Light heavyweight (MMA)
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The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb (84 and 93 kg). It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division.
There are some alternate interpretations of the term. In PRIDE, the 205-pound division is known as Middleweight; there is no division named Light Heavyweight in PRIDE. In the K-1 HERO's light heavyweight tournament, competitors are set to a weight limit of 187 lb (85 kg). [1]
[edit] Notable light heavyweights in MMA
The listed fighters below fight between 186 and 205 lb (84 and 93 kg):
Quinton Jackson, current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion- Chuck Liddell, former 4-time defending UFC champion
- Forrest Griffin, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 1
Wanderlei Silva, former PRIDE 205-pound champion- Thiago Silva, UFC contender
- Lyoto Machida, UFC contender
- Dan Henderson, last PRIDE Middleweight (205-pound) champion
- Mauricio Rua, PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix champion
- Kevin Randleman, former UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Rashad Evans, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, PRIDE veteran
Kazuhiro Nakamura, PRIDE veteran- Vitor Belfort, former UFC champion, PRIDE veteran
- Tito Ortiz, former 5-time defending UFC champion
- Randy Couture, Former 2-time UFC Champion, UFC Hall of famer
- Keith Jardine, UFC contender
- Stephan Bonnar, UFC contender
- Ken Shamrock, former King of Pancrase, former UFC Superfight champion, UFC Hall of Famer
- Ricardo Arona, RINGS and PRIDE veteran
- James Irvin, UFC contender
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, PRIDE veteran
- Renato Sobral, IFC tournament champion, UFC veteran
- Matt Hamill, UFC contender
- Jason Lambert, UFC contender
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