The Ultimate Fighting Championship unveiled it’s new UFC title belts yesterday, which don’t appear to be overly popular with fans or fighters. Check out the unique belt design below: Check out the new editions to the UFC Legacy Belt ðŸ‘€ pic.twitter.com/2pSDoMpaiv — UFC (@ufc) January 18, 2019 The new design includes a plate to the left of the central UFC logo, which will feature the championâ€™s name and weight class. In addition, a smaller plate will the flag of the champion’s home country. The left plate will be surrounded by stones. Everytime a champion defends their title they will be given a red stone in place of the current setup. A plate will be on the inside with a serial number, as well as Dana Whiteâ€™s signature. No previous title defenses will be engraved or noted by stones on the new belts. The twenty-five stones showcased on the new belts represent the 25 years of the UFC. As for the flag icons, they are meant to represent the home countries of the promotions first eight champions. USA â€“ Mark Coleman Canada â€“ Carlos Newton Brazil â€“ Murilo Bustamante Netherlands â€“ Bas Rutten Poland â€“ Joanna Jedrzejczyk Belarus â€“ Andrei Arlovski UK â€“ Michael Bisping Ireland â€“ Conor McGregor The promotion will introduce their first “Legacy Championship Belt” at tonight’s event in Brooklyn, this after Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw settle their business inside the octagon. Shortly after the promotion unveiled their new UFC title belts, fighter reactions began to pour in on social media. Belts are hard. — Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) January 19, 2019 Love the belt ! @danawhite MMA Greatest sport ever! UFC Greatest organization ever! ðŸ˜Žass Belt! https://t.co/bCVqXLQuWc — Mark Coleman (@Markcolemanmma) January 19, 2019 When I first saw it I instantly didnâ€™t like it but now itâ€™s growing on me, kinda has an old skool ufc look to it https://t.co/wUUC8xuTwb — Ross Pearson (@RossTheRealDeal) January 19, 2019 ðŸ‘€ — Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar_) January 18, 2019 The red stones is cool but what about Rings ðŸ¤”ðŸ˜¬ https://t.co/DRRkhAIMjf — Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) January 18, 2019 But if itâ€™s stones so be it @ufc pic.twitter.com/IpZsBxTibR — Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) January 18, 2019 What do you think of the promotions new UFC title belts? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation! This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<doc-sep>The UFC is making its debut on ESPN and ESPN+ Saturday night with Fight Night 143: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw, and the company will award the first-ever “UFC legacy championship” belt to the winner of the main event. UFC unveiled the new title belt earlier this week, and will gradually replace every “classic” championship belt in circulation in later title fights. Conor McGregor was impressed by the design, which is customizable to recognize the accomplishments of each champion, but some UFC fans have been roasting the company on social media. Here are the best legacy championship belt memes. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyKgeulwqs/ Had to make this once I saw the new UFC belt. 😂😂😂 If you're going to post this please tag the person who made it. It was me. #IMadeThis #PowerRangers pic.twitter.com/S5mKbeTJvI — JustBleedMMA (@JustBleedMMA) January 19, 2019 UFC on ESPN+ 1: Start time, fight card https://www.instagram.com/p/BszPVwDll1X/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyMII9BhW_/<doc-sep>CONOR McGREGOR has made it clear he wants a return to the UFC - after the company released images of their new 'Legacy Belt'. After the promotion released images of the new belt, McGregor took to social media and declared: "OK, I'm back." 4 Conor McGregor saw the new UFC 'Legacy Belt' - and announced he wanted to get back in the Octagon Credit: Twitter/Conor McGregor 4 Credit: Twitter/UFC The Notorious clearly wants to get his hands on the strap having lost been stripped of his titles due to inactivity in the last couple of years. And UFC president Dana White said the belt means "everything" to McGregor and that he is "fired up" to become a world champion once more. White told ESPN: "It’s one of the main things I love about Conor McGregor, the belt means a lot to him and being a world champion means everything to him. "I love it - 100 per cent (it’s still everything to him). 100 per cent. Conor McGregor confronts Paulie Malignaggi before a press-conference last year as he goads his rival 4 UFC president Dana White says Conor McGregor is desperate to be a world champion again Credit: Getty - Contributor 4 McGregor's last fight saw him mauled by Khabib Nurmagomedov Credit: AP:Associated Press MOST READ IN SPORT CRYING BRU Fernandes breaks down in tears as Scholes slams Utd stars who 'accept losing' Revealed FLOP GEA De Gea let in 38th CONSECUTIVE penalty before missing own spot-kick in shootout Live Blog MAN UTD 1 (10) VILLARREAL 1 (11) Penalties heartbreak for United as De Gea misses in epic MAN UTD VERDICT Solskjaer blew chance to end trophy drought & it won't get easier than this Live Blog FOOTBALL NEWS LIVE Zidane QUITS Real Madrid, Antonio Conte leaves Inter Milan JEEPERS KEEPERS Agony for Man Utd as De Gea misses after epic shootout goes down to GOALIES ZINE ENOUGH Zidane 'quits Real Madrid with immediate effect' after troubled Bernabeu season Pictured THE PINK PUNDIT Jamie Carragher forced to wear a PINK WIG on air after losing Man Utd bet "When a guy starts to make crazy money, life-changing money, and he’s in one of those positions where he’s not just making it from the fights - he’s making it in other businesses that he has going on right now - you find out what people are all about. "How passionate they are about what they do when the money comes. "Conor and I still communicate regularly and he’s very fired up about coming back and becoming a world champion again." White added: "He’ll fight anybody. "Obviously he would love the rematch with Khabib - but he’ll fight anybody."<doc-sep>
A few changes have taking place as the UFC moves on to another era as a result of their new ESPN deal, and the UFC has unveiled the newest one via social media and the official UFC website Friday morning. New belt, who dis? Dubbed the Legacy Championship Belt, the new design will the new normal for all championship fights moving forward. The new design includes a plate to the left of the central UFC logo, customized for the champion’s name and weight class, as well as a smaller plate with the flag of their country of origin. The left plate will be surrounded by stones which will be replaced with a red stone for each championship victory. A plate will be on the inside with a serial number, as well as Dana White’s signature. None of the defenses or victories prior to 2019 will be engraved or noted on the new belts. As an additional side note, the women’s belts will be slightly smaller, because reasons. Here’s an explainer diagram of the ornaments and engravings: 25 stones will represent the 25 years of the UFC, and a series of flag icons will represent the first countries home to UFC champions. That list is as follows: USA – Mark Coleman Canada – Carlos Newton Brazil – Murilo Bustamante Netherlands – Bas Rutten Poland – Joanna Jedrzejczyk Belarus – Andrei Arlovski UK – Michael Bisping Ireland – Conor McGregor Now, this being a sport primarily driven by the internet means that the online fans had some curious reactions to this. It’s this but not as sleek pic.twitter.com/hvMJqwyUIa — Billi ‍♂️⚽️ (@billicon87) January 18, 2019 At least the UFC’s social media team is keeping people in check: So what do you think, fans? Do you like the new design and concept, or is it a no for you?