How long before we see 145ers in the UFC

[jlruthven84]

Originally Posted by mcptfc2007

i just dont see it happening i am not interested at all about guys fighting at 145 i just think it is 2 light a weight and is (excuse the term) midget fighting, i could never see a 145 fight being a main event and i believe the fighters that fight at tht level would be able 2 get up 2 the 155 pound limit for lightweight

Faber/Curran is headlining the WEC card.

[mcptfc2007]

Originally Posted by jlruthven84

Faber/Curran is headlining the WEC card.

i just dont see it for a ufc card tho i dont think it would draw very much, that wec event does also have other title fights on it as well tho

[Ramma]

I doubt we will ever see 145ers in the UFC. WEC has them and WEC's focus is on the lighter weights.

UFC has trouble hyping the LW division sometimes. Personally, I don't think I want to see featherweight in the UFC. I'd rather see UFC try to sign more MWs and expand the division.

[chico76]

Originally Posted by Brandon

Lol, you want midget cage fighting? Here ya go.

http://www.elitecagefighting.com/mul...a/toad_pod.htm

That was awesome! Midgets are like like bacon, they just make everything way better.

[Arte]

Originally Posted by chico76

That was awesome! Midgets are like like bacon, they just make everything way better.

Would have rep'ed for that but have to spread the love around first

[iverbure]

Here as how i think it could / eventually will happen. This will require the UFC to stay atop the mma landscape of course.

the 155ers are the most exciting fights, i love watching the heavys however there is rarely a fight that doesn't have fans boo in heavyweight fights. Once this Sherk riods thing is over, this year 2008 could be a damn good year for Sherk v.s. Bj Penn hopefully, there is Roger Huetra, Frankie Edgar, KenFlo is exciting to watch. It may only take 2008 for people to see how exciting the 155ers are and thus making the ufc think about 145ers.

Like someone else said, they can do a season of tuf for 145ers, and really you can grab say 5,6 really good fighters from around the world and put them on the show because no one really knows who the hell they are. Grab a couple of the top guys in the WEC, sign a couple of the exciting guys from japan like Kid and i think in 2009 they could have a damn good division and exciting one.

Making the division and using it, doesn't mean you are going to sell ppv's with it and it could be used similar to what they are doing with the lw division now, use the good fights to open up the ppv's, i'd way rather watch just about any 155er fight than a boring ass fight from Patrick Cote v.s. Scott Smith or something to that effect.

[foundstarr]

Dana has said a bunch of times WEC isn't supposed to be bush league UFC he wants to grow them as a brand(ie: the tripe title matches they have on the next card) IMO UFC will never have a 145 lbs division because they have WEC for that.

[dsecret]

I train and am a close friend of Urijah's... He would go up to 155 if zuffa wanted him too, but basically they want him to stay at 145 for WEC ppv draws... Plus he would be a small 155er seeing as he walks around at about 153 pounds... I don't see UFC ever bringing 145er's in since there isn't to many that can compete and split between wec and ufc.. WEC is used as a minor league almost to the UFC...

[cmj3289]

i think that the ufc could deff do it but it wont b headlining the ppv cards, they would jsut have to work it into the mix slowly, they would have to advertise the fuck out of pulver bec hes the best known featherweight to ufc fans that only watch ufc and dont really know alot abt the sport besides that.

[virtualpurple]

I just wanna see Super heavyweights thrown in there somewhere. For whatever reason I like watching big fatties throw down. And really there are just some guys that would have to make an unrealistic cut to hit 265.