Is Daniel Cormier an A level athlete?

Of course not. This is what an A-level athlete looks like, and Cormier is like 3x as manly, putting him firmly in the triple A category.

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Levi_ said:
A level athlete is undefined, it's a figment of the imagination of Sherdweebs that nuthug other American sports.

Beckam, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Djokovick, etc. are all undeniably elite, A level in their sport, some of the greatest athletes ever. But that doesn't mean they would do well in MMA, or any other particular sport.

Yes, an Olympian is undeniably A level; I don't know what the standard otherwise would be.


Really? Brock was nowhere near the level of wrestler, and nowhere near the level of MMA fighter, never was, never will be. DC was far more adept in MMA from the beginning; that would seem to indicate he was more athletically inclined.

NCAA champion is actually 100 miles below international top wrestler.​
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the UFC's full of NCAA champions, they're not anything special.

DC and Romero are the only wrestlers in MMA who've actually got to the pinnacle level. I guess pube head too.

Edit: Forgot Cejudo too. But who gives a fuck about midgets wrestling acumen.
 
Levi_ said:
A level athlete is undefined, it's a figment of the imagination of Sherdweebs that nuthug other American sports.

Beckam, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Djokovick, etc. are all undeniably elite, A level in their sport, some of the greatest athletes ever. But that doesn't mean they would do well in MMA, or any other particular sport.

Yes, an Olympian is undeniably A level; I don't know what the standard otherwise would be.
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this x1000.

A level athlete on sherdog = Super Saiyan Goku. can beat everyone in everything with 6 months training. is most likely over 6'5 and 300lbs of pure steroid muscle.

reality's A level athlete = people who were born with physical attributes that give them an innate advantage IN SPECIFIC SPORTS that have trained most of their lives in this sport.

what this means is, an A level athlete in basketball quite possibly will be a D level athlete in weight lifting.

an A level athlete in the NFL will most likely not be one in golf/baseball/basketball etc.,

now, this doesn't mean they're not athletic, it just means, the things that make you "elite" in one sport might not even matter at all in another sport.
 
lol @t Golf.
Golf = 90% skills.

@Levi_ oh stfu
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Brock Lesnar never made it to the olympics, cuz his technique was/is trash. He he achieved everything in wrestling through pure athleticism.

Technique != athleticism

and lol @shit MMA career. Brock Lesnar never took this sport seriously and fought against killers from the beginning. He didnt even want to get head blows in his training camp.

Brock would eat him alive (pure wrestling match.)

Kurt Angle is 100x the athlete and wrestler DC ever was and even he said, that his match against Brock was close.

YES! Brock Lesnar is much more athletic than DC and that has nothing to do with muscles. I cant fix low iq. A mod once said that MMA fans get insecure as soon as it comes to money and athleticism .. he was/is probably right :D
 
bad_k said:
You obviously didn't read my post carefully enough. Nobody has said a thing about being more athletic will make you a WORSE fighter, said no one ever.

Those NFL guys you've listed proved my point that just because you are at the 99th percentile in athleticism it doesn't make you a world class fighter. Each and every single one of those NFL guys has been defeated in the UFC.
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Do you understand the difference between the statement "being an elite athlete automatically makes you a world-class fighter" and "being an elite athlete is a big advantage, and far more likely to make you a world-class fighter"?

You're responding to the first statement, which absolutely no one made.
 
ILoveALLsports said:
lol @t Golf.
Golf = 90% skills.

@Levi_ oh stfu
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Brock Lesnar never made it to the olympics, cuz his technique was/is trash. He he achieved everything in wrestling through pure athleticism.

Technique != athleticism

and lol @shit MMA career. Brock Lesnar never took this sport seriously and fought against killers from the beginning. He didnt even want to get head blows in his training camp.

Brock would eat him alive (pure wrestling match.)

Kurt Angle is 100x the athlete and wrestler DC ever was and even he said, that his match against Brock was close.

YES! Brock Lesnar is much more athletic than DC and that has nothing to do with muscles. I cant fix low iq. A mod once said that MMA fans get insecure as soon as it comes to money and athleticism .. he was/is probably right :D
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Brock and Kurts match was close?
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ILoveALLsports said:
lol @t Golf.
Golf = 90% skills.

@Levi_ oh stfu
<36>

Brock Lesnar never made it to the olympics, cuz his technique was/is trash. He he achieved everything in wrestling through pure athleticism.

