There have been loud talks about a new 165-pound division in the UFC. It had been brought up as a supposed stipulation for the would-be fight between Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz at UFC 230 last November, only to be shut down by Dana White himself.
Despite its seeming impossibility as of the moment, it is an option that renowned coaches like Firas Zahabi continue to look into.
“As of what I understand right now, there is no 165 [pound division],” Zahabi told YouTube channel MMA Betz backstage at UFC 232 late last month (transcript via BJPenn.