Will LHW be competitive again?

[Jon Stark]

Last time I recall some parody in this division was Pre Jones 2007-2010 6 different champs in these 3 years. The names at the top seem underwhelming and Poatan has no one competitive after Magomed Ankalaev.

I am not sure what the solution is. Add a cruiserweight (225) and create new excitement between LHW's and HW inbetweeners? Encourage more MW's to jump up like Strickland, Izzy and DDP for some scraps?

Hopefully someone emerges because the current top 10 outside of GOAT future 3 division champ Poatan is very boring.

 

[MMAJunkie]

Last time I recall some parody in this division was Pre Jones 2007-2010 6 different champs in these 3 years. The names at the top seem underwhelming and Poatan has no one competitive after Magomed Ankalaev.

I am not sure what the solution is. Add a cruiserweight (225) and create new excitement between LHW's and HW inbetweeners? Encourage more MW's to jump up like Strickland, Izzy and DDP to pop up for some scraps?

Hopefully someone emerges because the current top 10 outside of GOAT future 3 division champ Poatan is very boring.

Artem Vakhitov

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

If Ank beats Alex then yes - I think that Jiri matches up well with Ank; Alex just has the style that nullifies Jiri's style.

 

[tritestill]

Alex beats everyone until he retires or ages out of he beats Ank.

 

[forsh]

Everyone wants to stand and bang with Pereria....makes no sense.

 

[Ibm]

It's entertaining with Poatan and Jiri. These guys are like rhe rock and stone cold of the ufc right now

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

i don't know, but the HW division has just proven it has better grappling than the LHW division, let that sink in.

 

[Tweak896]

Krylov or Ulberg kind of have potential to a title shot. Also Jan or Rakic aren't too far away. Pereira's main opponent is his own age.