By all accounts, the UFC lightweight division has come a long way over the years. Once considered the black sheep of the UFC’s ever-evolving divisions, box office draws were hard to come by until a certain BJ Penn put the “smaller” fighters on the map. It is now arguably the most star-studded collection of fighters within the entire promotion.
Home to inimitable megastar Conor McGregor, long-established fan favorites such as Donald Cerrone, and burgeoning legends like current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, one would assume that UFC would do everything in its power to preserve the sanctity of the division – so why are they seemingly doing all that they can to sabotage it?