Comments on: Dana White hints at dropping WEC middleweight and light heavyweight divisions

By: maddog

maddog — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:57:38 +0000

#12
thats the joke. sorry it took so long to respond

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:52:05 +0000

#17, i knew i would probably catch some crap from SOMEONE about that.. but, i stand but what i said.. he can get carried away sometimes and slug.. but he sets his shots up.. i mean, is it that much of a joke? would you compare him to Doug “Swing N’ Miss” Marshall??

By: Mike Wolfe

Mike Wolfe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:37:30 +0000

Zuffa ought to sign every promising prospect they can. If they’re too raw for UFC, let ‘em get some experience in WEC and then move ‘em over. Once WEC got some depth at the heavier weight classes, they could have the fighters move back and forth. AFC vs NFC, AL vs NL.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:31:20 +0000

@16- You called Brian Stann a TECHNICAL striker?????!!!!!!!
I stopped reading the rest of your post after that comment. Brian Stann is far from technical. Take a boxing class and you will see what I mean.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:54:03 +0000

well, i think Stann is ready for the UFC.. i mean, not only are his hands heavy, but he’s a technical striker, he’s not just some wild slugger..

and Filho? of course he could hang in the UFC.. MW OR LHW.. it doesn’t even matter with him..

but Doug Marshall? hell no. i’ve never thought of him as good.. and i knew that Stann would crush him.. Marshall was “KD’d” by James Irvin, who right now is probably considered part of the lower tier in the UFC’s LHW division [i don't think so, but, many people do] so, if he couldn’t handle The Sandman, what in the world would make me think he could handle Wandy, Franklin, Chuck, Rampage, or even Jardine..

plus.. didn’t Marshall already sign a contract with a different org.? or was that just a 1-fight-thing?

By: Scottie G

Scottie G — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:31:35 +0000

Marshall 100% should drop to 185 if he went to the UFC.

By: ShiTSoN

ShiTSoN — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:39 +0000

#13 egad

I have a lot of wrestling experience, and i’m telling you a 20-30 lbs. weight drop in a couple months isn’t that bad. And a 5-8 lbs. cut would only take about 2-3hrs total to cut! There is absolutley NO WAY fighters across the board cut less than 10lbs. avg. EVER. There is too much of an edge to be gained by being bigger, stronger. And as long as you do it over those couple months of training, you wont be drained come fight time.

By: egad81

egad81 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:46:09 +0000

I think the entire sports is in need of a nice overhaul. Like anything else the rules and weights are going to change as time goes on.
In my opinion guys like Rampage should really be fighting at Heavy Weight 230 - 265 265+ is Super Heavy.
Cutting weight hurts the Athlete. I could see 5-8 pound cuts be these guys cutting 20-30 pounds is just bad.

I would like to see Stann in the UFC. I wouldnt through him to Silva at first but see how he does against a guy like Bonner. Filho has issues and is not going to be around long if he dont get them worked out.

JMO

By: ShiTSoN

ShiTSoN — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:41:56 +0000

#11 Maddog…. “the wec hw division is better than exc as it sits now.”

You do realize that WEC has no Heavy Weight Division right?

By: maddog

maddog — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:49:29 +0000

the olny problem with what you say is zuffa has a minor league…..everyone else. the wec hw division is better than exc as it sits now.