How'd Rumble KO Glover so easily?

[AfroBanana]

Glover took beatings against everyone.

Just look at how much he absorbed from Jones, Gus, Jiri and Jamal. It took so much for Gus to get the TKO. Rumble was just leagues above these guys with power and explosiveness.

 

[Marko Polo]

On top of Rumble having living death power, that was also perfect timing and placement. Glover ducked into that uppercut and never saw it coming. Plus if I remember correctly, Glover was somewhat overconfident coming into that fight, and publicly stated he saw holes in Rumble's game, and started the fight too aggressively

Rumble had insane power, but I remember a training partner of his saying he accidentally used to knock people out in sparring all the time, just because of the choices he made and the stuff he threw

 

[chimpoehurricane]

Glover can take a beating. I know he rolls more to avoid damage, but Hill landed some huge shots and had him cut up. I don't buy that a man can take more damage as he ages. Was Rumble just that much of a beast?

Rumble hits people dead.

 

[IvanDrago2.0]

Rumble would easily be the lhw champion if he were alive and well

 

[RemyR]

Rumble hits really, really fucking hard.

Shouldn't be rocket science, dude was KOing guys left and right. He was a walking CTE machine.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Rumble hit hard as shit. That's how lol. RIP the big man

 

[DudeBroMMA]

Poor Rumble and Gus were around during the Jones/Cormier era's.

 

[Muay Thai #1]

Rumble was probably the hardest pound for pound puncher in the sport. Him or Ngannou

 

[Brit_Brawler]

Hill is nowhere near as powerful. He is more slick and diverse striking though

 

[Poirierfan]

if any one human in MMA has/had Dim Mak, it was Rumble. guy just slumped people left and right

Wth is a dim mak?

 

[mkt]

And a prime Glover at that. Glover is now 43 and well past his prime, but managed to fight for 10 rounds against two dangerous 30-year old KO artists at the top of the LHW division...without getting KO'd (Jiri submitted him in the 5th round). Besides Rumble the only others to KO Glover were Gustaffson in the 5th round and his very first opponent in the 2nd round (of course hard to judge anyone's first few fights or know how well prepared they were, especially in 2002).

But 13 seconds? Rumble was a beast!

 

[mkt]

Poor Rumble and Gus were around during the Jones/Cormier era's.

And for that matter, so was a younger Glover along with Bader and Davis. All of those guys in their prime years would've done better in the current division.

 

[dominion]

What people are saying about rumble is true but also Glover just recently learned how to roll with the punches. Not only did he not roll with rumble's shovel, which is arguably the most power generating punch, his head didn't not move back from the impact at all. So he absorbed the full impact of that blast.

Rolling makes a huge difference. The Glover of today would beat the young Glover and probably rumble as well.

 

[Phisher]

On top of Rumble having living death power, that was also perfect timing and placement. Glover ducked into that uppercut and never saw it coming. Plus if I remember correctly, Glover was somewhat overconfident coming into that fight, and publicly stated he saw holes in Rumble's game, and started the fight too aggressively

LOL I remember when Bader was talking all of that shit about Rumble being "mentally weak" going into their fight, and then he started panic wrestling at the opening bell before getting blasted unconscious.

Rumble was great.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Rumble had some of the heaviest hands I've ever seen, that's how.

Lots of guys hit hard, but Rumble was just on another level.

 

[mkt]

The Glover of today would beat the young Glover and probably rumble as well.

Completely laughable. Prime Rumble still finishes 43-year old super-slow Glover in R1. Deal with it.

 

[Uncommon Valor]

Shows you how hard he hits.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Glover took beatings against everyone.

Just look at how much he absorbed from Jones, Gus, Jiri and Jamal. It took so much for Gus to get the TKO. Rumble was just leagues above these guys with power and explosiveness.

Rumble basically brought the kind of power we normally see at HW to LHW.

I think the Gus fight really showed it up, Gus normally could depend on "seeing the punches coming" and take whatever was thrown at him but Rumble was just too much.

 

[spooNN]

Same way Manheof KOed Hunt, Strufe KOed Miocic, Hendo KOed Fedoe etc. Sometimes a punch lands in the perfect spot. Regardless, Rumble just had some nasty power once he moved up.

 

[RainyMonday]

Anyone can be KO'd by the right shot. In truth, "chin" is a tremendously overrated attribute.