Terence Crawford urges Joe Rogan to talk to Dana White about the UFC’s heavyweight restrictions

What has understandably always been one of the promotion’s marquee divisions finds itself in a tough spot right now.

In fact, since Rogan’s complaints and concerns, it may have gotten even worse despite there being some positive signs on the horizon.

One thing that’s unlikely to change about heavyweight is the confusing weight restriction that is placed on the athletes, which ‘Bud’ immediately found funny after hearing about it for the first time.

With a badly injured champion and a lackluster roster, is the heavyweight division the worst in the UFC right now?

If not, let us know which weight class you think is in an even worse state.

Terence Crawford immediately laughs when Joe Rogan tells him about UFC’s heavyweight limit

Dana White is now on board with Alex Pereira moving to heavyweight after initially being against the idea of him facing off with heavier opponents.

While ‘Pereira’ may still be at a disadvantage, one thing he won’t have to worry about inside the Octagon is his opponents weighing more than 266 pounds, or 265 for a title bout.

Unlike in boxing, where there is no weight limit, the UFC restricts the biggest fighters on the roster from coming in above this limit, which Terence Crawford got a kick out of when Joe Rogan told him.

“The UFC has a heavyweight limit,” Rogan said during an episode of his JRE MMA Show, immediately causing Crawford to laugh. “Do you know how crazy that is? Isn’t that stupid? That’s stupid, right?”

“It definitely is,” Crawford responded. “I’m just now learning about that.”

The long-time UFC commentator used the example of Tyson Fury in his fights with Deontay Wilder and how he would have to cut down if those bouts took place in MMA.

‘Bud’ added that he believes this is something Rogan should speak to Dana White about or petition for, but the stand-up comedian and podcaster believes it would be ignored.

“Nobody listens to me, bro,” he said. “They don’t, they don’t listen to me. They think I’m crazy… Oh, I have a bunch of wacky rules that I want to institute so I understand why they don’t want to listen to me. I would throw the whole sport up in the air.”

You are Dana White for the day, what’s the one change you’d make to the UFC?

The UFC did put on one super heavyweight fight in 2000

UFC 28: High Stakes took place at the Mark G. Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey in November, 2000.

At that time, the Unified Rules of MMA, which implemented a heavyweight limit of 265 pounds, hadn’t been created, meaning that the one and only super heavyweight fight in the history of the promotion took place.

Josh Barnett recorded a successful debut by stopping Gan McGee in the second round before going on to become the youngest UFC heavyweight champion of all time.

The tale of the tape for the UFC 28 matchup had Barnett weighing in at 257 pounds while his opponent, McGee, came in at 296.