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Ok, before you impulsively chase me out the building, hear me out...
Yes, this is done for fighters' safety, but that also is precisely the point.
There is no weight or size protection for athletes in pro sports.
Can you imagine if the NBA starts an NBA league where you HAVE to be under 6 feet tall, in order to play?
Then the MVP of that league, we start debating about how he's the GOAT because he won 7 years in a row... and say that he's better than Durant, or Giannis?
That's how it sounds to me when we say that guys say that Khabib is GOAT, or even say that Conor double champ is GOAT-worthy.
Yes, sure, totally different sport... I get it. Combat sports have had weight-classes forever.
But, that's just so that THE SMALLER GUYS CAN BE COMPETITIVE.
This is why many say that Fedor is the GOAT. Fedor fought everyone and everybody. He reigned supreme for 10 years. He's not bigger than the likes of Luke Rockhold, and definitely smaller than many of the LHWs in the UFC today... yet Fedor fought everyone, and when I say everyone- there was no 265 weight limit protection either.
Don't forget, the UFC's HW division isn't the biggest division that's sanctioned by the Athletic Commissions.
There's a SUPER HW for 265+
Guys like Brock and Bigfoot had to cut mad amounts of mass to be able to fight.
Anyways.
Tl, Dr - You can't be the 'best fighter' if you're cutting weight and hiding behind a weight limit barrier.
Sure, you can be the "best in your division". That's certain. Or, "most successful fighter"... since that's comparatively speaking.
In the end, the guy who isn't cutting weight, and is fighting anyone and everyone... is the REAL toughest guy in the world
Yes, this is done for fighters' safety, but that also is precisely the point.
There is no weight or size protection for athletes in pro sports.
Can you imagine if the NBA starts an NBA league where you HAVE to be under 6 feet tall, in order to play?
Then the MVP of that league, we start debating about how he's the GOAT because he won 7 years in a row... and say that he's better than Durant, or Giannis?
That's how it sounds to me when we say that guys say that Khabib is GOAT, or even say that Conor double champ is GOAT-worthy.
Yes, sure, totally different sport... I get it. Combat sports have had weight-classes forever.
But, that's just so that THE SMALLER GUYS CAN BE COMPETITIVE.
This is why many say that Fedor is the GOAT. Fedor fought everyone and everybody. He reigned supreme for 10 years. He's not bigger than the likes of Luke Rockhold, and definitely smaller than many of the LHWs in the UFC today... yet Fedor fought everyone, and when I say everyone- there was no 265 weight limit protection either.
Don't forget, the UFC's HW division isn't the biggest division that's sanctioned by the Athletic Commissions.
There's a SUPER HW for 265+
Guys like Brock and Bigfoot had to cut mad amounts of mass to be able to fight.
Anyways.
Tl, Dr - You can't be the 'best fighter' if you're cutting weight and hiding behind a weight limit barrier.
Sure, you can be the "best in your division". That's certain. Or, "most successful fighter"... since that's comparatively speaking.
In the end, the guy who isn't cutting weight, and is fighting anyone and everyone... is the REAL toughest guy in the world

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