20th April 2023, 3:17 AM
(19th April 2023, 10:33 AM)Different Wrote: How do you think you would feel being at 240lbs and competing in heavyweight competitions? Because I know guys like John Jones who stay around 225lbs competing in light heavyweight classes, even though he's spoken about being heavyweight one day.
Also, let me just say this while we're on the subject of weight classes: I think it's stupid how the UFC doesn't have super heavyweight classes because then guys like Brock Lesnar could compete at 290lbs or more. If you're at 135lbs, then that means you're competing in a Bantamweight competition. So, you're basically going back and forth from Bantamweight to Featherweight.
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I mean Jon Jones has just competed at heavyweight after bulking and gaining muscle for like the last 3 years and it went successful for him. So I think cutting down has its positives such as being bigger and that is also more confidence 9/10 times. But it was probably also pretty daunting for him as he would be unsure how his power/skills would be when he bulks up and how it would affect his speed.
Yeah i always thought the UFC should introduce a class above heavyweight allowing the heavier heavyweights the option to fight without having to cut weight (Francis Ngannou, Derrick Lewis, etc). And yeah my weight usually stays at featherweight, and i compete at Bantamweight.
