Since there are so many lame theeads today.....Might be a good day to ask should the UFC have a no weight division winner takes all tournament?

[BluntForceTrama]

Maybe once a year just like when the sport was being born....as an homage

Im somwhat serious...A lot of the fighters today exhibit unreal technical abilities it would be fantastic to witness


That would be the real BMF belt

Help me add some meat to this idea

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Once a year is too much. Maybe once every 3 or 5? Would be very cool. Or even once every 50 numbered cards.

To incentivise people from lower weights, how about a split prize. If someone from HW wins, they get 50% of the prize, someone from LHW gets 60%, someone from MW gets 70% etc. Also maybe add a substantial prize for whoever in the lower weight divisions gets the furthest. Otherwise it's gonna be a HW fest.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

A tourney in mma is only worth a damn if it happens in one night, imo.

And no reputable commission will allow an mma fighter to fight more than 5 rounds in the US in one night.

Invicta has had a few tournaments the last few years.

You have a first fight of 1 round. It’s single elimination, so whomever wins 1 round wins the fight. The other fighter goes home. Then there’s a second fight of 1 round. Win that, and you’re in the Final. Which is a 3 round fight.

5 rounds maximum.

So no..

Isn’t this what PFL does every season? A tournament?

And again.. No reputable commision in the US is having an open weight UFC tourney.

It’s NEVER happening.

 

[Pittie Petey]

How do you think Bob Heironimus woulda done in the UFC?
With those long lanky arms and powerful tree trunk legs able to stride at such a steady impressive gait, I think he would've been quite a monster to deal with

 

[Tweak896]

Tournaments would take 1.5 years at the rate modern ufc fighters fight

 

[humdizzle]

i'd be down. dana would have to make the prize money legit and he'd probably keep the champs and top 1-5 contenders out of it to not screw with divisional rankings too much.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Ban dehydration and adjust weight classes accordingly

 

[PEDRO IVO RUSSO MIRANDA]

I suspect only LHW and HW fighters would win

 

[jko1355]

the only problem today is.. the winner is guaranteed to at least be a large MW who just didn't cut, a Light heavyweight who just didn't cut, or a Heavy weight...

also tournaments suck because you will almost never end up getting the fight you really want... Fedor vs Overeem...

 

[Conan the K-9]

Don’t know about open weight, but the divisions should be tournament type, not cherry picking opponents.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

How do you think Bob Heironimus woulda done in the UFC?
With those long lanky arms and powerful tree trunk legs able to stride at such a steady impressive gait, I think he would've been quite a monster to deal with

Maybe we do a split tournament then

Fly to Feathers or Lights

Welters to Heavys

 

[Captain Herb]

They need an unlimited division

 

[ultra321]

with the current drop out rate, you couldn't be certain the big names would make it worth while...

 

[blaseblase]

Pointless. As bad as HW and LHW are, the top 10 guys in that division would wipe the floor with the smaller fighters. The early UFCs had guys with zero fighting ability. Even the brawlers of today like Derrick Lewis are way better on the ground than fighters like Tank Abott were.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Yes. And no time limit, and electric fence.

 

[JBJ was here]

Yes. And no time limit, and electric fence.

Electrified walls for the 20 foot deep pit they fight in. Floors too.

 

[AmonTobin]

Maybe once a year just like when the sport was being born....as an homage

Im somwhat serious...A lot of the fighters today exhibit unreal technical abilities it would be fantastic to witness


That would be the real BMF belt

Help me add some meat to this idea

So, who do think would sign up for a 1- night tournament and who could win it?
I can see a few current UFC guys and gals tough enough to go for it.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Electrified walls for the 20 foot deep pit they fight in. Floors too.

but how would we watch? I really don't want to watch an overhead view.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Maybe once a year just like when the sport was being born....as an homage

Im somwhat serious...A lot of the fighters today exhibit unreal technical abilities it would be fantastic to witness


That would be the real BMF belt

Help me add some meat to this idea

This thread is on top of the shitpile. imho

 

[BluntForceTrama]

This thread is on top of the shitpile. imho

So it goes

Been waiting for the right day and today is it