[PIC] Benson Henderson really a featherweight?

[OldManGrip]

I am saying having very big legs like Benson is worse as it takes your ability to have more muscle on your upper body where the majority of grappling, punching, wrestling, etc power comes from.

I used Jon Jones as the modern MMA athlete who is dominating whilst having extraordinary thin legs.

One must ask what the functional point of extreme muscle on legs in an MMA fight. This isn't a 100m sprint (unless you're condit I guess )

what dude, shogun rua doesnt have a big upper body but he has strong legs

 

[mawashi geri**]

Jones is very quick, which means his legs muscles are probably very explosive and speed is essential for takedowns.

gsp is more quick. and 2 different biulds

 

[FightsFTW]

No TS, you also got to keep in mind that its during weigh ins where guys always look skinnier and weaker due to the cut. They fill in more by tomorrow when they gain that water weight back, besides like others have said, he has huge legs, which no doubt carry a lot of his weight, and its been said that Ben is actually a big LW and could possibly fight at WW.

 

[TruckHarder]

No TS, you also got to keep in mind that its during weigh ins where guys always look skinnier and weaker due to the cut. They fill in more by tomorrow when they gain that water weight back, besides like others have said, he has huge legs, which no doubt carry a lot of his weight, and its been said that Ben is actually a big LW and could possibly fight at WW.

So won't Nate balloon up too? Not sure if serious.

 

[mawashi geri**]

I'm not sure how exactly you prove having upper leg mass is good here.

If you can have "pure technique" and sacrifice muscle on your legs and put it into your shoulders, traps, arms, etc then that means you'll be more powerful in the clinch and for boxing, etc.

I was talking about the whole lower body. not the upper leg.

the power from your legs are your base and give you strength in every position. Joe rogan talks about this all the time.

 

[Riotmaker14]

That looks gay and height has nothing to do with your weight class. Two of diazs legs are one of bendos. come on man

 

[Sankaku Jime]

You really think Diaz is going to rag-doll Henderson?

 

[Riotmaker14]

Anyone notice how small his penis was?

first thing I always notice

 

[MDoza]

It's insane how lean Bendo can get when he deydrates.

His body mass isn't concentrated in his core and chest, so he appears very small in those pics.

Like many have said, his legs are insane, and his shoulders and arms are fairly massive as well.

 

[fight4ippon]

ya I noticed his face was looking shriveled in the presser

 

[TRY]

Sure Nate is physically bigger, but he doesn't even lift. He has a higher body fat percentage, relatively small legs, and there's a reason he tried to move up to WW, it's because the cut is brutal for him.

 

[jptmma]

Diaz's fans are just very irrational.
I mean Diaz didn't even know he missed weight.
And all those Diaz's fans saying Diaz has better cardio than Benson.
When did we see Diaz in a 5 round fight?
Very irrational, based on pure fanboy'ism.
With that said, Benson via axe kick KO. Book it.

 

[akproplayer]

I took two weigh in photos of Benson and Diaz and compared them. I made sure the scale was exactly the same. Benson looks like he is in the wrong weight class in my opinion.

In this one I overlaid the weight readout so that it was exactly on top of each other so we could see an exact comparison in body size.

Diaz is likely going to rag doll Benson.

So let me get this straight. When you overlaid the picture you didn't notice the that Benson's scale was smaller?

 

[rkjo84]

For some reason the lost water weight seems to really affect Benson's build. He always looks significantly smaller at the weigh ins.

that's because he is significantly smaller at weigh ins, he probably cuts a massive amount to make 155

 

[FightsFTW]

So won't Nate balloon up too? Not sure if serious.

No he won't "balloon up" Ben isn't small for the LW division, neither is Nate though. But yes they will both look more filled in come fight time, though Ben will probably fill in more than Nate, most fighters are dehydrated during weigh ins so its only natural they look skinnier than they do normally.

 

[rkjo84]

So won't Nate balloon up too? Not sure if serious.

different people cut different amounts of weight

 

[Goonerview]

wow, I always thought Benson was a huge lightweight ... maybe cuz he looked big standing next to Edgar ...

But, damn, KZ looks bigger than him here

 

[akproplayer]

Here's a more accurate one. TS had to of purposely lowered Benson along with using a smaller pic.

 

[Winger]

Holy shit
That's amazing!!!!
Also did anyone notice that MC Rogen shrank in the time between the Diaz & Henderson weigh in

 

[TruckHarder]

So let me get this straight. When you overlaid the picture you didn't notice the that Benson's scale was smaller?

When I overlaid the weight machine was the exact same size (width and height) in both, not sure what ridiculous claim you are making but you are likely wrong.