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359: 290: 221: 428: 405: 198: 244: 175:. The super heavyweight division was introduced because the general increase in the weight of top heavyweights throughout the 20th century meant that the heavyweight division became excessively broad, with the smaller men having little chance of competing effectively. Therefore, the bigger men were split off into the new super heavyweight division. Professional boxing also made this split, but instead of renaming the unlimited division, it introduced the 267: 36: 382: 313: 802: 336: 461:
generally refers to competitors weighing more than 265 lb (120 kg), as up to 265 a competitor is considered to be part of the heavyweight division. In modern MMA, no current major organisation has introduced an actual super heavyweight division. The
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was the only major promotion to possess a Super Heavyweight championship (2005–2006). The WEC Super Heavyweight division was abolished in December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.
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division for the smaller heavyweights, and continued to call the unlimited division heavyweight. In the
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as well, with "superheavyweight" robots able to weigh up to 340 pounds.
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Although not generally used as a formal weight division in
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