Surrounded by reporters following Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 124 event in St. Louis, UFC President Dana White found himself confronted by a question about rankings – as in, those curious little numbers next to some fighters’ names, the ones that fighters and fans and matchmakers seem increasingly willing to ignore as they all search for that magic combination of willing combatants. But if rankings don’t matter, one reporter asked, why not get rid of them? How necessary are they, even, especially in the age of the “money fight”? White, it turned out, had some thoughts on the subject. “The only reason there are ‘money fights’ is because of the rankings,” White said.
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