Currently in UFC 2, having a championship is a pretty useless thing in and of itself with the exception of title defence streaks.
You build your title chase status and after around 4 fights on average you've won a belt, sure you've got your chance to build up a title defence streak/rank but the belt itself means virtually nothing.
I propose what would take the game into a more immersive/realistic direction is to have a championship system where you become 'THE CHAMP' by beating 'THE CHAMP'.
I'm going to use the UT Model to get into detail as I feel it would be easier to explain that way.
Right now you have 4 weightclasses each with their own leaderboard, you go up the rankings as you go up divisions. But what if players in the top 10 for example, got the chance to play for a title? Maybe 'vacant' titles could be included also.
This doesn't mean that the champ can only be matched with players in the top 10, it just means it won't be a title fight if they're not.
I'm wondering what anyone else would think of a system like this, whether you agree/disagree or would have a better way to implement it feel free to leave feedback (explain your reasons if need be), the more the merrier