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Imo people who do get those shots have earned it by being a top dog for a very long time. If they want to risk that by going up in weight, more power to them.Right, but I struggle to respect a fighter who wins 3-4 belts in one fight vs someone who goes through 3-4 champs plus mandos in between to get to that position. So im totally against it. He got his shot at Kovalev, took the belts cuz Stevenson was too chicken to fight anybody (now Kov's on his 2nd title run, Stevenson still protecting his precious belt from unis/mandos). But don't wanna see a guy who's in a complete new division get a insta shot at the tournament champion, when it took 2 years to get that tournament going and so many fights to crown an UDC.
Generally they are, or are at least considered, the P4P kings. It also draws up more interest than fights within the division. Fans like to see it.