Where are the Super Heavyweights? I'll show you where

[Concrete Whale]

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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/4/1...tes-nfl-nba-rugby-global-sports-data-mma-news

We all knew it was true, if you're a big athletic, freak-talent kind of person mixed martial arts is probably not your best way to make a buck. Huge people are already a rare commodity on the global scale. Add in athletic gifts and you've got a set of genes that could command a king's ransome, if you play the right games. Now, SportChart has plotted it all out for you to show just what the average athletes in some of the world's most popular sports look like.

What's even better is, they've broken it all down by position, so there's a lot to digest. Here's a quick peak [sic] at their chart:

The chart also includes a more detailed look at some of the size range groupings within each data point. The UFC data isn't necessarily all that deep, considering it only appears to look at heavyweight and flyweight fighters and none of the divisions in-between, but it's interesting to see that the UFC points represent both some of the smallest and some of the oldest, right up there with being a designated hitter or a bobsled team member.

 

[Concrete Whale]

Aaron Gibson - 6'6", 440lbs

Leonard Davis - 6'6", 355lbs

Bryant McKinnie - 6'8", 360lbs

Opeti Fonua - 6'7", 300lbs

Uini Antonio - 6'5", 335lbs

Cameron Skelton - 6'8", 340lbs

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

How about a 400 pound receiver?

 

[SNEAKthief]

I think we already knew this. As soon as I read thread title; "NFL"

 

[loisestrad]

What's the point in listing sports that have weight classes against the ones that don't?

 

[Bogeyman]

Keep them there. And drop the heavyweight limit to 240lbs while you're at it.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

HW limit is bullshit.

A 300lbs TRT Bigfoot would have been something great too see in the UFC.

I think Rugby has the best potential SHW fighters in the world. Those guys are just freaks. Though as nails.

 

[Deleted member 499399]

No one wants to see 400 lb guys throw 2 punches and gas.Football is perfect for these guys because they can explode for one play then catch their breath.

 

[Moral Victory]

Not saying strongmen can fight, but they are big.

 

[mbach4307]

Yeah there really isn't a spot for 125 lbs men in the nfl nba etc. So of course the UFC will rank lower. But I know there isn't s more fit athlete than a combat sports athlete. Yeah, yeah soccer this and tennis that. Nope, it's mma and boxing.

 

[Lemmy]

No one wants to see 400 lb guys throw 2 punches and gas.AMERICAN Football is perfect for these guys because they can explode for one play then catch their breath.

Watch rugby, those monsters not only are huge for the most part but they run and fight for the entire game.

said that it's a fun and weird analysis: UFC isn't MMA, i bet that in the US the majority of mma fighters\practioners are outside the UFC.
i think that who did this didn't chose the right parameters.

 

[Concrete Whale]

No one wants to see 400 lb guys throw 2 punches and gas.Football is perfect for these guys because they can explode for one play then catch their breath.

I'm not saying that I agree with you wrt American Football but rugby matches go 40 minutes and 40 minutes with very little pause.

 

[Concrete Whale]

No one in the current HW division is stopping a blast double with good form from a 325lb 6'8" A-level athlete.

 

[bobgeese]

The buffet?

 

[BigMuffler]

Why do we want SHWs for, even in boxing where there's no upper limit most of the best heavies are 250 and under, I don't get it? In kickboxing there's also no limit and there aren't a bunch of Semmy's filling the top, etc.

 

[Deleted member 501827]

No USADA testing in any of those sports

 

[Concrete Whale]

Why do we want SHWs for, even in boxing where there's no upper limit most of the best heavies are 250 and under, I don't get it? In kickboxing there's also no limit and there aren't a bunch of Semmy's filling the top, etc.

Why is the 265 cap there then? Let's lift the cap and then we will really see what's what.

 

[Gorilllla]

The average american 20y.o man is 196 pounds? Jesus you fat fucks.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Chris Barnett would rule UFC forever, a legit SHW who is actually very skilled. 330 Ibs and throws better spinning kicks than most middleweights in UFC.

 

[BigMuffler]

Why is the 265 cap there then? Let's lift the cap and then we will really see what's what.

It's to discourage Mark Hunt from coming in at 340 lbs and gassing in 30 seconds.