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70seven · 04-10-2008, 12:57 PM

Is it just me or do they all look like an average Welterweights? None of them really looks like a big Middleweight. I would have to think that whoever wins this season, and the rest of them who will land a UFC contract will end up moving down to Welterweight. Maybe I missed something but did any of them have to cut some weight, I know one guy cut 20 lbs, what about the rest of them?

HexRei · 04-10-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 70seven

Is it just me or do they all look like an average Welterweights? None of them really looks like a big Middleweight. I would have to think that whoever wins this season, and the rest of them who will land a UFC contract will end up moving down to Welterweight. Maybe I missed something but did any of them have to cut some weight, I know one guy cut 20 lbs, what about the rest of them?

Hopefully most of them learned something from the previous shows and came in close to the show's intended weight.
I also think they look a little smaller next to Rampage and especially Forrest cause those guys are considerably bigger.

HexRei · 04-10-2008, 04:04 PM

According to Luke Zachrich,

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We were told that if we weighed a pound over 190 when we arrived that they would put us right back on the plane. They were serious because they also told us that alternates were standing by. With all the past seasons not having any weight restrictions upon arrival, I knew something was up -- and I knew we'd be fighting as soon as we got there in Vegas.

I'm a big middleweight, so I dieted as hard and strictly as I could to get as close to that 190 mark as possible. No one wants to cut very much weight two days in a row, especially after completely re-hydrating.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/4113/tuf7-...isode-no-2.mma

So apparently the guys were trying to come in close to the appropriate weight.

Bazza89 · 04-10-2008, 05:26 PM

Yeah rampage is a big lhw and forrest is huge so I guess them coming in at 190 on top of being stood next to the coaches (i think forrest gets upto around 230-240 between fights) makes them look smaller.

**Toxic** · 04-10-2008, 06:15 PM

Rampages boy who lost his preliminary fight looked huge for a MW or was it just me that thought that?

TraMaI · 04-11-2008, 09:43 AM

the dude that cut 17lbs was massive! The rest of them don't look as big, btu we need another MW to come in to compare them to. Maybe Ace will come in as a guest coach or soemthing who knows.

Alex_DeLarge · 04-16-2008, 06:01 AM

Some of them looked big for MWs, that Amir dude looked big, but Dolche looks small.

Well it's the same crap every season, most contestants either go up or down in weight after the show.

**kamikaze145** · 04-16-2008, 08:13 AM

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the dude that cut 17lbs was massive! The rest of them don't look as big, btu we need another MW to come in to compare them to. Maybe Ace will come in as a guest coach or soemthing who knows.

I thought that guy who cut 17 pounds looked like a turd and he was horrible. It is pretty typical for guys to drop a weight class after TUF. I have seen Matt Brown fight before and it was at 170. I would probably go on TUF a weight class up too because you have to cut really quick and only have a few days notice instead of the typical 6-9 week training camp.