The UFC has fighters ranging from 115 pounds to more than twice that weight. Yet size does not matter very much when it comes to assessing where the greatest fights are.
Some weight classes are top-heavy, featuring dominant champions no one can match. Other divisions draw their intrigue from a level playing field in which any one of several contenders could conceivably wear the title belt. Some divisions tend to produce the most heated rivalries and drama shows.
Among the eight men’s divisions in the UFC, heavyweight produces the highest-voltage power, but the divisions for smaller fighters — flyweight and bantamweight — are home to speed and technical mastery that draw gasps from the fans. There’s an even greater disparity among women’s divisions. There are several championship-worthy strawweights, while flyweight has perhaps the most dominant champion in MMA. And then there’s…
