That’s very true…
could you imagine during the golden era of the Pride heavyweights that we would eventually end up having what we do in the currently heavyweight division?
Although @Eskimo makes a good point IMHO. Maybe USADA has had more of an impact than we realized at the heavyweight level.
I really think it has. Very difficult to train properly for mma at 250lbs without using steroids for recovery. To have the necessary cardio for mma it’s very difficult to maintain the size and strength for heavyweight. All those guys listed from the prime heavyweight era were juiced.
I’d say it was exciting when JDS, Alistair, Cain were around and the right around Frank Mir’s resurgence was happening… yea now it’s kinda stagnant
Dude I think you’ve nailed it.
Also in Pride there was no testing at all.
Lmfao every HW fight is the same these days. It’s either a first minute KO or it goes the distance cause they’re fat and out of shape 
Of* not or. Btw
Sergei Pavlovich has some potential at least
Aspinal and pavolich are decent and move around like lighter men. They should be top guys for awhile against this current crop of HWs
Every heavyweight ever could demolish the current division.
He’s not even close to the best, not even top 5. He got a GIFT in that they let a fight go on that would have been normally stopped 10 times over, or he would have faded into obscurity even faster.
23 seconds this time
https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1601761350945939456?s=46&t=4aLpihtuoZbzRCF1_PAC6A
The hw division is a fucking joke
You know it’s bad when me and RVD agree 
Man pride had the best group of HWs ever and they were all juiced up the their most dangerous selves. It was a good time to be an MMA fan in early 2000s
Pride was before my time unfortunately but I’ve watched some awesome fights on fight pass and YouTube. Cro cop. Fedor. Big Nog. Etc.
I grew up on Frank mir, Lesnar, Carwin, Cain, Werdum, JDS, Couture, etc.
Those were the fucking days man. The HW division use to be so special
Last week the former LHW champ finished the former interim HW Champ in 2 minutes. Absorbing no [legal] strikes
How sad
Since Ngannou could take and hold Gane down I thought Jones would win but definitely not that easily.
Sad indictment of the heavyweight division post USADA.
The heavyweight division is bad. Take Gane and send him back to Pride circa 2000-2005 and he racks up more losses than wins
I head very confident JBJ would win. But I certainly didn’t think it’d be in 2 minutes
Proof that the division sucks and Francis should be embarrassed
