There are champions, and there are CHAMPIONS.
Wondering what differentiates a normal champ from the capitalized kind? Well, there is no set criteria, the division is only made by an imaginary line acting as a measuring stick for dominance.
To become a UFC champion, a fighter must defeat his predecessor and hold on to his claim by fending off the top competitors his division has to offer. But to be a CHAMPION, it takes more than that. It requires an expression of dominance that leaves no doubt there is an ocean separating the leader from the pack.
It is rare that fighters earn the capital distinction, and even rarer that multiple fighters do so simultaneously. But right now, we are living in the golden age of dominant UFC title-holders and we have not one, but four CHAMPIONS.
Ben Henderson, Dominick Cruz and Junior Dos Santos all hold UFC gold, and they are champions. Just champions.
Jose Aldo, Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva and Jon Jones, on the other hand, have shown that they are beyond better than the field. They have set themselves up as greats of their own time and have acquired the ever-elusive status of CHAMPION.
This article, however, is not written with the intent of pumping the tires of that elite group; on the contrary, it will explore which among them is likely to be the first to fall from grace.
The four fighters have been listed in order from he who is least likely to lose his title first, to he who is most likely to lose his title first.