Cormier Is def one of the p4p best. Had he started his career earlier he would've been a MW

[MescalineDreams]

He used to wrestle at 184 pounds I believe.

He definitely has the frame of a middleweight.

After a life time of wrestling, cutting weight, fluctuations In hormones and sub optimal dietary discipline..he probably lost the ability to make that weight over time.

But the reality Is that he's basically a blown up middleweight.

You could say the same for Fedor actually, another fighter with a very similar frame who could've made middleweight had he dropped body fat %

Had DC started his MMA career earlier In life, good chance we would've seen him as a middleweight. Which makes It all the more Impressive that he's captured titles at LHW and HW.

by definition, Cormier Is absolutely one of the p4p best of all time.

 

[BrockRefsner]

It sucks that the losses to crackhead jones will loom over him

But I hope that he can find solace in knowing Jones can’t test clean worth shit.
The only fight we know that he was clean for was against OSP and DC would have murked that jones

 

[MescalineDreams]

It sucks that the losses to crackhead jones will loom over him

But I hope that he can find solace in knowing Jones can’t test clean worth shit.
The only fight we know that he was clean for was against OSP and DC would have murked that jones

It is what It is. Jon Jones, steroids or not Is probably the biggest talent MMA has ever seen. Sadly, a good portion of fighters are still likely on the gear..regardless of USADA. As much as we may not like It, I feel It's something we will need to accept when It comes to high level athletes.

It's just the nature of sports.

That said, there's no shame In having Jon Jones as your only loss.

 

[chinarice]

It sucks that the losses to crackhead jones will loom over him

But I hope that he can find solace in knowing Jones can’t test clean worth shit.
The only fight we know that he was clean for was against OSP and DC would have murked that jones

How do we know he was clean for that one versus the ones he killed everyone and didn't pop? Lol

OSP is so underrated. Jones has yet to show he can easily dispatch fighters that are basically the same size as him.

 

[MescalineDreams]

truth

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJr]

I hate these arguments

Dc is not a middleweight. Just because you weighed a certain weight at some point doesnt mean thats your natural size.

Dc is 247lbs, hes a lhw at most, if not alegit hw.

250lb matt serra isnt a lightweight either

 

[Les Vejtibals]

DC wrestled in college at 184, but not since. So he would’ve had to start real early.

Just gotta accept that dad bods are the way of the future.

 

[linvillegorge]

Honestly, he probably could make MW if he really wanted to. He still carries a significant amount of body fat at LHW. The guy likes to eat.

He'll probably be 300+ pounds within a couple of years of retirement unless his media jobs force him to stay in some type of non-morbidly obese condition.

 

[fzoid4454]

He wrestled at 96 kg = 211+ lbs.

Middlewight. GTFO

 

[tenniswhiz]

I hate these arguments

Dc is not a middleweight. Just because you weighed a certain weight at some point doesnt mean thats your natural size.

Dc is 247lbs, hes a lhw at most, if not alegit hw.

250lb matt serra isnt a lightweight either

He could press the towel down even harder until the scale reads 185.

 

[Ruthless_swag]

He wrestled at 96 kg = 211+ lbs.

Middlewight. GTFO

this lmao. he was actually in shape back then. 211 quite lean and muscular. he is a beast.

 

[Shadowthrone]

Honestly, he probably could make MW if he really wanted to. He still carries a significant amount of body fat at LHW. The guy likes to eat.

He'll probably be 300+ pounds within a couple of years of retirement unless his media jobs force him to stay in some type of non-morbidly obese condition.

Yea he could cut an extra 20 pounds after looking like death at 205

 

[loisestrad]

The only fight we know that he was clean for was against OSP and DC would have murked that jones

Ehh? How do we know that? Cause it was his worst performance in the Octagon, so we assume that he was clean and was using all the other times? That's not "knowing", that's "assuming".

We might as well assume that DC is using, and most everyone, and state that as facts.

 

[linvillegorge]

Yea he could cut an extra 20 pounds after looking like death at 205

Like I said, he still carries a significant amount of body fat at LHW. It isn't due to his frame size, it's because he likes to eat.

 

[MescalineDreams]

I hate these arguments

Dc is not a middleweight. Just because you weighed a certain weight at some point doesnt mean thats your natural size.

Dc is 247lbs, hes a lhw at most, if not alegit hw.

250lb matt serra isnt a lightweight either

He has the frame of a middleweight.

If he got his body fat % down, he'd be a middleweight again. It's really that simple. But he's older, he's wrestled and cut weight for a long time, hormones are probably way different. He also likes to eat so that weight Isn't as easy to come off as It had been during his younger years.

But yes, he isn't as big as he is because of his frame. It's because he eats a lot of food and has a high body fat %.

 

[MescalineDreams]

this lmao. he was actually in shape back then. 211 quite lean and muscular. he is a beast.

He wrestled at 96 kg = 211+ lbs.

Middlewight. GTFO

? he wrestled at both.

His matches against Cael Sanderson were at 184 pounds.

 

[MescalineDreams]

Honestly, he probably could make MW if he really wanted to. He still carries a significant amount of body fat at LHW. The guy likes to eat.

He'll probably be 300+ pounds within a couple of years of retirement unless his media jobs force him to stay in some type of non-morbidly obese condition.

If he got on a real serious and disciplined diet, It's definitely possible.