It’s always good advice to fighters, that they should never look too far ahead of their next fight. Inevitably, it always feels like the fighter that starts talking about winning the belt before their Octagon debut—or picking up their second title before they’ve even fought for the first one—is headed toward a hard loss.
Promoters, however, get a little more leeway. It’s still not the best idea to count a anyone’s proverbial chickens before they hatch, but it’s also not a bad idea to at least have a few ideas in mind for the next big fight to book down the line.