Maid of Honor but no Best Man?

I’m sure I’m over thinking this but just wanted some opinions on this topic! My fiancé is having 9 groomsmen and I’m having 5 bridesmaids, which is totally fine with me. He has a group of friends that he would like to be involved and not pick and choose from which is why there’s so many. Ideally we would both love to have a maid of honor and best man, but he doesn’t feel that he can choose one of the 9 to elevate to that status. 2 are brother-in-laws, but he doesn’t want to choose between them or have 2 best men. So his current decision is to have no best man. I had picked a friend to ask to be matron of honor (since she’s married) but I’m going back and forth on whether it would be weird to have a matron of honor while he doesn’t have a best man? He said it’s totally fine with him, but then does it seem weird that I could choose someone but he didn’t? Or should we both just axe the titles completely? I know I could ask my friend to give a speech, stand next to me still all without the title, I guess I was just leaning towards wanting her to have the title because it’d be nice to see her reaction when I ask/would make it special. This is also my fiancés second marriage so he’s had a best man/been through the whole wedding before and doesn’t want to choose one now just to have one. So I’m still debating whether I should do the same or just still have one?