Set up for March 1st is Anderson Silva's 4th defense of the Middleweight Title. Okay so its a year and 1 month since his first title defense. Since his debut into the UFC Silva has not had a fight go past the mid way point of the second round. In fact 3 of his 5 UFC opponents haven't made it out of the 1st round. That list includes former champ Rich Franklin, the very tough Chris Leben, and the scrappy Nate Marquardt. Next up for Anderson Silva is going to be Dan Henderson. Who had no other choice but to drop weight and try his luck in a different weight class after losing to Rampage Jackson.
More fighters, correction more champs should follow the example of this very likeable and exciting fighter. Silva is not octagon shy by any means. 4 defenses in 1 year (13 months). All of his fights leave you at the edge of your seat whether you are rooting for him or against him.
My main point for all of this is that there should be no reason for each monthly UFC to have a title fight. The UFC should enforce a "3 title defense fights a year" in all their champion fighter's contracts. They have 4 weight classes and there are 12 months in a year, if you do the math that means they can rotate through each weight class 3 times. Hey if you want to be champ then prove it.
Over the past few months since my last post I have moved back to NJ. My friends and I were so excited when the UFC came back to NJ in November. We got our tickets before the fight card was announced. Unfortunately I have to say we were disappointed. Easily this was the worst UFC event of the year.
