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*HEAVYWEIGHT*
(‘206 pounds’ – ‘265 pounds’)
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*LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT*
(‘186 pounds’ – ‘205 pounds’)
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*MIDDLEWEIGHT*
(‘171 pounds’ – ‘185 pounds’)
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*WELTERWEIGHT*
(‘156 pounds’ – ‘170 pounds’)
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*LIGHTWEIGHT*
(‘146 pounds’ – ‘155 pounds’)
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*FEATHERWEIGHT*
(‘136 pounds’ – ‘145 pounds’)
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*BANTAMWEIGHT*
(‘126 pounds’ – ‘135 pounds’)
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*FLYWEIGHT*
(‘116 pounds’ – ‘125 pounds’)
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*STRAWWEIGHT*
(‘106 pounds’ – ‘115 pounds’)
(women only?)
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*’mixed martial arts’ weight classes are weight classes that pertain to the sport of ‘mixed martial arts’*
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(prior to ‘state sanctioning’, ‘weight classes’ were not ‘mandatory’ since the competitions were held without the approval of the ‘athletic commissions’)
(for instance, the ‘ultimate fighting championship’ introduced 2 weight classes at UFC 12: ‘heavyweight’, which grouped competitors above ‘200 pounds’ (aka ’91 kg’), and ‘lightweight’, which grouped competitors under ‘200 pounds’)
(‘weight divisions’ underwent many changes in the ensuing years, but the ability of ‘promotions’ to autonomously decide their own ‘weight classes’ eventually disappeared after ‘athletic commissions’ began supervising ‘mixed martial arts’)
(in 2000, the “unified rules of ‘mixed martial arts'” were codified by the ‘new jersey state athletic commission’)
(the ‘california state athletic commission’ had worked extensively on ‘regulation’, but their sanctioning of ‘MMA’ was not implemented due to state governmental issues surrounding the ‘process’)
(‘california’ officially sanctioned ‘MMA’ on ’28 december 2005′, using the ruleset it helped devise 5 years previously)
(since then, to create ‘uniformity’, all ‘state commissions’ in the ‘united states’ that regulate ‘mixed martial arts’ have assimilated these ‘rules’ into their existing unarmed combat competition ‘rules’ and ‘statutes’)
(for a promotion to hold ‘mixed martial arts events’ in a ‘state-sanctioned venue’, the promotion must abide by the state athletic commission’s body of rules for ‘weight limits’)
(the ‘unified rules’ designate limits for 10 different weight classes in mixed martial arts; all definitions and measurements are in “pounds”)
(the ‘straw-weight class’ was added in ‘2015’)
(but who wants to be the ‘straw-weight champion’?)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