It was argued that it was somewhat of a premature stoppage. I personally thought that it certainly could have gone for a little while longer. Ivan wasn't slammed that hard and he did seem to withstand the hammer fists.
He looked a bit dazed after though.
I think the WW and MW divisions have guys who are still quick and agile, but retain enough size and power to pull off vicious subs or nasty KO's. It's actually odd since 2 of my top 3 favorite fighters are in the LW division (Gomi and Penn), but overall WW and MW are my favorite.
Fights like the Clay Guida/Tyson Griffon fight kill me sometimes on the LW division. I'm sitting there screaming at the tv, "Somebody cause some freaking damage! You're like a bunch of hyper hamsters!" There are a handful of LW's who can really dish out the pain, but overall I think the division is a little light on powerful guys. There are some, like Joe "Daddy," Sherk, etc., but I like the divisions where it's a norm and not a rareity.
The questiom was best weight class not the best UFC weight class LHW has
Shogun, Liddell, W Silva, Rampage, Henderson, Arona, Lil Nog, Tito, Rashad, Lyoto, Nakamura, and Sokky
I like that list better than the WW's
well in terms of the fighters i would have to pick ww or lhw.
ww = bj penn, matt hughes, gsp, kos, sanchez, karo....exciting!!
lhw = rua, hendo, rampage, wanderlei, chuck
The reason I say LHW, is because I love KO's and submissions. I absolutely despise decisions. I wanna see a KO or tapout than 3(or 5) rounds of two guys going crazy the whole time and let the judges decide.
WW, these guys are just small enough to move very damn fast but just big enough to have some serious KO power, some of the best fights have been in the ww division.
Yeah but none of them are active at this point in the UFC, I'm looking at the way things are now and I find LW,WW and HW to be more exciting divisions, from a roster perspective.:dunno:
Probably Welterweight. It could be Light Heavyweight but the division needs a couple more exciting fighters. Such as Gilbert Yvel and Yoshihiro Akiyama! That would be SICK!!! I would love to see Yvel do the CRAZY on Liddell and then get KO'd a few seconds later!!! :laugh:
Yeah but none of them are active at this point in the UFC, I'm looking at the way things are now and I find LW,WW and HW to be more exciting divisions, from a roster perspective.:dunno:
The heavyweights are what fighting is all about. They are the fittest, most capatlbe guys in the Octagon and probably in the world. That's what really draws to towards the HWs.
Also, it's fun watching the WW go at it with their quikness and power.
It depends on who is fighting. Sometimes the Heavyweight can be the most exciting if someone like Fedor Emelianenko or Mirko Cro Cop is fighting, but then so can the Light Heavyweight if someone like Chuck Liddell or Tito Ortiz is fighting. I think it all varies, but if I had to absolutely pick one favorite weight class I'd have to say Welterweight, just because I weight about 170 so it's fun to see guys that I weigh as much as fight for a living.
Gotta say welterwieght. the young talent is crazy: GSP, Karo Parisyan, Josh Koschek, Dirty Sanchez, Matt Hughes, and Hopefully Jake Shields one day
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