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The MMA welterweight class is therefore significantly heavier than the welterweight class of these other sports. For the sake of uniformity, many American mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 156 and 170 lb (71 and 77 kg) as welterweights. This encompasses the Shooto middleweight division (167 lb / 76 kg).
The official rules of shoot boxing define welterweights as between 65 and 67 kg (143 and 148 lb). In Olympic taekwondo, welterweight falls between 74 and 80 kg (163 and 176 lb). At the weight classes for the Olympic games it is between 68 and 80 kg (150 and 176 lb).
As of 2019, international freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling for male youths are divided into three age categories: U15, cadets, and juniors. [3]U15 (male youths aged 14–15, as well as male youths at age 13 with a medical certificate and parental authorization) compete in freestyle and/or Greco-Roman wrestling in the following 10 weight classes: [3]
170 lb (77.111 kg) Welterweight 185 lb (83.915 kg) Middleweight 205 lb (92.986 kg) Light Heavyweight 225 lb (102.058 kg) Heavyweight 265 lb (120.202 kg) RISE. Real ...
The Unified Rules designate limits for fourteen different weight classes in mixed martial arts; all definitions and measurements are in pounds. [3] The strawweight class was added in 2015. [ 4 ] The super lightweight, super welterweight, super middleweight, and cruiserweight classes were added in July 2017.
The 1947 Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules set out seven weight divisions with maximum weight limits and called for champions to be crowned of each limit: Lightweight: 11st (154 lb or ~70 kg), Welterweight 11st 11 lb (165 lb or ~75 kg), Middleweight 12st 8 lb (176 lb or ~80 kg), Heavy Middleweight 13st 5 lb (187 lb or ~85 kg), Light Heavyweight ...
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The UFC's lightweight division, which groups competitors within 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) 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)