Many people try to point to the UFC as having the formula by having one belt per division.
But what they fail to realize is that UFC is not MMA as a whole, there are many different MMA organizations and if you think about it they have many belts(MMA as a whole)
What we call alphabet Belts in boxing, could be called Organization belts in MMA.
There is a UFC Champion
There is a Strikeforce Champion
There is a DREAM Champion
There is a WEC Champion
Having these multiple Belts is actually a good thing for boxing because if you have one belt per division that's going to make TV contracts difficult, some boxers on HBO will never appear on Showtime and vice versa you'd be having to change contracts per every title defense and if the belt changes hands changing those contracts around too back and forth and back and forth, in the world of contracts its not good for business and if you followed the format one belt one champion and doing it per TV deal you aren't a far cry from having titles named after the TV stations themselves, Could you Imagine a heavyweight being called the "HBO Heavyweight Champion" or the "Showtime heavyweight champion" of the world?


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