HW Top 16 vs. LHW Top 16 - Which is the better division?

[TCE]

These are arguably two of the worst male divisions in the UFC. Which division is better?

Heavyweight:

Champion : Stipe Miocic
1 Alistair Overeem
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Cain Velasquez
4 Francis Ngannou
5 Mark Hunt
6 Derrick Lewis
7 Alexander Volkov
8 Marcin Tybura
9 Aleksei Oleinik
10 Stefan Struve
11 Junior Albini
12 Andrei Arlovski
13 Curtis Blaydes
14 Travis Browne
15 Tim Johnson

Light Heavyweight:

Champion : Daniel Cormier
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Volkan Oezdemir
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Jimi Manuwa
5 Mauricio Rua
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Corey Anderson
8 Misha Cirkunov
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Patrick Cummins
11 Rogerio Nogueira
12 Gadzhimurad Antigulov
13 Tyson Pedro
14 Gian Villante
15 Jared Cannonier

IMO, it has to be HW.

LHW looks pretty bad especially since they've lost Rumble and Bones.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Hate to have to say it... heavyweight.

 

[BigMuffler]

Hate to have to say it... heavyweight.

Agree but why hate to say it?

 

[A.S. Deep]

Heavyweight. LHW falls off a cliff after Volkan and then falls off an even steeper cliff after OSP.

EDIT: Damn, the only LHWs who are capable of being legit contenders are Gus and Volkan. Everyone else is either over the hill or will probably never get a legit title shot.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

We really needed a "dead fish" option.

HW I guess.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Agree but why hate to say it?

The downfall of the most prestige weight class in UFC history.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

I'd say HW. The top 5 at HW shits on the top 5 in LHW imo.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Agree but why hate to say it?

Because HW is always shallow (it still is) but LHW used to be the best division in the world and now its even more shallow than HW.

Its sad for me. 205 division back in the 2004-2009 era was my all time favorite

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

Shogun is still the greatest fighter on this planet so it's still LHW until he retires

 

[A.S. Deep]

The downfall of the most prestige weight class in UFC history.

Imagine how awesome LHW would be with this lineup:

Champ- Jones
1. DC
2. Rumble
3. Gus
4. Volkan
5. Glover
6. Bader
7. Phil Davis
8. Manuwa
9. OSP
10. Shogun

We could've had this too had things been different.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Shogun #5 in 2017

12 years after his best year of 2005

 

[DarkneT]

Both need retiring or an influx of talent

 

[gato sin techo]

heavyweight even thought the fighters are older overall. come on Patrick Cummins is ranked 10 lol

 

[One MMA Fan]

HW and remember USADA took out several guys from them like from top 5 - 10 - 15: Big Ben, Barnett, JDS, Brock, Mir, Ruslan Magomedov (boxing decision guy).

 

[chinarice]

Shogun #5 in 2017

12 years after his best year of 2005








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Mark Hunt #5 in 2017.... He barely has a winning record. Lol

 

[Supatune]

sad to see LHW in this state.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Mark Hunt #5 in 2017.... He barely has a winning record. Lol

Shogun, Hunt, Werdum and Overeem are straight up OGs

 

[007]

HW and makes me sad. I miss the LHW days of Couture, Liddell, Ortiz, etc..

 

[tehMoose]

HW