Ovince St. Preux recently gave a breakdown of his drop to light heavyweight and Jon Jones’ 205-pound success translating to a move up to heavyweight.
St. Preux scored a closely-contested split decision win over surging prospect Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC Fight Night 239 on Saturday. While he has juggled between the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions throughout his career, “OSP” hasn’t competed at heavyweight in his last three outings, since a knockout loss to Tanner Boser in 2021. St. Preux has a simple explanation for his decision to stick around at 205 pounds: heavyweights hit harder and are harder to knock out.