Was USADA the end of the Tank fighters?

[kflo]

This isn't particularly useful without fighters who serve as examples for this archetype.

I’d guess Lombard, Palhares, sherk, tibau, are a few who fit the description.......

 

[usernamee]

Paulo Costa is a big boy.

I still jerk off to pics of him every day.

 

[Masturbin]

Ilir "Low Center of Gravity" Latifi

 

[joeson]

Andrade still going strong

 

[joeson]

Ilir "Low Center of Gravity" Latifi

That’s animal abuse

 

[Kono dio da!]

We used to get lots of guys in MMA that were absolute tanks. Just short, bulky guys that would come forward and just overpower you and manhandle you. Or knock you the fuck out with big muscle power.

I havent seen anyone like that in a long time. MMA seems to select for the tall, rangy guys now. I miss that kind of fighter. Will they ever make a come back? Or did USADA destroy them?

Fuck them. Love finesse. But you stikk have costa though.

 

[mkt]

Are we talking Chris Leben/Thiago Silva types? Yeah, usada happened

Those guys? I was thnking more like Shane Carwin, Hector Lombard (however inconsistent he was), Palhares, etc. But the UFC still has Romero (until very recently) and Ngannou, who isn't short but is one of those guys with raw strength/KO power that can walk out and KO guys who are technically more sound.

 

[BoomStronk]

Mike pierce, Chad Mendez, Johnny Hendricks, those kind of guys?

The thick and muscley wrestler-boxer with low kicks archetype? It does seem they are no longer the staple they once were, but then you have volkanovski who is maybe the best example of that style I can think of.

Yeah, dunno. I think you might be on to something tho ts

 

[Aurelian]

Gastelum?

 

[Paolo Delutis]

We used to get lots of guys in MMA that were absolute tanks. Just short, bulky guys that would come forward and just overpower you and manhandle you. Or knock you the fuck out with big muscle power.

I havent seen anyone like that in a long time. MMA seems to select for the tall, rangy guys now. I miss that kind of fighter. Will they ever make a come back? Or did USADA destroy them?

Were gunna need some examples t.s...


The Obvious users are slowly being phased out if thats what your getting at...

 

[The Chosen]

Kelvin Gastelum?

 

[SakurabasEar]

Those guys? I was thnking more like Shane Carwin, Hector Lombard (however inconsistent he was), Palhares, etc. But the UFC still has Romero (until very recently) and Ngannou, who isn't short but is one of those guys with raw strength/KO power that can walk out and KO guys who are technically more sound.

I was actually going to throw out lombard too, but i was thinking high amount of muscle for the frame, without a noticable stamina loss

 

[JayE]

I’d guess Lombard, Palhares, sherk, tibau, are a few who fit the description.......

Out of these guys, maybe only Sherk was an elite fighter for an extended period of time. None of them were dominant strikers at the elite level. All four are quite stylistically distinct, actually. My issue with the thread is that short, stocky and strong fighters aren't really a meaningful class of fighter.

 

[Brutus.......]

Not sure what this thread is getting at?

DC was a short, ‘stocky’ guy with KO power.

He’s obviously wrestling-based and not just a headhunter, but had a lot of success.

A few current HWs are kind of tank-ish too.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Jeff Monson

 

[mkt]

I was actually going to throw out lombard too, but i was thinking high amount of muscle for the frame, without a noticable stamina loss

He actually did gas pretty easily. Watch his fight with Jake Shields.

 

[xn7]

He's not a tank though, he's just big for his weight class. He has a soft aspect to him that tank fighters don't have.

are you talking about his lips? you are aren't you. with lip gloss.

 

[Coolkid666]

Chad Mendes is a tank