What do you consider tall for an MMA fighter?

[Ar145984]

Is it relative to the division?

For example, Nate and Cerrone are tall LWs. Condit is a tall WW.

Paddy Hollogan is a tall Flyweight. gus is a tall LHW.

Or is it in general? A certain marker.

 

[Platinum]

James Vick 6'3 LW
Non-UFC Bellator LHW Champ Liam 6'6

 

[ClosetVitorFan]

6'11 at HW is tall for Struve

 

[bossman187]

Skyscraper.
lol. Had to go obvious.

 

[Tavares1988]

6'11 at HW is tall for Struve

Hes listed 7 ft in hes last fight

 

[King.]

not sure I understand the question. you have the obvious ones like Struve but of course it is also relative to the division. nowadays there are 6'3 lightweights whereas back in the day you would see 5'9, 240 pound dudes like Jeff Monson. so it's all relative to division and time frame. Also for example Nate Diaz is tall for his division but would be nothing special from MW upwards. i'd say, roughly the cutoff point for "tall" per division is:

FW 5'8
LW 5'11
WW 6'1
MW 6'3
LHW 6'5
HW 6'5

of course, those are just numbers I pulled out of my ass and don't necessarly make sense.

 

[GSPenn1991]

Kendall Grove is like 6'6". Really tall for a middleweight.

 

[Kyler Ruxin]

Carwin was a tall HW until he cut height to get Brock to agree to fight him. I don't think he's ever been able to put the height back on though.

 

[SirKratos]

 

[EvilWasLittle]

Tree Fiddy

 

[King.]

Carwin was a tall HW until he cut height to get Brock to agree to fight him. I don't think he's ever been able to put the height back on though.

lol that never gets old. also major bro points for you av.

 

[haraigoshi]

Is it relative to the division?

For example, Nate and Cerrone are tall LWs. Condit is a tall WW.

Paddy Hollogan is a tall Flyweight. gus is a tall LHW.

Or is it in general? A certain marker.

McG is a manlet,here there you go buudeh.

 

[FATM]

McG is a manlet,here there you go buudeh.

Hahahahaha, that wasn't the answer he was angling for. He obviously trying to argue that height is relative to division and that therefore Conor is Stefan Struve 2.0.

He has invisible lat syndrome and regularly calls people out about their heights despite being short himself.

 

[Bacco]

 

[Drake]

Is it relative to the division?

Pretty much. Magny is a tall WW. Roop is tall in every division he's fought in.

 

[Willek]

Well Nate is 3 times the size of Conor so that puts him at roughly 17 feet tall.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

it's the short, stocky bastards that stand the test on non-ped time.
gsp, fedor, igor.

 

[Kimo Taktarov]

6'11 at HW is tall for Struve

 

[zephid]

It obviously depends on the division. Someone who is 6'0 would be a giant at BW, but shorter than average at LHW.