Overeem etc... Why the Dutch are the Dutch

[Grijswaarde]

On sherdog you never can tell. So why even spend the time to write this thread, has the overeem horse meat not been played out 100 times already? Maybe you were just bored and thought it would be funny? Well, it didn't really work out like that

To me it did, so it's all good. Lol.

 

[Milkcow]

Maybe it has something to do with legal marijuana too.

 

[knight of mma]

You might have noticed that somehow most relevant Dutch fighters are heavyweights. The Dutch have been described by the Romans as giants. The Dutch have formed the elite guard of the pope in the middle ages and the Dutch have the longest average height in the world. All in all, the Netherlands house a lot of huge fighters like Overeem, Schilt, Struve etc.

Why?

the answer is genetics, customs and nutrition.

Genetics is a thing that one cannot change. It is just there. The Dutch have evolved on flat, open lands and therefore being tall meant a better view. Just like the Masai in Kenya who live in open spaces. On the other hand, races that live on mountains tend to be stocky and small (like the French).

Riding a bike is the second thing. In Holland, no matter if you own a Rolls Royce, once in a while you grab the bike, and using a car for short distances is frowned upon. Children don't ride the bus to school, they take the bike. This way being active and sportive is embedded in Dutch culture.

Nutrition is the third and maybe most important part. In Holland the traditional meal consists of potatoes, vegetables and meat. We eat that shit every day. It is almost like a bodybuilder diet, the reason why there are not as much obese people in Holland.

Concerning nutrition, one of the key factors in our physical build is the tradition of weekly eating "hamburgers". This is a typical Dutch dish named after the city Hamburg when it was conquered bij Dutch King Willem III in 1756. It basically is a bun cut in half, salad, some baked horsemeat, onions, pickles, salmon and mayonaise.

It is a Dutch tradition to eat hamburgers every saturday to remember king Willem III. The horse meat is very important for muscle growth. I've noticed that most Americans find it weird to eat horse, which amazed me. Eating cow and chicken can never fuel the muscle like a horse does.

Well that is basically what makes the Dutch the Dutch. As always: excuses me if i made any grammar errors, English is not my native language.

Thank you very much.

yup, the dutch are very tall, the second tallest population the tallest guys are in dinaric alps. believe me when you go to dalmatia every man is a tower i'm 6'1 and i'm of average height there. europeans are pretty tall on average. many nations have around 6'0 average height for males. slavic and germanic people are the tallest. we are the meat eaters

 

[JohnyHendricks**]

yeah 220 (which is exaggerated) but not in shape

He even looked a little chubby when he weighed in against Bonnar and he still came in at 202

Point is, Dutch fighters don't care about natural weight, they will move up to fight anyone.

Gokhan Saki
Gegard Mousasi
Melvin Manhoef
Badr Hari
Tyrone Spong

are evidence

theres a lot less weight cutting in kickboxing, it has nothing to do with dutch people

if ur that insecure about ur nationality and want to believe its because dutch people are some sort of fearless warriors, then go ahead

also, if spong doesnt care about weight, whyd he cut down to lightheavyweight?

 

[bloodred]

Alistair Overeem is also bloody British!

 

[knight of mma]

Overeem is black. I don't think the Romans met Dutch people like him.

you say he is black. I say he is white think about it semmy schilt is defninitely not black and he is taller dutch people are big

 

[Grijswaarde]

One can compare our women to whatever race... we are pretty talll..

edit: image posting fail.

 

[NikkiNeversleep]

One can compare our women to whatever race... we are pretty talll..

edit: image posting fail.

 

[Grijswaarde]

Ah thank you very much!

 

[NikkiNeversleep]

Ah thank you very much!

no problem lol

 

[Joe_Armstrong]

This is a great thread

 

[Just a username]

Not a country, but this region has you guys beaten in terms of height:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinaric_Alps

 

[NikkiNeversleep]

This is a great thread

agreed lol favorite thread so far.

 

[abhi]

There is no need for being racist. In Holland we firmly believe that everyone who lives in Holland is Dutch and therfore is entitled to also use our genetics.

The truth can not be racist, it's not there to be your friend, it's there because it's the truth

 

[NoSmilez]

yeah 220 (which is exaggerated) but not in shape

He even looked a little chubby when he weighed in against Bonnar and he still came in at 202

Point is, Dutch fighters don't care about natural weight, they will move up to fight anyone.

Gokhan Saki
Gegard Mousasi
Melvin Manhoef
Badr Hari
Tyrone Spong

are evidence

its about a paycheck.

 

[mmafighterEU]

You might have noticed that somehow most relevant Dutch fighters are heavyweights. The Dutch have been described by the Romans as giants. The Dutch have formed the elite guard of the pope in the middle ages and the Dutch have the longest average height in the world. All in all, the Netherlands house a lot of huge fighters like Overeem, Schilt, Struve etc.

Why?

the answer is genetics, customs and nutrition.

Genetics is a thing that one cannot change. It is just there. The Dutch have evolved on flat, open lands and therefore being tall meant a better view. Just like the Masai in Kenya who live in open spaces. On the other hand, races that live on mountains tend to be stocky and small (like the French).

Riding a bike is the second thing. In Holland, no matter if you own a Rolls Royce, once in a while you grab the bike, and using a car for short distances is frowned upon. Children don't ride the bus to school, they take the bike. This way being active and sportive is embedded in Dutch culture.

Nutrition is the third and maybe most important part. In Holland the traditional meal consists of potatoes, vegetables and meat. We eat that shit every day. It is almost like a bodybuilder diet, the reason why there are not as much obese people in Holland.

Concerning nutrition, one of the key factors in our physical build is the tradition of weekly eating "hamburgers". This is a typical Dutch dish named after the city Hamburg when it was conquered bij Dutch King Willem III in 1756. It basically is a bun cut in half, salad, some baked horsemeat, onions, pickles, salmon and mayonaise.

It is a Dutch tradition to eat hamburgers every saturday to remember king Willem III. The horse meat is very important for muscle growth. I've noticed that most Americans find it weird to eat horse, which amazed me. Eating cow and chicken can never fuel the muscle like a horse does.

Well that is basically what makes the Dutch the Dutch. As always: excuses me if i made any grammar errors, English is not my native language.

Thank you very much.

You do know that this so called "measurement" were self-reported by the dutch and the danish people? Which leads us to the conclusion swedes and norwegians are the tallest people in the world with their official measurements...

 

[Dreski]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOzUHYwPms
:icon_lol:

It's all about the food. When you grow up here you just get bigger than average.

 

[EmeliankoFan1]

This is almost as bad as ughuh and chutebox hero and their Gustafson Viking blood fairy tales.

 

[AdamNewsome666]

There is no need for being racist. In Holland we firmly believe that everyone who lives in Holland is Dutch and therfore is entitled to also use our genetics.

There was nothing racist in that comment
It was simply a fact

 

[BiNgeSiN995]

There was nothing racist in that comment
It was simply a fact

Don't sweat it he's just mad people stopped smoking Dutches and started smoking Games.