Should Bisping vs. Belfort have a MW interim title on the line ?

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“Myself and Weidman are the No. 1 and No. 2 contenders to Anderson Silva's middleweight title,” he wrote. “And, yep, in that damn order! But Weidman is now out for up to six months and Anderson won't be fighting until May -- and even then it looks like it won't be a middleweight title defense.

“Anderson could win and then fight Jon Jones at light heavyweight in September and go the entire year -- 18 months and more -- since defending the middleweight belt. Or GSP could win or Anderson get hurt ... the fight could even be moved to mid-summer for venue reasons ... a million things could happen even when we get to May.”

http://espn.go.com/blog/mma/post/_/id/15450/silvas-sabattical-from-185-is-problematic

I am not a big fan of interim titles but it kinda makes some sense when you consider Silva's future, he's got two fights left on his contract and the UFC would like them to be GSP and Bones. When Weidman is back from injury he can face Vitor or Mike for the interim title and it will keep the division flowing. You've also got Belcher out there who's on the cusp of a title shot.

I fucking hate interim titles so no. Either Anderson defends the title in 2013 or strip him of it.

NO cause interim titles are stupid imo

i'd rather see silva either defend the title or vacate it.

This thread needs some good ole U S of A. Too much tea and proper English in one thread.

if Anderson is going to wait around a year and then go fight gsp or who ever else outside his division then i dont see a problem with it

nope.

lets wait until Anderson has a fight set vs. Jones before we go making more toy belts. As it is now, i'm pretty sure the winner of this fight is Spider's next fight.

Silva will never vacate and the UFC will never strip him.