How the UFC can make 2026 be the year of Heavyweight division

[Jonjonesgonemad]

The UFC should do this:

UFC Hall of fame: Stipe Miocic, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Cain Velasquez

UFC HOF Fight Wing: Bigfoot Silva vs Mark Hunt

Cut the following fighters: Tai Tuivasa, Łukasz Brzeski

Bring/sign these fighters: Rozenstruik, Hamdy Abdelwahab, Alexander Romanov, Martin Buday and Francis Ngannou (Idk if he could be back, he's switching sports, he could fight Rico Verhoeven in kickboxing lol), sign Gable Steveson

Fights they can make: After they make WCA fight his 6th fight by end of 2025, they should also make him fight for the title, enough Ciryl Gane getting title shots, WCA should get it, Also there's Jon Jones and Alex Pereira in the mix.

What the UFC should do to make the UFC HW division a lot better than before?

 

[Daniel Henry]

You forgot to mention sign Gable Steveson

 

[Jonjonesgonemad]

You forgot to mention sign Gable Steveson

The UFC should do this:

UFC Hall of fame: Stipe Miocic, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Cain Velasquez

UFC HOF Fight Wing: Bigfoot Silva vs Mark Hunt

Cut the following fighters: Tai Tuivasa, Łukasz Brzeski

Bring/sign these fighters: Rozenstruik, Hamdy Abdelwahab, Alexander Romanov, Martin Buday and Francis Ngannou (Idk if he could be back, he's switching sports, he could fight Rico Verhoeven in kickboxing lol), sign Gable Steveson

Fights they can make: After they make WCA fight his 6th fight by end of 2025, they should also make him fight for the title, enough Ciryl Gane getting title shots, WCA should get it, Also there's Jon Jones and Alex Pereira in the mix.

What the UFC should do to make the UFC HW division a lot better than before?

Read again, I literally said "Sign Gable Steveson" lol

 

[Daniel Henry]

My bad pimp

 

[HHJ]

lol @ signing Rozenstruik as helping this be the year of the HW div.


UFC does not like Tim Sylvia so theyll never let him be in the hall. They also are not happy with Arlovski not retiring with them. And of COURSE Hunt vs SIlva belongs in the HOF, but Hunt hates them and they hate Hunt and they cant be around each other hahahahaha

Also didnt they overturn that win for Silva?? yeah they aint never doin it unfortunatley

 

[RockyLockridge]

Bring/sign these fighters: Rozenstruik, Hamdy Abdelwahab, Alexander Romanov, Martin Buday and Francis Ngannou (Idk if he could be back, he's switching sports, he could fight Rico Verhoeven in kickboxing lol), sign Gable Steveson

please god no.

 

[RockyLockridge]

lol @ signing Rozenstruik as helping this be the year of the HW div.

hes the ONLY one that should be in the UFC. Beause he would beat many of the current top 10

 

[Fedorgasm]

They should immediately book black beast for an interim title shot.

If he loses, then immediately book a rematch.

Just keep repeating that process until black beast is the champ.

 

[HHJ]

please god no.

Seriously, thats terrible

 

[RockyLockridge]

They should immediately book black beast for an interim title shot.

If he loses, then immediately book a rematch.

Just keep repeating that process until black beast is the champ.

shame we never got black beast vs stipe

 

[Tweak896]

I mean it's possible, these HW fighters exist and are in fighting shape. Lets say the Abu Dhabi shieks just wanted to move mountains to get things together....

Jones now is back and will do 3 fights.
Ngannou resigned.
Aspinall+Gane already there.
Sign Gable and sign Rico, fuck it maybe unlimited money gets Nemkov.
Then you already have guys like Pavlovich, Blaydes, Almeida, Waldo, Volkov.
Pereira moves up, maybe another LHW takes the bait too.

Finally HW division is a real division at this point. Now you do a super tournament for the year, let all the fighters know no testing for recovery. Then winner gets 100M.

Damn I fixed the division. Even still good luck seeing any of them 3x in 2026 besides maybe like Waldo. HW is the most cursed division, so I expect nothing to happen and we're lucky to get 1 fight a year for the belt, even luckier if it's finished without controversy.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Strip Aspinall. Hold a tournament!!

 

[Skarsgard]

The best thing they can do is stop throwing Gane in title fights. The dude finds a way to shit the bed in every single one.
After that, the division is kinda fucked without a serious influx of new talent.

 

[Corona]

HW division is full of cans across the board. Not much ufc can do at this point in time other than hope better talent emerges.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Try to get Ngannou back, try to lure some of the LHWs up, try to sign guys like Nemkov, Malykhin, Reug Reug and Renan, get Tom/Gane 2 done by March/April, strap a rocket to Gable Steveson, Brock style.

 

[Oscar Madison]

HW gets Dirty Boxing Rules and Rounds.

Get production team to present these fights like ceremonial sacrifice competitions -- torches, dark walkouts, drums, etc.

And the ever present Highlander theme "There can only be One!"

 

[Tito Tapped]

Get rid of the entire division and use the money saved to make biopic documentaries on heavyweights who were actually decent back in the day.

 

[Dr. Rose]

I do not understand this "try to get LHW to move up" shit. LHW is not swimming in talent right now either.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Strip Aspinall. Hold a tournament!!
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dont eat my damn strawberries

 

[theincognito]

HOF and re-signing a bunch of boring MFs is not going to make a dent.

The only thing that would is making HW exempt from all PED testing.