How would 285 lb Rumble have done in the UFC HW division?

[superpunch]

A year and a half ago, he was walking around at 285 lbs. I wanted to see that guy against Ngannou, DC, Stipe, Jones, etc. Now, he's around 220-240 lbs and going to Bellator. How would he have done?

 

[flowoftruth]

francis would have sent him to the netherrealm

 

[cmw43]

USADA wouldn't have let it happen.

He'd also gas inside of two minutes.

He said once he got off the "supplements" he was down 40lbs in about three months.

I don't think his power transfers that well at HW based on the Arlovski fight and carrying that much weight wouldn't be good for him.

 

[Travis Alexander]

His punches would have ripped holes in the fabric of time. His powerful combos would rocket Ngannou to the future where he finds out his great great grandchildren really are Predators.

 

[Xuh]

He would die from cardio in half a round instead of one and a half rounds.

 

[ralphus1]

Rumble is in that in between of too big for LHW, not quite big enough for HW. A 225 lb class would be ideal for him.

 

[theleerygoose]

HW is garbage enough where he would probably be a top 10 fighter.

 

[theleerygoose]

Rumble is in that in between of too big for LHW, not quite big enough for HW. A 225 lb class would be ideal for him.

Hes really not too big for LHW though, hes just not in top shape.

 

[Fergelmince]

A year and a half ago, he was walking around at 285 lbs. I wanted to see that guy against Ngannou, DC, Stipe, Jones, etc. Now, he's around 220-240 lbs and going to Bellator. How would he have done?

285lb johnson would not have made the 265lb weight limit. So he would've failed at UFC HW.

 

[loisestrad]

Rumble is in that in between of too big for LHW, not quite big enough for HW. A 225 lb class would be ideal for him.

"Not big enough for HW" to the right, HW champ to the left.

 

[cmw43]

"Not big enough for HW" to the right, HW champ to the left.

I was always impressed how Rockhold made Middleweight.

 

[Robbie b]

A year and a half ago, he was walking around at 285 lbs. I wanted to see that guy against Ngannou, DC, Stipe, Jones, etc. Now, he's around 220-240 lbs and going to Bellator. How would he have done?

If a juiced to the gills Rumble was able to complete with multiple time tested fighters, I would imagine he would have the potential to go very far.

 

[superpunch]

I was always impressed how Rockhold made Middleweight.

Cain and DC there, you don't see their real size. I visited AKA once just for fun and I saw them in person. Cain looks like a fucking tank. In real life, that third dimension, depth, is enormous, like superhuman sized on him. You just can't see it on a 2-d camera but Cain is like 2x the size of Luke.

 

[Goatenstein]

I wanted to see it.

 

[wwkirk]

285, when the upper limit is 265?.

 

[TerryMCLOOPS]

Gassed

 

[RawDawgBob]

Would have murdered everyone.

 

[Straatblaffer]

"Not big enough for HW" to the right, HW champ to the left.

That is off course not the guys point. His style and build aren't very viable against big HW's. He is a bit like Jones in that way. Jones is tall, but has to put on so much muscle and weight to fight at HW, that it is doubtfull he can compete with guys like Stipe

 

[Pressure Project]

it would go like the Ngannou/Lewis shit-fight went. No thanks.

 

[Mammothman]

francis would have sent him to the netherrealm

*Shadow realm