight in the finals was fucking brand new. shogun and arona would be a good fight to watch in a single matchup, but when it was for the the finals last year it just creates more substance to it. look at how much people get into tournaments for other sports, it just creates more excitement.
apply that to mma and not only does it add more to the fights, but it seems to hype the fights and fighters up more. when someone loses in a tourney they dont quite fall off the map as bad as when they just lose a single matchup either.
i think this would be huge in the ufc for the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions at least, if not for all of them. instead of constantly scrambling for someone to fight the champ after a couple of matchups that noone knows, in a tournament you end up with a guy that has some credibility. just imagine how much differently things would be if they just took monson, vera, mir, pe de pano, kongo, silva, arlovski, and gonzaga and had a tourney, winner fights sylvia. it would create a ton of hype for the winner vs sylvia fight, and the guys that made the semi finals would be hopefuls for down the road because even though they lost it doesnt seem to hurt someones career as much as just losing a single match up.
for lhw have tito, babalu, forrest, sakara, bisping, rashad, lambert and jardine, winner fights chuck. just think of it hypothetically before dismissing it as stupid