69lbs MMA Fighter defeats 600lbs behemoth
01-16-2013, 05:32 PM
What do the fighters on here think?
Game is a necessary evil
Quote: (01-16-2013 05:39 PM)WesternCancer Wrote:
I thought this thread was going to be about Lindy West.
Quote: (01-16-2013 08:33 PM)Moma Wrote:
I saw the sumo fight in the early millenium, Emmanuel Yarborough, he fought some other cat in the UFC, a man a third of his weight who took him down with a palm strike.
Quote: (01-16-2013 05:50 PM)Teedub Wrote:
Once you get into middleweight (in boxing weight categories), you have the speed, but you also reach the kind of weight where you have the weight behind the punch (with correct technique) to KO anyone. If Sergio Martinez caught Wlad Klitschko with a punch that A) Was timed correctly, and B) WK didn't see coming, then he could KO him.
Quote: (01-18-2013 03:50 PM)rlongo924 Wrote:
Quote: (01-16-2013 05:50 PM)Teedub Wrote:
Once you get into middleweight (in boxing weight categories), you have the speed, but you also reach the kind of weight where you have the weight behind the punch (with correct technique) to KO anyone. If Sergio Martinez caught Wlad Klitschko with a punch that A) Was timed correctly, and B) WK didn't see coming, then he could KO him.
I'm 6'1", and about 200 pounds and have sparred (boxing) with fighters that range from 150 pounds to 250+, and a lot of the time you'll have fighters that are lower in weight but just pack a larger punch. It's a combination of technique, and just natural hitting ability as well, but size in fighting can be neutralized even at an extreme level as the 169 vs. 600 pounds. I've been hit by guys that weigh 155 who's punches were like stinging electric shocks when they hit you vs. guys who weigh 250 and have more of a thudding power effect when the punches hit you.
Put a guy in who has enough training, experience, and conditioning against someone who is simply bigger and stronger. The bigger and stronger guy won't stand much of a chance if they don't really know how to fight. Boxing and MMA have just as much to do with intangibles and intelligence as they do with your physical size and stature, which only gets you so far.
Quote: (01-18-2013 04:15 PM)UgSlayer Wrote:
Quote: (01-18-2013 03:50 PM)rlongo924 Wrote:
Quote: (01-16-2013 05:50 PM)Teedub Wrote:
Once you get into middleweight (in boxing weight categories), you have the speed, but you also reach the kind of weight where you have the weight behind the punch (with correct technique) to KO anyone. If Sergio Martinez caught Wlad Klitschko with a punch that A) Was timed correctly, and B) WK didn't see coming, then he could KO him.
I'm 6'1", and about 200 pounds and have sparred (boxing) with fighters that range from 150 pounds to 250+, and a lot of the time you'll have fighters that are lower in weight but just pack a larger punch. It's a combination of technique, and just natural hitting ability as well, but size in fighting can be neutralized even at an extreme level as the 169 vs. 600 pounds. I've been hit by guys that weigh 155 who's punches were like stinging electric shocks when they hit you vs. guys who weigh 250 and have more of a thudding power effect when the punches hit you.
Put a guy in who has enough training, experience, and conditioning against someone who is simply bigger and stronger. The bigger and stronger guy won't stand much of a chance if they don't really know how to fight. Boxing and MMA have just as much to do with intangibles and intelligence as they do with your physical size and stature, which only gets you so far.
Everybody has a chin and a temple. Hit either one with technique and timing, and a 130 pounder can knock out someone who is 200+. A well-timed punch is better than a powerful punch. The greatest have both.
One thing that IMO makes a slight difference is head size and the structure of your skull/jawline.