Originally posted by SF69ers:Originally posted by Kolohe:Originally posted by SF69ers:Originally posted by fortyninerglory:
Going back to Lesnar.
Here's Crocop's recent comment:
"I must point out that his victory is a defeat for the sport as such," Cro Cop told index.hr (Translated by Fighters Only) of Lesnar's dominating performance. "Don't get me wrong, Lesnar is a fearsome and very dangerous opponent, but I am old school, I prefer skill and technique. This win was a defeat of martial skills."
This was posted on cnnsi.com and of course there was a lot of feedback and people were ridiculing Crocop like crazy.
One of the comments though, was hinting that Lesnar's just too big for the current HW division. It's like a 205 lb Rashad Evans fighting a 170 lb Matt Hughes. Lesnar probably was walking around at 280 on fight day vs. 250 for Mir. That's 30 lb weight difference. And that's why I was thinking Mir should have stepped on the scales at 265lb on weigh day to even the playing field a bit.
Do you guys think there should be a super heavyweight class (265+)?
Not enough big guys with the talent I guess.
Let's not forget that other fighters usually come into the fight heavier than their initial weigh-in weight. GSP usually fights at around 180-185 and Thiago Alves even came into a fight at 190. Heavyweight division is a little more different since the weight difference is bigger than the other divisions. Tim Sylvia always came in at the weigh ins at the 265 limit but fought much heavier.
CroCop needs to give credit when it's due. He shouldn't talk since he hasn't dominated a fight in years.
I think that should be in the rule, a maximum of 5 pounds after the set weigh-in they should allow. Because what's the sense of a weight class if fighters are just gonna balloon up after the weigh-in, makes no sense at all. You see the 155 pound class, after the weigh-in at fight time rather, they don't seem to gain much or any weight at all. Fighters moving up in weight classes work their asses off to put on the extra weight and condition for it, while the fighter in the weight class puts on more weight than what the actual weight limit is....WTF.
I agree. As much as I like Thiago Alves, for example, I don't think it's fair that he comes in to fight Koshcheck at 190 lbs.
So welter weights are actually fighting light heavy weights??
Things that need fixing in the UFC:
1. Fight night weigh-ins
2. Ranking system
