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

[Tweak896]

tony??? delete this, you could have atleast said frankie edgar or colby or something

I did bring up Edgar before

 

[El Fernas]

Clay Guida, DJ, FLW Cejudo.

 

[Rapa]

He does zero damage so he expends minimal energy.

You’d have to accumulate like a dozen flush Merab punches to equal the power of an average jab

Imagine how bad is umars chin if he got rocked bad by merabs punch

 

[OmegaRugal]

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.

To be fair Serra is retired and has admitted to being on TRT at least post retirement.

 

[mkt]

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.

I was going to say the same. The 3 guys you mentioned all had that elusive, fancy footwork and ability to stick & move for 5 rounds. And they could wrestle pretty well (at least Frankie & Cruz, don't remember about Dillashaw). But they didn't have the pressure game and wrestling of Merab.

Prime Edgar and prime Aldo at BW would be interesting match-ups for Merab. Edgar managed to outwrestle Gray Maynard in their last fight and Aldo has legendary TDD...even an old version did pretty well vs. Merab. Edgar fought and beat Urijah Faber at BW and didn't seem to have any issues with making weight.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

To be fair Serra is retired and has admitted to being on TRT at least post retirement.

There's nothing wrong with being on TRT when you're middle aged. That's what it's for.