UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, in a perfect world, must be looking forward to his dream match with Georges St-Pierre after beating Nick Diaz—in a perfect world.

However, in the world ruled by UFC President Dana White, that previously expected match-up is always subject to change to appease a presumably popular sentiment. (And if this becomes the norm in so-called controversial results, why not make all the fans with cellphone credit and Internet access become the fight judges? Let’s democratize UFC judging via text votes, a la American Idol.)

And so far, that Condit-Diaz rematch is, just like Diaz, on a “now-it’s-on, now-it’s-off” basis.

Should we beg for a little consistency here and not be thrown off-guard by apparently arbitrary decision-making with regards to an upcoming major fight? Or perhaps these “pleasant” surprises are all part of the UFC joy ride.

You mean there were no guarantees in the first place? As in, nothing was officially set in writing regarding the widely-accepted belief that whoever prevailed between Diaz and Condit would face St-Pierre?

Well, okay…suffice it to say that just about “everybody” was talking about that as if it was supposed to take place. But then, everybody is just a mere rumor-mongering anybody.

 

I was fooled to believing that whoever won between Condit and Diaz was guaranteed an outright shot at St-Pierre.

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But Dana White himself, leading to UFC 143, assured us fans that whoever wins takes on GSP, right? No?

 

 

 

Sigh, gone are the days when a man’s word—written or oral—was set in stone.

 

This is déjà vu. Remember when Jon Fitch was also denied a rematch with St-Pierre after beating Thiago Alves a second time?

Guess the road to St-Pierre is never easy, same with that leading to Anderson Silva…

Oh, wait! I know this is off on a tangent, but I’ve just stumbled on what truly is Jon Jones’ advantage over these two other greats: accessibility.