It’s been quite the week for Marlon Moraes, who for a time seemed like the odd man out of the UFC’s bantamweight title picture and now appears in the driver’s seat.
Prior to T.J. Dillashaw “voluntarily relinquishing” his title following an adverse finding in a pre-fight drug screen, it appeared Moraes was going to have to wait through a rematch between Dillashaw and UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo before the former WSOF champ would get his crack at UFC gold. Now that’s all changed.
With public sentiment – not to mention octagon track record – seemingly putting Moraes in the No. 1 contender spot, the only question seems to be: “Who should be on the other side of the cage when Dillashaw’s now-vacant title is up for grabs?”
With that in mind, we posed that question to readers in our latest Daily Debate: How will the UFC’s new pay-per-view deal with ESPN affect viewership for numbered events?
The results (via Twitter):
To hear the MMA Junkie Radio crew weigh in on the topic, watch the video above.
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