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Probably either of the Diaz Brothers, tbh.
I think Condits problem is that he is very good off his back. Granted he isn't a D Maia but for guys like him getting taken down isn't the end of the world (this was definitely more true while he was in his prime, compared to the last stages of his career). Same with Mousasi, who can get taken down but is just as slick off his back. Look at the King Mo fight and Moose was fucking king mo up off his back the whole fight, and KO'd Jacare off his back as well. Then you got guys like Werdum and Maia who will practically lay on their back begging their opponent to come jump on top of them. So when you are very confident in your ground game, these fighters probably won't put 100% effort in stopping the take down when you know you can still do good things off your back.
How could that be with 15 KO/TKOs in MMA? 3/4 of his fights?Izzy
Totally agree my man!One thing no matter how old it gets I still laugh at is Erick Silva being young jokes.
this. Hes broken his legs 2 times in 2 years b/c of how brittle he is. He only looks good standing from range. Any time he clinches or wrestles/gurapples he looks awkward and gets overpowered quite a bit
I don’t know about her strength, but whenever I think of a fighter that has no business in the UFC, she’s usually the first that comes to mind.Poor choice,, Cifers has got that farm girl strength.
Anyway I thought virtually everyone was agreed that men and women don't belong in the same pound for pound lists - positive or negative.
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Pound-for-pound, heavyweights are on average the weakest fighters amongst the male fighters due to physics alone.
Not only have fighters generally a higher muscle and lower fat percentage the further you go down in weight, but also - and this is arguably even more important - strength is determined by the cross sectional area of the muscles, which is measured in square, making it a 2-dimensional measurement, whereas weight is determined by volume, which - you guessed it - is a 3-dimensional measurement.
The 3D measurement (volume => weight) will increase and decrease to the power of three, whereas the 2D measurement (muscle cross section area => strength) will increase and decrease to the power of two.
This means, that if we scale a fighter down, his weight (think: volume) will decrease faster than his strength (think: cross section area of the muscles), making him stronger in relation to his bodyweight in the process, whereas if we scale a fighter up in size, his weight will increase faster than his strength, making him weaker in relation to his bodyweight.
Cube a)
length/width/height: 1m/1m/1m (or 1 m³)
bottom area: 1m/1m (or 1m²)
weight: 1t
weight loading (t) per m²: 1.0
Cube b)
length/width/height: 2m/2m/2m (or 8 m³)
bottom area: 2m/2m (or 4m²)
weight: 8t
weight loading (t) per m²: 2.0
=> In conclusion, the bigger cube is 8 times as heavy, but only has four times the surface (and) bottom area, making for twice the amount of stress
(What i'm talking about is called the square cube law and it's the reason why ants are "strong", elephants are incredibly "weak", small cats can survive falling from absurd heights and why warm blooded babies have round proportions compared to cold blooded babies and many more things.)
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There's a vegan strongman who's pretty damn good and if we're talking about strength in relation to size (he's far smaller than guys like Hafthor, Hall, Shaw, etc.) he's up there with them.One of the vegan ones.
Well, since he's both big AND very long, he should be very weak pound for pound.Does Struve being about ten feet tall make any difference?
Well, since he's both big AND very long, he should be very weak pound for pound.
I mean, not only is he of incredible volume, but due to being long, the cross sectional area of his muscles is pretty small too.
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Of course not!Wait, this doesn't mean the average Sherdogger is weak pound for pound right?