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27th Feb 2015

PIC: The reason there are weight classes in mixed martial arts, Alistair Overeem and John Dodson

More than twice his size.

Darragh Murphy

If this was UFC 1, we shudder to think of the consequences for John Dodson.

Back in those days, there were no weight divisions in mixed martial arts and you’d often see freak fights like 450lb Teila Tuli taking on 200lbers like Gerard Gordeau.

Well thankfully, that is no longer. Especially when you look at the size discrepancy between big heavyweights like Alistair Overeem and small flyweights like John Dodson.