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The California State Athletic Commission will not adopt the new weight classes suggested in the recently updated Unified Rules of MMA.Earlier this month The Association of Boxing Commissions updated the Unified Rules of MMA to include a total of fourteen weight classes for men and ten weight classes for women.
The major changes for the men's divisions are the additions of the the super flyweight, super lightweight, super welterweight and super middleweight divisions. Ten pounds separate each division instead of the current fifteen to twenty pounds.
The California State Athletic Commission's weight classes are:
Men's Divisions
Flyweight - 125 lbs.Read More: mmamigration, news
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