What is happening with HW?

[Dagestanaev]

Almeida and Big Usman out.

Aspinall lost in nothing(am)ness

Don't doesn't sign Rico

A lot of old fighters ....damn, also Volkov or Delija are old

Basically, you have Gane, Teixeira, Valter, Petrino, Tuivasa, Pavlovich, Kuniev, Waldo, Blaydes,...

So you have 3 top fighters basically.
Gane, Pavlovich and Blaydes.

Damn, not even it the 90s it was not that bad

 

[Flower2dPeople]

UFC should pause the HW in 2026. Have them do all the roids and epo they can handle. Make them finish 2 triathlons this year before coming back to the roster.

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Blaydes is trash.

 

[Dagestanaev]

Imagine in the 90s, at least competition was higher., in MMA in general at HW.....Ken Shamrock, Coleman, Kerr, Rickson, Marco Ruas, Rizzo, Frye, Severn, Taktarov, Tank, Rutten, Funaki....

 

[Tibbles]

Sad times. If it gets much weaker then Poatan or arthritic hip Jones may actually have a decent shot of becoming champ. Maybe even Cormier if he can cut to 265.

 

[AzorAhai1]

The problem is that the current HW is constantly compared to what the division was 10-15 years ago. We all know it isn't at that level any longer, and unfortunately, it may never be. UFC could certainly scout around better, but I just don't think the talent is out there. UFC is at a crossroads. You either build the HW division up again or you neglect it and eventually end it altogether. Most of the excitement now is in the lower weight divisions. People are most excited to Arman vs Ilia or Chimaev vs whoever, or Islam vs the next contender.

There are no exciting fights that can be hyped at HW any longer. Even Gane vs Aspinall was not hyped much. The only fight people were getting excited for was Jon vs Aspinall or Pereira. With Jones not wanting to fight any longer, the UFC is probably frustrated that the division has nothing left to hype up. Even if/when Aspinall vs Gane, or Pereira vs whoever happens, then what? Who does the winner fight, and who would care. It's a shit situation.

 

[Frank_Drebin]

i don't even know more than half the fighters on the roster these days but like who the hell are those guys?

 

[The_Renaissance]

They need to go hard on the division for 2026 in terms of DWCS. Scout worldwide and get as many decent fights on the series as possible. Steveson will sign outright, no doubt.

 

[bjjwar]

Dana is removing every HW on the roster so his boyfriend Jones can comfortably come back and get the belt again rematching Stipe for the title over and over again and brag that he broke the HW titel defense record and is forever the goat.

 

[cmw43]

Almeida and Big Usman out.

Aspinall lost in nothing(am)ness

Don't doesn't sign Rico

A lot of old fighters ....damn, also Volkov or Delija are old

Basically, you have Gane, Teixeira, Valter, Petrino, Tuivasa, Pavlovich, Kuniev, Waldo, Blaydes,...

So you have 3 top fighters basically.
Gane, Pavlovich and Blaydes.

Damn, not even it the 90s it was not that bad

Volkov beat Gane in their last fight According to Dana and basically all the media, you can add him to the top guys list.

 

[Conan the K-9]

The HWs are competing in the next season of the Biggest Loser. The ones who can drop their fat percentage, get a healthy body and make 235 are maybe fighting again in 2027.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Welcome back rear naked ankle pick

 

[jeff7b9]

A few YT channels are reporting that the UFC asked Tom to vacate and he replied - release me.

Tom wants to box.

I don't know if he has an offer or if he is just sick of the UFC, which ... hard to blame him if they shelved him for 2 years and then asked him to vacate after 3 months.

 

[orca]

Dana is removing every HW on the roster so his boyfriend Jones can comfortably come back and get the belt again rematching Stipe for the title over and over again and brag that he broke the HW titel defense record and is forever the goat.

lmao
i said this along time ago

it was good that tom didnt fought jones

jones would embarrass him and ruin the HW division

imagine a 205 lber gaining fat to destroy aspinal

you are one of those people who still act like
HW guys are on the same skill as jones

lmaoo

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Now's your chance, Bigfoot Silva!
Champ in 2027!!!!