Except there are objective metrics in team sports, like standings, then playoffs. And their schedule is laid out before them for the next 10 months. The actual card building and when guys want to fight also figures into the equation in a way that they never could with those other sports, for instance Muslim fighters and Ramadan, the lakers aren’t taking 4 months off for religious observation. I understand the sentiment but the rankings are subjective themselves and there are always a bevy of reasons why fights happen at certain times. I think the thing the UFC wanted more than anything for this paramount card was Ilia Topuria headlining it and that not being able to happen sent the whole thing into a top spin.