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New MMA Promotion Increases Weight-Class Limits For Divisions
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 12: Paige VanZant reacts after her submission loss to Amanda ... [+] Ribas in their flyweight fight during the UFC 251 event at Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on July 12, 2020 on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCIt seems every day, a new and interesting detail about the Global Fight League (GFL) is revealed. On Thursday, the leagues official X account shared its weight classes with higher weight limits across the board.Here is a look at the weight limits for all of the GFLs divisions:Womens Atomweight - 110 poundsWomens Strawweight - 125 poundsWomens Bantamweight - 140 poundsMens Bantamweight - 145 poundsMens Featherweight - 155 poundsMens Lightweight - 165 poundsMens Welterweight - 180 poundsMens Middleweight - 200 poundsMens Light Heavyweight - 225 poundsMens Heavyweight - 265 poundsAccording to the post, the purpose of the weight-class limits that differ from the UFC is to reduce extreme weight-cutting by increasing weight class limits, ensuring athletes maintain optimal health and peak performance while minimizing injuries. This approach helps fighters stay healthier and better prepared to deliver thrilling performances for fans.This measure seems most helpful at womens bantamweight, mens lightweight, mens middleweight, and mens light heavyweight, where there are either larger gaps between divisions in the UFC or, in the case of the womens bantamweight division, no higher weight class to fit into.Well see how this all unfolds once action in the GFL gets underway. The promotion will hold its inaugural draft on January 24, and we will soon see the team-based promotion take form.Here is a look at the entire GFL roster ahead of the draft.GFL HeavyweightAlan BelcherAleksandr MaslovAlexei OleynikAndrei ArlovskiFabricio WerdumFrank MirGreg HardyJunior Dos SantosOli ThompsonPhilipe LinsRobelis DespaigneRoggers SousaStuart AustinTanner BoserGFL Light HeavyweightMORE FOR YOUAlexander GustafssonCleiton SilvaDa Woon JungEmiliano SordiGrant NealOvince Saint PreuxRafael CarvalhoGFL MiddleweightChauncey FoxworthGegaro MousasiGlaico FrancaHector LombardJared RevelJozef WittnerKyle DaukausLuke RockholdMariusz KsiazkiewiczMarkus PerezPhillip HawesWanderlei SilvaGFL WelterweightAbubakar NurmagomedovAdilet NurmatovAustin TweedyBenson HendersonDanny MitchellDominick MeriweatherFrancisco TrinaldoJoao ZeferinoJordan MeinJozef WittnerJulio SpadacciniMichael IrizarryRousimar PalharesRuan MachadoTyron WoodleyGFL LightweightAaron McKenzieAlex OliveiraAmirkhon AlikhuzhaevAnthony PettisAyinda OctaveAyton De PaepeBenson HendersonCharles RosaChristos GiagosJefferson PontesJeremy StephensJohn MakdessiKevin LeeKillys MotaLucas MartinsMohamed Tarek MoheyOscar OwnsworthRaimundo BatistaSidney OutlawStephen BeaumontWill BrooksWilliam LimaYan CabralGFL FeatherweightAlexsandro CangatyAndre HarrisonClaudeci BritoDeberson BatistaLance PalmerMarcel AdurMarcelo DiasMarlon MoraesMohammad AbzakhPatrizio De SouzaRenan OliveiraGFL Mens BantamweightCameron ElseDenis PalancicaDiego TeixeiraJimmie RiveraMarciano FerreiraMarcus Paulo AmaralOmar ArteagaRenan BaraoGFL Womens BantamweightJulia BuddJulia DornyFernanda GuersoneMariza LochEvelyn MartinsLorrany SantosFernanda BarbosaTalita BernardoQueila BragaJuliet ChukwuBrittney CloudyAlexa ConnersBianca DiamoniThaliat DinizTonya EvingerPannie KianzadGisele MoreiraZurina TurreyLuz VazquezTamires VidalGFL Womens StrawweightMara BorellaMiao DingKalindra FariaJanaisa MorandinChiara PencoAndressa RochaAntonia SilvaneidePaige VanZantMelissa AmayaYasmin CastanhoMaria Luiz de AbreuIsabela de PaduaEva DourtheRandi FieldHannah GoldyBrenda GottigKayla HrachoNatalia KuziutinaPamela MaraSilvania MonteiroBi NguyenJessica PenneViviane PereiraLivinha SouzaIsis VerbeekGFL Womens AtomweightJessica AguilarClaire Lopez
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