Fighters who stopped extreme weight-cutting

[Joseph_McBride]

DC- Champ

Whittaker- Champ

Kelvin- Title challenger

Poirier- Top 5 LW

RDA- #3 Contender. If Colby beats Woodley RDA could be the 2nd best WW.

Hooker- not good at 145, 4 in row over 4 good names all finishes at 155.

Lineker- Top 5 125er, still top 5 at 135.

Masvidal- Couldnt crack the top 10 at 155, cracked top 5 at WW.

Cowboy- Got into the top 5 at WW after being a 155 title challenger. Tbh tho I don't think he beats anyone in the top 10 at LW anymore. At any weight class I think he is just looking old. 30 fights in 7 years will do that lol.

There are probably a couple I'm missing but I think there is a lot of evidence here to suggest weight-cutting. Fighters who I would like to see move up a weight class:

-Holloway, Khabib(eventually), Romero, Rockhold, Weidman, Darren Till, Thiago Santos, Gilbert Burns, Uriah Hall(nearly died making 185 in January, better chin, speed stays, Sam Alvey is top 15 for goodness sake!) James Vick.

 

[Frank23]

"Rumble" Johnson is up there.

He went through extremes to make 170lbs.

 

[Frank McEdgar]

Some never felt they had to.

 

[ocfightfan]

Some guys just don't have the technique to overcome their T-Rex arms.

 

[Fedor>Cain]

You forgot Conor who was looking like skelator before he moved up and won his belt.

But he's retired.

 

[Coolkid666]

Highly agree, was just thinking about how Amanda Nunes would probably dyke smash Cyborg at 145 with less of a weight cut

 

[Krimzon]

Frankie Edgar- LW champ, arguably beat Henderson 2x
FW- KO'd by grappler

 

[Joseph_McBride]

"Rumble" Johnson is up there.

He went through extremes to make 170lbs.

Great call. Forgot about him since he retired but he is a great example. I still think he had a great chance at beating Jones at UFC 187 if that wouldve happened.

 

[INTERL0PER]

Yup. All of those are perfect examples and hopefully other fighters will learn from them.

I feel like it's inevitable, and it's picking up momentum, but I wish more fighters would abandon the insane weight cuts.

Darren Till, for example, would be a fucking monster at MW. His speed and striking would be a nightmare for the top ten. Yet he kills himself to get to WW.