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BS. Entire TUF season of champions to face MM who they spent the entire season hyping. The amount of push behind a guy that drew such low interest across every demographic was in itself a turn off.The UFC promoted 125 in the beginning. MM? Not so much. 125 was created for Joe B and MM was a cinderella story who morphed into MMA jesus.
They put his best fights on free tv for a few years and put his shitty matchups on PPV. When MM finally got good matchups on PPV for UFC 186 and UFC 191 they didn't put a second title fight on the card. 191 was okay but UFC 186 was basically a free card you had to pay for. There was certainly enthusiasm for 125 in the beginning from the UFC but they were never sold on MM.