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MMA tests your everything
Endurance
Strength
Cardio
Technique
Mind games
etc...
So yes, I agree
I mean it really depends on your definition. As far as having at least some skill in many athletic fields MMA is up there. But if your definition is being reallllly good in one particular discipline guys like Usain Bolt are clearly better.
MMA tests your everything
Endurance
Strength
Cardio
Technique
Mind games
etc...
So yes, I agree
You missed the opportunity to make Can Velaskes a sea-level athlete.
I am not convinced that NFL players are the best overall athletes. Those guys spend the majority of the game sitting down.But but what about Greg "A level" Hardy, vertical jumps and a 40-yard dash
I am not convinced that NFL players are the best overall athletes. Those guys spend the majority of the game sitting down.
Just because a sport requires the most athleticism doesn't mean it has the best athletes.
Fast Pitch softball requires pretty much the same athletic attributes as baseball... but the best athletes with those skills play baseball.
I could invent a sport that combined basketball and MMA and baseball into one, and compete against my neighbour every second Thursday. Wouldn't automatically make us the best athletes on the planet.
MMA is gaining a large viewership but it's still a fringe sport, participation wise.
It is funny to me that you said that. Because, that was the second part of my reply. However, I erased it because I didn't want to trigger people and derail the conversation. LOLMost well rounded athletes are soccer players.
If that was the case, Tony Twist is the greatest athlete to have ever participated in the Big-4 (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL).According to sherdog, circus freakshows have the best athletes. I'll spam my own quote on this thread: Being the most "athletic" in your own sport doesn't even make you the best in your sport. This i use when people bring up "A level athletes" being able to win UFC belts just based off athleticism.
Anyway, yeah, MMA requires the most athleticism in all sports. Do we have the current best athletes in the world? For MMA, yes. Do we have the best athletes we'll ever get? No. No sport has the best athletes they'll ever get. New steroids keep bringing more and more monstrous athletes.
ESPN has the answer: http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkillswhich sport req. the most "athleticism" is stupid.
Golf guys are one of or even the mentally thoughest guys in the sport business.
boxing req. more cardio than mma => body shots.
every sport has 1-2 things in which they are "better".
Soccer players are probably one of the most well rounded athletes and you have to prove yourself every stupid week + deepest talent pool in the history of any sport. Talent pool also plays a huge role.
The best athletes go where the most prestige/fame and money is => Soccer/NBA/NFL etc.
True that.I am not convinced that NFL players are the best overall athletes. Those guys spend the majority of the game sitting down.
Different sports require different athletic abilities, if there's anyone out there who still doesn't know that, go watch greg a level athlete hardy's performance in the octagon.No they aren't. When a guy can go from selling tires at Costco to beating Arlovski in the span of a few years......it means the talent pool isn't full of the best athletes in the world.
Not hating on MMA guys. It requires a lot of talent and determination and will! But they aren't the best athletes in the world. Have you seen Bones try to dunk a ball? You have seen Conor try to jump up on a log? Now go watch an NBA player move and jump.
I’d imagine it would look like shooting off a bottle rocket.I wonder what a porno would look like between Shaq and Megan Olivi..
I believe the fights are too long. I wrestled and the 2 minute rounds took everything I had out of me. I couldn't imagine going 5 minutes, I think the human body isn't made to grapple for 15 minutes, much less 25.