One of the things that annoys me most about combat sports is the lack of
consistency when it comes to weight classes. Each
organization in boxing has different names for its
weight classes. And mixed martial arts are missing enough.
weight classes.
For example, in boxing, a man who weighs 200 pounds is
called cruiserweight in the WBA, but junior heavyweight
at the WBO. In boxing there are 17 weight classes for men.
At WBA super bantamweight, you weigh between 119 and 122 pounds.
Weight classes move in 3-pound increments up to Light,
then move up to the 4-pound classes up to welterweight at 147.
Boxing weight classes get bigger as the weights go up.
but even in the second highest weight class in boxing,
I will never fight a guy who weighs more than 6 pounds than you.
This theoretically makes for a much more competitive match.
Contrast this with MMA. If you are a mixed professional
martial arts fighter in the UFC, you can fight in a total
of 6 weight classes… Lightweight under 155, Welterweight
under 170, middleweight under 185, light heavyweight under 205,
Heavy below 260 or Super Heavy above 260.
If you are a professional MMA fighter in Japan at Pride Fighting
Championships, you have even less with only 5! pride fc
has no MMA welterweight division, just a huge one
middleweight class.
The bottom line in MMA is that you have great weight divisions.
with extremely heavy men cutting huge amounts of weight to
Moving down to a lower weight class and then bulking up when fighting.
day. He makes exciting matches in my opinion.
Boxing weight classes create more competition. mixed
martial arts will have to do the same in the years to come.