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It seems a pretty popular notion that tall, lanky fighters tend to more vulnerable to TDs which is supported by examples such as the Diaz brothers, Condit, Struve, Volkov, and Anderson to some extent (although I don't think his TDD is really that bad, but it seems to be considered his main weakness). However there are also examples of tall lean fighters who have quite strong TDD like Jones, Gustaffson, Rockhold, Holm, and Cruz. What is the main difference between the first group and the second, is it just strength relative to opponents? Most of the second group seems more muscular or in Gus' case not really muscular but he is strong (can deadlift 550 lbs IIRC). Better wrestling? How good a predictor of TDD is body type really?