WAMMA Belt: A Farce

As some of you know, the Fedor/Sylvia fight at this past weekend's Affliction card was for the WAMMA (World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts) Heavyweight belt. Now this is supposed to be the unified belt of all MMA organizations. There's only one problem with that.

The UFC weight class belts are the only belts that matter in the world of mainstream MMA. Fedor once was a man who held the #1 P4P spot in the world without question, but Sylvia was Fedor's best competition on over 2 years (he's been thrown tomato cans). But if you're going to start a belt anywhere, then it might as well be with Fedor as a challenger.

Then we have Sylvia who came in losing two out of his last three fights and looking less then impressive as of late. One of those losses came to the current (or interim, however you want to slice it) UFC HW Champ, Nogueira. He is just another Miletich fighter who is past his prime.

So with all of this in mind, why would you give an alleged "universal" title shot to these two? If anything, the shot should go to the best in the world right now. Nogueira has earned the best HW in the world spot at the moment. If you're going to start a belt, start it right.

The way it looks now (since Fedor won), the inevitable Randy Couture vs. Fedor fight that everyone and their mother is waiting for, will probably be for this WAMMA title belt. Or maybe even the winner of that ridiculous "Fighting Fedor" reality show. Now if this belt is going to be legit, then you need to make one for every weight class as well.

The UFC is where the real MMA competition is right now, their HW division excluded. Their title will be the real "big" title in the world for quite some time. All others will just be looked at like they are one rank under. Much like how the UFC title once was to the PRIDE title.

So, I will be on board with this idea once the following is done:
- BJ Penn gets his belt
- Georges St. Pierre gets his belt
- Anderson Silva gets his belt
- (Even though it pains me to say) Forrest Griffin gets his belt
- Nogueira faces WAMMA HW titleholder

I won't hold my breath though.