Media Alex Pereira dwarfing Johnny Walker

Which weightclass would you like Pereira to compete in?

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shortlefthook said:
The size of ur skull tends to be coupled with your frame size so yes it is true to some degree.
Because a big skull usually means a bigger neck.
The neck is what stops the brain from being rattled.
Skull size has allot to do with shape, not soo much density.
So basically you cant look at someone and determine their durability based on their skull size alone.

royce gracie was 170 small frame and took huge shots.
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Yes but my point is the general truths. Of Royce was 150lbs and shorter he wouldnt have had rhat chin. I Imagine Brian Shaw the strongman who is 380lbs on excess fat and roids and muscle would be hard to KO cold but not hard to TKO same with 320lb Hafthor who is 6"9. There neck muscles are huge and stable.
 
I think it will be easy for Johnny Walker to fight at Heavyweight. He simply just stops cutting so much height and returns to his original 9 foot stature. That way Jon Jones will only have a 4 inch reach advantage on him when they eventually fight.
 
NoSmilez said:
They are about the same height. Walker might be slightly taller. He just has a really tiny head relative to his body. It looks even worse because his neck is so long.
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probably still gets laid tho
 
Diamondsareforever47 said:
Yes but my point is the general truths. Of Royce was 150lbs and shorter he wouldnt have had rhat chin. I Imagine Brian Shaw the strongman who is 380lbs on excess fat and roids and muscle would be hard to KO cold but not hard to TKO same with 320lb Hafthor who is 6"9. There neck muscles are huge and stable.
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Muscle mass alone - particularly in the neck - does seem to help with taking shots somewhat. Yoel Romero comes to mind - a man with a small head and frame but jacked neck. Yeah, he has a great chine at middleweight. However he did not fight at heavyweight. The heavy weight version of him as far as frame was Overeem - and he was never known for his chin.

Likewise, a large head but with very little neck muscle stabilizing it is not ideal either. Antonio Silva comes to mind - a man who suffered greatly because of the 265 lbs weight limit at heavyweight. Not to mention his medical condition. But, generally speaking, a man with a large head and frame, will have robust neck attachments and some muscle to go with it, and will have a heavy, stable head that is difficult to rock the brain inside with blunt force. Francis Ngannou is an example of this.

Here's a slapfight to demonstrate - which, I note if for nothing else, the sport of slapfighting provides a case study in "what makes a chin" if nothing else

 
Xoleth said:
Maybe because Vakhitov is shorter than Pereira and has less muscle mass?
There are WWs in UFC who look bigger than Vakhitov...
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Yeah Artem Vakhitov is 6’1” and fought at -180 to -190 lbs until 2012 (he was a kid back then). After that he only fought at LHW (and even wanted to challenge Rico Verhoeven for his HW-championship).
He’s no small guy but he doesn’t look too big either, and even has a little little bit of excessive fat just like Jamahal Hill has lol.
Anyway, just going by his looks I would say that Vakhitov could make 185 lbs today if he really wanted to.
What do you think?



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Alex looks to have a thicker torso, but pics can be deceiving. The UFC could find some favorable matchups against some of the top HWs, but Alex would not do well against a big fighter that is a good grappler. Unless he can do like Leon and really impress us with some grappling improvements to avoid getting crunched on the ground.

I'm thinking Alex is about the size of a typical LHW. He would be at the smaller end of HW.

Aspinall is pretty impressive if you look at his ground game along with his standup in knocking out Pav. Alex would have to be a lot better on the ground to beat him, and taking on a guy as big as Tom could also pose standup challenges even if Alex has better P4P striking ability.
 
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BoxerMaurits said:
While many expect Walker to move up to HW in the near future..

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These are not the same height. Is this what men tell themelesves when they see another man whos an inch taller. Pierra has an inch to an inch and a half on him, just look at their eyes lmfao. Pierras head clearly sits higher. It's about the same difference between pierra and adesnya.
 
TheBeastofHonor said:
He's not looking down at the camera lol so yes pierra is about an inch to an inch and a half taller.
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It’s just a pic from a point in time. But Alex is looking up at the camera and Johnny is looking down on it with his head tilted down. Which leads me to conclude Johnny is taller in the pic
 
mjfan23 said:
It’s just a pic from a point in time. But Alex is looking up at the camera and Johnny is looking down on it with his head tilted down. Which leads me to conclude Johnny is taller in the pic
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Nope Johnny's eyes are shifted down but that's about it, pierras eyes nose lips and chin all sit higher than walkers, pierra is taller by 1 to 1 and half inches.
 
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