Time to Drop the Numbers?

I can't remember if I have brought this up before, but I saw a news item today announcing the date of UFC 120 in England this Autumn. Fine and dandy. Then I noticed "120" and I realized just how absurd this is starting to get. The number convention was fine at first when every UFC actually did produce a brand new champion.

From UFC 1-8 and then UFC 10-12 you had individual tournaments to crown a UFC tournament champion. Thus, each one was an individual championship in its own right.

Once the tournaments ended it became rather moot to continue the tradition.

Now, especially the coming of television specials on Spike TV and Versus, we have reached the point when the number convention needs to go. It doesn't take too much creativity to give each new event a new name, or just come up with annual names. ("The Ultimate" is a good one for a year end super show, and they could start holding only one major event in Las Vegas every year to bring back the "Victory in Vegas" name annually...)

Does anyone else believe it is time that naming of MMA events goes to the wayside?

No. Much easier to keep track of them this way. If they were gonna stop, they shoulda stopped after 100.

I think it was easier to keep track of them back in the early days this way, but by now, especially with as many shows as they are running these days, it's just as convoluted to try and keep track of them with the numbers as any other thing.

I like the numbers, it's helpful in organizing collections and remembering fight cards.

Also, if they were to name them, they'd probably just go with the Headliner vs. Headliner.

If one of the headliner's gets hurt just before the event, the entire time spent promoting the fight is worthless.

I've always been against the "Lesnar/Carwin" or "GSP/Koschek" style of naming convention as well. I really think that, in this case, they need to borrow from pro wrestling and simply name the events. I believe that would be the best way to get around everything. The UFC needs their own version of Wrestlemania or Starrcade or November to Remember; something that the fans always get excited for even during a down period.

The only way they are going to get something like that is if they finally start giving titles to individual events that the crowds are going to associate with specific times of year (like "Super Saturday" every year on Super Bowl weekend.)

I'm all about the numbers. It's easier to track them.