LW division can become the most exciting MMA division ever

[DanDragon Machi]

In a perfect scenario the division can be composed by:

Makhachev
Topuria
Charles
Holloway
Conor
Poirier
Vokanovski
Ortega

I can't think a divsion having so many talented and interesting fighters in the same time in MMA history

 

[Contempt]

Half those fighters are well past it and about to retire or already retired, like Conor...

 

[blunttruth]

I agree it would be more interesting/exciting if those feathers moved up to lightweight permanently, but also agree that they had better do it quick before they disappear over the retirement horizon.

 

[DoubleTrouble]

LW always has been the most exciting division however Islam and Charles aside, the rest are shopworn FW's and old men.

Topuria could be an interesting addition but let's see him against a live opponent at LW first.

 

[DanDragon Machi]

Half those fighters are well past it and about to retire or already retired, like Conor...

But except Conor all them still are elite fighters

 

[Spiderbite]

In a perfect scenario the division can be composed by:

Makhachev
Topuria
Charles
Holloway
Conor
Poirier
Vokanovski
Ortega

I can't think a divsion having so many talented and interesting fighters in the same time in MMA history

There's always been good fights at LW.

But 3/4 of that list will be retiring sooner rather than later.

 

[HHJ]

In a perfect scenario the division can be composed by:

Makhachev
Topuria
Charles
Holloway
Conor
Poirier
Vokanovski
Ortega

I can't think a divsion having so many talented and interesting fighters in the same time in MMA history

Ortega, Conor, and Porier are basically non factors at this point.

If Volk got anything left in the tank it would be cool to see him move up.

 

[VinceArch]

LW has always been the most exciting division IMO. But Conor, Ortega, Volk and soon Poirier are all irrelevant to the current land scape of the division.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Idk, LHW has seen some pretty damn stacked times.

 

[Cameron]

There are so many other fighters that are exciting at light than the list you just provided.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

You overlooked Tsakurian, Gaethje, BSD, etc, and instead mentioned some hypothetical featherweight fighters. Odd.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Get Conor out of there. What are we doing here?!

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Topuria could be an interesting addition but let's see him against a live opponent at LW first.

He fought Jai Herbert at lightweight and got dropped.
Still won the fight by knockout, but looked more vulnerable than he has at FW.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Idk, LHW has seen some pretty damn stacked times.

I personally think LHW has the most legends of any weight class.
But right now? It's dreadful.

 

[Clark Rogers]

I personally think LHW has the most legends of any weight class.
But right now? It's dreadful.

Yeh I don't disagree on the right now, really not much after Poatan, but a few of the previous eras have been so full of legends and all timers.

 

[blaseblase]

Ortega, Conor, and Porier are basically non factors at this point.

If Volk got anything left in the tank it would be cool to see him move up.

This. And Holloway and Oliveira are ancient in fight years, won't be surprised if they both fall off soon.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Yeh I don't disagree on the right now, really not much after Poatan, but a few of the previous eras have been so full of legends and all timers.

Hell yeah... Even in the heyday of UFC's 205 division (Randy, Chuck, Tito, Vitor) you still had PRIDE which was even MORE stacked (Wanderlei, Shogun, Reem, Ricardo Arona, Rampage, Lil Nog and Hendo). SHEESH!!!

 

[JBJ was here]

Henry Cejudo becoming middleweight champion is more likely than Conor ever fighting at lightweight again.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Hell yeah... Even in the heyday of UFC's 205 division (Randy, Chuck, Tito, Vitor) you still had PRIDE which was even MORE stacked (Wanderlei, Shogun, Reem, Ricardo Arona, Rampage, Lil Nog and Hendo). SHEESH!!!

You make a good point there. I was thinking of some of the Pride legends during their UFC runs, but if we expand that out to Pride and not just who came to UFC from there, LHW is hard to argue against.