Which division in the UFC offers the toughest competition?

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Based off the top 10 in each division, which do you feel is the toughest division to get a belt in?
 
LW because of the GOAT Conor McGregor 1 punch man.
 
LW by far. Look how many journeyman or mediocre LWs moved up to find success @ WW. RDA past his purime nearly beat Colby and was top 5 for a while. Burns and Jorge are top 5 and fought for titles but we're middling or below average LWs. Chiesa is already borderline top 5 and ok the verge of a shot. Past purime Pettis KOd Wonderboy stuff. Cowboy went on a run and gave Edwards his closest fight next to Usman etc etc

That's not even getting into the non top 10 fighters of the division. Unranked LWs like Fiziev, Tsarukyan, Ismagulov, Mustafaev, Riddell, Trinaldo, Guram, Gamrot etc are better than many ranked fighters in every other division
 
who said the picture was a Goat ? and where is the belt on the picture ?


but thanks for thinking you speak for others

Right, you just chose a picture of a ram for no reason.

I speak for whoever I want to, and you'll enjoy it little one.
 
LW by far.
Has the best MMA grappler along with other great grapplers, has some of the best MMA strikers, and has some of the most complete fighters.
 
WW because no one can beat Usman right now. Seems like most folks are trying to find a reason to not like the guy while he unceremoniously dispatches all challengers.

Plus it seems like no one above top 10 wants to fight each other anymore. WTF?
 
LW by far. Look how many journeyman or mediocre LWs moved up to find success @ WW. RDA past his purime nearly beat Colby and was top 5 for a while. Burns and Jorge are top 5 and fought for titles but we're middling or below average LWs. Chiesa is already borderline top 5 and ok the verge of a shot. Past purime Pettis KOd Wonderboy stuff. Cowboy went on a run and gave Edwards his closest fight next to Usman etc etc

That's not even getting into the non top 10 fighters of the division. Unranked LWs like Fiziev, Tsarukyan, Ismagulov, Mustafaev, Riddell, Trinaldo, Guram, Gamrot etc are better than many ranked fighters in every other division
nice post
 
mathematically it is always between 145, 155 and 170 because that's the size of the vast majority of people inshape after a weight cut.
 
LW by far. Look how many journeyman or mediocre LWs moved up to find success @ WW. RDA past his purime nearly beat Colby and was top 5 for a while. Burns and Jorge are top 5 and fought for titles but we're middling or below average LWs. Chiesa is already borderline top 5 and ok the verge of a shot. Past purime Pettis KOd Wonderboy stuff. Cowboy went on a run and gave Edwards his closest fight next to Usman etc etc

That's not even getting into the non top 10 fighters of the division. Unranked LWs like Fiziev, Tsarukyan, Ismagulov, Mustafaev, Riddell, Trinaldo, Guram, Gamrot etc are better than many ranked fighters in every other division

Lmao no RDA did not come close to beating Colby. Also Burns, Masvidal, and Chiesa were oversized lightweights who had no business being at 155. They found success at their natural weight class.
 
IMO: Lightweight.

Khabib, Tony, Justin, Dustin, Chandler, Hooker, Lee, Olivera, Islam, Holloway comes up occasionally.

Middleweight.

Izzy, Rob, Costa, Holland, Vettori, Hermansson, Kelvin, Cannonier, Till.

Bantamweight.

Yan, Aljo, Sandhagen, Aldo, Moraes, Cruz, Rivera.

Featherweight.

Volk, Holloway, Katter, Ortega, Zabit, Barboza, Korean Zombiez
 
LW by far. Look how many journeyman or mediocre LWs moved up to find success @ WW. RDA past his purime nearly beat Colby and was top 5 for a while. Burns and Jorge are top 5 and fought for titles but we're middling or below average LWs. Chiesa is already borderline top 5 and ok the verge of a shot. Past purime Pettis KOd Wonderboy stuff. Cowboy went on a run and gave Edwards his closest fight next to Usman etc etc

That's not even getting into the non top 10 fighters of the division. Unranked LWs like Fiziev, Tsarukyan, Ismagulov, Mustafaev, Riddell, Trinaldo, Guram, Gamrot etc are better than many ranked fighters in every other division


Lw is really good but so isnt bw

Champ Yan
Contenders- Aljo, Aldo, Sandhagen, Font, Munhoz, Edgar, Garbrandt, Font, Moraes, Song Yadong, Dvalishvili
Not ranked- Cruz, Barcelos, Omalley, Dillashaw, Randy Costa, Said Nurmagomedov, Usman Nurmagomedov,
 
We just witnessed Beast knock out the #2 ranked HW.

No stability at HW.
 
Maybe women's featherweight? I don't see anyone beating Nunes any time soon...
 
LW is the best I would say in terms of overall depth.

Then I would say FW as a division with Volkanovski, Max, Zabit, Yair, Ortega, KZ, Kattar, Barboza, Ige, Emmett, Burgos, Allen, Yusuff, Mitchell, Fili, Cub, Kron, Topuria, Hall, Dawodu, Evloev and Murphy in it is no joke.

I would also say FW has perhaps the most good fighters outside the UFC with Pitbull, McKee, Palmer, Froes, Sanchez etc etc.
 
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