One of the most exciting parts of the UFC’s early explosion into the mainstream was the Killer of the Week series. MMA, of course, has an extremely short memory. I’d mention something about goldfish, but goldfish may actually be losing the attention span war.
‘Welcome to the Machida era!’ remember? It’s not so much a short attention span that contributes to it, although that’s definitely part of it, so much as it is the undying will to make things historical.
When Rory MacDonald fought Che Mills at UFC 145, it wasn’t enough for Rory to be active again as one of the sport’s top welterweights.