Chael will be the first 240lb light heavyweight fighter

[Beastman09]

LOL..is this thread serious?


6'1 240lbs LEAN(sub 10%), is HUUUGE. Chael in no way is 240lbs.

 

[Ditz**]

Okay, you cannot be loaded up with "TRT" or inject "TRT" into yourself. "TRT" is short for testosterone replacement therapy. It's for people with naturally lower levels of testosterone. Chael Sonnen actually has a disease called hypogonadism, and he has to undergo this therapy just to survive. So yes, tell me how Chael Sonnen has an unfair advantage over a man with who is a weight class bigger and owns the longest reach in UFC history again?

So you are saying that sonnen is dying because of his small testicles? interdesting

 

[TruckHarder]

LOL..is this thread serious?


6'1 240lbs LEAN(sub 10%), is HUUUGE. Chael in no way is 240lbs.

We have numerous evidence of Chael walking around 230lb during his MIDDLEWEIGHT reign. He had to cut about 15lb of muscle in his training camp to make a weight he could water cut from down to 185lb. It's surprising people don't think he can add another 10lb of muscle and drop to 205lb without much problem.

Chael is one of the best weight cutters in the UFC today.

 

[ProBingoPlr***]

that's terrible logic.

You can't decide someone sucks COMPARED to the best fighters in the division...

Going by that logic, virtually every fighter in mma sucks... compared to anderson/gsp/jones

but as an mma fighter in general, Chael Sonnen is great and has had a great career, especially post sports-psychologist where he dominated okami (something prime rich franklin couldn't do)

and dominated nate marquardt. and dominated anderson for 4.5 rounds

I was responding to someone who compared Sonnen to Fedor. The person in question admired Sonnen for moving up to LHW, and compared him to Fedor for being the smaller fighter in the weight class now.

 

[TruckHarder]

that's terrible logic.

You can't decide someone sucks COMPARED to the best fighters in the division...

Going by that logic, virtually every fighter in mma sucks... compared to anderson/gsp/jones

but as an mma fighter in general, Chael Sonnen is great and has had a great career, especially post sports-psychologist where he dominated okami (something prime rich franklin couldn't do)

and dominated nate marquardt. and dominated anderson for 4.5 rounds

To be fair though I think the biggest thing Chael did was correct his testosterone issue. It may have been a lot lower than he realized (for whatever reason) and going on TRT allowed his body to reach the potential it had.

Sports psychologist or just the fact he is stronger than his competitors with better wrestling technique....

 

[s1fys]

The video is fake, but gaining 45lbs of _weight_ after a weigh in isn't. Water alone, maybe. You must remember a fighter empties his stomach for a weigh in, so after rehydrating and eating 45lb for a serious weight cutter is within realm.

Like I said though, Chael will be the first legit 240lb fighter to make light heavy weight. He has made the same deep water cut for middleweight, this time he doesn't have to cut muscle in the fight camp. Could be the best Chael we have seen.

Below is 4.5 pound so steak, and steaks are denser than foods like bread or vegetables.

Unless the fighter cuts 30+ pounds of water, it's quite unlikely that he will eat so much before a fight...

 

[Halge]

*sigh*

TRT is probably the most overused word on here.

It's three words.

 

[dinosaur]

answer is easy no
chael loses to whatever jones wants to do

 

[Trollinator]

Below is 4.5 pound so steak, and steaks are denser than foods like bread or vegetables.

Unless the fighter cuts 30+ pounds of water, it's quite unlikely that he will eat so much before a fight...

The guy you quoted has no idea. Food only makes up a very small component of weight following a cut. It is virtually all water.

 

[Trollinator]

You can cut between 0.1 - 0.13lb per lb of mass or around 0.05lb per lb of lean body mass.

At 240lb and 8% bf you wouldnt hit 205lb. The body would only likely hit around 210 and that would be rough. Id say chael is around 12% bf and will be around 225-230 at 8% by the time he cuts water.

 

[Akira Yuki]

After the fight, Jones is moving up to HW to fight smaller guys.

 

[Idonotbelieveit]

sonnen won't be 240lb on fight night.

 

[Alexandergreat3]

You would be wrong. Rampage and Tito came in around 220lb to 225lb. There is a reason the old heavyweight limit is around 235lb, most heavyweights couldn't cut to the lower division.

Chael, TRT and his nutritionist are the reasons Chael can cut from 240lb to fight Jones.

http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Mike-Dolce-Chael-Sonnen-is-240-lb-and-ripped.html

When I read your thread title, I immediately knew this was a shameless plug by a shill (december 2012 join date) for that snake oil salesman, Dolce...

I have seen pro bodybuilders with more lean muscle mass and less fat than this, and they would have to cut their fucking legs off to make 205 from 240lbs...

Here is a reference: Arnold at 6'2 240lbs:

Please GTFO with this "Dolce Diet" bullshit...

 

[atl2006]

Only a few months ago all of Sherdog believed Jones was the biggest LWH in history and he nearly cuts 50 pounds because he's scared to fight at HW.

Times have changed I see

 

[RearNakedCh0ke]

I dont trust Dolche, its about his income so he probably putting some extra lbs on so he will get some more costumers...

 

[Brazil_Phenom]

Lol Chael gassed trying to take down silva in the 2nd sounds like a first round gas this time...that is if he survives long enough to gas

 

[MontrealMauler]

Chael used to gas at 185. Unless they put him on EPO replacement therapy, he's going to look really bad halfway through the second round and Jones will finish in the second half of the fight for that reason alone.

 

[TruckHarder]

Chael used to gas at 185. Unless they put him on EPO replacement therapy, he's going to look really bad halfway through the second round and Jones will finish in the second half of the fight for that reason alone.

When did he gas in the first silva fight? The problem with being on TRT is that you keep growing as you age, more muscle, more bone, etc. I think Chael found the weight cut way too difficult and this was stopping him from performing.

I think we will see the biggest and best performing Chael against Jones. I'm not sure if that's enough to beat him but it's interesting.

 

[Kleistra**]

The problem with being on TRT is that you keep growing as you age, more muscle, more bone, etc.

Uhm, isn't TRT just a way of bringing your levels on par with the average male fighter of the same age?

 

[DrHouse]

Uhm, isn't TRT just a way of bringing your levels on par with the average male fighter of the same age?

Yeah, and Marijuana is just a way of treating glaucoma......