2011: The Year of the UFC Title Curse

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Bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz broke his hand in his second title defense of 2011 against Demetrious Johnson in October at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson and will be sidelined for the foreseeable future. In the meantime he will coach opposite Urijah Faber (who he also beat in 2011) on the inaugural Fox edition of The Ultimate Fighter while he heals up enought for a rubbermatch with “The California Kid” in 2012.

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Yazloz18- December 29, 2011 at 9:23 pm

Thats the reason I like the interim belt. Technically the champ never lost a fight to lose his belt so he is still the champ but to make sure that the title isn't shelved they crown an interim champ who is acting champ until the old champ comes back then they fight to unify said titles. Unless you are out for a huge amount of time(Frank Mir post accident) you should never lose your belt due to an injury unless you did something against your contract

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amsterdamheavy- December 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm

If they cannot defend a belt once a calendar year, then strip it and as spooki says, the former champion gets the next available title shot when he returns.

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ccman- December 29, 2011 at 12:36 pm

They should be required at least 3 a year and one be against Sonnen.

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Sho Nuff- December 29, 2011 at 11:48 am

I'd be against a hard and fast rule on the subject, it doesn't leave room for special circumstances in a sport where all kinds of crazy things happen. (These things happen sometimes in MMA). I kinda like the system now, give the champs so leeway, if it's going to a long time or injury occurs near a title defense, set up an interim belt, then a uni match later. It's up to the organization, ultimately, how much time they feel they can let it go between title defenses. They have the numbers, they know how much or how little that can affect PPV buys and network dealings.

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towelie- December 29, 2011 at 11:48 am

striped like a tiger or zebra tho? tough call.

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sp00ki kabuki- December 29, 2011 at 11:00 am

i think that if you can not defend your title at least once every 12 months, you should be striped. i also think you should get the first crack at the new champion when you return tho. its only fair to everyone

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