Do you even know what thread you’re in.
The argument you’re making is completely antithetical to the OP.
FWIW a fatty juiced up Khamzat would get badly KOed at HW, him being HW Champ is impossible
- Maybe
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I dont agree that Khamzat would be HW champ for the exact reason that many of the fighters would be too big and strong for him to manhandle, and can crack harder than the guys hes been fighting. Its nothing to do with his skills though, its size and strength disparities that would be too great for him to overcome.
Derrick Lewis is the embodiment of this. The guy would be considered well below average technically and athletically in other divisions, but head to head he would have a good chance at KO’ing guys like Jiri and Khalil, could possibly even catch Poatan too, because he has like 30lbs on them.
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Heavy is weaker than light heavy
Overarching theme is there are weight classes for a reason
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Remember Bob Sapp before he stopped giving a shit and started taking dives was a handful in spite of being very poor technically too. He made some great fighters in both MMA and kickboxing work hard to overcome his size and strength advantages.
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Exactly. HW are the best guys.
biggest guys*
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He could be heavyweight champ. He could also miss weight for a title defense. Maybe catch 4 more mysterious illnesses and then decide to retire.
Not a fan of him.
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We don’t say that in any other sport though.
Do you say that tom brady is best quarterback 6’4+
Biggest guys dominate virtually every sport.
I’ve said this before put the top 10 middleweights against the top 10 heavyweights you’d probably get a 50-50 outcome or even in favor of the middleweights.
80% of heavyweights are just fat 185ers
Maybe most professional athletes are simply health conscious and don’t want to be fat fucks. There are many reasons not to be a 5ft8 heavyweight
I get your point but Lewis is much more athletic than his fat belly lets on. Even a guy like this could be a light heavyweight of he just had some discipline. There are maybe 2 or 3 natural heavyweights in the UFC. Guys like Volkov or Struve I can’t even think of another one.
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Heavyweight is deceptive because lighter classes all have really fit fighters because of cutting weight.
The HW division is really the only division you might see a freak specimen like Ubereem fighting a fat fuck like Roy Nelson.
Edit to say i love Nelson. But even he admits he’s fat.
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Why are they middleweights then? If they don’t cut they’re all heavyweights. Why are they avoiding heavyweights?
List all the 5’8 MWs…
Moron.
I just checked top 10 there is only one fighter under 6’ and hes 5’11 lol.
They’re heavyweights who cut to avoid the better fighters in HW.
Lol so a guy who walks around 230-240 lbs but cuts to LHW is a natural LHW..
Sure.. Whatever you say.. Lol fucks sakes.