[PIC] Benson Henderson really a featherweight?

TruckHunter said:
Indeed Benson has huge legs. However his chest is less wide and he has less core muscles. He's also much shorter and less reach. He just doesn't look like he belongs in Nate's weight class.
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Benson has much more muscle mass all over his body, and that makes up for him being shorter. He could very well weigh more than Diaz, and he's definitely stronger, so how is it that he doesn't belong in the same weight class?
 
Henderson a featherweight? TS obviously needs some Bifocals.

Ben is huge @ 55 - - plain and simple.
 
w00t said:
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WTF at KZ. Has he been training with Overeem lately?
 
why is this stupid (height equals weight mentality still around) Nate is the same height as cain does that meant they should fight? Ben has way more muscle mass than Nate.
 
OldManGrip said:
why is this stupid (height equals weight mentality still around) Nate is the same height as cain does that meant they should fight? Ben has way more muscle mass than Nate.
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It's not just height. It's the actual frame of the body. Siver was relatively successful at lightweight and had trouble dropping to 155lb due to his large muscles but he ended up dropping to FW (By losing some mass) because his FRAME is more suited for it.

I'm not sure what is so hard for some here to understand. Ben Hendersons frame is more suited for FW than LW. The fact he has packed muscles on to barely fit into LW, just like Siver, doesn't mean anything at all. And he is going to get clowned today due to the size difference. That's both height and reach.
 
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bump for my boy truckhunter lol

who dominated who ? i guess nate should cut to 145lbs he looks so small and weak compared to bendo :P
 
LOL SELF PWNAGE TO THE MAX.

Nate got treated like the weak little boy that he is.

Nate is as physically strong a a teenage girl.
 
TruckHunter said:
It's not just height. It's the actual frame of the body. Siver was relatively successful at lightweight and had trouble dropping to 155lb due to his large muscles but he ended up dropping to FW (By losing some mass) because his FRAME is more suited for it.

I'm not sure what is so hard for some here to understand. Ben Hendersons frame is more suited for FW than LW. The fact he has packed muscles on to barely fit into LW, just like Siver, doesn't mean anything at all. And he is going to get clowned today due to the size difference. That's both height and reach.
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Lol it looked like a man beating an undernourished somali kid, you can see diaz ribs ffs he should eat and go to ww.
 
TruckHunter said:
Do you really need that much weight in your glutes and quads for MMA? Look at Jone Jones and Silva, both stick legs and dominating. GSP has thick legs but his core is thicker than nearly everyone which is what I attribute his wresting strength to.

Jones has a massive chest which is why his wresting is so good also. Not sure what strong legs really gives you in a MMA fight except perhaps power take downs and more powerful (but slower?) kicks? Chaels legs aren't massive and he is a dominant top control wrestler.
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You obviously haven't trained in boxing...... The power and torque of your punches comes from yur legs and buttox massive legs muscles and glutes can attribute massively to the over all power of yur strikes. Derp de derp
 
Again, what beats any size "advantage" is and always will be technique. Bendo is a straight-up wrestler with a massive base mostly due to his legs. Him ragdolling Nate around the ring should have never been in question.
 
aker2703 said:
he is not strong enough for WW, thats why he went back to LW.
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I don't think starving himself and going to LW makes him any stronger, he was ragdolled too(not as bad as against rory, but still...), I think he should eat more, train more strength, gain more muscle and fight at WW.
 
Some of the takedown attempts was literally him leaning and diaz just collapsing after being dragged.
 
Cuauhtemoc said:
I don't think starving himself and going to LW makes him any stronger, he was ragdolled too(not as bad as against rory, but still...), I think he should eat more, train more strength, gain more muscle and fight at WW.
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o.k but i think maybe put on an extra 10 pounds of muscle and cut more to make 155. you know start his cut at around 175-180lbs like most LW's do.
 
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