Dana was probably happy that Stipe won tbh. He must have thought to himself, Do I really want another GSP and Cejudo spectacle, where the champ retires and there is no champion? This is better for business, now they can do either Ngannou (hopefully that one) or Jones vs Stipe and they actually have a HW champion for them to fight against. That makes a huge difference in how you market the fight.
Or, probably most likely it could just be that the PPV numbers were pretty good, generally, Dana doesn't complain if the numbers were good.