Regardless, I miss it, very much so! I remember winning my first fight against a Div 7 or Div 8 player after viewing their record and it felt like such an achievement, knowing that the grind had finally paid off (I floated between Div 6 - 7 for a while on UFC 2). Still remember that first win against a Div 8 player - Cain Velasquez mirror match and the guy absolutely destroyed me in round one. Ended up KOing him in round two when he opened up too much. Probably not deserved, but I could still see the improvement I had made.
Numbers and stats don't always give a clear picture of how good someone is, but I do believe this helped (at least in my mind) in terms of assessing my own improvement. There's no alternative that fills this void for me and Ranked just feels a bit bare because of it.
What you guys think? Any talks of this making a return? (my glass is half full today).

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