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Originally Posted by Sniggles  Except for the fact that Anderson Silva fights at the lowest weight class that he possibly can while Fedor did the opposite. Fedor walks around at 235 and Anderson walks around at 220. So, they are 15 pounds apart yet they are 2 divisions apart. |
Silva started his career at 168, but at that time there was no money at that weight so he moved up to 183 to fight in Pride(they had a 161 division as well, but I don't think he was interested in that). At 168 he was like Jon Jones. He has bulked up a lot and I doubt he can make that weight any more at his age, but he could have stayed there for a while(he moved up at age 27, not like he was a kid when he did it).
One thing about LHW is that there are not that many guys who can't make the cut to 185. For example, Evans, Silva, Okami, Machida, Shogun, and Sonnen are all about the same size. It's just that you get these really huge LHW's like Jon Jones as the extreme, but also guys like Griffin and Rampage who make it harder for the guys who don't cut much weight.
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Originally Posted by Sniggles Which would make him the equivalent of his combat idol, Roy Jones Jr., except in MMA. |
You're not allowed to use your weight as much in boxing. The grappling aspect of MMA really stresses the advantage that guys see in weight. RJJ and Toney winning HW titles is pretty similar to BJ Penn and Bendo moving up to HW and winning titles. It just seems ridiculous in an MMA context.