Beyond that, let’s not have Conor McGregor’s boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather setting any giant promotion-switching precedents for how the UFC handles itself in the future.
The UFC has enough potential problems to worry about in these CTE-aware times, so taking any and all class out of the equation doesn’t bode well.
I’ll admit that part of my disgust with Lesnar’s messiness lies in my fandom for Daniel Cormier, who plans to retire next March when he turns 40.
Even though I can foresee some advantages to giving the UFC a partial WWE makeover, especially as it branches out on ESPN and Fox, I flat-out don’t want Cormier’s distinguished MMA career to end on something so over-the-top and mired in marketing.