and Reggie White, a level above the A - level athletes he competed against.Anyone who disqualifies an A-Level athlete based on how round they are just needs to take a look at Warren Sapp and Sir Charles Barkley in their primes.
he is an olympic level athlete, therefore A level
This is a very common fallacy among career choices in sports and it's absolutely false.DC is an A level athlete that is now over the hill. The skill level and overall athleticism in the heavyweight division is so atrociously low, that he can still run roughshod over them.
If DC had an equal skill set at 30 years old - training MMA throughout his 20's - he would absolutely smash the guy he is today.
Jon Jones has two brothers, and both of them are multi-year starters in the NFL. That is without any room for argument, elite genetics. He is an elite athlete. Since he's still in his physical prime, cheating aside, he beat Cormier to sleep.
When someone with elite athletic ability trips and falls into MMA, we call them the greatest of all time. In other sports, guys with that level of athleticism fill the entire ranks.
If the base pay went up in MMA, we would attract heavyweights of an appropriate age, background and athletic ability. We crown 8 new Division I All American heavyweights every single year - where are they?
Teaching high school gym for 45k/year plus benefits, because that is a more reasonable risk -vs- reward than getting 10k show money to get your head punched in.
If the base pay went up, the pool would get deeper literally overnight.
It was so gay I liked itHe's a D + C level athlete.........
I'll see myself out
except all those guys get tired after 1-2 rounds and DC can be 30 pounds overweight and fight five rounds and still keep going. This ain't bodybuilding lolRomero is an A-B level athlete and DC is not even close to his level when it comes to athleticism lol
Greg Hardy/Brock Lesnar/Romero > rest
Against guys naturally (and unnaturally) bigger than him.except all those guys get tired after 1-2 rounds and DC can be 30 pounds overweight and fight five rounds and still keep going. This ain't bodybuilding lol
This is a very common fallacy among career choices in sports and it's absolutely false.
Just because you can jump high and run fast it doesn't mean you will be a good MMA fighter. There is no evidence in sports history that suggests traditional sports and combat sports has correlation.
Yes without a doubt. Before MMA, DC was in the Olympics. Brock could not make it into the NFL. Now in MMA, Brock is 5 and 3 and DC is the heavyweight and light heavyweight champ. I mean, it isn't even close.@frye666 you really think DC is more athetic than Brock Lesnar? lol Technique has nothing to do with athleticism and thats why Brock never made it to the olympics, cuz his technique was/is trash. He achieved everything in wrestling through pure athleticism.