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Do you think roided up bodybuilders can fight?
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There are a few problems with these people who juice up and work out their vanity muscles.
A) They're training for vanity muscles. Rarely are you ever in a situation in a fight where you're mimicking the exercises that you do over and over again to develop these vanity muscles i.e. preacher curles, tricep extensions etc.
B) The bulk of their muscles slows them down making them a bigger and slower target
C) Anyone from a beanpole to a roided out Venice Beach Schwarzenegger wannabe can be knocked out
Essentially... yeah of course anyone can fight... but their training of vanity muscles as opposed to functional strength makes them a few steps slower than someone who strictly trains martial arts and doesn't lift for the sake of lifting yet rather trains their entire body to work at it's maximum OVERALL level.
The only exception is someone like Overeem who is already a very skilled kickboxing practitioner who not only has functional strength (think kettle bells, ropes, tires etc.) but also an incredibly bulked physique. However, you can see how he's slowed down from the beginning of his career to now... when he's on the juice.
My advice: Train Muay Thai, Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu... work kettle bells and stretch your cardio as far as you can. I'm gassed after three five minute rounds... and those are the rounds that the chicks do.
A) They're training for vanity muscles. Rarely are you ever in a situation in a fight where you're mimicking the exercises that you do over and over again to develop these vanity muscles i.e. preacher curles, tricep extensions etc.
B) The bulk of their muscles slows them down making them a bigger and slower target
C) Anyone from a beanpole to a roided out Venice Beach Schwarzenegger wannabe can be knocked out
Essentially... yeah of course anyone can fight... but their training of vanity muscles as opposed to functional strength makes them a few steps slower than someone who strictly trains martial arts and doesn't lift for the sake of lifting yet rather trains their entire body to work at it's maximum OVERALL level.
The only exception is someone like Overeem who is already a very skilled kickboxing practitioner who not only has functional strength (think kettle bells, ropes, tires etc.) but also an incredibly bulked physique. However, you can see how he's slowed down from the beginning of his career to now... when he's on the juice.
My advice: Train Muay Thai, Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu... work kettle bells and stretch your cardio as far as you can. I'm gassed after three five minute rounds... and those are the rounds that the chicks do.
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they prob got a good haymaker... u cud use ur speed/quickness and jab him and try to hit him on the chin with ur cross,keep doin that till he gasses out. If he winning that exchange try for the take down and gnp.
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probably has some force behind it but lack of stamina and a glass jaw should be an advantage
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Guys like that can't swing so they probably won't win a throwing hads contest, but if they get their hands on you you're through
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Who would win Big Show or a BB?
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technique >>>
i find it comical that every dude off the street thinks he can fight if put in that situation. id probably take roided up dude over average joe in a fight, but if average joe has 6 months of dedicated legit training under their belt (and roided guy doesnt) the odds become much more even.
as a BJJ hobbyist, I will be the first to admit that Jiu Jitsu is NOT fighting. That being said.
There is a new kid at my gym who just started that goes 270lb and is/was an avid lifter. This kid deadlifts 600+ and is built like a brick poop house. Damn right he will give me fits when sparring, but eventually technique will allow me to gain a favorable position for the choke or other submission.
i find it comical that every dude off the street thinks he can fight if put in that situation. id probably take roided up dude over average joe in a fight, but if average joe has 6 months of dedicated legit training under their belt (and roided guy doesnt) the odds become much more even.
as a BJJ hobbyist, I will be the first to admit that Jiu Jitsu is NOT fighting. That being said.
There is a new kid at my gym who just started that goes 270lb and is/was an avid lifter. This kid deadlifts 600+ and is built like a brick poop house. Damn right he will give me fits when sparring, but eventually technique will allow me to gain a favorable position for the choke or other submission.
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They will probably wash the average joe but I think a decent fighter of similar height could handle them. Technique, footwork, hand speed I imagine are more meaningful in a fight than just being bulky. All those muscles mean **** when if you have a weak jaw.
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the bodybuilder can't win if the cal's on me..
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Big Show used to box iirc, he was planning on going as a pro back in 06 or 07 and he lost plenty of weight before going back to wrestling then. So I'd put the money on the Big Show for sure.
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Ever see guys like the Ultimate Warrior and Scott Steiner run? Remember when they used to fly into the ring to interfere w/ matches? **** was comedy. Dudes could barely move. Stick and move, baby...stick and move.
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Wait wut
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Well, you don't have to be able to throw a perfect technical punch either for it to be effective. Some people are heavy handed and can make you see stars from a grazing punch.
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I remember when Scott still had his long hair and was still tagging with his brother, it was probably a few months before he became Big Poppa Pump so he put on a lot of bulk but was still able to do a Frankensteiner.
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Yea you'd take the boxing legend to beat the dude that never ever fights with popcorn muscles?
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no they can't unless they have training. they're not fighters, they're bodybuilders.
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nah i've seen cats like this fight on many occasions and not one of them could throw hands..
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You didn't read what I highlighted in the original post.
Jking had pretty similar stats to Rocky, difference being just an inch and a couple of pounds (5-7).
Thought he would find it interesting.
Problem?
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Yea the problem is any pro boxer would pepper one of these big hulks.
Average joe vs average joe body builder is a completely different story.
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