The Big Boys should be on the main card

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I know these aren't exactly two marketable exciting fighters but goddammit its 2 ranked HWs and its not like you have a bunch of barnburners on the main card ahead of them.

The division is bad enough without the UFC treating it like womens bantamweight
 
I actually don't even know who the guy on the right is? I probably know the name but can't pick it out by the picture. The HW division is a wasteland in 2025.
 
UFC should just disband everything below 205.. Send them back to the WEC manlet leagues where they belong
 
I know these aren't exactly two marketable exciting fighters but goddammit its 2 ranked HWs and its not like you have a bunch of barnburners on the main card ahead of them.

The division is bad enough without the UFC treating it like womens bantamweight
Kayla is the only HW on the main card.
 
They've got only themselves to blame honestly.

These modern HWs, outside of Tom, Ngannou (and yes, Jon if you want to include him) are consistently underwhelming in skillset, preperation and performance. We've got one trick ponies like Gane and Lewis fighting for titles, Curtis Blaydes who is as gate keepery as any gate keeper who ever kept gates and Jailton Almeida, who might possibly pan out. Volkov is there, but after that?
It's a ton of Tuivasas, Tyburas, Parker Porkers and Tafas (either one) putting out apex level efforts that fail to satisfy even the most knuckledragging "I just see red, bro" fans to even call it a division these days.

FN gone with the lineal title, Tom being without a definitive and credible opponent to at least get the undisputed designation against and the rest are literally anywhere from Garbage - Good depending on the night.
Compare this era of HWs to the names we had all the way back to like 04....Big Nog, CC, Cain JDS Reem Hunt Kharitonov Fedor Randy Rizzo Stipe DC Brock days.

HW should basically sell itself even in slow times.
It's arguably the very worst division in all of the men's divisions, ever. Even over 125.

It's that bad
 
I actually don't even know who the guy on the right is? I probably know the name but can't pick it out by the picture. The HW division is a wasteland in 2025.
Wow, that is saying a lot. You are one of the more with it one's on here.
 
No point advertising any HWs when the HW champ is afraid to fight any of them

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honestly, if the UFC is going to forego rankings in favor of popularity, then cut the whole division because they all stink.

and just find the most steroided, pure self belief/hatred, most rage inducing veins, type of fighters of all time w/ minimial fighting experience, and just let them bang.

insert a couple of acutal HWs with striking skills, a couple of ex GLORY fighters, and throw in TWO grappling types MAX. that's it. and you suddenly have yourself a more exciting dvision.

the problem of the current hw division is the styles.

the styles make the matchups, the matchups make the rankings, the rankings determine the champ, bla fucking bla.

the current HW division has way too many lame types.

volkov - greg jackson type
jailton - pure grappler snoozer
curtis blaydes - there to get beat
tai tuivasa - total joke
aspinall - maybe legit, maybe all looks
pavlovich - at least he went out striking, not a bitch
gane - gone
jon jones - wont even fight

this is why the division blows, no one wants to fight at HW besides 1-2 people, and when we got it, it was 10 seconds long.

fire everyone, hire no more greg jackson types, they need to find the crazy motherfuckers who want to fight again. that's it, and the sad part is, you know every gym has those fucking types.

welcome to my ted talk
 
The HW division fighters enjoy a lot of luxuries that the rest of the sport doesn’t get to

Every single other division guys HAVE to do extra cardio and suffer to lose a drastic amount of weight. It takes a lot of mental discipline, and physical work. Both are what the body does not want to put forth in those times

HWs can completely skip workouts as they please, cheat meals whenever they want, and simply just not try as hard as everyone else, especially in preperations

Now, there are some exceptions as Im sure there are a few HWs that break that mold but for the most part its a bunch of un-disciplined, barely training, big boys who soley reap “size-reward”


Its like any soccer-mom with a bit of athleticism can get into UFC farely easy, HWs have always been an easy grab for someone farely new to the sport
 
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