Bigfoot vs Struve - the sad tale of fighting below your optimal weight

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The upcoming Bigfoot - Struve fight is highlighting the stupidity of the 265lbs weight limit for heavyweights. There are no other such cap in other combat sports, with the exception of Olympic and college wrestling. Boxing, kickboxing, MMA outside UFC and the "sanctioned" organizations, sumo, judo, karate etc etc, have no upper limit to heavyweight. Really big men like Struve and Bigfoot can't fight at their ideal weight, and hence they are underperforming. Struve is so tall that if he puts any muscle on his frame, he will exceed the stupid 265 limit by a mile. Bigfoot's bones and organs probably weights 250lbs, leaving him with only 15lbs of muscle (just making a point). UFC should do away with this stupid weight limit, but this make take some time. I'm n the meantime, Bigfoot and Struve should be allowed to fight at a 300lbs catch weight.
 
surprisingly bad thread for a 2004 account
 
OneManGang said:
The upcoming Bigfoot - Struve fight is highlighting the stupidity of the 265lbs weight limit for heavyweights. There are no other such cap in other combat sports, with the exception of Olympic and college wrestling. Boxing, kickboxing, MMA outside UFC and the "sanctioned" organizations, sumo, judo, karate etc etc, have no upper limit to heavyweight. Really big men like Struve and Bigfoot can't fight at their ideal weight, and hence they are underperforming. Struve is so tall that if he puts any muscle on his frame, he will exceed the stupid 265 limit by a mile. Bigfoot's bones and organs probably weights 250lbs, leaving him with only 15lbs of muscle (just making a point). UFC should do away with this stupid weight limit, but this make take some time. I'm n the meantime, Bigfoot and Struve should be allowed to fight at a 300lbs catch weight.
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OneManGang said:
The upcoming Bigfoot - Struve fight is highlighting the stupidity of the 265lbs weight limit for heavyweights. There are no other such cap in other combat sports, with the exception of Olympic and college wrestling. Boxing, kickboxing, MMA outside UFC and the "sanctioned" organizations, sumo, judo, karate etc etc, have no upper limit to heavyweight. Really big men like Struve and Bigfoot can't fight at their ideal weight, and hence they are underperforming. Struve is so tall that if he puts any muscle on his frame, he will exceed the stupid 265 limit by a mile. Bigfoot's bones and organs probably weights 250lbs, leaving him with only 15lbs of muscle (just making a point). UFC should do away with this stupid weight limit, but this make take some time. I'm n the meantime, Bigfoot and Struve should be allowed to fight at a 300lbs catch weight.
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Struve's last fight was the first time he even reached the 265 lbs limit. He used to be 240+ lbs. He can easilly put on 25 lbs and still make weight without trying.
 
300?! I do think they should cut a lower weight (Sorry Mighty Mouse) and add to the bigger weights. You could have Cruiserweight right above LHW (206-230) HW (231-265) That should be the max imo, the skill level for guys who fight around 300 can't be very good and it'd look like a freak show with 2 lumbering guys getting tired after 2 mins
 
It's been brought up before by a bunch of people... basically they could make a super heavyweight division with no upper cap but the problem is heavyweight already covers a huge weight range and is still widely considered one of the thinnest divisions in the sport.

No point in super heavyweight if there aren't good enough fighters to populate it. (1-2 fighters do not make a division)

Ethan Rom said:
surprisingly bad thread for a 2004 account
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Eh, disagree.
 
So you want to raise the weight range for HW form 60lbs to 95? Thats a bit ridiculous.
 
struve just hit 260 last fight.
he was 217lbs for his ufc debut iirc.
 
LOL wouldn't they just get more slugish and slow with more muscle mass?
 
Only a handful of guys I can think of that ever had to cut to hw. Brock, mark hunt, Bigfoot, struve, Carwin, and Sao P. That said I wouldn't mind UFC adding a SHW division, it'd be fun
 
SlickNickG said:
No way he was that light! A 7 foot lhw. Thats ridiculous mate.
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i realize how that sounds.
im on a crappy phone atm, will try to show you evidence later.
but think Josh Grispy or whatever tha name of that BW is. or that super tall MW.
just woke up btw. brain malfunctioning for at least another 45min.
 
dog y said:
i realize how that sounds.
im on a crappy phone atm, will try to show you evidence later.
but think Josh Grispy or whatever tha name of that BW is. or that super tall MW.
just woke up btw. brain malfunctioning for at least another 45min.
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Haha i know the feelin bub. Im searchin for his first weigh in now youve peaked my interest. I bet u are at least close actually, he was super skinny back then
 
dog y said:
struve just hit 260 last fight.
he was 217lbs for his ufc debut iirc.
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SlickNickG said:
No way he was that light! A 7 foot lhw. Thats ridiculous mate.
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Struve weighed 240 in his UFC debut against JDS.
He has weighed 260 - 265 in his last three fights. Why did you think his last fight was the first time he hit 260?
He's been fighting at 250+ since 2010.
 
SlickNickG said:
Haha i know the feelin bub. Im searchin for his first weigh in now youve peaked my interest. I bet u are at least close actually, he was super skinny back then
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dude above is correct, he was 240lbs for his UfC debut... but Im sure Ive seen him fighting at 217lbs. Im a number afficcionado. I remember because it was THAT absurd. maybe its been too long and I had read 227lbs.

my mind is now crumbling. my memory castle seems unreliable. help a bruh out, please.
to be noticed, he started fighting very young and such tall boys tend to take their time to beef up.
let me know if you fine any of his previous fights weights.
thank you bruhv.
 
also, he did fight (and lose) against 200,5lbs Christian M'pumbu (sp) before going to the ufc.
 
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