How far could Bob Sapp have gone?

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Bob had so many natural advantages, but his heart wasn't really in it.

-6'5 with 7'0 reach.
-330lbs lean.
-surprising athleticism for his size.
-iron chin (a lot of people don't realise this because of how often he gets """knocked out""", but Bob ate heavy shots like they were nothing when he actually tried. Him giving up is mostly due to unwillingness to take injury rather than inability.)

With 6-12 months of experience and minimal technique he beat Ernesto Hoost twice and nearly killed Nogueira.

What could he have accomplished if he'd actually stuck with it and evolved from being completely one-dimensional? Obviously assuming drug testing remained out of the picture.
 
Bob was weird fighter with an even weirder career. Your right when you say his heart wasnt it and he did almost kill Big Nog. Could maybe have been unstoppable if he was more mentally stable.
 
Sure Bob could have been great with the right training from birth, just like any guy with the same size. Instead he kinda sucked.
 
hed have been a title contender to fedors belt.

he only did it for a side gig tho. he got paid good money to go in and just fight with no technique. cant blame him - it was easy money
 
I think he'd be a really good fighter! Maybe not an elite one, but really good.
 
I think, for the most part, he'd continue losing to guys who had a good combination of size and skill.

His record would've been fairly middling instead of the train-wreck it is now.
 
Maybe drop 60 pounds and he could have be a respectable fighter
 
Can't really get many fights at 330lbs, and dropping enough weight to fight in the US at HW would have given away his only real advantage and he'd get his ass whooped.
 
Pretty sure that Sapp could run for President of Japan if he wanted.
 
Sapp had no skills in MMA.Roiding was his only skill.When you do so much juice your arms are the size of tree trunks all he had to do is swing his arms around and hope it lands.He was horrible besides that.
 
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