Biggest Bench in The UFC

[Hammurabi]

So ever since I laid down the case of why exactly Robbie Lawler beat Carlos Condit fair and square and had my, now infamous, come to Jesus meeting regarding the Unified Rules judging criteria, I've been getting alarmingly substantial amount of hate here on Sherdog forums, man. This combined with the increasing interest in Jon Jones' new strength program prompted me to go a little bit more light hearted on this thread and more specifically combine it with a strength and conditioning angle.

Now personally, I'm not big on Cross Fit, not to mention this Ido Portal stuff that seems more like a hippy congregation to me, rather my regime consists of good old fashion Arnold style body building workouts. Now we all know that dudes have always wanted to have that massive chest and huge arms, so I decided to focus on the grand daddy of strength exercises, which of course is the bench press. Now as far as UFC fighters go there's been a few with pretty impressive benches under their belts namely Brock Lesnar and Tank Abbot but let's focus on the current roster here guys. So who's got the biggest in the entire UFC roster? We're looking at raw numbers here but if you wanna take the pound for pound angle here, that's fine too!

 

[accolyte1022]

 

[helltoupee]

 

[raconnor]

edit: thought it said biggest bitch in the ufc. nevermind.

 

[Hammurabi]

Talking about bench press here, gentlemen.

 

[PivotPunch]

Doesn't Shawn Jordan hold some record at his college or whatever?

 

[TheRassler]

Talking about bench press here, gentlemen.

bench = roster
biggest bench = biggest roster



you're welcome.

 

[BRASIL WAND]

This bro's been riding the bench for quite some time, I would definitely nominate him:

 

[Eric Brown]

No idea why you would consider the bench the grand daddy of strength exercises. Weightlifting precedes powerlifting by more than half a century, and the squat and the deadlift train larger, stronger muscle groups than the bench press.

 

[Hammurabi]

Doesn't Shawn Jordan hold some record at his college or whatever?

Yeah that's what I've head, bro. He's a different kind of beast when it comes to strength. Different animal, man.

 

[accolyte1022]

This bro's been riding the bench for quite some time, I would definitely nominate him:

We're talking about bench presses, my man.

 

[Hammurabi]

No idea why you would consider the bench the grand daddy of strength exercises. Weightlifting precedes powerlifting by more than half a century, and the squat and the deadlift train larger, stronger muscle groups than the bench press.

Absolutely, bro, but when you think about it you know, the bench has always been used as a proxy in the Colleges around the world to determine who's the baddest dude on the campus. It's just one of those things the dudes really appreciate.

 

[Gunny]

Back in the day there was a thread about Lawler benching something like 335 for 10 reps. This was during his first run in the 170 division. Don't know his single rep max but those are damn impressive numbers and quite possible the pfp best.

 

[Hammurabi]

bench = roster
biggest bench = biggest roster



you're welcome.

I don't think you quite understood what I'm talking about here, my man. You see, bro, it's all in the bodybuilding context. Bench Press.

 

[Eric Brown]

As a former S&C coach, I am well aware of what goes on in college strength training. That being said, really, it is often used only as a prep tool for football players getting ready for the NFL combine. Athletes in true power sports, such as throwers, often rarely flat bench. And even then the 1RM is rarely tested.


Now I agree it is the most popular lift with idiots and gym bros.

 

[Hammurabi]

Back in the day there was a thread about Lawler benching something like 335 for 10 reps. This was during his first run in the 170 division. Don't know his single rep max but those are damn impressive numbers and quite possible the pfp best.

Shit, that's crazy. Lawler's always been a super athlete, and so strong in the 170 division.

 

[Twelve75]

, so I decided to focus on the grand daddy of strength exercises, which of course is the bench press.!

if 'Grand Daddy' means the most ridiculously overrated exercise...I think you're onto something.

 

[Hammurabi]

As a former S&C coach, I am well aware of what goes on in college strength training. That being said, really, it is often used only as a prep tool for football players getting ready for the NFL combine. Athletes in true power sports, such as throwers, often rarely flat bench. And even then the 1RM is rarely tested.


Now I agree it is the most popular lift with idiots and gym bros.

Absolutely, my man. There's a reason why it's not the priority for fighters and this thread is not to be taken super seriously. Still, it is quite interesting topic. Have you had any experience with training MMA fighters, bro?

 

[Zeppeling]

I don't think you quite understood what I'm talking about here, my man. You see, bro, it's all in the bodybuilding context. Bench Press.

Why are you talking so squirrelly?

 

[Prime Ang]

I'm not reading all that. Tank Abbot had the biggest bench press though.