Its becoming like boxing because of political shit, look at all the big fights in boxing that never happened or happened far to late (lewis - Tyson), this is whats happening with MMA now
the difference is that, with boxing, you had big names that drew huge box office on their own, whereas a lot of dana's money is made on the cards he puts together. guys like chuck and randy will pull crowds on their own but no one is going to pay big dollars to watch chuck beat up joe hillbilly smith like they would have for a tyson display.
the problem is, guys like sylvia and tito have bought into the hype and want to be paid big just for showing up like tyson was. unfortunately, the reality is that without dana hyping the shit out of them, guys like sylvia won't draw flies (who wants to see tim box a boring shutout on a tomato can?). so these guys say, 'fuck you dana, you don't appreciate me.' and run along to another fed, only to find out that, without the hype, they were nothing to start with.
as the prestige of mma goes up, more and more guys are going to branch out on their own with their own teams and thus price themselves out of fights that the public want to see.
mma fans have enjoyed top fighters fighting each other in the past because 1. there were less federations and 2. there were no big names. fighters had to fight each other or they didn't make any money (much like boxing used to be many years ago).
