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The UFC's light heavyweight ranges from 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg). The ONE Championship's light heavyweight division (also known as cruiserweight) has an upper limit of 102.1 kg (225.1 lb). The Road FC's light heavyweight division places the upper limit at 205 lb (93 kg). Light heavyweight is a weight class in mixed martial arts, which ...
The Shooto lightweight division, which limits competitors to 145 lb (65.8 kg) The ONE Championship 's lightweight division, with an upper limit at 77.1 kg (170.0 lb) The Road FC 's lightweight division, with an upper limit at 154 lb (70 kg)
For a promotion to hold mixed martial arts events in a state-sanctioned venue, the promotion must abide by the state athletic commission's body of rules for weight limits. The Unified Rules designate limits for fourteen different weight classes in mixed martial arts; all definitions and measurements are in pounds. [3]
Jon Jones, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, is not so light anymore as he prepares to make his heavyweight debut at UFC 285. ... Both fighters came well below the 265-pound weight limit ...
Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (9-2) and No. 1 contender and former champ Jamahal Hill (12-1) take top heading in a card in which they are among 12 current or former title holders.
Ex-middleweight champion Alex Pereira will become the quickest fighter in UFC history to win two weight-class titles if he defeats Jiří Procházka on Saturday for the UFC light heavyweight title.
At the weigh-ins, Knight weighed in at 218 pounds, 12 pounds over the light heavyweight non-title fight limit, marking the biggest weight miss in UFC history. [46] As a result, the bout was shifted to heavyweight and Knight was fined 40% of his purse, which went to Grishin. [47] Grishin won the bout via unanimous decision. [48]
Pereira became the ninth fighter in UFC history to win championships in two weight classes. The light heavyweight division had been without a champion since Jamahal Hill relinquished the title in ...