Why Creating A Super Heavyweight Division Is Retarded

by Kelvin Hunt on Nov 21, 2008 9:45 AM EST Comment 6 comments

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In wake of Randy Couture getting smashed by Brock Lesnar, I've read numerous pieces and interviews with people saying MMA should have a Super Heavyweight division. Basically using the weight discrepancy between Couture and Lesnar as some of their basis. Look, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the weight classes that are currently being used under the unified rules implemented by the UFC. Fighters in every weight class usually cut weight to fight at whatever weight it is that they fight at. Most fighters usually cut between 10-20 pounds to make weight for their fights. I realize that the heavyweight division has a 60 pound range in which a fighter can fight in the division. That's why it's the HEAVYweight division. For the people using the Couture vs. Lesnar fight as reasoning for their argument, check this out:

It was Couture's choice to weigh in at 220 pounds

Nobody was talking about a Super HW division when Couture fought Tim Sylvia

Hell, Tim Sylvia cuts weight to make the 265 pound limit just like Brock Lesnar did

The fact of the matter is, most fighters have weight cutting down to a science. Like I mentioned earlier, most fighters cut between 10-20 pounds to make weight for their fights. Fighters weighing in at 220 need to fight at 205 if the weight discrepancy is too much for them. Randy Couture hasn't complained about Lesnar's size not once since being defeated, so I don't understand why all these fanboys go and try to make excuses for him. Can you imagine what having a Super Heavyweight division would look like? Those would be the most boring fights EVER. Here's a description of how a Super Heavyweight round would go:

Both fighters come out and touch gloves and begin to circle one another. They exchange punches a couple of times, tie one another up in the clinch with fighter A pushing fighter B into the cage. After 3 minutes both fighters are gassed, with fighter A gettinga takedown. The rest of the round consists of fighter A laying in fighter B's guard not trying to pass it while throwing girlie punches. The bell rings and you do it all over again, praying that somebody lands a tiger uppercut ala Junior dos Santos at UFC 90.

Where could you to find 10-15 guys in which you could form a Super Heavyweight division?

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I know right, would people really pay to see two Roy Nelson’s duke it out?

by Charles Walker on Nov 21, 2008 9:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

….more like a superduper-double-bigmac-with-a-thickshake-and-fries-mmmmmm-twinkies-weight division …

VERY few guys who struggle to cut down to 265 have any athletic potential. It would be like watching two manatees going at it.

The Coutures and Brandon Vera’s need to stick the LHW. I’m sure the likes of Gonzaga, Nogueira, Carwin etc would fare well against Brock. Randy is a lot smaller than most other heavyweights. Brock just made the disparity more apparent.

by Flyingknees on Nov 21, 2008 11:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

KELVIN. i agree 100%. if a hw is fighting at 220-235, then he’s basically a lhw fighting at hw. i think forrest griffin walks around at 225-230. if a fighter is a small hw and doesnt want to fight the big boys, cut weight and fight at 205. i think a “cruiserweight” division(a 206- 220 divivsion) would be just as retarded. to many super and jr wieght classes has been a big detrimentto boxing, and has watered down that sport .

by brent on Nov 21, 2008 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

It’s not just making a super HW division, but looking at the divisional structure as a whole and seeing if there are any adjustments to be made, including adding a division.