Technique != athleticism

and lol @shit MMA career. Brock Lesnar never took this sport seriously and fought against killers from the beginning. He didnt even want to get head blows in his training camp.

Brock would eat him alive (pure wrestling match.)

Kurt Angle is 100x the athlete and wrestler DC ever was and even he said, that his match against Brock was close.

YES! Brock Lesnar is much more athletic than DC and that has nothing to do with muscles. I cant fix low iq. A mod once said that MMA fans get insecure as soon as it comes to money and athleticism .. he was/is probably right :D
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Shoulda, woulda, coulda, that's a real intelligent and convincing way to argue. Everything is a hypothetical, actual results don't matter. You can convince yourself that ANYTHING is true that way, support any narrative you want to.

Accomplishments actually matter- trying to make up what shoulda woulda coulda happened is irrelevant and silly.

One thing you say is true- you can't fix low IQ; you clearly have had to live with it your whole life. That would explain your juvenile disposition also- they call low IQ a "developmental disability" for a reason; you never developed past the age of 12.
 
A level athlete when he was in his prime

he is fat now, but enough to beat a bunch of D level athletes in HW division
 
Destino2018 said:
Everyone always rags on the HW division saying that they are all mediocre athletes that have knockout power to spare. Would DC qualify as being D level athlete?
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Seeing as how he outworks, rag-dolls and KOs those other heavyweights, who he often is giving away weight to, why would that make him below them in terms of athleticism?
 
PolarBearPaulVarelans said:
Do you understand the difference between the statement "being an elite athlete automatically makes you a world-class fighter" and "being an elite athlete is a big advantage, and far more likely to make you a world-class fighter"?

You're responding to the first statement, which absolutely no one made.
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all of the NFL athletes who transitioned to UFC didn't do well

Many wrestlers and BJJ practitioners has done well transitioning

Let this sink in
 
rjmbrd said:
DC is an A level athlete that is now over the hill. The skill level and overall athleticism in the heavyweight division is so atrociously low, that he can still run roughshod over them.

If DC had an equal skill set at 30 years old - training MMA throughout his 20's - he would absolutely smash the guy he is today.

Jon Jones has two brothers, and both of them are multi-year starters in the NFL. That is without any room for argument, elite genetics. He is an elite athlete. Since he's still in his physical prime, cheating aside, he beat Cormier to sleep.

When someone with elite athletic ability trips and falls into MMA, we call them the greatest of all time. In other sports, guys with that level of athleticism fill the entire ranks.

If the base pay went up in MMA, we would attract heavyweights of an appropriate age, background and athletic ability. We crown 8 new Division I All American heavyweights every single year - where are they?

Teaching high school gym for 45k/year plus benefits, because that is a more reasonable risk -vs- reward than getting 10k show money to get your head punched in.

If the base pay went up, the pool would get deeper literally overnight.
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the reality is that MMA had A level athletes just like other sports before usada ex Ubereem. In every other sport drug testing is a joke, thayre all on gear.
 
bad_k said:
all of the NFL athletes who transitioned to UFC didn't do well
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This is wrong, though.

Despite starting MMA at 30, Matt Mitrione has had considerable success in both the UFC and Bellator, including knocking out Derrick Lewis in all of 41 seconds, and knocking out a Fedor Emelianeko that wasn't quite as washed-up as people thought back then.

Eryk Anders, despite starting MMA at 25, is a very intriguing prospect and borderline top 10 light heavyweight who arguably beat MMA legend Lyoto Machida.

Even Brendan Schaub, who started MMA at 24 and was a very middling football player, had a respectable 6-5 record within the UFC (4-0 outside it) and a knockout victory over MMA legend Crocop.

Now, can you imagine if any of these guys had started training a martial art at, say, 15 years old?

THAT is what we mean about better athletes getting into MMA.
 
Sherdog homosexuality teaches athleticism is based on body type alone, while American culture teaches that athleticism is based on how much football and basketball you play.

So on those life-changing factors based on the "fatass that never left the couch and never had an understanding of athletics" popular among Sherdog posters... he's an F level athlete.
 
I heard he ran a 4.5 in hs was recruited to play lb at LSU.
I also read he struggles to bench a lil over 225 for a few reps.

Which means nothing, I’d put him at A level athlete. Dudes explosive as hell, and strong as an ox, in spite of not having a strong bench or what not.

Weight room strength isnt indicative of athleticism much at all, imo.
 
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