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MMA - Does the amount of talent between 145-170 demand another division?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:57 pm
FW, LW, WW are all pretty stacked with talent. Top 10 for each division is below.
In my opinion, there's enough talent there to create another division. Would this create too many divisions with a dilution of talent, or should it be done?
I would have 145, 153, 161, 170.
A few changes I could see:
Edgar, Swanson, Stephens seem like legit, true 145ers
Ortega, Holloway, Aldo, Conor, Tony seem like good fits for 153
Lee, Alvarez, Khabib, RDA, good fits for 161
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Max Holloway
1 Brian Ortega
2 Jose Aldo
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Jeremy Stephens
6 Josh Emmett
7 Ricardo Lamas
8 Chan Sung Jung
9 Renato Moicano
10 Darren Elkins
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Conor McGregor
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Dustin Poirier
5 Edson Barboza
6 Kevin Lee
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Nate Diaz
9 Michael Chiesa
10 Al Iaquinta
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Rafael Dos Anjos
3 Colby Covington
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Demian Maia
6 Jorge Masvidal
7 Kamaru Usman
7 Darren Till
9 Neil Magny
10 Santiago Ponzinibbio
In my opinion, there's enough talent there to create another division. Would this create too many divisions with a dilution of talent, or should it be done?
I would have 145, 153, 161, 170.
A few changes I could see:
Edgar, Swanson, Stephens seem like legit, true 145ers
Ortega, Holloway, Aldo, Conor, Tony seem like good fits for 153
Lee, Alvarez, Khabib, RDA, good fits for 161
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Max Holloway
1 Brian Ortega
2 Jose Aldo
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Jeremy Stephens
6 Josh Emmett
7 Ricardo Lamas
8 Chan Sung Jung
9 Renato Moicano
10 Darren Elkins
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Conor McGregor
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Dustin Poirier
5 Edson Barboza
6 Kevin Lee
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Nate Diaz
9 Michael Chiesa
10 Al Iaquinta
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Rafael Dos Anjos
3 Colby Covington
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Demian Maia
6 Jorge Masvidal
7 Kamaru Usman
7 Darren Till
9 Neil Magny
10 Santiago Ponzinibbio
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:58 pm to starsandstripes
Why are the weight classes different in boxing than MMA?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 8:27 pm to starsandstripes
I wish there were less weight classes. All the 145ers could easily fight at 155.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 9:31 pm to starsandstripes
I'm just curious, how many adult males do you know that weigh under 170lbs? I know maybe a handful and they are all under 5'6. Why are over half the belts dedicated to 5-10% of the population? The average adult male weighs like 190. There shouldn't be 9 classes under that weight and only 2 above. That makes no sense..
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