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Twitter, outraged UFC fighters react to looming dissolution of flyweight division
The writing appears to be on the wall for the UFC flyweight division. The promotion is scaling back its roster of 125-pound men’s fighters, seemingly setting the stage for the eventual dissolution of the weight class.
After long-time champion Demetrious Johnson was “traded” to ONE Championship, a number of flyweight fighters have been released from UFC contracts. There are still several on the roster, but with only four flyweight fights booked for the remainder of the year, the long-term future of the division appears in serious jeopardy.
The situation has not gone unnoticed within the MMA community. From fighters directly impacted by the UFC’s cutbacks to those from the outside looking in to the biggest star in the sport in Conor McGregor, many have shared input.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to the seemingly inevitable demise of the UFC flyweight division.
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@UFC getting rid or the men’s 125 division and cutting some of them… let’s not forget there is still a womans 125 division…as sad as it is for some of my lil homies… nows the time to for a real life Juwanna Mann… who’s up to try it out?!
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) November 7, 2018
y’all call and I accept a fight on less than a weeks notice at Bantamweight…then I don’t hear shit back until my manager informs me that myself and the rest of the Flyweight division are cut? @ufc
#mma
— Justin Scoggins (@combatcobain) November 8, 2018
Flyweight just got a lot more interesting
— Louis Smolka (@LASTSAMURAIUFC) November 7, 2018
@tjdillashaw vs @HenryCejudo … Rumor is UFC has dissolved the 125 class… everyone is either moving up or cut
What are your thoughts on the move? .
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. Repost @out2c1974… https://t.co/jZA5CWSD9L— Nik Lentz (@NikLentz) November 7, 2018
When did @TheNotoriousMMA become a social justice warrior??? None of his antics have ever cost anyone a paycheck
https://t.co/XcrkIh1Imv
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) November 8, 2018
I’m down with that anytime @HenryCejudo
P.S. I hope the rumors of scrapping the flyweight division in @ufc will just remain rumors
# ufc # flyweight # champion@Dinislam_Maver… https://t.co/KERQKGr0xt
— Zabit Magomedsharipov (@zabeast_mma) November 8, 2018
For more on the UFC schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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