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Womens flyweight is now the division with the most weight misses / weight cut related withdrawals by far
a lot of that is down to Jess (twice), Sijara Eubanks (twice), etc
Weight misses at 115 are down on last year, only three weight misses in 2018 v seven in 2017, but all its done is shifted the problem to 125 where we now have bantamweights convincing themselves they can make 125 when they cant
this is why a 165 division will make zero difference to weight missing. A few 155 fighters that cant make 155 will move up, but it will have a bunch of 170lb'ers moving down and missing weight.
the sample size argument? nah, Flyweight is nearly as high as bantamweight now for fights over the last two years.
a lot of that is down to Jess (twice), Sijara Eubanks (twice), etc
Weight misses at 115 are down on last year, only three weight misses in 2018 v seven in 2017, but all its done is shifted the problem to 125 where we now have bantamweights convincing themselves they can make 125 when they cant
this is why a 165 division will make zero difference to weight missing. A few 155 fighters that cant make 155 will move up, but it will have a bunch of 170lb'ers moving down and missing weight.
the sample size argument? nah, Flyweight is nearly as high as bantamweight now for fights over the last two years.