Are fat guys better suited for mma?

[Marc A]

Looking at this empirical evidence, it shows how a fat guy beats a muscle-bound dangerous MMA fighter by sheer mass, He is so fat that the punches and kicks are not felt due to the fat around his body acting like armor
You don't see that in other sports like Boxing or Muay Thai, the more conditioned guy wins, but in MMA it seems the fat guy usually wins vs muscular guys which would suggest why fighters try to cheat with missing weight

 

[Bumblebeef]

if fad guys are better suited for mma than some sumo stars should be ufc champion long time ago.

 

[Dead Kennedy]

GOAT MMA fighter...

 

[NGute87]

Since all MMA fighters at the highest levels are indeed "fat guys" I have to agree with you.

 

[magicmarker]

Aesthetics aside; because muscle demands more oxygen than fat does...

The pace that most UFC fighters can keep for 15-25 minutes just isn't that great. Because of that, other out of shape individuals can hang around longer than they should provided their skillset. If they all had great cardio they wouldn't be able to cut shit-tons of weight for fights and we would see fights take on a pace that the ones who are really out of shape wouldn't be able to keep.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

So missing weight equals being fat now?

That's even more ridiculous than fighters being out of shape at their walk around weight.

 

[blewgums]

Damn. Ronda knocked that dude out!

Did I do it right?