It's 20 lbs, so no doubt it is significant... but there's been successful 205ers that were naturally 185. Henderson, wand, vitor. rashad held the title at 205 and can now make 185, which means he probably could have sooner as well. Anderson was unbeaten at 205. I think if we see weidman at lhw, he'll fit right in.
I just think back to when he was thinking of fighting Jones and I just don't see anything good for weedman
Yea, but you can say that about anyone in the division, really. It's jones. There are winnable fights for weidman at 205. And who knows about weidman, he just may have what it takes for jones. No one saw him knocking Silva out cold. Never know with that guy
Fair point about silva......
I think it's a good move. He's 6'3", so height-wise he's on the taller side. Question is, can he fill out his frame without losing any cardio/flexibility? I'm sure he has access to the best nutritionists/strength and conditioning coaches, so I say yes.
That was with steroids though, now they have to be more discrete about it
We'll see what happens, but I can't think of a better candidate to make the jump. He's got a large frame
Yeah he cut a lot of weight, and should be a lot faster at LHW. I think him and Franky should do some training.. I could see him do well with a style like that.
Yea. He was lean at 185. He looked good and more suited for 205 because he was lean and sucked out from the cut, while the other guys I mentioned were all muscled up and had needles still hanging from their asses at 185. They were bulky at 185.... just bulkier at 205. With weidman being that lean at 185, he could put on some quality, functional mass and may be enhanced by it instead of incapable of wiping his own ass like the others.
We will never see until we see him fight at 205 . I think he will get destroyed at 185
Lucky punch with Silvia clowning him. He probably didn't deserve the first title fight with 8 pro fights or whatever it was. He was on his way to being another humiliated victim of the GOAT before he landed a Hail Mary. To be fair, he was dominating Silvia in the 2nd fight before Silvia's leg fell off. Point is, I have never really been as high on him as most people are. I don't think he regains the MW belt unless he gets lucky enough to fight Bisping. I don't think he beats many, if any, of the top tier LHW.
from the list above, id say his skills are on par, if not slightly better everywhere than bader who is #4 right now.
Both Manuwa and st prieux would crack his ribs and possibly seriously injure him
I'm not sure why I'm the one defending weidman. I've never cared for him as a fighter, but I just don't see counting guys out coming off a loss (in this case 2). He looked good against Romero until that knee.
