It's an awesome fight. An actual belt is as dumb AF but I do like the message it sends. The rankings mean crap these days, also too many champs and ufc try to spot pick fights based on legacy or more often money. Never mind the UFC handing out interim belts like pancakes.
That's the consensus.
However, all the pressure is on Moose. He is the fav going in, lost the last meeting, he looked like crap in his last fight.
Machida's suspension was a bit of a joke. Way too long. It was a not a banned substance until a few months before his fight and he declared it on his pre-fight card. Pretty obvious he didn't know it had been recently banned. He got busted, no excuse, but the punishment didn't fit the crime.