Were Matt Mitrione and Brendan Schaub A Level Athletes???

[Fedor5723]

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[Izzysexboyfriend]

Mitrione was very athletic and fast for a heavyweight

 

[HuskySamoan]

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No, they weren't athletic or explosive enough. Greg Hardy was an A level athlete though.

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

No, they weren't athletic or explosive enough. Greg Hardy was an A level athlete though.

He wasn’t that athletic in mma

 

[Mammothman]

No, they were NFL drop outs that took adventage of the week MMA HW pool but they got exposed once they started to face better competition.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

No, they weren't athletic or explosive enough. Greg Hardy was an A level athlete though.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

He wasn’t that athletic in mma

sure he was. he's much larger than even Ngannou and is just as fast if not faster than the fastest HWs.

 

[GIBLERTBAPTISTA]

Both of them got KO'd by a true A level athlete

 

[Johnnny]

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

sure he was. he's much larger than even Ngannou and is just as fast if not faster than the fastest HWs.

Of course Hardy is/was a great athlete. I think people confuse being a great athlete and how much of that athleticism transfers over to MMA. Hardy has the strength and explosiveness but he had a half a round of cardio and no ground game. He didn't look good in there at all. I thought Mitrione had the best hands of the three, Schaub the best BJJ but Hardy was the most accomplished by far in football.

 

[Prologue]

And of course Schaub is an A level comedian. Shocked a man of such both athleticism and charisma didn't make it further in the UFC.

 

[icemun]

This

Starting MMA in their thirties destroying so called "legends"

 

[gosuasus]

Epic combo...uppercut hook overhand wow!

 

[AmericanMMA]

Titties was the true athlete of that tuf season

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Of course Hardy is/was a great athlete. I think people confuse being a great athlete and how much of that athleticism transfers over to MMA. Hardy has the strength and explosiveness but he had a half a round of cardio and no ground game. He didn't look good in there at all. I thought Mitrione had the best hands of the three, Schaub the best BJJ but Hardy was the most accomplished by far in football.

i agree with your assessment of all three. i'm just saying that he was freakishly fast for a man who was absolutely enormous. and that is a pretty clear indication that he's some kind of athletic.

 

[Pierced7681]

I think Matt Mitrione is quite possibly the best a-level athlete to ever make the transition into mma. He had zero combat sports background and yet still went straight into the ufc and did really well for himself until near the end of his career.

 

[Alanf7]

I think Matt Mitrione is quite possibly the best a-level athlete to ever make the transition into mma. He had zero combat sports background and yet still went straight into the ufc and did really well for himself until near the end of his career.

Yeah he was real talented. If he started young he probably would’ve became champ.

 

[Pierced7681]

Yeah he was real talented. If he started young he probably would’ve became champ.

Crazy to think he only went on tuf to promote his supplement company and then ended up making it to the ufc lol

 

[Coolkid666]

I hate Brendan Slob but i remember hearing something about him benching 600 lbs or some other physical feat maybe in his feetball days. He's still a chili ring licker though.

 

[AmonTobin]

No, they weren't athletic or explosive enough. Greg Hardy was an A level athlete though.