Quote (Majithor @ Dec 26 2017 07:02pm)
aldo never owned a real belt. they were all handed to him not earned
Interesting concept, if we are truly going by the books does any championship except HW have any meaning? The first UFC was open weight no holds barred. The 155 title was a creation of Zuffa, they let Jens Pulver fight Cal Uono for a made up belt that now is in Conor McGregor's possesion. So does it really have any value? Jose Aldo at least won his by defeating Mike Brown the current FTW champion at the time who had beaten the former champion etc. etc. And then was promoted to UFC champion when WEC fell apart.
And basically if you really wanna break it down, Zuffa created the UFC LW division just like they did the FTW division. They saw the potential and swooped on it. So I kinda disagree.
Just some interesting stuff I found researching -
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/A-Lineal-History-UFC-Lightweight-Championship-44621 (not up to date but shows the message)
UFC was started in 1993, and Pulver didn't earn the first LW title until 2001.