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Ariel asks Dustin if he'll ever go up to 170, and Dustin being the honest, humble dude that he is, admits guys at WW are TOO BIG, I see so many fighters have too much of an ego to admit this fact. Someone at the elite level having 15 lbs. on you is a HUGE deal
Now here's Cowboy, a guy who bought into the delusion that you can just not cut weight and fight at a weight class higher than you should be, and actually had a fair amount of success at 170, but now at the end of his career, wants to be at 155. Think of how many fights Cowboy wasted being a good 170 when he could've been competing with the best at 155.
I know there are exceptions like Whittaker, but it's almost always a bad move to go up
Now here's Cowboy, a guy who bought into the delusion that you can just not cut weight and fight at a weight class higher than you should be, and actually had a fair amount of success at 170, but now at the end of his career, wants to be at 155. Think of how many fights Cowboy wasted being a good 170 when he could've been competing with the best at 155.
I know there are exceptions like Whittaker, but it's almost always a bad move to go up