List of surprisingly physically strong fighters

[PeterGriffin]

There's been lots of MW's and LHW's that have said GSP was very strong... Chael, Bisping, Evans, and Stann have all commented on his strength. I believe (I could be wrong though) there was an interview where Jones said he was pretty strong too.

 

[mmacasualviewer]

there's strong and then there's Brendon Schaub strong

That's Castro Bay strong.

 

[brian]

Cormier is #1 on this list, looks like some random fat guy & yet he ragdolls hw's.

 

[BBMN]

Ilir Latifi - There is no surprise there....

Any guy that has massive lats and shoulders is almost always strong as hell.

 

[Sansnom]

Mark Hunt.

Overeem has said Hunt is by far the strongest guy he's ever fought and when he fought Hunt he was already on the horse meat.

and then there's the fact that Mark Hunt beat Bob Sapp pretty easily in a tug of war match

Ngannou also said that when he was fighting Overeem, Overeem tried to hold him against the fence and he was thinking "Really, that's all the strength you got?" or something along those lines.

Of course he was passed his prime, but not sure what to make of that.

 

[Enigma87]

jon jones is skinny, but reportedly super strong
chael said "a hell of a lot stronger then dc"

Dat roid strength

 

[BoD 2.0]

Rory MacDonald. Look what he was able to do to a guy as big as Nate Diaz!

 

[smiles mma]

I thought this one going to be like Jon Jones, zabit and other string bean looking mother fucker that are super strong. Gsp when he first was getting his title run they were talking about how he's lhw strong. Ts decided to go with guys that are known to be strong and look the part like rampage and latifi.

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/John-Schulz-79653 was super strong, first person I rolled with that was smaller than me that I felt 100% helpless against lol

 

[D'z]

Hate 'em, but Jon Jones taking down Cormier I never thought was possible.

Come to think about it, any tall skinny fighter that turns out to be as strong or stronger than their opponent....i.e. Nick, Nate, A. Silva, Struve, Gus, James Vick, Joanna, etc.

 

[Hauptstoss]

There is nothing surprising about Cro Cop being strong. Look at the size of his legs. He is/was an absolute monster. 6'2 235

 

[Phisher]

I think Jon's strength comes from his abnormal leverage.

I've heard plenty of guys who've trained with him like Rashad and Travis Browne say that his hand grip strength is insane.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Ngannou also said that when he was fighting Overeem, Overeem tried to hold him against the fence and he was thinking "Really, that's all the strength you got?" or something along those lines.

Of course he was passed his prime, but not sure what to make of that.

that Overeem isn't on the horse meat anymore? like i said, he said Mark Hunt was the strongest he ever fought and he fought Mark Hunt when he was already beginning his ascent to Ubereem. he also fought CroCop too at that time.

if you watch the Mark Hunt fight, Hunt actually ragdolls Overeem to the ground like nothing. nobody has done that to Overeem.

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Jim Miller



Tamdan McCrory

That fucking catback on the second vid. No wonder fighters get injured all the time

 

[Houdini]

Phil Brooks they say he has strong heart and work ethic.

 

[Moral Victory]

I've heard plenty of guys who've trained with him like Rashad and Travis Browne say that his hand grip strength is insane.

Big hands, long fingers can get a good grip too i suppose.

 

[michi972]

Not guys like Pudzianowski, Ngannou, Brock etc, we all know they're very strong.
But people who are not necessarily associated with being extraordinarily strong.

From what i've heard:

Cro Cop - apparently very strong, several fighters have talked about this through first hand experience.

Rumble - aside from his monster power, he was told when he was younger that he was very strong, especially extreme grip strength.

Tim Elliot - apparently deceptively strong.

Dan Henderson - according to Rogan "hard as wood", posessing that mystical "old man strength", and i suppose his power has something to do with that somehow, because he's not very explosive.

Alexey Oleynik - Heard that he has extreme grip strength and all that general crackle pop submission strength.

Ilir Latifi - obviously a very strong guy but according to DC one of the strongest he has ever felt.

Rampage - obviously not a weak guy but dang he could slam people left and right with little effort.

(squeezing in an honorable mention here, pardon the pun)
Demian Maia - surprising squeeze strength, but of course all the skill to go with it.

( and just a little mention)
Arnold Allen - from a family competing in strongman but i haven't heard anything about some extraordinary strength.

(Please do feel free to add the sources of these statements as i don't remember them all.)

How is Latifi SURPRISINGLY strong?He is very short for a 205er and he is muscled

 

[Moral Victory]

How is Latifi SURPRISINGLY strong?He is very short for a 205er and he is muscled

I wrote that he's obviously very strong, but he is even stronger than he looks, apparently.

 

[Oblivian]

If I told people to estimate Tamden McRory's deadlift, I'm sure they wouldn't guess it was around 550 lbs.

 

[Goon Dog]

I got to roll with Randy Couture back in the day at an event. I think it was at Ryan Hoover's gym in Gastonia. I was shocked how strong he was. And I mean all over - standing, based out, even his fucking neck lol. I'm a pretty big guy and he absolutely mauled me.

 

[kflo]

the "who can't you tell is on steroids by looking at them but is on steroids" thread....