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Which is the most exciting division to watch ?
Which is the most exciting division to watch ? |
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Dadaman
MMA Regular
Career record: 61-42
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Baltimore
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The lightweight category of course! Although welterweight is close behind it. I'm about 5'9" so 155 160 are my natural weight (im a hefty 176 but have bulked up to 185 before). This is just a fun weight class to watch, the fights are always fast paced and these guys put on grappling clinics.
At lightweight and welterweight the transitions on the mat are a lot faster and sometimes are a thing of beauty.
Plus... it is the most unpredictable weight class! It is IMPOSSIBLE to make a top 10 bracket for this class. Pride's #1 guy just got beaten, and the UFC's #1 guy just won the belt after never having fought a ranked lightweight fighter besides Florian.
Just look at how young and skilled the UFC's lightweight division is. The average age (mean) is 24. You got guys like Guillard, both Lauzons, Clay Guida, Joe Stevenson, Huerta, Tyson Griffin, Frank Edgar, Franca, Fisher, Penn, Pulver!
No other division in any other organization compares except for Pride's own lightweight division with guys like Sakurai, Gomi, Diaz, Kawajiri, MELENDEZ, Jason Black, Shinya Aoki, Joachim Hansen, Yves Edwards (recently stated in an interview with Tapout magazine that he had a few fights left with Pride), Ishida, Aurelio, Danzig (mentioned future Pride fights are a possibility), and let's not forget my favorite up and comming fighter Nobuhiro Obiya.
Hell even smaller shows like Shooto and the IFL have damn good competition.
Lightweight is the most stacked class in the world. On any given day one of these guys competing in either UFC or Pride could fight each other and fight a war or pull an upset.
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Post #16 3/29/07 3:38:37PM
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mkiv9secsupra
MMA Sensei
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Career record: 211-136
Season: 41-29 (#1810)
Location: ATL, GA
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Light Heavy....there are plenty of rivalries.. jackson/silva, ortiz/liddell jackson/liddell....then cross org. rivalries like liddell/silva
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Post #17 3/29/07 4:43:10PM
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keith-hackney1
Belt Contender
Career record: 180-150
Season: 39-31 (#2153)
Location: hampshire, england
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Posted by a1strait
I had to go with the lightweights because every match I have seen in that division is absolute craziness...these just throw down everything.
As a huge franca fan, with his last two very impressive performances, i would have to say light weight. Cant wait to see sherk vs franca. 
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Post #18 3/29/07 5:39:47PM
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