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The reality is that in fighting in general... size matters alot and intangibles like punching power, ability to take punches, and a general "fighting will" can overcome skill nearly always.
The reason they don't is because fighting is separated by weight classes and those factors are typically close to equal letting alot less important skills come into play. There is a reason EVERYBODY cuts weight.
People clown guys like Tuivasa as being fat scrubs but if he fought prime Khabib he would easily KO him in a minute or less. With 10x less skill. It's just the way it is.
Heavyweights dont "suck". Its just in actual fair hand to hand combat skill is much less important then people want to believe. You see it all the time on this site with people claiming 150 lbs pro fighters would easily beat 260 lbs atheltic weight lifters. Imagine if those fights actually were set up and took place the cope of MMA fans would be unreal.
If someone is stronger than you by 30% you can't hold them down, if someone can take your punches and you can't take theirs there is not much you can do. This also seems to become a Grey area around 230+ LBS where most people are capable of KOing even 300+ lbs monsters.
The reason they don't is because fighting is separated by weight classes and those factors are typically close to equal letting alot less important skills come into play. There is a reason EVERYBODY cuts weight.
People clown guys like Tuivasa as being fat scrubs but if he fought prime Khabib he would easily KO him in a minute or less. With 10x less skill. It's just the way it is.
Heavyweights dont "suck". Its just in actual fair hand to hand combat skill is much less important then people want to believe. You see it all the time on this site with people claiming 150 lbs pro fighters would easily beat 260 lbs atheltic weight lifters. Imagine if those fights actually were set up and took place the cope of MMA fans would be unreal.
If someone is stronger than you by 30% you can't hold them down, if someone can take your punches and you can't take theirs there is not much you can do. This also seems to become a Grey area around 230+ LBS where most people are capable of KOing even 300+ lbs monsters.