The MW division hasn't been this good in a decade

[ExitLUPin]

Decade back was the best MW Division ever

Chris
Luke
Yoel
Jacare
Lyoto
Moose Saucy
Rob
Bisping
Anderson
Vitor
Hendo
Kennedy
Brunson
Leites
Tavares
Branch
Hall
Phillipou
Boetsch

Over the years the division had it's lows, just not much great talent at the top but it's bounced back

Dricus
Khamzat
Imavov
Caio
Reinier
Fluffy
Sean
Brendan
Izzy
Rob
Cannoneer
Costa
Robocop
Roman
Abus
Bruno
Aliskerov
Iron Turtle
Pyfer

MW is so back. It's easily one of the best divisions again like it was back in mid 10s. Among the heavier weights 170 to heavy MW is easily the best now IMO.

 

[Luffy]

Robocop? Iron Turtle? Fluffy? Wow....

 

[ExitLUPin]

Robocop? Iron Turtle? Fluffy? Wow....

What?

 

[bng]

Tavares managed to be in both eras due to his professional work ethics - giving a victory to a more promising athlete

 

[Luffy]

What?

Who are those fighters?

 

[ExitLUPin]

Tavares managed to be in both eras due to his professional work ethics - giving a victory to a more promising athlete

Lol to be fair he was a great gatekeeper back then. Izzy had to pass the gate. One of the hardest MWs to take down and had good technical striking. Just one of the worst finishers ever. These days he's far below that he's having 50/50 fights with fellow gatekeeper Gerald and couldn't put away a 1 legged shot Chris.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Who are those fighters?

Are you serious? Fluffy just main evented hours ago.... Anthony Hernandez

Robocop.... Gregory Rodrigues
Iron Turtle..... Jun Yung Park

 

[Dowdy]

Robocop? Iron Turtle? Fluffy? Wow....

Certified turtle is the next best thing....

 

[r-harper-1]

lol half your list sucks

 

[Xoleth]

Decade back was the best MW Division ever

Saucy

Who is Saucy?
Seriously...

 

[bigmacbub]

Who is Saucy?
Seriously...

The casuals are out right now lol

 

[ExitLUPin]

Who is Saucy?
Seriously...

Moose.... Saucy

 

[188912345]

Who is Saucy?
Seriously...

One of the most overrated MWs ever.

 

[RockyLockridge]

One of the most overrated MWs ever.

Yeah he's pretty overrated around these parts, but he is a great fighter. his fan base really pumps the gas hard for him

 

[nfreeman]

Decade back was the best MW Division ever

Chris
Luke
Yoel
Jacare
Lyoto
Moose Saucy
Rob
Bisping
Anderson
Vitor
Hendo
Kennedy
Brunson
Leites
Tavares
Branch
Hall
Phillipou
Boetsch

Over the years the division had it's lows, just not much great talent at the top but it's bounced back

Dricus
Khamzat
Imavov
Caio
Reinier
Fluffy
Sean
Brendan
Izzy
Rob
Cannoneer
Costa
Robocop
Roman
Abus
Bruno
Aliskerov
Iron Turtle
Pyfer

MW is so back. It's easily one of the best divisions again like it was back in mid 10s. Among the heavier weights 170 to heavy MW is easily the best now IMO.

I appreciate you not putting Bo Nickal on there.

 

[Yabadabaev]

Rdr barely beat Knuckles who was welterweight and has mileage with wars including Romero and Gynosanya now 5 years ago he would sleep like Usman after Edwards kick

 

[laleggenda27]

Yes and no. I wouldn't call MW one of the most talented divisions (a bunch of the guys in TS' list are mid-level at best), but I do think it's arguably the interesting division.

MW is in that sweet spot of the Venn diagram where two generations are overlapping. So we have the new guard fighting (and beating) the old guard. The same thing was happening in the mid-2010s that TS references.

However, within a year or two, guys like Izzy, Whittaker, Costa, Marvin, Cannonier, and Roman will be largely irrelevant (or retired), and the division will be thin like it usually is.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I think I might agree -- 185 is on fire right now

 

[RockyLockridge]

It's the most competitive division, It doesn't have 3 guys who are a clear skill divide from everyone else

 

[KO Shotz]

185 is pretty fckn deep right now. I'm pissed we aren't getting Pyfer vs Robocop next...