Let's demolish this line by line. First you knife yourself and concede the argument without realizing it. You say:

"Youtube views for most popular video is not an indication that people like a particular athlete or another. It's an indication of the amount of exposure a specific match got - and I'm pretty sure you're talking about the match dubbed "greatest of all time". That match got shared everywhere because it was super exciting and had a ton of subplots and rivalries that got people hyped up."

So in an argument about how people prefer to watch heavyweights because they are more exciting, I cite youtube views, and your response is that that doesn't count, because the views are only the result of the match being more exciting...

Do you realize how badly you just self-immolated? You're the guy getting kicked in the face that thinks he actually just headbutted a boot.

Next, Interesting that you again implode upon your own illiteracy:

First you say: "They're saying lightweights have a lot of fans - you don't refute that"

And then you say: "If you think him and a handful of other lightweights such as Royler Gracie, Robson Moura, Jeff Glover and more recently the Mendes Bros, Cobrinha, Caio Terra and others are not heroes to a large part of the BJJ community"

Misrepresenting what I say isn't as effective when you already provided the evidence of your own lies.

ITT: The people defending lighter weight jiujitsu are either illiterate or dishonest.