Compilation of Fighters' Cage Weight

[acannxr]

Added Nikita Krylov (218 lbs).

 

[acannxr]

Added Kamaru Usman (185 lbs).

 

[acannxr]

Added Neil Magny (182 lbs).

 

[God of Striking]

there was a video of poirier weighing himself and he was 180lbs fit
here it is

 

[acannxr]

Added Mike Perry (177 lbs).

there was a video of poirier weighing himself and he was 180lbs fit
here it is

That was posted 2.5 months after his fight with McGregor and 4.5 months before he fought again in his Lightweight debut; I'd have to say that's a walk-around weight.

 

[God of Striking]

Added Mike Perry (177 lbs).


That was posted 2.5 months after his fight with McGregor and 4.5 months before he fought again in his Lightweight debut; I'd have to say that's a walk-around weight.

no shit

 

[awymore]

I don't believe for a second that Khabib is only 170 cage weight. You can just tell by looking at him come fight night that he is a very small middleweight. He looked way heavier than Al Iaquinta in the cage earlier this year.
Perhaps he used to be when he was younger. I reckon him hitting his 30's soon will make him a more natural middleweight and he will have to move up to welterweight.

I'm beginning to think there is a Nate Diaz level conspiracy here to make Khabib seem as big as possible prior to fighting Conor. Are we looking at the same fighters here? Iaquinta seems obviously larger than Khabib even when Khabib is wearing a shirt.

 

[acannxr]

no shit

Check the thread title, this isn't a discussion over walk-around weight.

I'm beginning to think their is a Nate Diaz level conspiracy here to make Khabib seem as big as possible prior to fighting Conor. Are we looking at the same fighters here? Iaquinta seems obviously larger than Khabib even when Khabib is wearing a shirt.

 

[acannxr]

@God of Striking

Added Dustin Poirier (170 lbs).

 

[awymore]

Check the thread title, this isn't a discussion over walk-around weight.

He could be Little Mac in a new Punch Out

 

[acannxr]

Added Justin Gaethje (165 lbs).

 

[acannxr]

Added Miesha Tate (147 lbs).

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Nice job TS. Now get working on that Height Cutting thread!

 

[acannxr]

Nice job TS. Now get working on that Height Cutting thread!

 

[Ruthless_swag]

Jon Fitch 185.5 on fight night. he is a big boy. thought he would weigh a bit more though.

source:

 

[Ghostoftheville]

20lbs water weight + 16lbs cake and chicken

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

I disagree completely, there's a lot of people who struggle making 155 who are already stuck in-between 2 weights. The guys who pass over 170 for 160 still have 2 options now. The one's stuck between 155-170 don't. I don't care about weight-cutting as much as I care about fights and titlefights NOT being cancelled. Raising the weights by 5 lbs does more good than not doing anything or introducing a 165 lb division.

The guys competing at 170 are in their 180s, the chances of them trying to fight 160 are slim. But the guys at 155 are in their 170s and fitting into 160 (instead of 155) helps a lot.

which only helps the guys who are trying to connive the system already.

this is like saying, "too many guys are getting caught for steroids, lets make USADA less effective so we can get some fights going"

you don't help the guys who are already trying to cheat the system.

 

[Sakuraba7]

which only helps the guys who are trying to connive the system already.

this is like saying, "too many guys are getting caught for steroids, lets make USADA less effective so we can get some fights going"

you don't help the guys who are already trying to cheat the system.

That sounds like a fallacy or just flawed thinking. How does reorganizing the weight classes "help the guys who are already trying to cheat the system"?? It outright changes the system...because sometime's the system has holes in it!

Sometimes the system is broken. That's how literally everything in society works. You see a fault or unintended consequence, and you change and try again until it works as best as possible. And that means admitting your own faults or accommodating other's needs so you both can prosper.

They way I see it, the 15 lb gap between LW and WW makes no sense. I'd much rather LW be lifted to 160 lb to reduce the gap, and accordingly move all the weights below it by 10 lb.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

That sounds like a fallacy or just flawed thinking. How does reorganizing the weight classes "help the guys who are already trying to cheat the system"?? It outright changes the system...because sometime's the system has holes in it!

Sometimes the system is broken. That's how literally everything in society works. You see a fault or unintended consequence, and you change and try again until it works as best as possible. And that means admitting your own faults or accommodating other's needs so you both can prosper.

They way I see it, the 15 lb gap between LW and WW makes no sense. I'd much rather LW be lifted to 160 lb to reduce the gap, and accordingly move all the weights below it by 10 lb.

because the only people who miss weight are the fighters trying to take advantage of it.

nobody else is having a hard time except the guys like Till, that fat Brazilian girl, Yoel, and Nicco Montano.

why do you have to reorganize all of the weight classes to accommodate these people?

 

[acannxr]

Jon Fitch 185.5 on fight night. he is a big boy. thought he would weigh a bit more though.

source:

It figures:

They way I see it, the 15 lb gap between LW and WW makes no sense. I'd much rather LW be lifted to 160 lb to reduce the gap, and accordingly move all the weights below it by 10 lb.

why do you have to reorganize all of the weight classes to accommodate these people?

I agree that the weight classes should be restructured, but not because the minority fighters who are missing weight due trying to game the system need accommodating.

If you examine the current weight classes based on percentages, the inconsistency becomes evident:
265
-22.64%
205
-9.75%
185
-8.10%
170
-8.82%
155
-6.45%
145
-6.89%
135
-7.40%
125

However, you also have to take into consideration the distribution of depth, otherwise you run the risk of creating/diluting a division into worthlessness:

So for example, a 195 lb division would be a horrendous idea, but an in-between division for 170 and 155 would be just fine.

If we wanted as close to a 7.5% difference between each weight class, but rounding the divisions by 5 lbs, while maintaining the depth of each division, it would probably look something like this:

265
-24.52%
200
-7.50%
185
-8.10%
170
-5.88%
160
-6.25%
150
-6.66%
140
-7.14%
130

Flyweight and Bantamweight would be merged at the middle, the remaining lighter weight classes would adjust accordingly, but there'd be a new division in between Welterweight and Lightweight.

It's impossible to get a true 7.5% difference unless you don't mind the weight classes being weird numbers:

265
207
191
177
164
152
141
130