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The atomweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing less than 48 kg (105.8 lb), depending on the promotion.It sits below the heavier strawweight division and is the lightest weight class widely recognized within MMA.
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. [5]
Championship belts are fought for at each weight class under a promotion, with only one belt awarded per class. Each belt is usually contested every time the belt holder fights, and passed to the victor of that fight (see the List of UFC champions for a chronology of UFC title belts). A belt may be vacated when a fighter leaves a promotion, or ...
Former Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz with the WEC belt.. This is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions at each weight class.. In December 2006 World Extreme Cagefighting was bought by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC, to concentrate on the four smaller weight classes under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes: The UFC 's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg ) The ONE Championship 's welterweight division, with upper limit at 83.9 kg (185.0 lb)
UFC 4 used an eight-man tournament format, with the winner receiving $64,000. The event also featured three alternate fights. All seven tournament fights were shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast, as well as the Jason Fairn vs. Guy Mezger alternate fight. The tournament had no weight classes or weight limits.
Division II (small-school) 101 pounds. Dorian Hidalgo, 8th, Sleepy Hollow. Andrew Amendola, 8th, Ardsley. Matteo Pellegrino, Fr., Nanuet. 108 pounds. Kelvin Jimenez ...
The featherweight division in mixed martial arts refers to different weight classes: The UFC's featherweight division, which groups competitors within 136–145 lb (61.7-65.8 kg) The Shooto's featherweight division, which limits competitors to 135 lb (61.2 kg) The ONE Championship's featherweight division, with upper limit at 70.3 kg (155.0 lb)