Brian Shaw - world's strong man + 6 months training

paddy_da_pikey said:
The people who try to be elitist MMA snobs are the ones who show themselves to be the biggest ignoramus.

It has been shown time and time again that size matters even at HW - to suggest a strong man of the stature of Brian Shaw or the Mountain getting there hands on a 240 guy and just brute force laying on them and pulling on their limbs or bending their neck wouldnt be effective is greatly underestimating the strength of these men.

Bob Sapp showed that size and aggression can be exceptionally effecitve in beating one of the greatest Kickboxers of all time by pure force and then almost destroying the No.2 HW in the world in a MMA all styles event

We hate on Bob Sapp now because he destroyed his credibility but make no mistake there was no one getting in the ring with prime 380lb Sapp thinking this is a piece of cake.

Shaw is 6'8" and 420 thats 3 inches taller and 40 lbs heavier than Sapp at his biggest - to suggest this guy wouldnt fuck up alot of MMA HW's by pure aggression and strength is actually exceptionally short sighted and shows a lot of ifnorance towards the sport.

Pudz was a different story he was short and compact and wasnt 'that' much of a freak in size peaking at 320 lbs and 6 foot - Strongmen will always do worse in a striking match when you take away their biggest asset, strength in lion fucking the shit outta some one - sure they may only have 3 mins of gas and they arnt gonna beat everyone but to negate them as redundant is a redundant negligible statement
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He might fuck up a few UFC heavies - those that arent mobile or smart enough to leg kick him for three minutes until his cardio has gone, and those whose gameplan involves aggressive clinching.
 
Koloth said:
He might fuck up a few UFC heavies - those that arent mobile or smart enough to leg kick him for three minutes until his cardio has gone, and those whose gameplan involves aggressive clinching.
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Tyron Woodley or Yoel Romero would fuck him up. Strongmen has the slowest twitch fibre. Fast twitch fibre blacksplosive would murder Brian Shaw. I laugh at ppl thinking strongmen can compete. NFL players have a better chance because they are fast twitch blacksplosive.
 
Hard to say, but he could potentially do very good by taking the bull rush approach. Pudzianowski does pretty good. What Bob Sapp did was incredible, And almost unreal, but he is a one in a million athlete.
 
andy9432 said:
Tyron Woodley or Yoel Romero would fuck him up. Strongmen has the slowest twitch fibre. Fast twitch fibre blacksplosive would murder Brian Shaw. I laugh at ppl thinking strongmen can compete. NFL players have a better chance because they are fast twitch blacksplosive.
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The slowest twitch fibre.

Tell me more about your degree Doctor.
 
both Shaw and the mountain(2nd place wsm) have a basketball background to go along with being the strongest men in the world.Dont be fooled by their mass, These are agile big men with gas tanks
 
thobra said:
Hard to say, but he could potentially do very good by taking the bull rush approach. Pudzianowski does pretty good. What Bob Sapp did was incredible, And almost unreal, but he is a one in a million athlete.
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no, he's once in a lifetime, as Rogan says, just like rousey..
 
Shaw could never make the HW limit but provided he could, he's like Pudz with a longer reach and decent coordination from playing basketball earlier in life. I imagine his conditioning would be the shits and he'd be constantly injury prone.
 
As people have mentioned, he might have a Cardio problem.

And he may be slow.

Plus since when did size become a help with a RNC.

And one thing that no one ever mentions when talking about these guys and is a very very important factor. Just how well do thay react to getting hit in the face.
 
paddy_da_pikey said:
The people who try to be elitist MMA snobs are the ones who show themselves to be the biggest ignoramus.

It has been shown time and time again that size matters even at HW - to suggest a strong man of the stature of Brian Shaw or the Mountain getting there hands on a 240 guy and just brute force laying on them and pulling on their limbs or bending their neck wouldnt be effective is greatly underestimating the strength of these men.

Bob Sapp showed that size and aggression can be exceptionally effecitve in beating one of the greatest Kickboxers of all time by pure force and then almost destroying the No.2 HW in the world in a MMA all styles event

We hate on Bob Sapp now because he destroyed his credibility but make no mistake there was no one getting in the ring with prime 380lb Sapp thinking this is a piece of cake.

Shaw is 6'8" and 420 thats 3 inches taller and 40 lbs heavier than Sapp at his biggest - to suggest this guy wouldnt fuck up alot of MMA HW's by pure aggression and strength is actually exceptionally short sighted and shows a lot of ifnorance towards the sport.

Pudz was a different story he was short and compact and wasnt 'that' much of a freak in size peaking at 320 lbs and 6 foot - Strongmen will always do worse in a striking match when you take away their biggest asset, strength in lion fucking the shit outta some one - sure they may only have 3 mins of gas and they arnt gonna beat everyone but to negate them as redundant is a redundant negligible statement
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If he rushes Struve or Overeem he's getting subbed
 
In an open weight situation guys like him would do OK, but I'd still pick elite HWs and LHWs to beat them.

Cardio, skill, movement & speed > strength
 
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