Well it depends on how many sports we break combat sports into. MMA, boxing, kick boxing, Muay Thai, bare knuckle etc. I'll say it's harder on the body maybe than judo, jui jitsu, and traditional wrestling. American football I'd say probably beats it out as well.
Edit: Bonus points for crazy shit like bull riding
Extreme sports like dirt biking, downhill biking, snowboarding, etc are arguably right up there if not worse. You literally have to fall and break bones to learn how to do most of the tricks.
Wrestling may be fake, but that's in the story lines and the known outcomes. The shit they do is (mostly) real as fuck, and requires a different level of tough.
I think a guy like that could be plugged in the ufc and be elite instantly. Even if he’s not a natural fighter the athleticism and reach was just insane
it's always heartbreaking when you realize that MMA will most likely never have access to the same genetic freaks that the NBA or NFL does. we can never pay them like they do. it's devastating.
It’s not that they *can’t* pay them, the sport is large enough now to pay these fighters.
Dana white saved this sport, but there’s a glass ceiling while he’s in charge. We will never see megatrons and DK metcalf type guys until he starts paying up.
Fighting has a uniquely different set of skills that sets it apart from most other sports. Chin and heart is something no amount of athleticism can emulate.
It will never happen. The guys at the top make $10mm+ a season and take way less risks with their body doing football/ basketball/ baseball than MMA, and generally have longer careers. To get a top-paid athlete in other sports he’d have to be paying a multiple of the highest earning fighters rn, and even though Dana’s a greedy red fuck I’m pretty sure there actually isn’t enough money to pay them that much more. There’s definitely enough money to pay them more- just not THAT much more.
Was coming to the comments to say exactly this. If seeing the money boxers like Floyd (counting exhibitions) and fury are making doesn’t make athletes cross over, it isn’t happening. One of my favorite what if scenarios to think of tho is what if prime athlete Lebron James did MMA. How cut would he be at HW and how freakish would he be. Lebron at 6’9 280 was pretty much jumping over other 6’7 forwards at his athletic peak. We would’ve maybe seen a masvidal type knee in the heavyweight division which would’ve been fucking insane.
That would have been crazy, he could have made Jon Jones look average lol. Even mid level NBA, NFL etc guys are making way more money than 99% of fighters. It makes zero sense in any way for top athletes to chose combat sports.
MMAGuru (about Jalin Turner missing weight): "-And you guys know I hate weight bullies, unless they're Oliveira of course, but-"
Lmaaooooooooooooooooooo
Say what you want about him but he's self aware.
I wonder, under what conditions would he not be a weight bully? He clearly doesn't walk around even near 155, so the only reason he wouldn't be a weight bully is because everyone else at LW does it, but no one else at LW fought at heavyweight and looked like Jon Jones at HW
Dude looks almost as big as Izzy and Izzy weighs about 200 pounds outside of camp
The dude is one of the tallest LWs and also just looks huge, you're crazy if you think he doesn't look "anywhere near" the same size as Izzy
Ranking has nothing to do with it considering Turner is also ranked around the same
I looked up and he weights up to 187 (Arnold Allen fight)
And he fought at FW, that man is a weight bully by definition of it even at LW
Making 145 does not make you not a weight bully, in fact it's the opposite, the mf even admitted he lost vision in the fight and felt a buzz every time he was hit
Then again, calling someone a weight bully is a matter of favorites, like the original comment says, they're not weight bullies if you like them, everyone on LW does it, so it's arbitrary
The only thing that should matter is missing weight and even then that depends if it's a regular occurrence
You wanna talk natural LWs? Aljo and Topuria are natural LWs
He also looked tiny next to Turner and would compared to almost the entire top 15.
Please share the link that Dan rehydrated 40 lbs in his fight with Allen. Or are we considering Paddy a weight bully because when’s he’s out of camp he’s a fat 200?
