How did LHW become the weakest division?
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Simple answer Jon Jones
Like Flyweight, when champs like Jones, DC, and MM are so dominant, the rest appear to be on much lower levels. Even though Davis left, Bader left, Krylov left, etc., none of them have what it takes to beat a Jones or DC.
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Jon has fought twice in the last 3 years doe
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It was weak for years. Even after the pride merger it was weak. Filled with washed up fighters like Chuck and Wand or natural MW like Machida and Belfort. You know a division is weak when Griffin manages to get his hands on the belt.
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Jon Jones gone, Phil Davis gone, Ryan Bader gone, Anthony Johnson gone. That's why.
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it was always technically a weak division. it had big names at the top. Tito, randy and chuck then rampage, rashad, machida etc but was never deep beyond the top.
that means these big names might not be as good as we thought.
that said it has always been an entertaining division with well known fighters at the top end.
it also helps that they are almost HWs. people like watching bigger men fighter over smaller men.
that means these big names might not be as good as we thought.
that said it has always been an entertaining division with well known fighters at the top end.
it also helps that they are almost HWs. people like watching bigger men fighter over smaller men.
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Jones has only fought 1 guy not named Daniel Cormier in like 3 years.
HW and LHW blow atm because the UFC doesn't scout talent anymore.
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Lost Phil, Bader, Krylov. Jones is a fuck up. Gus hardly ever fights(it seems). Even if they were all under the banner is still a bad era for the division. It’s not just the gap between Cormier and the rest. It’s just that a lot of them just aren’t anything to write home about
Phil Davis is a top 5 LHW. Hard to debate that..but he’s not a very impressive fighter most nights.
Phil Davis is a top 5 LHW. Hard to debate that..but he’s not a very impressive fighter most nights.
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Don't worry. Shogun will be back and things will change for sure.
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That's a lie.
LHW was the best division in MMA before Jones made it look like a kindergarten. To this day, LHW still is a strong competitive division.
WW was a joke though, and improved a bit around 2015.
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Davis and Bader left, Jones tested positive, Johnson retired, and Gustafsson is really inactive. That's 5 of the top 6 fighters in the division either out of commission or inactive. Add in the complete dearth of prospects, and you get the wasteland that is the current LHW division.
Also, lol at the idea that "most" athletic adult men are 220ish in fighting shape.
Also, lol at the idea that "most" athletic adult men are 220ish in fighting shape.
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Weight cutting.
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LHW sized athletic men aren't as common as you think. It only seems that way because those that are athletic have an advantage in most sports over the more common, average-sized athletic men that constitute LW and WW divisions.
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I used to get so Pumped for 205 fights. UFC and Pride had some awesome talent. Miss the good old days. The top 10 is so weak now. Seems like some guys that could compete at 205 are cutting to 185... Rockhold being one. #MAKE LIGHT-HEAVY GREAT AGAIN !!!
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I'd say HW is probably slightly stronger atm, but it's full of 40yr guys. Stipe, Ngannou, and Black Beast are the only relevant fighters to emerge on the hw scene in the last 5 yrs. And one of them has since retired. HW is about to be a bunch of Randy Couture's if they don't build the division fast.
