TheRainSong
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I'm a combat sports enthusiast, but I'm no dummy. To deny that the lion's share of elite athletes are playing basketball and football is just living in delusion.
I'm a combat sports enthusiast, but I'm no dummy. To deny that the lion's share of elite athletes are playing basketball and football is just living in delusion.
Overeem doesn't even belong in the discussion.
Explain what about Shaq? If you watched him in his prime and deny him being a great athlete I don't know what to tell you.
You're ignorant if you think the best athletes are in the NBA, what qualities do athletes utilize in the NBA.
Shaq in his prime still relied solely being tall
Size, speed, agility, quickness, hand eye coordination, strength, ect.
In north america the NFL is the only other league that there can even be an arguement for. Globally, basketball and american football are still in the top three with soccer entering the discussion. MMA isn't even on the radar at this point and boxing is far behind.
Just because they are globally popular doesn't mean the they are the most athletically gifted athletes. They are as good as their sport requires them to be. Mostly at running alot, jumping and throwing things.
So you think pro football/basketball players would easily cross over to boxing and beat everyone?
@ FreshBitch. You didn't respond to my comment and you also don't list any proves for your claims. All you say is "speed, agility, coordination" bla bla bla.
I told you about people who tried many sports and they all agree. There are soccer players who are not that fast and don't even have the best conditioning, but they have one thing: They are amazing PLAYERS. Not athletes. Same goes for many NBA players.
As far the NFL goes. Many NFL players took up MMA workout programms to improve their conditioning.
I don't say that all fighters are great athletes, you find black sheeps everywhere. Look at Ruslan Chagaev for example. He's a decent boxer, but a complete non-athlete.
Not just tall but big. Considering how hard it was for Fedor to take Hong Man Choi down, someone Shanes size (Faber) would never take SHaq down
Georges St. Pierre
Brock Lesnar
Kevin Randleman
Rashad Evans
Andrei Arlovski
Mirko CroCop
Cain Velasquez
Sean Sherk
Pat Barry
Josh Koscheck
Chuck Liddell
Fedor Emelianenko
To those that say size doesn't matter, LOL in this case it would. I don't give a flying fuck how good of a combat athlete you are, if you're Shane Mosley's size, good fucking luck fighting someone that's double your size and just as great of an athlete if not better. In any physical confronation I would put money on guys like Dwight Howard or Ray Lewis to absolutely curbstomp Floyd Mayweather.
Ok. Name all MMA fighters you consider elite athletes and I will name a basketball player more athletic than them.
Does MMA have anyone as athletic as Derrick Rose? No. Dwight Howard? Nope, try again. Nate Robinson? Not a chance. Lebron James? Do you even have to ask?
Lol thats your list of super althletes?