Has any fighter ever actually gotten taller?

[KingKali]

That woudl explain how he used to make 205.

As a side conversation, weight cutting can't be good for your growth. I speculate that's why so many wrestlers are manlets. I wrestled in high school. Kids didn't know how to diet. So, instead of dieting responsibly, they simply starved themselves like an anorexic to make weight in addition to the dehyrdation before weigh ins. Only the starvation was all the time instead of just 1 day a month or so.

Kids would eat like 500 calories a day doing a brutally cardio intensive sport during their growth spurts. No way that didn't stunt a lot of kids' growth.

Yep we used to eat and throw it up to make weight....poor fucking bulimic kids

 

[Wolfbrigade]

Leon Edwards, look into it.

 

[Mangar]

If you stay in space for a few weeks you'll grow about a half inch or so. Maybe you could try that. Of course that comes with a bunch of other side effects and you'll lose your gains as soon as you come home again.

 

[Xoleth]

Max? He was only a child when he fought Conor

Nate? He was 6 feet and when he fought Conor he went 18 feet.

Mousasi? Schaub said something about him that "it got bigger and bigger and was the biggest he has ever seen" I wasn't paying much attention, but he was talking about his height, right?

Erick Silva for sure

And he keeps growing, man.
He should stop when he is 21 years old.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

literally every fighter has gained height, it's why it's called growing up.

 

[Oldman1]

I'm not talking about Anderson Silva going from 5'11 to 6'2. Someone like an 18 year old Vitor could have actually gotten taller over his career. Dennis Rodman grew like a foot around that age. Has anyone ever ACTUALLY gotten taller?

Probably most of them due to the hgh usage

 

[Daniel_LaRusso]

Struve was only 20/21 when he first fought in the UFC. He may have gained an inch or 2 since.

 

[Woodstock99]

Reem left the octagon a couple inches taller

and to think that people say Ngannou is an uncoordinated striker, it was Overeem that looked ridiculous lol.

 

[Stixx]

Nate used to only cut down from 6'4" earlier in his career but he bulked up to 6'8" for his fight with Conor.

Are you stupid?! He was at least 8’3” vs Connar.

 

[ImmigrantMentality]

and to think that people say Ngannou is an uncoordinated striker, it was Overeem that looked ridiculous lol.

His actual punch technique is pretty bad but he has a great sense of distance and timing even with limited training.

 

[Woodstock99]

Are you stupid?! He was at least 8’3” vs Connar.

sounds about right

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

*every fighter that has fought in Japan and come to the US...