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MikeLovesTacos XD
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07.16.2011 | 5:03 PM ET

any fighters you think arent fit for their weight class

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MikeLovesTacos XD
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07.16.2011 | 5:04 PM ET

R. Nelson should be in LHW, yes it would be a very hard cut but he needs to lose the weight it would make him so much better cardio wise.

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07.16.2011 | 5:08 PM ET

@mike I think i said it in the other thread, stephen bonnar at hw!

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07.16.2011 | 5:50 PM ET

that would be pretty cool to see. But I heard rumors he was moving to MW.

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07.16.2011 | 5:51 PM ET

He just wants to go to MW so he can fight Koscheck

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07.16.2011 | 5:54 PM ET

id love to see him fight Kos, i hate him. I hope Bonnar kicks his ass ... if they were to fight.

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07.16.2011 | 5:59 PM ET

Bonnar would ruin kos.  THe size difference is huge.  Bonnar is a huge lhw and kos is an average ww.  Bonnar said he was was considering dropping awhile back but i dont think he could do it safely.

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wolfmanhowl
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07.17.2011 | 2:04 PM ET

i think barboza should move up a weight class.
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07.17.2011 | 2:26 PM ET

Edgar could move down and take Aldo imo

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07.17.2011 | 2:50 PM ET

Maldonado should go middleweight..

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wolfmanhowl
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07.17.2011 | 2:52 PM ET

i agree with that.
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07.17.2011 | 3:01 PM ET

Joe Benavidez, Demetrious Johnson, Chris Cariaso - Flyweight
Joe Warren (permantley), Hiroyuki Takaya - Bantamweight
Frankie Edgar, Clay Guida - Featherweight
Keitaro Nakamura - Lightweight
Yoshihiro Akiyama - Welterweight
Roy Nelson, Fedor - Light Heavyweight

note: Not that I don't think these guys can't compete where they are (except for Akiyama, c'mon son) I just think it would be interesting to see them at a lighter weight.

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07.17.2011 | 3:02 PM ET

Oh, I think Zaromskis should try to make 155 too, if at all possible.  He may have to Kenflo it, but he's tiny for 170.

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07.17.2011 | 3:41 PM ET

This one is easy for me. Anderson Silva to 205.

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07.17.2011 | 3:55 PM ET

@p4p i'm gonna ignore that lol we've already had that arguement lol

frankie edgar to me, i think he should be 145....he's able to be succesful at 155 so you can't argue with him being at 155, but i just don't like it. i don't think he'd be nearly as good as against guys w/ the same kind of speed

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07.17.2011 | 3:59 PM ET

@krazy what were the key points in the convo about anderson @205? I think he should try his hand (more) there myself.

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07.17.2011 | 4:09 PM ET

we had a difference of opion on just how big anderson is...he thinks anderson is a massive mw. i on the other hand don't think he's that big of a mw, and when he has fought at 205 he weighed in around 202

i don't really mind if anderson wants to go up to 205, but he's made it clear that he doesn't want to....@p4p and others want to see anderson fight jones, i disagree...jones is significantly bigger than anderson and i believe if they were to fight anderson would most likely get destroyed...jon makes other 205ers look small when they're under him. i don't want to see a 185er laying under him gettin smashed

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07.17.2011 | 4:12 PM ET

@piercerdan the key point from my side was that Anderson Silva walks around at 225 lbs and cuts a lot of weight. He has no problem with the weight cut and I get that. The thing is that the mw division is not that strong maybe the weakest of all the divisions. Anderson for the most part cleaned it out awhile ago. If you're "the best" move up to a weight class where you are still big and see what you can do against tougher competetion. He won't because he doesn't want to get beat. I know people will say why doesn't GSP move to mw. It's a lot different. GSP would be a very small mw. Everyone he would fight would be quite a bit bigger. GSP isn't even a huge ww and he's supposed to move up in weight? That's dumb. Silva on the other hand could jump to 205 and size would not be an issue.

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07.17.2011 | 4:26 PM ET

I agree with both of you.  I just think back to rich and anderson they were very similar sized and rich isnt a small lhw but he looks small next to forrest who is a huge lhw.  Anderson is a pretty big mw and makes a weak division look super weak. Walk around weight is different than fight shape weight also.  He cuts a lot of weight but not enough that its damaging his performances.

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07.17.2011 | 4:50 PM ET

mighty mouse to flyweight when it comes, fedor to lhw, gsp to mw, kenflo should move back up to lw.

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07.17.2011 | 5:13 PM ET

St Pierre to MW please???
And id like to see Aldo just fly all over the place
and thinking about it i would also love to see Nelson in light heavy he already has great cardio and losing that weight and trainign right would make him a power house

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