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