Doumbe: "Most muscular guys have weak chins"!

[bjjwar]

In his post fight interview Doumbe said sth along the lines "Souvent les mecs costauds comme ça ont le menton faible", which basically means that most "muscular" guys (strong guys) have weak chins, he's seen it many times before, so he knew it was about to happen early in the fight.

I can think of Todd Duffee, Overeem, Marlon Moraes,...

It does seem that the Mark Hunt kinda chubby types of fighters have the best chins out there, but idk.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Hmm, I don't think being muscular could possibly result in having a bad chin. But perhaps... Being at a very low bodyfat percentage can?

 

[bjjwar]

Hmm, I don't think being muscular could possibly result in having a bad chin. But perhaps... Being at a very low bodyfat percentage can?

I'd also say body fat percentage being really low + weight cut could make the whole body/chin weaker. The fact that those type of fighters usually also gas quicker, could also make them being a bit "lazy" in their striking defense and more prone to get KO'ed.

 

[HHJ]

Overeem had the same chin when he was skinny. He has a weak chin because his head is relativley small compared to the rest of his body

 

[HHJ]

Big head = Epic chin
Small head = weaker chin

 

[Reach4theSky]

Big head = Epic chin
Small head = weaker chin

Generally true, but there are always outliers..

 

[Baal]

Generally true, but there are always outliers..

Poirier doesn't have a "great" chin

It's not bad, but far from great

A better example is Mousasi, who has a small head/narrow jaw and never got KOd despite fighting in 3 weight classes

 

[Mga223]

Overeem had the same chin when he was skinny. He has a weak chin because his head is relativley small compared to the rest of his body

This nearly got me lmao.

 

[HHJ]

Generally true, but there are always outliers..

 

[Reach4theSky]

Poirier doesn't have a "great" chin

It's not bad, but far from great

A better example is Mousasi, who has a small head/narrow jaw and never got KOd despite fighting in 3 weight classes

I can agree with that, I would say he has a good chin, not great, but good..

 

[HHJ]

This nearly got me lmao.

dude its a real pic LOOK

 

[Cucumber Slice]

You never know if a guy is going to have a great chin. Why does Condit have such a great chin and his head is normal? Mousasi has a great chin but a normal/small looking head.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Generally true, but there are always outliers..

 

[theleerygoose]

I don’t know about that. Overeems chin was shit before he juiced, then he started juicing and didn’t get KOd for years, until he tested positive before fighting bigfoot and had to stop juicing then proceeded to get KOd. I think a strong neck and big head help you absorb a punch. Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson had huge heads and lots of fat/muscle and they have GOAT tier chins. Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, and Max Holloway had legendary chins so it’s not always 1 for 1 with head size, genetics play a huge role.

 

[Cucumber Slice]

Yoel Romero is super muscular and has an excellent chin as well. Fighters can make dumb assumptions sometimes.

 

[theleerygoose]

Yoel Romero is super muscular and has an excellent chin as well. Fighters can make dumb assumptions sometimes.

Ngannou too, he’s took some bombs and was completely unfazed.

 

[Cucumber Slice]

Ngannou too, he’s took some bombs and was completely unfazed.

Yup. Great example

 

[Young Calf Kick]

Yoel Romero is super muscular and has an excellent chin as well. Fighters can make dumb assumptions sometimes.

Having your neck fused together probably helps too.

 

[Cucumber Slice]

Having your neck fused together probably helps too.

Probably lol. I wonder how much though. Probably only if you already have a good chin to begin with.

 

[HuskySamoan]

In his post fight interview Doumbe said sth along the lines "Souvent les mecs costauds comme ça ont le menton faible", which basically means that most "muscular" guys (strong guys) have weak chins, he's seen it many times before, so he knew it was about to happen early in the fight.

I can think of Todd Duffee, Overeem, Marlon Moraes,...

It does seem that the Mark Hunt kinda chubby types of fighters have the best chins out there, but idk.

Typically this goes against sound theory. For all the naive people who try to draw correlations without finding contradictions. Many, many muscular fighters have also had amazing chins. One theory is that thicker necks and more developed traps helps the body absorb the impact from strikes to the head that would lead to getting rocked or knocked out. There's a lot of factors for chin durability, definitely genetic components as well but being muscular doesn't make your chin weaker lol.