At UFC 223, Dana White strapped a gold belt around Khabib Nurmagomedov's waist. The Russian grappler, a dominant force in the lightweight division, spent 25 minutes beating up Al Iaquinta, a New York realtor who had fought just twice in the previous three years. In today's UFC, that's a feat worthy of a championship bauble.
Somehow, everyone in the cage managed to keep a straight face as ring announcer Bruce Buffer proclaimed him the "undisputed champion of the world."
There were two small problems with that—both Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson already claimed the honor of being the world's best.