It's a bold move by the UFC to fast track him like this, but clearly McGregor wants it, the fans want it, and he's been winning convincingly. Plus it's a smart money play for the UFC to do this, instead of risking a loss for McGregor that lets out all the steam behind him. He wouldn't be the first hot shot upstart that the UFC got into the title picture so quickly, and I'll even go so far as to argue he may not deserve it based on having not fought all of those tip-tier gatekeepers you mentioned.

But I'm not going to lie... I'm excited to see it. I'm glad the fight is happening. And if he does beat Aldo, I won't be heartbroken over it. The UFC is in major need of a highly popular, polarizing, and borderline villainous champion. An heir to Brock Lesnar if you will. Hell... it even helps take some of the spotlight away from Jon Jones' fall from grace, until he can get his act together.