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More people were watching, but I think that was the Brock factor. Honestly, I think today's HW is more stacked with D.C., Blaydes, Volkov, Stipe, Doom. Ngannou etc, and all the guys you mentioned except Carwin. Now, all the best heavies in the world are consolidated in the UFC, where as they were not back then and SF was very strong.
The Heavyweight division is currently held together with duct tape and "thoughts and prayers". If you remove even two of the top guys it's a wasteland.