If heavyweight is so shallow/weak then why....

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Is that the only class nobody jumps up to?

People talk how stacked fw-lhw is yet we see Conor transitioning through several classes only to lose to Nate. Seen frankie/bj penn fight in every weight class it seems, Nick will hop up to MW and fight the GOAT. Sonnen hops up to LHW fights Jones in a stylistic nightmare. Rumble was a WW. Lyoto dropped to MW. Nates got the option of a titlefight with lawler. It goes on and on.

Besides my boy Mousasi who goes from MW-HW and hendo vs Fedor, Rumble/Arlovski, we rarely ever see ANYONE jump to HW. Why is that? Youd think since its so weak every fighter who can make 207 would jump up and take the belt real fast.

HW is my fav division btw.
 
Simply put. All fighters are aware any punch can end any fight at hw. Its more of a risk then any kind of reward they would get to move up.
 
The worst class is LHW anyway. You have like 5 really good fighters and then the talent level falls off completely
 
Simply put. All fighters are aware any punch can end any fight at hw. Its more of a risk then any kind of reward they would get to move up.
The belt would be the reward. Its a guaranteed free title belt since you're used to fighting in "elite" stacked divisions not ran by 38 year olds, right? Its also an easy opportunity to pull q Mctapper and own 2 belts. Shit Luke can just hop over the tough LHW division and take Werdums belt.

Or Jones can cut 10 pounds less and be 2 division champ mma god.
 
Because Maldonado vs Stipe happens
 
The belt would be the reward. Its a guaranteed free title belt since you're used to fighting in "elite" stacked divisions not ran by 38 year olds, right? Its also an easy opportunity to pull q Mctapper and own 2 belts. Shit Luke can just hop over the tough LHW division and take Werdums belt.

Or Jones can cut 10 pounds less and be 2 division champ mma god.
The longest rein is 2 defenses. Its not what your making it out to be.
 
The longest rein is 2 defenses. Its not what your making it out to be.
Well yea its hard to be dominant in a stacked division because the champ is barely better than the competition. Not like Jones and Conor smashing people half their size.
 
You don't want to take a punch from one of those big boys.
 
Well yea its hard to be dominant in a stacked division because the champ is barely better than the competition. Not like Jones and Conor smashing people half their size.
Exactly. The risk isnt worth the reward.
 
This thread is like a year late buddy....HW was weak shallow, the UFC has signed about 10 new heavyweights in the past 12 months, it's a decent division now.
 
Arlovski is a good example of a lighter heavyweight.

It's all fun in games until one of the bigger guys lands on you and it has nothing to do with him having a glass jaw.
 
Yeah, supposedly Jones beats any fighter ever, yet for some reason Bader, Glover, Gus, Rumble, OSP, and all the other lhw's don't move up to take the easy road to a UFC strap, by beating up one-dimensional, 40yr old men.
 
Arlovski is a good example of a lighter heavyweight.

It's all fun in games until one of the bigger guys lands on you and it has nothing to do with him having a glass jaw.
Imagine if there was a 225 division. Arlovski would have been unbeatable in his prime in that.
 
This thread is like a year late buddy....HW was weak shallow, the UFC has signed about 10 new heavyweights in the past 12 months, it's a decent division now.
The HW division hasnt been shallow since it absorbed strikeforce. Before that it was 2nd place to strikeforce HW division.
 
It's quite a fat gap.
LHW has an aging top, that is what I see as its biggest problem currently. Both divisions really, most of my old favorites are either on their way out or have retired. We have some potential up and comers but they have thusfar been smashed by the top 5.
 
Fucking Ryan Bader is hovering around the top 5.
I don't have a problem with that. He's at his best right now probably. But his best can't compete with the guys above him though... Maybe Glover in rematch. Maybe...
 
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