UFC adds ‘stacked’ Flyweight division; McCall thanks UG
2011 saw the UFC add 45-pound featherweight and 135-pound bantamweight divisions. At the UFC 140 post fight press con, UFC President Dana…
2011 saw the UFC add 45-pound featherweight and 135-pound bantamweight divisions. At the UFC 140 post fight press con, UFC President Dana White confirmed that in early 2012 the UFC is adding a new, perhaps final division: 125-pound flyweights..
The UFC now has eight divsions, the traditonal number in boxing, before the sport became mired in countless weight divsions and countless sanctioning bodies.
Flyweight -125
Bantamweight -135
Featherweight -145
Lightweight -155
Welterweight -170
Middleweight -185
Light Heavyweight -205
Heavyweight -265
The UFC’s first Flyweight fights will take place at an unannounced pay-per-view event March 3, 2012. Ian McCall figths Demetrious Johnson and Joseph Benavidez fights Yasuhiro Urushitani. The winners of these fights will determine the first two title contenders.
“It’s not really a tournament,” White said. “It’s two fights in the same weight class with the best guys — we’ve done that a million times. Both fights on the same card and who wins will fight for the title.”
“We wouldn’t do it if we didn’t have a stacked division,” White said.
Ian McCall has waged a fervent campaign on the UG for a Flyweight divsion, and late last night offered credit to it for the announcement.
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