Click Debate: Has 2016 shown us that MMA isn’t what we thought it was?

Next month, a 46-year-old fighter with two wins in his last five fights will compete for a UFC title.

Just a few weeks ago, the UFC featherweight champion and a lightweight contender fought at welterweight and it drew the most pay-per-view buys in promotion history. No title on the line.

And just eight days ago, a former pro-wrestling star with little martial arts experience before last year made his MMA debut on the main card of a UFC pay-per-view. The ex-WWE headliner made more money than most UFC champions do in the process.

Situations like this have been going on since the birth of MMA. Actually, it's kind of what MMA was founded on: spectacle over sport. Posters promising fights that can…