Is Big Country superhuman?

[true_fan]

This guy has the most deceiving looks and yet he is a monster with a super chin and extremely underrated grappling and a devastating over right hand! I think they should put him in that show Stan Lee superhuman average man. What do you think? Keep in mind this guy destroyed CC and Brandon and Big Nog and he looks like a pizza maker.

 

[AmericanMMA]

Imagine what he could've done with that power at Middle Weight.

 

[Slatersan]

Hes a fat country boy. Deal with it.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Big country is probably the biggest under achiever in MMA history had all.the talent to be the best ...and ruined it with poor discipline and horrible game plans...( dude litterally spammed overhand rights)

 

[VAfan]

people nuthug over the strangest things.

 

[Lee_]

The CC and Nog he beat were a sad excuse for what they once were; it isn't as if he is in their league as prime fighters.

Roy has one of those weird physiques. He doesn't look like an athlete, but he is.

 

[Deleted member 465145]

There was a time when he was unsleepable but that was a while back. Big Country was one of those guys everyone loved, and he had a legendary chin, but he was never champ material.

 

[Calipwnia]

I thought he’d be way more popular than he was. He is a character that is easy to recognize and likable. He embraced his fatness and I don’t know why he isn’t the mascot of Trumpsters

 

[ralphus1]

He's a fat guy who's light on his feet and athletic. Any American football team has a bunch of linemen who are similar, and outweigh Roy by 50 lbs.

 

[true_fan]

The CC and Nog he beat were a sad excuse for what they once were; it isn't as if he is in their league as prime fighters.

Roy has one of those weird physiques. He doesn't look like an athlete, but he is.

 

[linvillegorge]

Big country is probably the biggest under achiever in MMA history had all.the talent to be the best ...and ruined it with poor discipline and horrible game plans...( dude litterally spammed overhand rights)

Pretty much this. He could've been great but he chose to be lazy and basically become a sideshow.

 

[true_fan]

He's a fat guy who's light on his feet and athletic. Any American football team has a bunch of linemen who are similar, and outweigh Roy by 50 lbs.

Yeah but can they take 20 uppercuts from JDS and stay standing?

 

[usernamee]

Kongo going for his usual nut shot and pays immediately for it

 

[true_fan]

Kongo going for his usual nut shot and pays immediately for it

Yeah that’s what’s amazing about this gif tried to cheat and still got slept

 

[marvinparsons]

That GIF encapsulates both their careers in am instant.

 

[mkt]

Imagine what he could've done with that power at Middle Weight.

Well some of his power comes from his weight...but yeah, he wasn't built for HW. Even though he hit very hard, he was weak physically for a HW. Werdum mentioned this and Mir also outmuscled him.

 

[rodn86]

I thought he’d be way more popular than he was. He is a character that is easy to recognize and likable. He embraced his fatness and I don’t know why he isn’t the mascot of Trumpsters

Makes no sense....

 

[El Fernas]

Yeah, DC was a fat guy too, that won belts in 2 weight classes.

 

[mkt]

Big country is probably the biggest under achiever in MMA history had all.the talent to be the best ...and ruined it with poor discipline and horrible game plans...( dude litterally spammed overhand rights)

Dave Herman is at least as much of an underachiever. He walked on Indiana's D-1 wrestling program with no high school experience if memory serves. He barely even trained for MMA, yet was basically 20-1 when he came to the UFC. (He had a DQ loss in a fight he was dominating vs. Sokoudjou. He was also dominating Choi Mu-Bae but simply gassed...again, just a lack of training/conditioning.).

Herman was very athletic, could wrestle well if he wanted to and had good knees and even jumping high kicks. However, he never learned even basic boxing which is why Roy, Nog and several other KO'd him in the UFC. Most of those were very short-notice fights, too.

 

[mkt]

Yeah, DC was a fat guy too, that won belts in 2 weight classes.

He was also an Olympic wrestler and not as fat as Roy. And he trained at one of the top facilities with elite guys, not in his garage like Roy and Dave Herman.