The UFC module doesn't provide fair competition or equivalent opportunities for its roster
moving up in the rankings or getting closer to the top of the division is just random and based on how much Dana likes you
this's not a competition on an even playground, every fighter gets a different path that mostly has nothing to do with his record, for example; McGregor gets an opportunity to win the belt of beating Eddie Alvarez with zero wins at lw and gets elevated 70 times more than any other lw who already beat Eddie with way more wins in the division, in the eyes of fans and media at least, just because he gets to wear a trophy belt afterwards
there's no system for this it's just random, random title shots, random #1 contenders (Masvidal vs Usman 2)
I wish the UFC was something like the PFL where all the good fighters are forced to compete against each other regularly without any drama or randomness
that's the only way belts could mean anything