Add five pounds 125-155

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130: Would make the cut easier for guys like Scoggins and Elliot, might be able to get some medium small bantamweights to drop to 130 and fight DJ, like TJ or Cody.

140: Bantamweights often have one of the largest cuts in terms of Body weight percentage. Not uncommon for guys to be about 155-160 and go all the way to 135. Cruz, Lineker, or any other larger bantamweight would have an easier time getting down.

150: Everyone at 145 is around or slightly above 160 anyways, make the cut easier.

160: Kevin Lee, Tony Ferg, Khabib, Edson, are all 175+ pounds. 155 is a tough cut and many fighters are forced to cut too much because they don't want to fight at 170. If it was 160, fighters would flow better between 160 and 170

170 would remain the same.

then the 15 pound jump wouldn't happen until 185, as fighters have shown that its not that big of a deal like Robert Whitaker, or Kelvin. Size becomes less and less of an issue as the weight goes up.

All fighters would stay in their current class +5 pounds, the structure would be the same. Title Holders will keep their current belts. Weight cuts would be lessened overnight.

Before anyone says "They will just gain 5 more pounds" The fighters have sized themselves to specific weights and the vast majority of fighters cut more then 5 pounds. The 5 pound addition would just make the cut 5 pounds easier. If they wanted to size up, then they could just move up as its only 10 pounds apart 130-160.
 
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