The BMF belt (in my opinion) was for the fighters that walk into the cage with zero intentions of dry-humping their opponent for 25 minutes to eke out a decision. It's a dick measuring contest and their hands, elbows and feet are the rulers. They might not ever touch a real belt in their lives, but they are worthy of our admiration to go all out to appease the just bleed gods.
Topuria begging for the BMF belt is pathetic. because let's be real here... that is EXACTLY what he is doing. He has his own belt, and his own job to do. His job is to defend the FW strap against whoever the fuck Dana and the UFC feels is worthy. Newly-crowned Topuria should shut the fuck up and stay in his own lane, he doesn't have the clout he seems to think he has.
Frankly, I don't care who Topuria fights as long as the FW title is on the line. Volk, Ortega (though I don't think he's even worthy of it atm, dude is 2-3 in his last 5 stretching back 6 years with two failed title attempts), Max... whoever.
Honestly, Max should just tell the clown to go fuck himself, and stop being so nice to him. No point in stroking Topuria's ego, it's already big enough and would simply fall on deaf ears anyway.