How big is Adesanya for his weightclass?

[Human Bass]

Dude was literally 202 against Jan without worrying about diet or any cut. He is lanky, but weight wise a rather small MW.

 

[wwedanawhite]

Izzy isn't all that big for MW, what he is, is designed well for the sport, at least from a physically stand point. Long arms, athletic, long legs etc. He isn't very thick but he's decently muscular for a thinner guy. Didn't he weigh in fuck all for Jan also?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

He's tall, has reach. In terms of weight he's normal size at best.

 

[Mack McMarkles]

Too many people here think height and reach are a magical, no skill, unfair advantage.

Reality is the opposite. Most tall lanky athletes will struggle in MMA as they get bullied by stalky powerful grapplers and are given no room to use those aspects.

Cyrille Diabate had some of the best pure striking at LHW but because he did not have the other elite skills to keep the grapplers off him and he had to fear the td so much that he could not unleash his striking game, he was not elite or champ in MMA. His magical height and reach did not just gift him wins.

People like Jones, Anderson, Adesanya win because they have these massive high lever skills in the other areas of MMA that allow them to mostly neutralize the much more physically strong grapplers and keep space, and that is a elite skill. Keeping a top grappler from being able to control you is elite. And it is then and only then that the advantages of length and reach become a big advantage. Because just like a dominant grappler can bully someone like Cyrille if he cannot fend off the grappling, a dominant striker can then beat up grapplers if they cannot impose their grappling game.

 

[jenst]

Sherdog not knowing the difference between tall and big, episode 741098.

 

[campbecc]

He's small for MW he weighed in at 200 lbs against Jan. So that is his weight with no cut while in fighting shape and that is small for MW.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Has more height/reach than a lot of HWs and almost matches Jon Jones stats exactly. And Jon is known for towering LHWs…..


Jan set him straight though, using all MMA skills to beat Izzy. Hell, even out striking him doing so.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Made Yoel look small

haha can't even see Yoel under microscope conditions after that fight

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Average sized.

Thats why he will get ragdolled by wrestlers.

 

[sonofjay817]

The pick in his hair annoys me.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Made Yoel look small

Not really. Yoel is way thicker. I actually look at Yoel and think how is this guy making 185.

Yoel is just on the short side for his weight class while Israel is tall for his.

Yoel, Costa, Vettori, Rockhold, Canonier, Peirera are all bigger MWs.

 

[Luthien]

 

[fzoid4454]

"Tall", alone <> big.

 

[Wonderfight]

Pretty big, no way a middleweight should be 6’4 with an 80in reach

Look at welterwright Holland, there are no rules.

 

[NationWideNinja]

Mindboggling how many people in the world think height is the same as size. Someone could be 6'8 but still be light because most of his/her height comes from long lanky legs carrying a narrow frame.

Izzy is tall but has a very narrow build and hes all limbs. Hes obviously not a big guy when strictly talking about mass. Whittaker probably has a much heavier walkaround weight than him.

 

[Docrob2354]

I mean Alex is bigger

SO ask the proper question OP

You hand picked the shorted MW's to "prove a point"

he's tall, but hes not heavy

he fought Jan with a big weight disadvantage

He weighed in at 200 lbs for the LHW bout. So that is his non cutting weight, not big at all for a middleweight. He is very tall with a great reach.

 

[DOMMA]

He's 6'4" 185 lbs with over 80 inch reach. It's crazy that people argue for some reason that he isn't a big MW or that he barely cuts to make 185.
He's a huge MW.

1. He said himself many times, that he does not cut a lot of weight.
2. Being tall with long arms does not make you big - this guy is the same height and reach as Izzy:

 

[Prudlioto]

 

[ChimRichalds]

Too many people here think height and reach are a magical, no skill, unfair advantage.

Reality is the opposite. Most tall lanky athletes will struggle in MMA as they get bullied by stalky powerful grapplers and are given no room to use those aspects.

Cyrille Diabate had some of the best pure striking at LHW but because he did not have the other elite skills to keep the grapplers off him and he had to fear the td so much that he could not unleash his striking game, he was not elite or champ in MMA. His magical height and reach did not just gift him wins.

People like Jones, Anderson, Adesanya win because they have these massive high lever skills in the other areas of MMA that allow them to mostly neutralize the much more physically strong grapplers and keep space, and that is a elite skill. Keeping a top grappler from being able to control you is elite. And it is then and only then that the advantages of length and reach become a big advantage. Because just like a dominant grappler can bully someone like Cyrille if he cannot fend off the grappling, a dominant striker can then beat up grapplers if they cannot impose their grappling game.

Perfectly stated. It takes serious skill to be able to use those height/reach advantages.

 

[corrupted]

He's very tall. That's about it. Doesn't cut a huge amount. Came in under the 205 limit for the Jan fight. Alex is MUCH bigger