Has there ever been anyone that set a pace as crazy as Merab for 5 rounds?

[mkt]

Sean Sherk had insane cardio in his prime. Merab is on another level though.

Sean is also a lot bigger. It's apples and oranges to compare fighters who are several weight classes apart. Merab's cardio is insane, but I think it's only fair to compare him flyweight to featherweight fighters. He's the best of that group.

 

[John makfresshi]

Never, he’s the fucking best 135lber in the world!!! Silenced every critic, and really hard to see any bantamweight beating him this year

As loathe as I am to say this, I agree.

There's good cardio, and then there's inhuman levels of athletic performance.

If any gym has access to good 'vitamins', it's Serra's. Even Serra still looks like he's juiced to the fucking gills.

you have a 10 year old account, you can’t say shit like that

 

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Prime Dilly

 

[sdpdude9]

It’s inhuman. It’s such a weapon that he doesn’t even need to be a particularly good striker or grappler. He looked like he could go 10 more rounds easily.

 

[Nihongi]

Dillashaw kept a pretty good pace.

Funny that.

 

[BowserJr]

Maybe no one

Ones that come to mind
Sherk
TJ
Cain
Volk

 

[Söze Aldo]

It’s inhuman. It’s such a weapon that he doesn’t even need to be a particularly good striker or grappler. He looked like he could go 10 more rounds easily.

MMA is probably one the sports where good cardio is most advantageous.

 

[Usssssyyyy]

It's clearly not natural

Although in a big Merab fan there’s just no way he’s clean, that pace is inhuman

 

[taugrim]

Guys like Cruz and Dillashaw had legendary cardio. Frankie too.

But I've never seen anyone employ such a wrestling / pressure-oriented style and not slow down one iota through the end of the 5th.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Holy smokes, he just willed his way through Umar the further the fight went.

Guys fighting spirit and cardio are amazing.

UFC stats has him attempting 30 takedowns AND threw nearly 300 strikes. That's fucking crazy.

 

[MRT]

Holy smokes, he just willed his way through Umar the further the fight went.

Guys fighting spirit and cardio are amazing.

His pace and energy is indeed ridiculous and on another level. If only he could finish fights...

 

[wufabufa]

Demetrius Johnson.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Some may say Colby but Merab came and made Colby become Temu.
Age will only be his weakness, amazing cardio.

 

[TheMadHatter]

he is stealing kamaru usmans CEO title

 

[Lycandroid]

who is beating this guy ?

 

[pick999]

cain in his prime

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

His cardio is unreal. Idk how he keeps that pace up but hays off to him. You really gotta hurt him early

 

[RoyJonesJr]

Prime Cain at HW while also doing lots of damage


Obviously his pace is not as 100 percent matching Merabs, but he was a HW and was throwing bombs

 

[bjjwar]

Dude just spams takedowns and pins against the wall the whole fight, mediocre striker, mediocre grappler, terrible fighter, but insane cardio. Crazy how in 2024 you can have no skill, only cardio and be a champ in the biggest org in the world lol.

 

[RockyLockridge]

It’s inhuman. It’s such a weapon that he doesn’t even need to be a particularly good striker or grappler. He looked like he could go 10 more rounds easily.

I absolutely had to take merab as an underdog in this fight, there was just no way i could bet against a guy I've seen go championship rounds so many times and NEVER gets tired. If yan wasn't going to ko him and Pure striker like O'malley can't KO him No one can keep his pace. You have to put him away early. you wont have the energy to do it after round 3.