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Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often.

— Dustin Poirier

But I am a big welterweight so I can see why people think that I would look to move up the weights.

— Kell Brook

I don't think people realize what those weight cuts were doing to me. It took so much out of me to make 155. I…

— Michael Chiesa

That's the real motivating factor to go down to featherweight, is that I didn't want to tread water at lightweight. You want to be…

— Dan Hooker

My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that,…

— Cris Cyborg

I walk around at 150-152 pounds to weigh 147 pounds. Other boxers weigh around 160-170 before coming down.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

I'm not a massive featherweight.

— Carl Frampton

At middleweight, I started to find an ideal weight for me. I face guys my size, my height, and with my physique.

— Lyoto Machida

I have always walked around at 170lbs and fought at 170lbs.

— Diego Sanchez

I've always seen myself as a big light heavyweight fighter, I have a big frame and walk around quite heavy. So I've always had…

— Alexander Gustafsson

I'm almost certain that no one at featherweight or lightweight wants to go to the ground with me.

— Charles Oliveira

I'm kinda almost a middleweight. I walk around 185 and I'm fighting at lightweight.

— Gilbert Burns