HW is terrible but so is LHW

[CobraCobretti]

Just looked UFC rankings and Polish power Jan is still ranked #5 at 205lbs. His last win is from 2022, when Rakic had that freak knee injury.

 

[Bubzeh]

Excellent observation.

 

[MetaIIica]

You can blame the UFC and Jones for fucking everything up. Jon jones is the reason LHW and HW are shit, along with UFC blueballing Ngannou until he left, and the Aspinall drama. It's all self inflicted 100%

They even forced Jiri to give up the belt for a few month surgery, while letting Jones hold up HW for 2+ years. SUCK MY DEENGHGUS

 

[DamnSevern]

its grim but nowhere near as bad as HW in general, at the very least there are lhw prospects than can be signed, HW is practically dead even outside of the UFC. I truly dread watching 90% of UFC heavyweight fights, LHW not so much.

 

[JBJ was here]

Fold both divisions into a single cruiserweight 220 division, sending the particularly small LHWs off to MW, and you'd still have the worst UFC men's division in a long time even though you'd lose no worthwhile HWs.

 

[deman]

So much for all the super athletes that Rogan assured us were coming for the past 15+yrs

 

[VinceArch]

Not much incentive to be 200+ lbs and do combat sports when the starting pay is crumbs compared to other sports.

 

[orca]

You can blame the UFC and Jones for fucking everything up. Jon jones is the reason LHW and HW are shit, along with UFC blueballing Ngannou until he left, and the Aspinall drama. It's all self inflicted 100%

They even forced Jiri to give up the belt for a few month surgery, while letting Jones hold up HW for 2+ years. SUCK MY DEENGHGUS

nganou hold the belt for 1 year before he left
jones hold it for like 6 months?

you should also blame nganou?thats 365 days holding the belt hostage

 

[Uber_Noober]

 

[Stun Gun]

Excellent observation.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

a l ot of these divisions, outside of 1 or 2 guys, are completely useless fodder

 

[DamnSevern]

a l ot of these divisions, outside of 1 or 2 guys, are completely useless fodder

a lot? no, a few? yes absolutely.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

a lot? no, a few? yes absolutely.

a lot.

 

[TryggeTryggvar]

At least lhw has some fun fights, hw is abysmal. Prime example is the last curtis blaydes fight. No matter wich way that descision went, all the fans lost.

 

[DamnSevern]

numbers....how do they work

 

[Mickey Mick]

Does anyone remember Ruan Potts? Of all of the terrible god awful HWs the ufc culled from the trenches over the years, this man had to be the worst!