It wasn’t that long ago when Middleweight felt like one of the UFC’s premiere divisions. Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker were two exciting fighters representing the transition away from the post-Anderson Silva era. Before then, it wasn’t 185’s greatest moment. Chris Weidman took a seat on the the throne for 889 days until losing to Luke Rockhold. Then Michael Bisping took his seat. Then Georges St-Pierre. And so on.
None of that was all that flattering in fight terms. That isn’t to take away from any of the champs. But you’d be forgiven for thinking of these names like beer coasters.