Guys that are too fat and unathletic for the UFC

[superpunch]

Look at this dork. 6'7" 285 lbs, 45" vertical, 19 years old. Clearly he's too fat to fight in the UFC.

GSP is legendary for his explosiveness during his prime before his ACL tears at 170 lbs. This guy is 120 lbs heavier and has the same vertical as GSP. He's a HW with GSP athleticism.

But the UFC's athletes are world class. He's clearly too fat to even be allowed to compete against the UFC's 40 year old A level athletes:

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

0/10

 

[Nip Tickler]

Why tf would vert matter in MMA lol

 

[Ken Oath]

-5/8

 

[Fergelmince]

Look at this dork. 6'7" 285 lbs, 45" vertical, 19 years old. Clearly he's too fat to fight in the UFC.

GSP is legendary for his explosiveness during his prime before his ACL tears at 170 lbs. This guy is 120 lbs heavier and has the same vertical as GSP. He's a HW with GSP athleticism.

But the UFC's athletes are world class. He's clearly too fat to even be allowed to compete against the UFC's 40 year old A level athletes:

He's too fat for his own fucking shoes lol

 

[Iron Nick]

Athleticism isn't everything in MMA - cleverness and the willingness to endure pain are way more important* and often cancel superior athleticism out.

EDIT: way more important in MMA than in Basketball

 

[Normot]

You know cutting 20lbs at that size isn't hard right?

 

[mb23100]

 

[TR1]

Nobody cares about your big black bull.

 

[JabToucher]

That fat ass needs to lose some fucking weight!!

 

[Sweater of AV]

Let's see how Zion reacts to getting punched in the fucking face before talking about athleticism.

 

[superpunch]

You know cutting 20lbs at that size isn't hard right?

He's 19. At 25 he could easily be an athletic 300-350 lbs. But that's the point: even at 19, he's too athletic for the UFC to allow him to compete unless he handicaps himself. There are athletes out there that make the 265 lb HW cap a joke.

 

[Sonny the hardy]

And why every super tall athletic guy should fight in ufc???

 

[mmacasualviewer]

Why doesn't every sport tailor the rules to only allow Aesthetic bodies to dominate. Every sport would generate billions in revenue.

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

He's too fat for his own fucking shoes lol

KO'd by his own lack of coordination, Javy Ayala KO's him on a bellator prelim within half a minute

 

[GSP(EE)]

I haven't been challenged this hard to find a point in a post in a long time.

 

[Ekim]

Zion would KO Stipe with 6 minutes of UFC training. Duh. But he gets paid a thousand times more to dunk a ball though a hoop. Not difficult to understand why true A level athletes don't waste their time with human cockfighting.

 

[Iron Nick]

He's 19. At 25 he could easily be an athletic 300-350 lbs. But that's the point: even at 19, he's too athletic for the UFC to allow him to compete unless he handicaps himself. There are athletes out there that make the 265 lb HW cap a joke.

He's got muscle for sure, but stop acting as if being that heavy at that height and with that frame alone makes you athletic. His vertical is elite, but that doesn't prevent him from being too heavy. Naturally having a huge body does.

 

[Bad Karate]

Wat?

 

[Iron Nick]

Zion would KO Stipe with 6 minutes of UFC training. Duh. But he gets paid a thousand times more to dunk a ball though a hoop. Not difficult to understand why true A level athletes don't waste their time with human cockfighting.

He wouldn't necessarily win against Stipe with 6 years of training, let alone knock him out. Good for him that he's found a sport where he's obviously very good at though. (While making tons of money)

 

[Sosua]

Imagine that vert in MMA!

So much vert!

He would vert the other guy so bad!

You got verted, son!