Not fair fights

It is quite a fall season for the heavier weight divisions of the UFC, but all the title bouts are very one-sided.

In September the UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones defeated Vitor Belafort in the 4th round. Nobody thought the challenger had any sort of chance. The only surprise was that Jones ended it with an armbar. He usually beats his opponents to a pulp.

In October the Middleweight champion Anderson Silva took on Stephan Bonnar. This time it was impossible to claim Bonnar was anything other than a tomato can. Silva is the most dominant champion ever in the UFC, and Bonnar is nothing more than a second tier fighter. He's never had a title fight before, and had already decided to retire when the call came to fight Silva. Silva toyed with him until there were only 20 seconds left in the first round. He then turned it on and crushed Bonnar with ease.

The UFC used to be known for putting on balanced bouts. I don't know what has happened.

It doesn't really get any better for the upcoming Welterweight title fight between George St. Pierre and Carlos Condit. I've seen both fight, and Condit doesn't stand any chance at all. The only interesting element at all is that St. Pierre has been off for over a year and a half due to injury. Has he become an old man? Has he forgotten how to fight? If he hasn't, then Condit is mere cannon fodder.

In December the Heavyweight division has the only interesting big-man fight. It is a rematch between current champion Junior Dos Santos and the man he took the title from, Cain Velasquez. Dos Santos is the favourite, but Velasquez has a good shot.

I think the problem is that with St. Pierre, Silva, and Jones the Champions are just too good. All have already defeated every legitimate contender.

Jon Jones, for example, has had the shortest reign of the three champions just named. Other than the Belafort mismatch, he has had just 4 title fights. In all of them he faced excellent men who were all former champions.

He knocked out Rua, choked out both Jackson and Machida, and earned a unanimous decision over Evens. After breezing through that granite-hard field there is really nobody available to offer a serious challenge.

For Silva and St. Pierre it's even worse.

This isn't happening at Heavyweight, as Dos Santos has only had one title defense so far.

Maybe all the competitive fights will have to come with the lighter weight categories. They have yet to develop dominant champs.