LHW fighters who found success at HW?

[Draxton]

All the Jon to HW talk had me thinking. Has any fighter gone from a LHW career on to have success at HW?

Bader seemed to do ok over in Bellator, but his best wins are Mitrione and over the hill Fedor.

 

[Jojomojo]

Couture?

DC is the obvious answer even tho he is 2-2 after his move up

 

[Straatblaffer]

DC

 

[TheMessiah]

Overeem

 

[Jojomojo]

Overeem

Ubereem isnt really the same person than his former LHW self anymore lmao

 

[rodkek]

Gustaffson

 

[Draxton]

Couture?

DC is the obvious answer even tho he is 2-2 after his move up

DC

DC was already em established and successful HW fighter before he went the LHW. Same with Randy, he was a HW champ before he went to LHW.

 

[Greg House]

Ubereem isnt really the same person than his former LHW self anymore lmao

Well, is not like Jones is going to be the same either, right? Isn't he claiming that he has put a lot of weight?

 

[Greg House]

All the Jon to HW talk had me thinking. Has any fighter gone from a LHW career on to have success at HW?

Bader seemed to do ok over in Bellator, but his best wins are Mitrione and over the hill Fedor.

LHW are HW that don't cut weight. Look at the weight of OSP and Gustaffson when they fought there. 240 each. It's the same type of fighters. Some of them cut weight while the others don't.

The 205 division made sense before these extreme weightcuts. 10 or 15 years ago, they were much smaller. Now they are all just heavyweights that cut weight

 

[DS66]

DC is not the correct answer here. He was a great HW (13-0, Strikeforce HW Grand Prix Champ, wins over Bigfoot Silva, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, Josh Barnett) before he ever took a fight at LHW. He only decided to cut to LHW to avoid having to fight his buddy Cain who was the HW champ at the time. He was a HW fighter who found success at LHW, not the other way around.

There's very few examples of guys who come up as LHW's and then move up to HW and have success. I'm drawing a blank here.

 

[KillaZs]

LHW and HW are very different games.
At LHW it´s more technical, you need to have great TDD to be on the top. Cardio is bigger factor here too. + fighters are moving much faster.
AT HW it´s pretty much about having KO shot, solid chin + raw strenght.

 

[Draxton]

DC is not the correct answer here. He was a great HW (13-0, Strikeforce HW Grand Prix Champ, wins over Bigfoot Silva, Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, Josh Barnett) before he ever took a fight at LHW. He only decided to cut to LHW to avoid having to fight his buddy Cain who was the HW champ at the time. He was a HW fighter who found success at LHW, not the other way around.

There's very few examples of guys who come up as LHW's and then move up to HW and have success. I'm drawing a blank here.

That’s what I’m saying!

 

[G10]

LHW are HW that don't cut weight. Look at the weight of OSP and Gustaffson when they fought there. 240 each. It's the same type of fighters. Some of them cut weight while the others don't.

The 205 division made sense before these extreme weightcuts. 10 or 15 years ago, they were much smaller. Now they are all just heavyweights that cut weight

Definitely agree with you on this point. Look no further than a guy like Lyoto Machida; he was a LHW champ, but when looked extremely small fighting Rockhold and Weidman when he moved down to 185lbs!

 

[Draxton]

LHW are HW that don't cut weight. Look at the weight of OSP and Gustaffson when they fought there. 240 each. It's the same type of fighters. Some of them cut weight while the others don't.

The 205 division made sense before these extreme weightcuts. 10 or 15 years ago, they were much smaller. Now they are all just heavyweights that cut weight

This and this.

 

[The Chosen]

Couture?

DC is the obvious answer even tho he is 2-2 after his move up

DC was a HW who moved down to LHW who then moved back to HW, so no

 

[The Chosen]

Randy Couture is the only one I can think of, that is a huge weight gap

 

[The Chosen]

Gustaffson

Didn’t he just get subbed easily by Werdum?

 

[DoctorDeelon]

Couture and DC went from HW to LHW and back to HW and won the UFC HW title.

For guys who started at LHW, Overeem became a success at HW, even though he never won the UFC HW title.

Hendo came up from MW and LHW to KO Fedor at HW.

 

[Jojomojo]

DC was a HW who moved down to LHW who then moved back to HW, so no

"Any fighter gone from a LHW career to find success at HW?"
You wouldnt call his LHW run a career? He was a LHW for the majority of his career. Dont know why that wouldnt count

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Couture?

DC is the obvious answer even tho he is 2-2 after his move up

DC

You can’t put DC in there. He was originally a HW. He gets far too much credit for moving Down, and then back up.