Saturday’s UFC show in San Antonio was just another example of one of the truths, perhaps sad truths, of combat sports.
In an era when most of the biggest fights are either on pay-per-view of a subscription streaming service, the UFC got a six-hour window on ESPN. The main event saw Leon Edwards dominate Rafael dos Anjos, a former lightweight champion, for five rounds. In doing so, Edwards came out as a leading contender for Kamaru Usman’s welterweight title.
But the talk after the fact among the public, both based on Google searches and questions I received from a casual audience, was hardly debating whether Edwards, Colby Covington or Jorge Masvidal deserve the next shot at the title.