Is the "A level Athlete" fantasy finally dead now?

[MMAandBOXINGfan]

Of course not, but if you had the athletes who went into football/basketball at an early age, go into mma instead, the overall level of athleticism would be way higher

shhhhh how dare u make sense of things, this isn't the place for such nonsense man!

 

[Damon3388]

I never understood the athlete scale. Demian Maia runs a sub 5 minute mile, deadlifts over 500lbs, has ungodly flexiblity, and trains a high contact sports 30 hours a week and yet he's considered a D level athlete ?

He's literally in the top hundredth of a percentile for strength, cardio, flexibility, reflexes, and toughness and yet people act like he's some dad who works out at the local YMCA.......

Shows you how much people base the judgements on aesthetics and the eye test, doesn't it?

Again, aside from his look and a hard punch, what exactly makes people think Ngannou is an "A-level" athlete?