How much can Cyborg bench press?

[STRAWBOSS]

i used to do reps on bench of 225. granted, i'm a fat-weak now lol but the body size required for that doesn't track with what Cyborg's got. i say 190, as the above commenter observed.

 

[Paradigm]

Baars beat her. Its a matter of time. When dang ol mark kerr came up- he was a beast- sport evolves and athletes improve to beat the best - WMMA is like 1997 MMA

Well...except in this case, they have the training techniques/nutrition/science/etc and examples of MMMA to draw from. Guys in 1997 didn't have that luxury.

 

[Gratis]

Taller, not bigger. Baars walks around at something like 150...

Yeah and you think that makes much of a difference to my point?

The fact is you used the fight against Baars as an example of Cyborg being beatable, but in reality losing to a 6 foot tall Amazonian kickboxing queen in a kickboxing match has fuck all to do with her competition in the UFC, now and in the future.

 

[aali14]

An Elephant

 

[peytonlucy]

I think we read once that ronda does about 160. I'm guessing Cyborg at about 200-215. She walks around at about 175, and has been roided, more wouldn't surprise me.

 

[IloveTHIS]

This conversation pisses me off. Its fun to guess how much she can bench because she has the muscles of a dude now thanks to steroids.

 

[Fire Belly]

Bench being such a technical lift and the fact that she likely doesn't train it much (or at least in a powerlifting capacity) I doubt she can do a crazy amount. 185-200?

With her musculature I'm guessing 225+ would be fairly easily attainable with a reasonable amount of dedicated training.

There are female powerlifters who have less muscles than her that can bench over 300. Random example, Jennifer Thompson (who competes at 63kg/about 140lbs) pause benching 325:


As you can see, technique and skill play a huuuuge factor.

Dope

that's actually pretty fucking cool.

Imagine being in your local gym and this average looking bird rocks up to the bench next to you and starts pressing that.

 

[hugemmafan22]

Cyborg isn't very big or muscular. She even has some flab in her midsection. She's not very cut, she's more a myth in the realm of Bo Jackson than real life accomplishments. She does have a big head and neck though.

 

[Readybodisready]

Based on her many wins against talented opponents?

Those many talented opponents who ducked her did so because of the reasons I mentioned, yes. Cyborg can compete with world class grapplers and world class strikers in their respective sports and perfectly blends all of her skills in MMA. You will never find another WMMA fighter like this. At best you'll get a jack of all trades or a woman with high level striking and average grappling or vice versa.

 

[Z28MARO]

She might be pushing teh 150. Not using chalk.

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

that's actually pretty fucking cool.

Imagine being in your local gym and this average looking bird rocks up to the bench next to you and starts pressing that.

 

[BigMuffler]

she's more a myth in the realm of Bo Jackson than real life accomplishments.

LOL!

 

[Sgt Smith]

1.5 Sherbros

Damn, that's 450 pounds.

 

[Gunny]

As you can see, technique and skill play a huuuuge factor.

Dope

That was impressive. I was fully expecting one of those contortionist back arches where her chest is 2 inches from the racked bar.

 

[bubby]

Those many talented opponents who ducked her did so because of the reasons I mentioned, yes. Cyborg can compete with world class grapplers and world class strikers in their respective sports and perfectly blends all of her skills in MMA. You will never find another WMMA fighter like this. At best you'll get a jack of all trades or a woman with high level striking and average grappling or vice versa.

Those fighters that ducked her by being 20 pounds lighter and fighting in different orgs?

 

[maxi diablo]

Probably 215 or 225.

 

[k4lm4h]

she has more test than he does. she's on gear, look at her man jaw. pathetic.

 

[Venom]

She walks around 170 I think. Probably can bench 225. I mean how can other women win when she is as strong as a guy basically.

Deadlift is a better measure of overall strength.

 

[k4lm4h]

Deadlift is a better measure of overall strength.

lol no

 

[legkicktko]

I'd guess 195 tops. People oversell her size because she's a women. If she were a man you'd think she was fairly slender

This. She hits hard for a girl, but think about guys in her weightclass.

Conor KO'ing Aldo, or even Aldo's power himself. There are levels to power.