DFW on Lightweights: ‘It’s a dog eat dog world’
The best of the best in the 155-pound division from both the UFC and WEC soon share a common home,…
The best of the best in the 155-pound division from both the UFC and WEC soon share a common home, and with current tallies in place, over 70 lightweights will fill the roster.
It’s fun, it’s going to be crazy, but that’s what makes for such great fights. It’s a fun division, I’m actually really excited about it, White told MMAWeekly.com.
There’s a lot of guys coming up that are really talented, White enthused about Brazilian Edson Barboza and the new lightweights in the UFC. I think the pool’s just going to keep getting bigger, bigger, and bigger.
The UFC president said that the promotion plans on putting on around 30 fight cards in 2011, but with over 70 fighters comprising one division, does that mean the lightweights are going to get thinned out at all?
It’s a dog eat dog world. There’s so many good guys out there. You’re literally fighting for your UFC life every time you fight.
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Brendhan Conlan’s Fab Fifteen – Lightweights
1. Frank Edgar (13-1)
2. Gilbert Melendez (18-2)
3. Eddie Alvarez (21-2)
4. B.J. Penn (16-7-1)
5. Gray Maynard (10-0)
6. Shinya Aoki (26-5)
7. Sean Sherk (36-4-1)
8. Ken Florian (13-5)
9. George Sotiropoulos (14-2)
10. Evan Dunham (11-1)
11. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-6-2)
12. Jim Miller (18-2)
13. K.J. Noons (9-2)
14. Ben Henderson (12-1)
15. Josh Thomson (18-3)