Is Paddy the largest LW ever?

[HP_Nut]

According to chat GBT, average walking weight (except for Paddy which is too challengint for AI) is:
Islam Makhachev 91kg
Paddy Pimblett 88 (to 95kg)
Joel Álvarez 83kg
Moicano 81kg
Dustin Poirier 81kg
Benoît Saint Denis 80kg

Fight night weight is a better indicator. Walk around weight could be a guy not in his best optimal fighting shape. Islam was 178 lbs, Moicano 182 lbs for their fight. This weight was officially recorded by the athletic commission

UFC 311 fight night weights: Renato Moicano gained over 26 pounds to outweigh Islam Makhachev

Here are the fight night weights from UFC 311 as the California State Athletic Commission tracks how much fighters are gaining between weigh-ins and competition 24 hours later.

www.mmafighting.com

 

[bjjwar]

Chandler is tiny and weak, thats why Pimblett looked so big and strong.

 

[Weighinin]

A little bit out of subject, but WHY there is no weight scale at the start of the fight, so we could all know their "real" fighting weight? (instead of this useless info where all fighters are 155/156)

 

[joy2day]

Khabib is fat at 200 lbs. Not a Khabib defender, I’ve pointed out that he wanted 40 yr old GSP to cut down to 155 while he (Khabib) was in the prime of his life. Walk around weight and in shape weight are 2 different things. GSP always staye in great shape yr round, he never let himself get fat in between fights or even after retiring

I'm not so sure about that. Weight cutting is greater in general than it was in GSP's day. Some fighters cut huge amounts of weight, like Alex at 231 fighting MW.

GSP said that when he was talking about a fight between them- that Khabib was bigger than him because he is 185 and Khabib is 200 normally.

 

[volcom5]

it's an estimation, not the truth. But obviously BSD is not bigger than Paddy, buy glasses.

Clearly it is because we all know Moicano is the biggest LW, he was bigger than Islam Makhachev.

 

[El Fernas]

Yeah, maybe. Yhe guy looked huge next to Chandler.

Chandler is in the shorter end at LW, Pimblett didnt look particularly big this time actually, has been looking progressively bigger since his UFC debut imo, the biggest being the Ferguson fight, last night he looked like your average big LW.

 

[colorles]

Nick Diaz, Michael Chiesa, Gleison Tibau

If I recall Nick Diaz fought at 160, not 155.

 

[prime_lobov]

Nate Diaz used to make 155 and he is three times the size of Conor McGregor, which puts him at 170x3 = 510 pounds.

 

[Deltron 6060]

it's an estimation, not the truth. But obviously BSD is not bigger than Paddy, buy glasses.

Paddy's 5'10", BSD is 5'11". Buy brain cells.

 

[Robbocop]

He's 5'10 and fighting at lightweight (155 pounds). Mike Tyson was 5'10 and fighting at HW, and meanwhile this guy is 6'4 and fighting at Bantamweight (145 pounds) in kickboxing in One FC.



For reference Volkanovski is 5'6 fighting at featherweight in the UFC (145 pounds).

 

[Weighinin]

Paddy's 5'10", BSD is 5'11". Buy brain cells.

wow, with arguments as smart as that, I will definitly loose brain cells if I continue arguing with you.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Paddy is taller but I guarantee Tibau was larger.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Paddy is a frickin belewn

 

[Stagliano]

BSD is a big guy man. He's fought at WW and MW. He'd never make FW and BW like Paddy did.

They're both thick boys at LW and a good height.

Tbf Paddy was making FW and BW in his teen years and early 20's.

 

[haj02]

Paddy is the type of physical specimen that would still probably be top 15 in the division if he never actually trained martial arts at all.

This is the stupidest thing I've read today.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Mike Goldberg told me Gray Maynard weighs 200 lbs in the cage

Must have helium on the brain to make the chin that light

 

[Humongo]

Paddy is the type of physical specimen that would still probably be top 15 in the division if he never actually trained martial arts at all.

 

[GraafschapDTCNL]

Tbf Paddy was making FW and BW in his teen years and early 20's.

He could still do that right? If he loses 10 pounds of (muscle) mass he is right there at FW. But he probably feels like is body is more well-balanced at LW. This is the case for most fighters who have some muscle... not the case for Holloway, because he almost has no mass to lose.

A similar case as Paddy would be Dricus, who fought at WW previously. Now he is a big MW. But if for some reason he decided to lose weight he could be a lanky WW again.

 

[Shane-O-Mac]

Paddy is listed at 5'10

and Chandler 5'8

wtf?

 

[Stagliano]

He could still do that right? If he loses 10 pounds of (muscle) mass he is right there at FW. But he probably feels like is body is more well-balanced at LW. This is the case for most fighters who have some muscle... not the case for Holloway, because he almost has no mass to lose.

A similar case as Paddy would be Dricus, who fought at WW previously. Now he is a big MW. But if for some reason he decided to lose weight he could be a lanky WW again.

FW maybe but not BW.