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PIC: The reason there are weight classes in mixed martial arts, Alistair Overeem and John Dodson

Published 20:41 27 Feb 2015 GMT

Darragh Murphy
PIC: The reason there are weight classes in mixed martial arts, Alistair Overeem and John Dodson

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If this was UFC 1, we shudder to think of the consequences for John Dodson.

Back in those days, there were no weight divisions in mixed martial arts and you'd often see freak fights like 450lb Teila Tuli taking on 200lbers like Gerard Gordeau. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUjYhGfQ20 Well thankfully, that is no longer. Especially when you look at the size discrepancy between big heavyweights like Alistair Overeem and small flyweights like John Dodson.

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