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This is a blanket reply to many Sherdogisms of the same type:
- Floyd in MMA
- MMA fighter vs Floyd in boxing
- Athlete XYZ in MMA
- Famous person in MMA
It doesn't matter. This stuff is pretty simple. A guy that does something professionally for his life >>> a guy that picks it up just now and is an amateur.
That applies to everything. That applied to CM Punk (who had the best trainers but was a nobody in terms of striking/grappling). That applies to "A level athletes" who are nobodies in terms of striking and grappling. That applies to Floyd who is a nobody in grappling (but who could, like CM punk, wastefully try to invest some time and cash to catch up to pros who have invested their life). That applies to an MMA fighter vs Floyd in boxing. It doesn't matter who they have training them. That gap isn't getting closed despite you being famous for something that has fuck all to do with the topic at hand.
Anyone that has trained with a pro in anything (striking or grappling) knows it doesn't matter. No BS variable (athleticism or money or fame) will make someone with 0 training beat a specialist/pro with a lifetime of training. This applies to striking, grappling, cookie baking, gun shooting, whatever.
This is the single most confusing thing to me about Sherdog. "XYZ with this many months of training could do blahblah" based on a BS unrelated variable. It could be years... that sentence is never true about ANYTHING in life when they are competing against a specialist in the top 0.0001% of the population at something who has done it their whole life.
/random rant from a normal person that has trained with a pro
- Floyd in MMA
- MMA fighter vs Floyd in boxing
- Athlete XYZ in MMA
- Famous person in MMA
It doesn't matter. This stuff is pretty simple. A guy that does something professionally for his life >>> a guy that picks it up just now and is an amateur.
That applies to everything. That applied to CM Punk (who had the best trainers but was a nobody in terms of striking/grappling). That applies to "A level athletes" who are nobodies in terms of striking and grappling. That applies to Floyd who is a nobody in grappling (but who could, like CM punk, wastefully try to invest some time and cash to catch up to pros who have invested their life). That applies to an MMA fighter vs Floyd in boxing. It doesn't matter who they have training them. That gap isn't getting closed despite you being famous for something that has fuck all to do with the topic at hand.
Anyone that has trained with a pro in anything (striking or grappling) knows it doesn't matter. No BS variable (athleticism or money or fame) will make someone with 0 training beat a specialist/pro with a lifetime of training. This applies to striking, grappling, cookie baking, gun shooting, whatever.
This is the single most confusing thing to me about Sherdog. "XYZ with this many months of training could do blahblah" based on a BS unrelated variable. It could be years... that sentence is never true about ANYTHING in life when they are competing against a specialist in the top 0.0001% of the population at something who has done it their whole life.
/random rant from a normal person that has trained with a pro