{"id":286799,"date":"2018-10-04T10:11:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=286799"},"modified":"2018-10-04T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:11:57","slug":"dana-white-explains-why-hes-opposed-to-introduction-of-a-165-pound-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-explains-why-hes-opposed-to-introduction-of-a-165-pound-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains why he&#8217;s opposed to introduction of a 165-pound division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks, a seemingly endless list of fighters have called for the UFC to abolish the traditional 170-pound welterweight division and replace it with new 165-pound and 175-pound divisions. There was even buzz about the possibility of Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier battling for the inaugural 165-pound title in the UFC 230 main event this November 3. While this seems like a great idea in theory, however, UFC President Dana White isn&#8217;t interested.<\/p>\n<p>He explained why in a recent interview with ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana White: Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov &#039;trending close to 3 million&#039; PPV buys | ESPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwGYz0LzgSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"enWQJr\">\u201cNever even considered it,\u201d Dana White said, referencing a potential 165-pound title fight between Poirier and Diaz (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2018\/10\/3\/17934028\/ufc-president-dana-white-165-pound-division-doesnt-make-sense-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s all just talk, I never even considered it. First of all, you make 165-pounds, you\u2019re gonna start pulling people from the 170-pound division. And you\u2019re going to see a lot of people from 170 and 155 that couldn\u2019t win a title jumping to 165 to try to fight for a title there. It just doesn\u2019t make sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"qigf2D\">\u201cWe\u2019ve always kept things simple. One of the things about boxing is you used to have junior middleweight, super-middleweight, and all these different weights, and it was hard to follow. You didn\u2019t really know who was the champion, and this is pretty simple and easy to follow. We have enough weight classes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Dana White doesn&#8217;t seem sold on this idea right now, he might change his tune when he hears that his biggest star, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor, is a<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-hopes-to-rematch-nate-diaz-for-165-pound-title\/\"> big supporter of it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"4rFG75\">&#8220;Maybe [Nate Diaz and I] could spearhead a 165-pound division,&#8221; McGregor said in a recent interview with Karyn Bryant. &#8220;I do believe we should go 145, 155, 165, 175, 185, even 195. Why not? There\u2019s more belts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"JnxFso\">\u201cThey\u2019re stripping people [of titles] left and right,\u201d McGregor added, discussing the merits of adding more weight classes. \u201cThey stripped me and I only walked out the damn cage. They didn\u2019t even offer me a fight and I was getting stripped. And then Cormier was injured or something happened to him and I got stripped of my second belt because of that reason just so they can juice up cards with belts. Well hey, stick in more weight divisions, more champions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s gonna help the athletes, I believe, with weight-cutting and things like that. So maybe me and Diaz can do the trilogy at 165.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dana White will ever come around on a potential 165-pound division?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/4\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks, a seemingly endless list of fighters have called for the UFC to abolish the traditional 170-pound welterweight division and replace it with new 165-pound and 175-pound divisions. 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