Connor Ruebusch and Phil Mackenzie break down the curious middleweight bouts of UFC Pittsburgh.
Welcome, friends, to the League of Extraordinary Journeymen, a brand-new series wherein MMA addicts Connor Ruebusch and Phil Mackenzie rap about the UFC's enigmatic middleweight division. It's bound to get a little weird.
Phil: The distribution of skill and athleticism in the UFC is determined by nothing so much as physical realities. One of these is the average size of a modern human: at the top of the bell curve there are more people, and thus more and better athletes. This area encompasses the divisions from featherweight to welterweight, and means that they're packed with athletic talent.