Is Merab the real cardio king of the UFC?

[Streeter]

That's my uncle Ricky, good guy.

Cool, I always forget his name for some reason.

 

[VinceArch]

Out of all the current fighters he definitely has to be among the top for certain. Him against a prime Sherk would be insane.

 

[Fight Professor]

Cain vs JDS 2 was the most impressive display of cardio I have ever seen. Cain attempted 33 takedowns while most of the fight was standing. He chained like 15 of them in a row in the middle of the fight and was still the fresher fighter.

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II - Junior Dos Santos v Cain Velasquez Fight Statistics

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II - Junior Dos Santos v Cain Velasquez Fight Statistics

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[Doughie99]

Takedowns and chain wrestling is pretty exhausting but this is a guy who was able to attempt litterally over 40 takedowns when he fought Yan. He's on the cusp of passing GSP for the all time UFC record for take downs landed, which he'll almost certainly pass in his first title defense.

Does anyone in the UFC have better cardio than him? Is this unprecedented stuff?

Strickland has to be up there.....but completely different fight style.

Usman cardio is also excellent.

And Rafael Dos Anjos also seemingly unending cardiovascular endurance. Hmm.

Weili Zhang should prob also get a mention here.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Takedowns and chain wrestling is pretty exhausting but this is a guy who was able to attempt litterally over 40 takedowns when he fought Yan. He's on the cusp of passing GSP for the all time UFC record for take downs landed, which he'll almost certainly pass in his first title defense.

Does anyone in the UFC have better cardio than him? Is this unprecedented stuff?

His cardio is good for wrestling.
But can you box at a crazy pace for an extended time?
Can he kick constantly for 25 minutes?

You can take a great cross country runner and put him in the wrestling match and he'd be cooked after 30 seconds.
You can take an endurance swimmer and put him in a tennis match and he'd be huffing and puffing after a few back and forths.

 

[HNIC215]

Nah, we’ve seen plenty of fighters over the years with insane cardio.

Cardio isn’t a rare trait exclusive to a handful of people.

There are millions of people around the world with incredible cardio.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

No. And you KNOW it.

They fight at totally different paces. And Belal’s gas tank doesn’t match up. It’s very good. But not the same. And that should be obvious. If you know watch you’re seeing.

He is also not a dwarf! Just Saying.
Our hearts do not follow the increase in body size and the lengthened blood vessels that long limbs with reach incurs on us Sherdoggers.
Therefore being short and Stocky is considered cheating when it comes to cardio but not when it comes to running!

 

[StonedLemur]

Cool, I always forget his name for some reason.

You can call him whatever you want sir, he'll respond to anything as long as someone says a name lol

 

[IronGolem007]

Yes by far without a question. His cardio is inhumane considering how explosive and hard he throws and shoots.

Volk and Holloway are tied for the second.

If Merab's actually did "throw hard," maybe he would have a few KOs ...

 

[WildShrimper]

It would seem so, the only way to stop this guy is to seriously hurt him, and even then he seems to recover if you don't outright kill him.

 

[Streeter]

You can call him whatever you want sir, he'll respond to anything as long as someone says a name lol

Well I would say his name if I could just remember it. Too much weed possibly at work here.

 

[JoeRowe]

Great cardio but he just lost a 5th round

 

[StonedLemur]

Well I would say his name if I could just remember it. Too much weed possibly at work here.

Damn, well we'll call him Malcom because its fun to say lol