Guy Threepwood
Premium Platinum
Jones is a sell out anywhere and they dont need a star as big as him to sell this out (if they sent us a b grade headliner it would sell out anyway, UFC knows this) Weidman and Velasquez are injury prone and it would be a risk to have them as headliners when the event is so far away from home.
If we were talking about Rod Laver or similar, I'd agree with you but can't see it if they want to sell out Etihad.
As for Weidman and Velasquez being a risk so far away from home, they are a risk wherever the card is. Any risk could be alleviated by having other fights between contenders at the same weight class.