- Joined
- Jun 10, 2016
- Messages
- 28,984
- Reaction score
- 18,862
I was thinking about this lately since in Bellator we have a MW in the same bracket as big HWs like Mir and Mitrione.
If the UFC did an Openweight thing could anyone under LHW have a chance? What's the LIGHTEST guy you think could make it?
At MW both Rochold and Weidman are both taller and have longer reach than some HWs let alone LHWs. Both are good grapplers. I can see both being competitive. A guy like Romero maybe too, since he has the wrestling thing going on and does have power, but he may be too short. However I think he would have the quickness advantage and distance control advantage vs the slower big guys.
At WW it gets tricky. Not many Rumble's anymore who are natural LHWs fighting at WW. Till is a pretty big guy but not sure if his frame is solid enough to withstand a HW punch.
What do you guys think?
If the UFC did an Openweight thing could anyone under LHW have a chance? What's the LIGHTEST guy you think could make it?
At MW both Rochold and Weidman are both taller and have longer reach than some HWs let alone LHWs. Both are good grapplers. I can see both being competitive. A guy like Romero maybe too, since he has the wrestling thing going on and does have power, but he may be too short. However I think he would have the quickness advantage and distance control advantage vs the slower big guys.
At WW it gets tricky. Not many Rumble's anymore who are natural LHWs fighting at WW. Till is a pretty big guy but not sure if his frame is solid enough to withstand a HW punch.
What do you guys think?