Elite UFC middleweights on losing streaks seem to be moving up to light heavyweight a lot, lately, and it’s concerning. It is true that for some of these guys, cutting down to the middleweight limit the day before fighting was its own type of danger (extreme dehydration immediately following months of calorie restriction and immediately preceding fighting is never healthy, though it’s the norm), and that is deserving of its own discussion.
What the correct move to make at any point of a career, to say nothing of during difficult times, is never easy to ascertain.