I also thought giving an opportunity to some fighters rather than giving another fight to the former champ,
I agree that giving Izzy a title shot would be giving him a little short-cut route. But then, we cannot really expect DDP, after coming all that hard road to the title, to be happy to fight e.g. Brendan Allen, who might be good, but hardly anyone has heard about him. He, and the UFC, want the same thing - big money fights, that's where the real reward for being the champion is.
We shouldn't be dismissing Izzy either. He had a poor fight, but he's still number 2 in the rank, and was a dominant champion for a long time, so he's pretty deserving to get that fight.
Strickland said he was headbutted by Strickland or their head clash, actually, I did see the Head Clash but it also looks clean and not a headbutt so it is up to officials
Strickland posted a video of it. It was completely accidental and not intentional. Unfortunate but not controversial.
https://twitter.com/SStricklandMMA/status/1749527821314306062