Wow, gotta put someone down in order to make your point? And to think I left middle school so many years ago.
I didn't ask why those guys didn't get the chance. I pointed out that they are or were top guys who aren't in the mix at the moment because of the business of the UFC. I understand that plenty. You want to debate the ins and outs of certain match ups fine, but you don't understand, MMA is a sport. Just because there is no BCS of MMA to determine the title shot or the national attention or money that the other major sports bring in doesn't mean that it shouldn't have the same expectation. Simply put, Hendricks and the entire WW division have been screwed up since GSP was injured. Condit waiting was his right, but throwing Diaz back in the mix right away was a mistake. Personally, I hope Diaz wins, that'll mean a rematch right away (the public demands!), and Hendricks will have to wait until 2014 and it'll just make this discussion all the more relevant or someone will beat him and we'll never hear from him again. In the end, it won't matter, because no fighter is bigger than the UFC, and we'll all keep watching because we love the sport/business/product, whatever you want to call it.
BTW, I do watch Bellator and love the product. I would have loved to see a Chandler/Alvarez rematch right away. That was an incredible fight, and it would have been accepted as the right thing to do that time as well.