Look, light heavyweight kind of sucks. It kind of really sucks. If you have at all followed the UFC in the last half-decade, it likely will not surprise you to hear the division referred to as “largely devoid of talent”, “utterly terrible”, or perhaps even “a dumpster fire.” During the division’s prime years, it was ruled by fighters like Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson who were trading wins, losses, and pound-for-pound spots in an utterly compelling time for mixed martial arts. These men were all very different personalities with wildly different styles of fighting, each an all-time great in his own right.
Opinion: Jon Jones must finally reckon with the wasteland that is the light heavyweight division
