Perhaps the most impressive performance of UFC 235 this past weekend was the 25-minute beating Kamaru Usman put on Tyron Woodley in the co-main event to win the UFC welterweight crown. Usman put on an incredibly dominant showing which included a 10-8 round. That beating, however, didn’t deter Woodley from expressing his interest in an immediate rematch citing his resume alone as being enough justification for such a bout.
It isn’t. Giving Woodley an immediate rematch after what happened on Saturday would only serve to perpetuate the nonsensical rematch culture MMA is rife with today, as opposed to determining a fighter’s next move based on in-cage performance.