So the UFC has two big problems:
1. They try to make the smaller fighters taller by adding height (Faber CARWIN).
2. They have a flawed rounding system (180.89 is rounded as 180)
So, I will try my best to give you the real numbers.
Note: Some of the heights are based on research and pictures because of false listings. All listings will be done using the metric system of which I am very familiar with. If a fighter is 180.5 he will be listed as 181 cm. If a fighter is 180.4 he will be listed as 180 cm. Same with feet and inches. Final average will have one decimal.
RULES:
- just to be clear, champion counts as top 1 unlike the UFC listing, where top 1 heavyweight is Werdum and the champ is Stipe.
For those of you who have no idea how to convert centimeters to feet and inches, here is an accurate cm to feetconverter.
UFC Average Height by Divisions (top 10 only)
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HEAVYWEIGHT
Miocic 193
Werdum 192
Cain 185
Overeem 192
Dos Santos 192
Rothwell 193
Ngannou 193
Hunt 176
Lewis 190
Browne 198
Average: 190.4 cm = 6'3.0
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Cormier 177
Jones 194 (replacing Bader, who might be in Bellator)
Johnson 185
Gustafsson 195
Teixeira 188
Manuwa 191
Rua 185
"Overtime" Anderson 190
St. Preux 188
Oezdemir 185
Average: 187.8 cm = 6'1.9
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Bisping 183
Romero 178
Rockhold 190
Souza 185
Weidman 187
Mousasi 187
Whittaker 182
"Spider" Silva 186
Belfort 182
Brunson 185
Average: 184.5 cm = 6'0.6
WELTERWEIGHT (more or less average male weight 196 lbs)
Woodley 172
Thompson 183
Lawler 178
Maia 185
Condit 183
Magny 189
Masvidal 180
"Stun Gun" Kim 187
Cerrone 183
"Gunni" Nelson 180
Average: 182 cm = 5'11.6
LIGHTWEIGHT
McGregor 174
Nurmagomedov 178
Ferguson 179
Alvarez 171
Dos Anjos 175
Barboza 180
Nate Diaz 183
"The Menace" Johnson 177
Chiesa 185
Dariush 177
Average: 177.9 cm = 5'10 (average male height)
FEATHERWEIGHT
Aldo 170
Holloway 180
Edgar 170
Lamas 172
Swanson 172
"Lil' Heathen" 175
"Showtime" Pettis 176
Oliveira 176
"El Pantera" Rodriguez 180
"The Korean Zombie" 170
Average: 174.1 cm = 5'8.5
BANTAMWEIGHT
Garbrandt 171
Cruz 173
Dillashaw 168
Assuncao 164
Lineker 160
Rivera 160
"Kid Lightning" Caraway 168
Sterling 169
"Mayday" McDonald 175
Dodson 158
Average: 166.7 cm = 5'6.3
FLYWEIGHT
Johnson 160
Benavidez 161
Cejudo 160
Formiga 163
Reis 162
Sergio Pettis 165
"Uncle Creepy" McCall 165
Ortiz 163
Borg 161
Moreno 168
Average Height: 162.8 cm = 5'4.1
Average Weight: 150 lbs. So basically if fighters don't cut weight the lowest division would be featherweight, with fighters like Benavidez, Cejudo and McCall easily fighting at lightweight.
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