Media Does height matter?

[Geniusss]

I wanna know your opinion

And I'm gonna let you this video about fights with significant height difference where the shorter fighter won:

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

If you know how to use it. Like a jab ... or kicks like Jon Jones. Also, being taller helps when you need to cut height to make weight.

 

[Iron Nick]

As always: it depends

Yeah i know, annoying answer...

EDIT: In all seriousness though, it usually helps - BUT - if you're tall for your weightclass and know it, you might tend to rely on it too much, thus eliminating the advantage you could have.

 

[Fishmonger]

 

[TheJohnnyWalkerEra]

The best have been different shapes and sizes

One thing that height matters for is visibility in the eyes of females. If you're a manlet you're basically invisible and should just focus on your career

 

[Sila]

Ask Stefan Struve

 

[JohnnyAppleseed4Life]

Yes there is a reason why people like cejudo and rogan are not worthy of respect.

 

[grimballer]

Of course it matters

taller fighters have much more length n leverage

 

[Iron Nick]

Strange, i could've sworn the chad manlet didn't have blonde hair...

Spoiler

 

[TheJohnnyWalkerEra]

Ask Stefan Struve

loll at Herb not letting Hunt call the shots and end the fight

 

[Sila]

loll at Herb not letting Hunt call the shots and end the fight

Not surprising. Remember when he almost let Dollaway die?

 

[sweetviolenturg]

Styles make fights more so than physical statures do. At 5'8" 154lbs, I've been in with a lot of taller fighters that I beat easily & I've fought taller guys that frustrated the hell out of me. So, it all depends on each individual match-up.

 

[daltonames]

Totally depends. Look at Max vs Volkanoski. Little guys can be tricky cause they need to close that distance constantly.

 

[markys00]

in general yes, but its more about style than height tbh

 

[tramendous]

Ask Stefan Struve

Ya im sure if hunt was taller and had more reach, struve would do better.

 

[DivineMind]

Length and girth are more important

 

[BassAckwards]

it helps but it doesnt seal the deal. look at Jones and DC; DC beat plenty of guys that were taller than him but couldnt get the W against jones.

max holloway is another example; great fighter but lost to 5'6 Volkanovski that low kicked his way to to win

 

[Yung Goku]

I think it does, but you also have to know how to use it otherwise you end up being like a Struve. That said I always find it dumb when people bitch about fighters having height and reach advantages when it's an advantage like any other cardio, power, speed, chin, etc it's just more patently visible. It's all about making do with what you have.

 

[HP_Nut]

Not only does it matter a lot, but I propose that anyone who's only a little bit taller than 6 ft eg 6 ft 1 6 ft 2 needs to shave off their hair so we can see if they're truly over 6 ft tall, or if they're only over 6 ft tall due to having a lot of hair height. Plenty of 5 ft 10 dudes maxing out their hair height to convince themselves they're over 6 ft. If you're the avg Sherdogger then you have great hair genetics, so your hair will grow back to normal height within a couple days, just wear a hat when in public for those 2 days so as to not embarrass yourself

Edit: forgot the avg Sherdogger is 6 ft 4, 240 lbs, so the above doesn't really apply to avg Sherdogger

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Yes. Obviously. Unequivocally. How is that even a question?