Dear god.. more weightclasses? Because we want Weidman or Luke or Romero to duck mw and LHW?
Give Weidman the chance to adapt his body at 195 and then he will beat Jones and be a 3 div champ with ease.
Dear god.. more weightclasses? Because we want Weidman or Luke or Romero to duck mw and LHW?
If UFC does ever start a 195, this is the only acceptable name.It's called Franklinweight.
First, we need to eliminate weight cutting via hydration testing so people actually fight at their weight.
Then, we need to just redefine the weight classes slightly based on 8% increments starting at featherweight:
145 and under: Featherweight
145.1 to 156.6: Lightweight
156.7 to 170: Welterweight
170.1 to 183.6: Middleweight
183.7 to 198.2: Light Heavyweight
198.3 to 214: Cruiserweight
214.1 and higher, no upper limit: Heavyweight
Feels bit redundant, doesn't it? 185-195-205
It's even more stupid to have 165 pounds weight class.
155-165-170
Fighters who can't cut it at either weight classes want that weight class. But it's stupid af. It would be like flyweight where they can fight at both at that weight class and weight class above, but even more useless because of 5 pounds difference between 165 and 170.
Better yet, just have two height classes
<5’9 Manlette Division or GIC (Genetically Inferior Class)**
>5’10” (Superior Homosapien Class)*
They can't get any depth as it is from 185-265, its pointless to spread the increments equally even though there is half the depth up top.
fighters currently signed / weight division
46 - 265lbs
49 - 205lbs
61 - 185lbs
86 - 170lbs
88 - 155lbs
72 - 145lbs
80 - 135lbs
If you add a 165lbs division, you would end up with an average of 58 guys in each of 155/165/175, which would STILL be more depth then 205/265.
They should remove weight classes not add more
it should be
150, 175, 200, 225 (maybe) n 275
You’re high. 25 pounds between classes? That would be shit man.
No that would be perfect
you choose your class n stick with it
none of that weight class hopping by gatekeepers
It's not that tough. If they want to add 1 weight class, just reorganize them and do it by % of weight. Then it's fair. Take 1.08x previous weight and then round it a bit to make sense
125 - FlyW
135 - BW
146 - FW
157 - LW
170 - WW
183 - MW
198 - LHW
215 - CruiserW
215+ - HW
The problem is a ton of fighters (great ones at that) would be caught in between weight classes. You know how many guys would be too big for 150 and too small for 175? That’s a massive gap especially for the lighter classes.
Come on this has been known for years. What you’re suggesting was somewhat how it was at one time, but it had to change as the sport evolved. It wasn’t working anymore.
tough luck. Should a weight class be made everytime a gatekeeper can’t cut it any more?
That's stupid considering Stipe weighs 230. You don't need to be an oaf to become HW champion.225 would be better. Cruiserweight.