To be clear, I understand that some times some guys get favorable matches but 9 times out of 10, there’s a reason why Unknown Fighter is competing against Star Fighter.

Underdogs, unknown guys occasionally come out on top as we recently witness when Dustin Poirier dominated Josh Grispi.

After all, didn’t White go to Japan only to see Liddell get dominated by Rampage?

There was zero inkling of Liddell losing to Page or DW would not have gone to Japan (and has since not gone back). He believed it was an easy run to the title to beat a Wandy that was only OK in the UFC or he would not have gone. DW admitted as much.

While I understand that you are a big Couture fan (from the Hopkins>Couture laugher below), it doesn’t seem strange to you that a top 5 fighter is in the co-main event against a guy barely in the top 20 who has said he is only looking for intriguing fights? Couture essentially cherry picks an opponent and you are ok with it?

I understand that some times some guys get favorable matches but 9 times out of 10, there’s a reason why Unknown Fighter is competing against Star Fighter

Are we on the same page? This statement, from you, essentially confirms my argument, yet you don’t subscribe to the rationale in your first post. While DW is not as obvious as Pride/K-1/Dream is with the one-sided laughers, there is a reason Jim Miller is fighting Kamal Shalorous and Kurt Peelegrino is fighting Gleison TIbau in NJ. It is the same reason Grispi fought Poirier. It is relieving that it backfires sometimes.