Hot Take Should LHW and HW just be combined?

[Rubios]

Jiri cuts to make LHW.

Jiri cuts about 3 kgs.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Unrelated mostly, but I've always thought it's silly how there's a weight cap for the heavyweight division.

 

[Jokke]

No.

End of discussion.

 

[godhatesacoward]

Fuck it boxing has everything over 200 pounds slug it out... but nah I don't think so

 

[snugglecakes]

no but the 265 cap should be removed or at least raised.

 

[Slapjit]

LHW limit at 200lbs and everything above is HW with no weight limit

I'd like to see UFC's HWs take on some Strongmen and gigantic Polynesians

 

[HHJ]

They should do Super Heavyweight so Derrick Lewis and the other obese fatties with no cardio can join and give us boring “exciting” fights.

How the fuck is that going to help?? the 265 limit is the only thing keeping them from being fatter than they already are

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

yeah you know never thought of it that way but lowering the HW limit to 240 or something like that may actually force fighters to be athletic enough to fight.

100%.

there's been no prominent MMA org ever, that has had success based off of 265+ lb weight class.

it just looks comical, it looks disgusting, it looks unprofessional having massive beer guts fighting it out, sloppy and disgusting af.

265 needs to be abolished, they need to lower the weight class.

no one benefits from it.

chicken legs, balding, portruding disgusting gut, 5% everywhere on the ground, striking, control, makes for some of the most boringest display and disgusting display of fighting i've ever seen.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

Jiri cuts about 3 kgs.

combine them anyways.

they train in fight camp, they train with higher weight class fighters, they train heavier all the damn time.

a true warrior like Jiri - i don't see complaining at all.

his skill set, his tenacity, his self belief is the highest on the japanese anime hexagon chart of attributes.

UFC abolished LW before. IT's time to abolish HW, it's a total joke at this point. combine LHW and HW, cap it off at 225 / 230.


if your fat ass can't make it, too bad.

go to some other org that wants to display such terrible dietary control, with absolute 5%ers stinking it up against the cage.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

Hum. That would negate legit 265 guys like Ngannou to compete.
He weighted about 275 vs AJ.

Well, the current best HW in a shallow division (Aspinall, Volkov, Gane, Pavlovich) are big dudes, not fatties.

he'll never be back in the UFC so who cares?

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

Folks need to stop believing that HW should look like the other weight divisions.

It's an entirely different experience.

a very terrible, boring one for the UFC.

there is no fatass there who is cleaning up and doing well.

literally all the fatasses lose and look like total slobs.

there is no anthony ruiz type of bigger fighter with real skill.

theyre all 5%ers in cage attributes that bring nothing new or exciting to WWE with calf kicks.

 

[HHJ]

Cant believe how sissified MMA fans have become.

HW must always exist.

As soon as something gets boring for a while, you just want to get rid of it, Fuck you. Quitters. Quit MMA entirely and save us the whining.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Need roids in order to make heavyweights great again

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Get rid of all weight classes and have everyone fight openweight

This’ll hurt a lot of feelings, but honesty often does

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

Folks need to stop believing that HW should look like the other weight divisions.

It's an entirely different experience.

it's not, they're just bigger and LHWs train at HW weight range up until a week before the fight. they need to lose weight and actually fight.

No.

Yes.

Those guys were both steroided to hell, so maybe there's a point there.

were?

Hum. That would negate legit 265 guys like Ngannou to compete.
He weighted about 275 vs AJ.

Well, the current best HW in a shallow division (Aspinall, Volkov, Gane, Pavlovich) are big dudes, not fatties.

ngannou ain't ever coming back.

Cant believe how sissified MMA fans have become.

HW must always exist.

As soon as something gets boring for a while, you just want to get rid of it, Fuck you. Quitters. Quit MMA entirely and save us the whining.

could have said the same about LW many years ago. it's OK to take a pause especially when the product is garbage and people think Josh HOKIT or whatever the fuck his name is, is a legit viable prospect. HELL NO.

Need roids in order to make heavyweights great again

it never left. when derek lewis is openly saying the UFC is giving him "peptides" and then the UFC has to make an official announcement, saying, no we didn't do that, come on man. where there is smoke, there is a fire leading to the heart medicaiton that the managers cover up to use for the fighters via their own doctors prescribed IV drips moments before a fight.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

it's not, they're just bigger and LHWs train at HW weight range up until a week before the fight. they need to lose weight and actually fight.

Yes.

were?

ngannou ain't ever coming back.

could have said the same about LW many years ago. it's OK to take a pause especially when the product is garbage and people think Josh HOKIT or whatever the fuck his name is, is a legit viable prospect. HELL NO.

it never left. when derek lewis is openly saying the UFC is giving him "peptides" and then the UFC has to make an official announcement, saying, no we didn't do that, come on man. where there is smoke, there is a fire leading to the heart medicaiton that the managers cover up to use for the fighters via their own doctors prescribed IV drips moments before a fight.

Never heard Derrick say that, but if so good for them. This will help fighter performance, recovery, and likely even extend careers (not lives but careers) May even help them come back and fight more times a year

 

[TITS]

Yes.

 

[Söze Aldo]

This’ll hurt a lot of feelings, but honesty often does

Interestingly enough, I wouldn't bet on the champion in that open weight scenario being one of the land whales who have to cut down to 265 lbs, but rather a fit ~230 lb guy who could probably cut to make LHW.

If there isn't rampant PED use, all the 265 limit means is the biggest guys there are just gonna be 35% body fat.

 

[Trabaho]

Interestingly enough, I wouldn't bet on the champion in that open weight scenario being one of the land whales who have to cut down to 265 lbs, but rather a fit ~230 lb guy who could probably cut to make LHW.

If there isn't rampant PED use, all the 265 limit means is the biggest guys there are just gonna be 35% body fat.

230 HW champs are very rare. Majority of the champs at HW globaly are 240-265.

Maybe not atractive enough for you. You seem to like them more toned with abs.

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

No.

End of discussion.

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