Why has the LW division always been this way?

[bigconan]

Huge talent pool. Most men who walk around in the 180-200 pound range would actually be 155 pound fighters if they were in professional fighter shape.

*does not apply to Sherdoggers

the only way a 200lb man can get down to 155 is if he's fat as hell....he's going to have to lose a ton of muscle as well as fat...Most LW do not walk around at 200lbs...maybe middleweights...but definitely not LW.

 

[Deleted member 567183]

But I also think that Khabib is the one to break the LW rule, not part of the timeline. He could defend 10 times when others can't, but chooses to retire.

If his father did not die then i can see Khabib defending the belt more than anyone in the UFC LW division history

 

[Deleted member 567183]

205 was once incredibly stacked around the time of Pride ending and before Jones won the belt.

Will the LHW division be stacked after the Jones Era ?

 

[Deleted member 567183]

It is one of the stacked and Hardest division ever

 

[tripleo]

Huge talent pool. Most men who walk around in the 180-200 pound range would actually be 155 pound fighters if they were in professional fighter shape.

*does not apply to Sherdoggers

we are all 250+ pounds natty 3 percent bodyfat with faces of greek gods here, thanks for ackowledging

 

[Iron Nick]

LW guys are around 170 to 185 pounds in the cage and average man would be 170 to 190 pounds in fight shape. So it has the biggest talent pool in the current weight divisions but I think nowadays 160 pounds (after weight cutting) would be the best spot for reaching the biggest talent pool there is so that's why a lot of guys jump between LW and WW.

I'm pretty sure 170 pounds is already what the slihtly bigger lightweights weigh, how is the span supposed to go from there (as a lower "limit") all the way to 185?

I also disagree about the average man being 170 to 190 in fighting shape.
If by fighting shape, you mean being lean without being crazy ripped or shredded, most average sized men would be way lower than 170 to 190 - we're talking fighters, not body builders.

Kattar has a very average (maybe slightly above average) built for western standards (in terms of his skeletal frame) and i don't think he's much heavier than 165 to 170 pounds, despite being fairly muscular already.

 

[Castiglione]

I'm pretty sure 170 pounds is already what the slihtly bigger lightweights weigh, how is the span supposed to go from there (as a lower "limit") all the way to 185?

I also disagree about the average man being 170 to 190 in fighting shape.
If by fighting shape, you mean being lean without being crazy ripped or shredded, most average sized men would be way lower than 170 to 190 - we're talking fighters, not body builders.

Kattar has a very average (maybe slightly above average) built for western standards (in terms of his skeletal frame) and i don't think he's much heavier than 165 to 170 pounds, despite being fairly muscular already.

We had a lot of LWs that weigh around 185-pounds in the cage such as Kevin Lee, Chiesa, Tibau, Pettis, Masvidal and a few guys more that I forgot their names. Lockhart mentioned them. Then we had Cowboy, Diaz, RDA who was somwehere around 180-185 pounds in the cage at LW. Then we have Khabib, Tony, Oliveira, Gaethje and more at around 175-180 pounds. Then we have Conor and others at somewhere between 170 to 175 pounds at LW. Smallest top lightweights weigh close to 170 pounds nowadays.

Average men in fighting shape means they're trained also. Strength and conditioning etc. The average is probably closer to 170 lbs than 190 lbs but it's somewhere around there.