Din Thomas believes the UFC ought to take a distinct strategy to save lots of the BMF title.
Charles Oliveira is the present BMF titleholder. The Brazilian dethroned Max Holloway earlier this yr at UFC 326 to seize the strap. However the BMF title bout was a sleep fest as an alternative of a slugfest as a result of Oliveira determined to not stand and bang for almost all of the struggle.
He took “Blessed” down 5 instances, dragged Holloway to the bottom, managed him for greater than 20 minutes, and cruised to a unanimous determination victory, simply not the way in which followers needed in a BMF outing.
After Oliveira’s win, many within the MMA group requested the promotion to retire the BMF belt, saying it has misplaced its which means and goal.
Now, Din Thomas has one thing else in thoughts that may save the symbolic belt’s future and make BMF bouts much more explosive and entertaining, but uncommon.
How the UFC Ought to Deal with the BMF belt: Din Thomas provides his two cents
In accordance with the UFC broadcast analyst, the promotion ought to make the BMF title struggle an annual custom at “The Mecca” of fight sports activities and the world’s most well-known enviornment, Madison Sq. Backyard, that includes the 2 most enjoyable fighters who’ve delivered the largest bangers of the yr.
As per Thomas, the idea of defending that Baddest Mom F**ker title mustn’t exist. It must be a once-a-year spectacle, and weight lessons should not matter throughout such an outing, one thing Conor McGregor additionally steered just lately. Din Thomas mentioned:
“My suggestion for the BMF. I feel you do a brand new one yearly at Madison Sq. Backyard and also you simply choose two of the baddest male/feminine, no matter weight lessons, motherf*kers that had a yr and have them struggle at MSG, yearly. And so they don’t need to defend it. That’s it. You struggle for the BMF title since you had a yr.”
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The UFC thus far has no intention of retiring the BMF belt. “Do Bronxs” is already planning on operating it again with newly minted light-weight champion Justin Gaethje and is prepared to even put his BMF strap on the road in a 155-pound title bout, and the winner takes each.
Nevertheless, rumors counsel that Charles Oliveira has work to do earlier than getting a light-weight title shot.
Oliveira is predicted to rematch high contender Arman Tsarukyan subsequent, as Gaethje plans to defend his 155-pound championship in 2027. The Armenian fighter’s camp has expressed interest in running it back with the BMF champion and No. 3 contender, as Tsarukyan does not want to wait until next year for a struggle.
