has anyone ever been successful trying to fight a higher weightclass then they should? Seems to me that always ends badly in every form of fighting.
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02-01-2009, 10:15 AM #21Not to be taken serious
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02-01-2009, 10:19 AM #22Ol' School
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Did you ever watch the beginning of the UFC? It was a tournament style format and a little guy named Royce Gracie took on and beat alot of big guys.
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02-01-2009, 10:42 AM #23Not to be taken serious
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That's a different time though. I guess my point is that these guys who try to fight a heavier class, think they should gain weight to do so, and IMO it always ends up hurting them. I see boxers try to do it all the time, and they always end up being slower then they were. Seems to me you can spend years of your life fighting at a certain weight, and then in 3-5 months get used to fighting at a much heavier weight.
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02-01-2009, 10:45 AM #24Ol' School
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Good point
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02-01-2009, 10:48 AM #25Administrator
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agreed. staying at his normal weight class makes him unstoppable but at the same time, gsp is unbeatable in his class as is A silva.
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02-01-2009, 10:49 AM #26Administrator
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randy couture did it, matt hughes did it and Tito ortiz did it also. Frank Mir won fights in different classes too and I thought snooze Sylvia also won. Although as the sport and its fighters evolve, this is less and less the case.
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02-01-2009, 12:09 PM #27Too legit to quit
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Don't forget Anderson Silva in LHW. He hasn't lost yet
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02-01-2009, 01:02 PM #28Ol' School
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BJ Penn has fought at all different weight classes though. I don't see it being an excuse with him.
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02-01-2009, 01:21 PM #29The man in the box
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Anderson has faught @ 205 plenty of times before fighting in the UFC. He's a HUGE 185er. Naturally he's around 210-215 lbs. Some even says he's weighed as much as 22x. Just remeber he's every bit of 6'-2". He fits right in with the list of UFC 205ers. Originally Posted by T-Bag
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02-01-2009, 03:06 PM #30Too legit to quit
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I know I wasn't disagreeing with you.... Originally Posted by Lash
That's why I brought it up.
GSP is a huge 170'er, its the same thing.
BJ Penn is 168 soaking wet without taking a shit for a month.-Tyler
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02-01-2009, 03:34 PM #31Administrator
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good point, I forgot that. Originally Posted by T-Bag
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02-01-2009, 09:32 PM #32The man in the box
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Originally Posted by T-Bag
I'll guarantee he shit when GSP mounted him.
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02-01-2009, 09:36 PM #33Administrator
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hahaha how about passing his guard anytime he wanted to.
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