Remember when frank mir said heavyweight sucks?

[Fesaine]

“Heavyweights suck, the majority of us,” he continued. “We’re just not very good fighters. They’re like watching polar bears fighting over some food. Balance isn’t great. No one knows how to do submissions barely. Once you get out of the top ten, you’re really scratching the bottom of the barrel.”

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/10...mma-career-heavyweights-suck-polar-bears-news

I mean he's not wrong, heavyweight has always been the weakest and least skilled division out there.

 

[Noodle King]

I just about never watch heavyweights fight unless a name on the bill is historically associated with knockouts and/or shenanigans. I'll watch Overeem or Lewis pretty much any day, for instance.

Little reason to care about most of them - they move around like they're suffering from hemorrhoids. And a lot are just plain obese.

 

[Herwald]

And yet even a fringe TOP 10 HW can turn the rest of the roster MW and below into burger meat. I rather watch two unskilled polar bears fight than turbo manlets or WMMA.

 

[Red Dragoniop]

no what sucks is having filler fights like WMMA

 

[Kid Fury]

He’s not wrong. There’s a reason the same 7 guys have been in the top 10 for what feels like eternity.

 

[Reign009]

Lol, Frank Mir is a cool dude.

 

[green giant]

And yet even a fringe TOP 10 HW can turn the rest of the roster MW and below into burger meat. I rather watch two unskilled polar bears fight than turbo manlets or WMMA.

You must be obese, don't worry you can't beat any of the lighter fighters they would turn you into hamburger meat. You like to associate your fatness with you being able to fight I know.

 

[nostradumbass]

Sounds about right. HW is basically WMMA in terms of speed and skill. The top few guys are skilled, and the only thing that makes the rest watchable is they all have KO power.

 

[thehighking]

Heavyweight is just different. Size and strength becomes more of a factor than technique. That doesn't make it any less impressive.

 

[loisestrad]

Why are people expecting the same handspeed and agility and so on from people weighing 250 pounds? It's like expecting the same punching power from someone weighing 145 pounds.

It's a different breed of fighters and a different way of fighting.

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

Early/Mid 2000s HW was stacked with talent. Some of the best wrestlers, strikers and grapplers of ALL TIME in MMA. Olympic wrestlers, world champion BJJ artists & kickboxers

 

[Reign009]

You must be obese, don't worry you can't beat any of the lighter fighters they would turn you into hamburger meat. You like to associate your fatness with you being able to fight I know.

Pretty hilarious.

 

[immyaxl]

He’s not wrong. There’s a reason the same 7 guys have been in the top 10 for what feels like eternity.

Couldn't agree more

 

[Iron Nick]

And yet even a fringe TOP 10 HW can turn the rest of the roster MW and below into burger meat. I rather watch two unskilled polar bears fight than turbo manlets or WMMA.

And yet even an animal not on top of the food chain can turn all heavyweights and the rest of the roster below into burger meat.
I rather watch two unskilled polar bears fight than humans.

 

[Herwald]

And yet even an animal not on top of the food chain can turn all heavyweights and the rest of the roster below into burger meat.
I rather watch two unskilled polar bears fight than humans.

I don't relate to animals, so I prefer HWs and not bears. I'm also not a women beater or a psychopath, so watching women and kids bash each other's faces in isn't fun to me.

You must be obese, don't worry you can't beat any of the lighter fighters they would turn you into hamburger meat. You like to associate your fatness with you being able to fight I know.

You sound fat.

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

The real truth is athletes of that size who have athletic ability are making real money in other sports rather than getting their brains bashed in for peanuts.

 

[Iron Nick]

I don't relate to animals, so I prefer HWs and not bears. I'm also not a women beater or a psychopath, so watching women and kids bash each other's faces in isn't fun to me.

Watching women's MMA and smaller fighters doesn't equate to being a women beater nor to being a psychopath and i'm fairly sure that you're very aware of that, man.
Obviously heavyweights would be favoured against smaller fighters, but they're still (on average) pretty unskilled.
Saying they are better fighters is in my eyes like saying an engine which weighs a ton and has 250 horsepower is better than an enginee that weights half a ton and has 180 horsepower.
That does however not mean you can't enjoy heavyweights/their fights of course.

 

[SHAZAM]

If that were true then there would be no LHW or MW cuz they all walk around 220-240 yet they choose starvation and sacrifice to have a shot at being champ over fighting "unskilled" guys like Black Beast. Think about it, they think fighting Jones is easier than a move up to HW.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Ngannou would kill 99% of the roster and all he can do is throw a decent left uppercut. if HWs suck, what does that say about the rest of the UFC when 1 HW would destroy the entire company and his only really skill is throwing left punches?

 

[Mike]

The real truth is athletes of that size who have athletic ability are making real money in other sports rather than getting their brains bashed in for peanuts.

This is also why lhw sucks now