That's how you know this fight shit is smoke and mirrors.
A lot of these dudes are no where near elite, and the ones who are there is only a handful.
So they play this duck duck goose game of who to fight next while hyping up these under skilled fighters for big pay days.
Then when they fight the real talent if they ever get around to it they can bank even more money from the fight.
Most the elite fighters are fighting halfway just good enough fighters, almost elite fighters, once elite on the way to retirement fighters, and elite fighters every once in a while.