The Middleweight Division is the Kingdom of Striking GOATs

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Adesanya, Sean Strickland, DPP, Robert Whittaker, Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, even Paotan competed in it.

It just produces striking excellence.

The MW division introduced Sean Strickland's iCarly style.

Paotan is now considered the striking GOAT of MMA.

Anderson Silva was the gold standard of striking excellence for so long.

Also remember Vitor Belfort? Michael Bisping.

The MW division = The hands/kicks division!!!
 
its a good weight for humans. once u start getting bigger, mobility changes cause u gotta carry around more weight from muscle. not that there aren't big dudes who strike fast. but yea.
 
the mw division are just bitches of poatan

they should thank god everyday he left the division
 
Fengxian said:
You call it striking goats, I call it wrestling noobs.
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Considering top tier wrestlers couldn't really conquer the MW division for a long time, that would further imply that they are striking goats.

Weidman only lasted for a little bit. Maia and Jacare, had very good wrestling (no, not all BJJ guys just butt scoot), Dan Henderson an Olympian, Chael Sonnen Olympic alternate, Yoel Romero silver medalist, Matt Linland silver medalist, Mark Munoz NCAA champ,

Actually, the top tier wrestlers at MW are better than the ones at WW and LW credential wise...
 
Must have been hard to wrestle anymore at 160 and up. Unless you are really built to wrestle like Tom
 
Doctor Grudge said:
Considering top tier wrestlers couldn't really conquer the MW division for a long time, that would further imply that they are striking goats.

Weidman only lasted for a little bit. Maia and Jacare, had very good wrestling (no, not all BJJ guys just butt scoot), Dan Henderson an Olympian, Chael Sonnen Olympic alternate, Yoel Romero silver medalist, Matt Linland silver medalist, Mark Munoz NCAA champ,

Actually, the top tier wrestlers at MW are better than the ones at WW and LW credential wise...
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Hendo and Romero hardly used their wrestling for much other than to keep themselves standing, especially Hendo. Linland lost his only title bid to another grappler in Bustamante and then never got another shot after that casino T-shirt thing.

Weird to think about though, a lot of those guys had interesting circumstances but it’s definitely weird to see how many credentialed grapplers at mw and didn’t win the belt.
 
HavokHarmon said:
Hendo and Romero hardly used their wrestling for much other than to keep themselves standing, especially Hendo. Linland lost his only title bid to another grappler in Bustamante and then never got another shot after that casino T-shirt thing.

Weird to think about though, a lot of those guys had interesting circumstances but it’s definitely weird to see how many credentialed grapplers at mw and didn’t win the belt.
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Well Hendo used his wrestling to ground Franklin or Belfort among others in Pride.

Lindland, after that casino Tshirt, was still considered top3 at MW and one of the best wrestlers in the sport at the time. Not for nothing he was paid a large sum of money to fight #1P4P Fedor who needed a rope grab to not get taken down by the smaller Lindland from the clinch 10 seconds into the fight
 
I'll never understand how Adesanya, who has a really strong background in kickboxing, managed to lose to Strickland. His footwork was awful. Sadly he has regressed since his kickboxing days.
 
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