Does it seem like the UFC is holding on to fighters longer than they ever have these days? Why are so many fighters being kept on the roster with insane losing streaks?

People love to put other is boxes and attach labels and this is doubly true of rivals who want to use these methods to mental defeat their opponent before they step into the cage. In some cases, like that of Justin Gaethje be labeled the Homer Simpson of MMA, well you could say that nickname has aged like milk, especially as he's achieved championship status. It's also true that fighter learn more from their losses, so you combine that with a humiliating nickname and it can see fighters like Sergei Pavolich crumble or others like "Decision Dan Henderson", well his name couldn't be any further from the KO artist he became.

Islam Machkhachev just broken some major records at UFC 330 against Ian Garry, but it was difficult, he didn't pull of much damage and at the end of the day, it's certainly impressive, but it also was lacking in a lot of ways. Can Islam keep this up against some of the giants at 170?

Sometimes a fighter appears to be unbeatable one moment and the next well, it's as if they've fallen off a cliff. There is no great example of this than when fighters have completely gassed out and have essentially become totally useless in the cage.

In most cases, the champion for any given division in the UFC or otherwise is certainly the best, but does that mean they are the scariest? Not necessarily. Sometimes there are contenders so utterly terrifying, their fellow contenders would literally rather fight and lose to the champ than have to face the consequences of going up against these terrors.

PPV's and Numbered UFC events these days are pretty much guaranteed to be headlined by UFC champions these days, but this isn't always the case. And it's been everything from big stars to people that make you scratch your head over the years and wonder how they could possibly be the headliner.

MMA has some absolutely insane moments, but for some reason it feels like returns tend to encapsulate that craziness more so than any other topic about the sport. McGregor's return happened this year, Ronda Rousey - who guessed both would happen within months of each other let alone at all? These are the most memorable MMA/UFC returns ever.

If this sport is producing CTE and fighters lives are legitimately being ruined like in the case of Anthony Smith, what is the point of watching? And it's not even about the fighter. The people around him, his family are the ones suffering the cost.

Champions can come out of every corner it seems in this sport. Sometimes that's a really great thing, but ufortunately man times, it's anything but. Jones took his title at the perfect time as an example while ducking literally every great heavyweight champion. These are the champions who orchestrated their title reigns.

Many times you are told a set of things to do and the hope is, especially when coming from an authority figure, that things will work out in the end. Well in these cases, doing what you think is right couldn't be any more wrong. Commissions, referees, coaches and even yourself are to blame. These are the times where whether in the UFC or MMA in general, doing the right thing, was actually the wrong thing.