"Fedor was always at a size disadvantage" is the biggest myth in MMA

[MMAEXP3RT]

Fedor is 6' and always fought at around 230 pounds... sometimes several pounds lighter, sometimes several pounds heavier. The best way to do this is to have 3 categories:

Smaller: this is the category where Fedor was smaller than his opponent.
Same size: this is the category where there was minimal difference in height and no more than 10 pounds difference in weight (10 pounds in the heavyweight division is completely negligible).
Bigger: this is the category where Fedor was bigger than his opponent.

Let's take a look at the height and weight of his opponents:

Martin Lazarov: weight and height unknown, but if you watch videos of the fight it is obvious that Lazarov is at best the same size but in all likelihood smaller. But in the interest of fairness we'll classify this opponent as being the same size seeing there are no actual stats. Category: Same size.

Levon Laglivava: exactly the same scenario as Lazarov. Category: Same size.

Hiroya Takada: 5'10", 216 pounds. 2 inches shorter and 14 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Ricardo Arona: 5'11", 200 pounds. 1 inch shorter and 30 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Tsuyohsi Kosaka: 5'11, 225 pounds. 1 inch shorter and 5 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Mihail Apostolov: 6', 231 pounds. Same height and 1 pound heavier than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Kerry Schall: 6'2", 283 pounds. 2 inches taller and 53 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Renato Sobral: 6', 229 pounds. Same height and 1 pound lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Ryushi Yanagisawa: 6'3", 225 pounds. 3 inches taller, 5 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Lee Hasdell: 6'1", 220 pounds. 1 inch taller, 10 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Chris Haseman: 5'11", 217 pounds. 1 inch shorter, 13 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Semmy Schilt: 6'9", 295 pounds. 9 inches taller, 65 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Heath Herring: 6'4", 250 pounds. 4 inches taller, 20 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: 6'3", 227 pounds. 3 inches taller, 3 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Egidijus Valavicius: 6', 205 pounds. Same height, 25 pounds less than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Kazuyuki Fujita: 6', 240 pounds. Same height, 10 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Gary Goodridge: 6'3", 240 pounds. 2 inches taller, 10 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Yuji Nagata: 6', 224 pounds. Same height, 6 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Mark Coleman: 6'1", 224 pounds. Same height, 6 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Kevin Randleman: 5'10", 205 pounds. 2 inches shorter, 25 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Naoya Ogawa: 6'4", 250 pounds2 inches taller, 20 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Mirko Filipovic: 6'2", 225 pounds. 2 inches taller, 5 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Zulu: 6'5", 341 pounds. 5 inches taller, 111 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Mark Hunt: 5'10", 262 pounds. 2 inches shorter, 32 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Matt Lindland: 6', 212 pounds. Same height, 18 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Hong Man Choi: 7'1", 315 pounds. 13 inches taller, 85 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Tim Sylvia: 6'8", 263 pounds. 8 inches taller, 33 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Andrei Arlovski: 6'4", 237 pounds. 4 inches taller, 7 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Brett Rogers: 6'4", 264 pounds. 4 inches taller, 34 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Fabricio Werdum:6'3", 238 pounds. 3 inches taller, 8 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Antonio Silva: 6'4", 264 pounds. 4 inches taller and 34 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.

Dan Henderson: 5'11", 207 pounds. 1 inch shorter, 23 pounds lighter than Fedor. Category: Bigger.

Jeff Monson: 5'8", 237 pounds. 4 inches shorter, 7 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Satoshi Ishii: 5'11", 240 pounds. 1 inch shorter, 10 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Same size.

Pedro Rizzo: 6'1", 246 pounds. 1 inch taller, 16 pounds heavier than Fedor. Category: Smaller.


So here are the facts. Fedor fought a total of 35 opponents in his career. Of these 35 opponents, he was smaller than 13 of them, the same size as 15 of them and bigger than 7 of them. What this means is that throughout his career Fedor was either the same size or actually had a size advantage over a whopping 63% of his opponents.

Too often you see people try to purport the fallacy of Fedor being at a size disadvantage for the majority of his career. Well these facts prove that the truth is actually the complete opposite, and I challenge anyone to try to prove otherwise.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

So wrong. So wrong I'm not even gonna argue.

 

[phoenixikki]

Gotten to

 

[Peteyandjia]

Fedor was smaller than 13 of them, and bigger than 7 of them.

Looks like you just wasted your time.

 

[I Am Legion]

Well he got destroyed by Bigfoot so people blamed size. Got subbed by Werdum people said size. Got best by He do people blamed.....wait wut?

 

[Ken's Sideburns]

Jeff Monson's 7 extra lbs neutralizes his 4 inches disadvantage to same size? What the

 

[vizual]

Yeah but you don't take into account the amount of muscle mass. Fedor was always very flabby HW. So the muscle mass disadvantage is bigger than just the simple numbers you are using.

 

[Sano]

You against the world! Have fun.

 

[HorseGloves]

This is shameful, TS.

 

[MMAEXP3RT]

So wrong. So wrong I'm not even gonna argue.

Because you can't argue against my facts.

Looks like you just wasted your time.

Looks like you're missing 15 opponents.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Looks like you're missing 15 opponents.

The ones that are the "same size" shouldn't be factored in.

 

[MMAEXP3RT]

Yeah but you don't take into account the amount of muscle mass. Fedor was always very flabby HW. So the muscle mass disadvantage is bigger than just the simple numbers you are using.

This isn't a bodybuilding competition. Is Cain smaller than all his opponents due to body fat percentage? Stop reaching.

 

[TonyK]

He was a bit smaller than most, but people sometimes make it seem like all his matches were David vs Goliath situations lol

 

[MMAEXP3RT]

The ones that are the "same size" shouldn't be factored in.

Of course they should, if you're the same size as your opponent then you're not at a size disadvantage.

 

[PowermmA]

Fianlly someone with sense. Regardless of size, Jon Jones is the greatest.

 

[vizual]

This isn't a bodybuilding competition. Is Cain smaller than all his opponents due to body fat percentage? Stop reaching.

Check the Randleman vs Fedor fight. Fedor was 9 lbs heavier than Randleman but to say Fedor has the "size advantage" is reaching it my friend. Randleman was a ripped huge guy and is clearly not at a disadvantage. Numbers can be skewed.

 

[K1MMA]

I always find these Fedor haters like very sad individuals.

They all have Fedor in their sig and some also in their avatar, showing everybody they represent hate.

The hate is eating you, let it go, you'll feel better.

 

[bjjwar]

Well he got destroyed by Bigfoot so people blamed size. Got subbed by Werdum people said size. Got best by He do people blamed.....wait wut?

The thing is,he also beat guys like Hong Man Choi or Zulu who were bigger and shouldn't even count as fights.

Or that WW wrestler without any mma training with a 0-1 record lol

 

[Peteyandjia]

Of course they should, if you're the same size as your opponent then you're not at a size disadvantage.

That's like saying "BJ Penn didn't really have the balls to fight larger opponents, he only fought Lyoto Machida one time, and welterweight a few times." He still did it. And by your own count, Fedor was the smaller man a lot more than he was the larger man. So you basically proved your own theory wrong.

I mean, unless you are a Fedor hater, with a Fedor hating sig, and a self-proclaimed MMA exp3rt, who doesn't care what his own facts show. But that's not you, is it?

 

[sickboy_1]

Yeah but you don't take into account the amount of muscle mass. Fedor was always very flabby HW. So the muscle mass disadvantage is bigger than just the simple numbers you are using.

You too the words out of my mouth. The point being Fedor could easily have made 20 had he slimmed that puppy fat. You cant say that about too many of those he fought.