I remember the story told of Paul Anderson who was one of the strongest men ever who was already squatting 900 over pounds in training in the 1950s before anyone used steroids he was in an airport one day and someone trust his hand at him and challenged them to a game of thumb wrestling and Anderson absent nindedly pulled wth his thumb not even seriously and dislocated the guy's thumb. Imagine grappling with a guy who weighs like 400 pounds and who can drive a nail through 2 wooden boards with his thumb and even his grip alone can probably damage you!
Gunnar Nelson taps The Mountain twice
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Hafthor is having another exhibition soon too, I think may 28th.
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And Gunnar has wins over Jeff Monson in grappling.
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LMFAO
This dude who has never grappled in his life, was able to "rear naked" Dustin poirer(he even admits it)....Dustin couldn't even perform a side choke on shaw because of how big he is lol.....So yeah, pure size was enough to beat UFC LW championship material
Dustin wasn’t trying to win in that video. There’s a couple times he gets to halfguard and then let’s him pass back into side control. He was clearly just letting him work
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Conor is a very good grappler outside the realm of top mma fighters. He’s more than capable of doing the same
Halfthor is in the best shape of his life with all that boxing training recently.
He also moves remarkably well for a guy that size. Very high level of athletic ability.
People wrongly equate strongmen with a general big/strong gym-goer. Legit elite level strongmen are an entity different breed. While a high level grappler is still very likely to get the better of them even if they’re dramatically smaller, it would still be a pretty uncomfortable experience overall. You would expect a guy like halfthor to be able to pickup enough technique reasonably quickly to start giving guys Nelson’s size major problems before too long.
He also moves remarkably well for a guy that size. Very high level of athletic ability.
People wrongly equate strongmen with a general big/strong gym-goer. Legit elite level strongmen are an entity different breed. While a high level grappler is still very likely to get the better of them even if they’re dramatically smaller, it would still be a pretty uncomfortable experience overall. You would expect a guy like halfthor to be able to pickup enough technique reasonably quickly to start giving guys Nelson’s size major problems before too long.
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I think the mountain could literally rip Conor’s head off bud. His skull would be like a tennis ball in his hands.
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You can think that if you want... but anybody who trains has beaten way bigger untrained people in the gym easily, actually makes me sad how many of you don't know how effective BJJ is
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One of the most gruesome and unexpected things I've seen in cinema.
His hairline?
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This. His body fat is in the low teens probably, not sherdog level. Also he probably couldn't complete a triathlon like the average sherdogger
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I get the feeling that any time he wanted Hafthor could have easily picked up Gunnar and slam him repeatedly on his head...
This is not a case of “plenty of big muscular guys get submitted all the time at bjj class by skilled opponents” ... this is one of the strongest men alive, at a body weight of 350 or more, who could easily pick Gunner up anytime from most positions and slam him full force on ground / wall / knee / random solid object.
This is not a case of “plenty of big muscular guys get submitted all the time at bjj class by skilled opponents” ... this is one of the strongest men alive, at a body weight of 350 or more, who could easily pick Gunner up anytime from most positions and slam him full force on ground / wall / knee / random solid object.
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Mostly true, watch Sapp vs Hoost.
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It gets tougher when the big guy has even 3 or 6 months of training
Plus BJJ is the most effective for size disadvantages
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You're underestimating them if you think a gorilla is much stronger than the top strongmen. Most gorilla strength are stories from randos and more myth than actual scientifically documented feats. Actual documented feats aren't really anything more impressive than what these guys can do.
Anyone who says that an mma fighter can beat someone like thor in a fight should also be able to stand by believing an mma figher would defeat a biteless gorilla in a fight.
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lol the strongest strongman is like a 5 year old girl compared to a gorilla, even a flyweight chimp is way stronger than the strongest strongman. P4P humans are pathetically weak truth be told.
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Is Gunni retired?
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I don't grapple but was a competitive lifter
They say a good 20-30lb in quality size can close the gap on someone a belt higher in bjj
Not sure how true that is, as I have only grappled a few times in a local mma gym
I remember being told off for using my weight and not breathing properly
Tbf it was mostly beginners and blue belts,nobody was too good,bar one of the blue belts and the purple belt (now brown) who ran the class
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Nah, you could see The Mountain was going easy on him...he literally could have picked him up and slammed him. Was just being nice and respectful bc Gunnar is an expert grappler and nice person in general. That guy's too fucking big to play with. I think even DC would have a hard time grappling him
