Why Do Some Big MMA Fighters Have No Chests?

[Marce Porter]

Weird thing I noticed among some fighters who are otherwise muscular.

 

[berimBOWLoh]

because they are human beings and some have bigger chests than others?? Doing bench presses isnt going to make you a better fighter so why waste time on it?

 

[Bigj383]

They aren't body builders. A lot of them train for functional strength. Also not everyone has the same build and body structure for beach muscles.

 

[Marce Porter]

ts are you french?

Nope, born and raised in America. Live in Connecticut. Marce is just a cool name I heard one time.

 

[Loiosh]

It's not a terrible question.

Apparently pectoral mass isn't all that useful in MMA, but it's not something I would have guessed.

 

[Rusk]

Genetics, maybe their mothers had A Cup.

 

[Tankeray]

because they trane ufc

 

[Marce Porter]

Why are you posting a pic of Shogun? He isnt that big and he doesn't train so why would his pecs be developed?

He's got well-developed pipes:

 

[Jopo]

because training fast twitch fibers nets you no growth.

and big muscles take up too much oxygen.

 

[Marce Porter]

Genetics, maybe their mothers had A Cup.

lol

 

[blocnoir]

Nope, born and raised in America. Live in Connecticut. Marce is just a cool name I heard one time.

Lot of American, and notably from New England, have French origins.

 

[markg171]

Slows down punching speed and hinders technique and flexibility

 

[Sosua]

I guess they don't need it so it would just add weight.

Plus different humans have different physiques apparently.

 

[WhatAboutBob]

Never noticed.

 

[lowsingle]

often having broad shoulders take your pecs out of a lot of lifts since your ROM is slightly different. not even mentioning that the muscle is spread over a larger area

its a common thing in bodybuilding, also why super broad buys like jones and gsp have almost no chest

 

[Cowb]

Probably mostly genetics. I have a big chest and scrawny arms/shoulders, and I'm equally lazy about working out any given muscle group. My brother works out much more than I do and has a much smaller chest. Could almost certainly bench more than me too. Go figure.

 

[Gun'n'Run]

All those guys' chests are proportional to the muscularity on the rest of their bodies.

 

[odog]

How many fighters with huge pecs are great mma fighters?

 

[Det Kimble]

How many fighters with huge pecs are great mma fighters?

 

[markg171]

How many fighters with huge pecs are great mma fighters?