http://www.total-mma.com/2008/07/04/weighing-in-on-new-unified-rules/ Go inside the sport of MMA with the Total MMA staff. Interviews, analysis, and the rich history of MMA. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.total-mma.com/2008/07/04/weighing-in-on-new-unified-rules/#comment-10674 Jonathan Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:51:04 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=360#comment-10674 Agreed that this is just too many weight classes. They are more important at the lighter weights and have no problems with some additions there. But adding a class between 205 and heavyweight seems unnecessary. Agreed that this is just too many weight classes. They are more important at the lighter weights and have no problems with some additions there. But adding a class between 205 and heavyweight seems unnecessary.

]]> http://www.total-mma.com/2008/07/04/weighing-in-on-new-unified-rules/#comment-10673 Alan Conceicao Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:29:21 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=360#comment-10673 The biggest problem with having more weight classes has always been having the talent pool. I think around the 170lb-185lb region, there is definitely room now for a new 175-178lb weight class for the tweeners and a 160/162 for the small welters. Boxing's first official additions to the original 8 were junior welter (140) and super welter/junior middleweight (154), after all. The biggest problem with having more weight classes has always been having the talent pool. I think around the 170lb-185lb region, there is definitely room now for a new 175-178lb weight class for the tweeners and a 160/162 for the small welters. Boxing’s first official additions to the original 8 were junior welter (140) and super welter/junior middleweight (154), after all.

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