It would be like trading Islam if Prates beats him in a close fight this January. A 11 time UFC champion loses a classic and he just gets traded away after 1 loss and people shrug and moved on eventually saying Morano was "the best in the world".

Also Farid Basharat situation confirms I was correct on why Mokaev wasn't re-signed.

Dana White used the bully pulpit and anchored in so many people's minds that Mokaev was an awful person behind the scenes. But it was always clear that they were worried another chin strap was going to be the champion of a division that doesn't really drawl but does have exciting fights.

Dana also insinuated this weekend that Farid was a pos that the match makers didn't want to deal with,

And no matter how often we hear Dana's lies people will continue to believe them.