SuzukS

Dude Lightweight is 155lbs and so he'd actually be cutting 15lb which isn't so bad.


Yes GSP is only about 5'10" but he cuts from about >190lbs if I'm not mistaken, which would really make him a fairly big welterweight. Regardless, I'm sure there wouldn't be too many guys cutting serious weight in the smaller shows so it shouldn't be so much of a problem at this stage, obviously if you turn pro and fight at some of the more bigger promotions then you'd likely face guys who cut a serious amount of weight and at that stage you'd likely want to consider cutting to lightweight. Until then, I'd recommend fighting at welterweight and seeing how you fare against those fighters and decide whether to cut or not after that. Perhaps the best option is to ask your instructor. It doesn't sound like a lot of guys here actually do that, but you should ask him what he thinks you should do.

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mma17

I would actually get an exact reading of your body fat percentage so your not guessing, but your probably pretty close in your guess of 7-10%.

TraMaI

Well the guess is just an estimation from the wiki article on body fat precentage. It probably would help to get an exact reading lol.

I get what you guys mean about me being small now though. I totally forgot GSP walks at like 190. I walk around at like 180-85 though, but I've just beentraining really hard lately so I got my weight down around there. I'll seriously consider cutting to LW though, it's been a factor I've been thinking about a lot latel, as most of the lightweights around here are around 5'6'' or so. Remember too, this is just local shit, not anything too big so the competition isnt anything astounding. There's ONE gym in the town next to the events and I went up there and beat quite a few of them fairly easily too, so the competition level isnt al that high. Although there is a gym up north (I think they come from Battle Creek, Michigan) who seem pretty ******* serious, but mostly its an open event. Meaning people can (and do) walk in and get a fight. After about 3 or 4 fights there I'm going to try and get better fights, just testing the waters right now and seeing if I can do this as well as I think I can. Thanks for all the advice though guys


And lastly, to the guy who poasted on the last page telling me to ask a coach. I have, he told me to fight were I feel comfortable. And a lot of these "Ninteen year olds on he net" know a hell of a lot about MMA and I'm guessing (hoping) that about 30% of thee people who post regularly on here actually fight

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CopperShark

Personally, I'd fight at what you are comfortable at..

Unless you are like me, and you like to fight the big guys!

I come up in weight as much as I can.

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