SithLordExarKun wrote...
kayrob wrote...
It doesn't make it impossible to do so, however, as the photos of your friend illustrate.
Self ownage i guess, so you basically agree with me despite your arguments and implications that if you dont got the genetics, you aren't meant for the sport or role. Good job on arguing like a broken record by the way. And by the way, "success" is subjective. I can simply label you "succesful" when observing you picking up a piece of paper.
Kalfear wrote...
Im a huge fight fan and let me tell you, when skills at the same level, the bigger guy wins 99% of the time!
And as Em23 posted, a big guy can take down a smaller skilled guy with size alone!
Anyone that watches MMA knows this. The bigger they are, the harder they hit, trained or not.
BJ
Penn is the most advanced LW fighter in the world today (for my money
anyways) but againts opponents 50 lbs heavier and more, Id be very hard
pressed to take BJ as a favorite to win any MMA fight unless hes
fighting some super green nobody with almost zero practical training!
Size
does matter and if your being told it doesnt, chance are your talking
to a smaller person.
Kalf, would you do me a favour and read my
posts properly? I never said size wasn't an advantage, i just said you
don't need to be BIG like a bodybuilder to be a fighter. Yes, size DOES
help against another smaller fighter but only if you have the skills to
fight.
I have seen with my own eyes 5'6 muay thai combatants in
thailand(140lbs) took out american bodybuilders who weighed 260lbs on
steroids rather easily, size alone don't dictate the outcome of a fight.
Problem is you keep talking about a skileld fighter vrs a unskilled fighter!
Size isnt the issue there, skill is
but warriors are skilled and when two fighters are the same skill, size matters and is the difference!
Of course some skilled Muay Thai fighter beats a unskilled sloth (unless he sits on him as Muay Thia not known for their ground game), Just like a pro football player beats a fat spectator in a game of football. Skill does matter.
My point is, when your dealling with two fighters of basically the same skill set, you go with the bigger guy as size matters.
Thats why Warriors are always big, size is APART of their training. Size is a skill upon itself really!
Im not saying the smaller guy cant be skilled and even win when fighting unskilled sloths, but soon as he faces a big guy with equal training, the big guy wins most times because of size.
You use 260 lbs for you example so so will I (if you know the names)
BJ Penn is 155, world champion BJJ, World class boxer, multiple world champion MMA fighter! Been training for (lets say) 20 years
Brock Lesnar is a 265 D1 wrestling champ, pro wrestler champion, now HW champion of UFC! Been training Wrestling all his life but MMA for 5 years!
Who wins?
Ill give you 100 to 1 odds the Brock Lesnar wins by takeing BJ down (cause BJ to small to stop him) and pounding him out (because Brock to big and strong to combat).
BJ Penn is 10 times as skilled as Brock Lesnar is in MMA and probably 100 times more skilled in BJJ, But Brock wins 999 times outta 1000 because of his size and strenght and having a a basic understanding of copmbat skills.