Which Is A Bigger Weakness: Bad Chin or Bad Cardio?

[bogeyj]

being unable to eat many flush or glancing blows vs only having 1 or 2 rounds of cardio at best

which is a bigger weakness to have as a top contender?

 

[Dirty Frank]

Not sure. Maybe bad cardio is 63% worse than having no chin? Perhaps even 67%

 

[13Seconds]

Atleast bad cardio is somewhat fixable

 

[BigTruck]

That's tough but I'd have say bad chin. You are going to get hit at some point while have 1-2 round cardio you could always win 1-2 rounds and coast away the 3rd.

 

[EmaciatedBarber]

I’d rather have good cardio than anything.Once youre tired you can’t do what you want anyways and everything falls apart.Tired fighters don’t even wanna be in there

 

[Reach4theSky]

Bad chin is the bigger weakness. BJ Penn had a HOF career out of having a good chin and bad cardio..

 

[MrPsychoticKane]

IMO if Mcgregor can knock tf out of someone in the 1st round and doesn't have that cardio then you'll know a Good Chin is gonna make you feel like you can squash a potato but then again depends on your fight set, if you wanna go aggressive, have a good chin and knock tf out of people by swinging for the fences or if you wanna play with your food then cardio's your go. (forgot to mention you don't have a choice, you born with what you got)

Also imo, I'd rather have a good chin. mainly because I love to get more violent than to last 5 rounds in the tank.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Depends who you are fighting obviously.

Bad cardio against a high level wrestler is really bad. Having a bad chin is just as bad against a high level striker. Why do people insist on talking in absolutes? I honestly don’t get it.

 

[shortlefthook]

Nothing is scarier than not being able to breathe infront of a guy or below a guy who’s trying to smash ur face.

 

[13Seconds]

Nothing is scarier than not being able to breathe infront of a guy or below a guy who’s trying to smash ur face.

I swear theres no better feeling in a fight/hard sparring than to feel your opponent fade.

 

[Johnnny]

For light heavyweight and above, having a bad chin is a bigger weakness.

For smaller weight classes, especially extreme manlets, having bad cardio is a bigger weakness.

 

[Fioretti]

Cardio is king, but you also have to be able to handle getting hit. Being bad at one or the other will both eventually result in L's.

 

[MrPsychoticKane]

For light heavyweight and above, having a bad chin is a bigger weakness.

For smaller weight classes, especially extreme manlets, having bad cardio is a bigger weakness.

I guess I'm one of that good chin and bad cardio kinds of classes.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I think this also matters what weightclass.. for the smaller weights like flyweight, BW, FW etc etc I think its a bigger weakness to have bad cardio... but for LHW and HW I think its probably better if you have an epic chin, because the fights are quite slow paced and much more power shots rather than lots of energy.

 

[Jackonfire]

Whats that saying? Cardio makes cowards out of men or something like that.

 

[Megatronlee]

Chin. Because you are going to be brain damaged more

 

[JustOnce]

being unable to eat many flush or glancing blows vs only having 1 or 2 rounds of cardio at best

which is a bigger weakness to have as a top contender?

both are bad. It can be argued either way, but they are both terrible.

Cardio might be even more important, because as long as you have cardio, you can push the pace if you are a grappler and tire people out. If you can push the PACE and grapple someone round in round out, you have a good chance at breaking your opponents, which could cover your chin being weak, since usually people are more dangerous with their strikes earlier on when they aren't tired.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

you can fix bad cardio. you can't fix bad chin

 

[Ace70 V2]

They both suck. And they can kind of coincide with each other.

 

[accolyte1022]

Whats that saying? Cardio makes cowards out of men or something like that.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

- Vince Lombardi