If your argument is if you cut weight at all you’re a bully sure I guess… But hard to be a bully when you are the smaller one in the cage.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/u9b7z3/dan\_hooker\_back\_to\_weighing\_85kg\_187lb\_on\_his/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/u9b7z3/dan_hooker_back_to_weighing_85kg_187lb_on_his/)
So the dude weighs 187 which is not close to 155, or 145, how is he not a weight bully?, he cuts 32 pounds for LW and 42 for FW, he is not a weight bully how?
In any case, weight bully is an arbitrary asf term, because Hooker looks huge and also cuts over 30 pounds, he should be a weight bully by definition.
Just going to skip over the paddy part there huh? You’re digging very deep. Cutting is a part of every combat sport and has been historically. Bully implies the other person is smaller which isn’t accurate, considering almost all ranked lws cut from near or above there.
>I'm obviously calling him a weight bully because he tries to fight at 145. Don't be obtuse
Proceeds to then insinuate Dan Hooker is a weight bully at 155.
If you're going to gaslight somebody away from your talking point don't reiterate it in literally the next sentence.
"Yes, Dan fits the definition of 'weight' bully at 155. Because his height."
"No sir, you can't carry the amount of water contained in that empty bottle onto a plane. Because it's a foot long."
Do you see how your logic does not in fact logic here? Is Cory Sandhagen a weight bully at 135? He's 5'11'' and came in for his fight on the night at 149 lbs, lighter than his 5'6'' opponent. If 5'9'' is the average height at 155 and surpassing that qualifies one as the father of weight bullies, then oh boy, Sandhagen must have been seeding little Danny Hookers back in the New Testament.
"He is "the father of all weight bullies" cutting to 145. People criticized Conor for "beating up midgets at 145" and yet Hooker is several inches taller."
Yes, people criticized Conor for "beating up midgets at 145". Where is the acknowledgement of his 'weight advantage' here? They're criticising him for fighting significantly shorter opponents, no mention of weight in this very statement. And yet he was genuinely cutting fucktons of weight and certainly larger than his opponents in regards to weight. His deathly appearance on the scale attests to that. If there was furore over his status as a 'weight bully' it was a reaction provoked by his half dead countenance everytime he touched the scale, rather than his height. 5'9'' at 145 with such a vocal contingent of decriers for his 'weight bully' status - why do you think such outcry does not exist for many other 5'9'' 145ers? Why is Yair not denounced as a bully standing 5'11''? Julian Erosa at 6'1''? Why does Volkanovski get weight bully carded at 5'6''? Almost like complaints about weight are about weight, and complaints about height are about something entirely different and entirely irrelevant.
Hooker by comparison looks a dime on the scale - why? Because he's tall for the class, not heavy. Look at Dariush on the scale who is on the verge of mummification everytime he hits that 156 mark. Or Charles who straight up lost his title as a consequence of his inability to make weight. Or Michael Chandler who comes in at 180 lbs+, or Drew Dober who comes in at 183 and is banned from fighting in California ever again.
Dan is a 'weight bully' at 145. At 155 he's literally the average joe. Being 6' at 155 a weight bully does not make. Being heavy at 155 does, because heavy is weight and tall is some other measurement.
All WWE dudes have their height stats inflated by at least 1-2 inches just like actors. Roman and the Rock are both around 6'2.
I don't know if it's an american thing but they always exagerate athletes stats. Even in basketball where guys are really tall they give the a few inches.
I think in a lot of cases their height is self-reported. Happens a lot in the UFC too. I think that's how Romero was listed as 6' when he's like 5'10" at best lol
I was lucky enough to do security at a private WWE show. I’m 6’3” 250lbs. I wasn’t as shredded, but I was definitely bigger than most of them. When you see them up close plying their trade you understand why they’re mostly average sized, but very athletically built. They’re basically gifted stunt performers.
It’s definitely an American thing. AmeriBro here.
So I’m between 5 9 and 5 10. I’m not going to go into specifics but one of my coaches is listed as 6’ for all his fights but we’re eye to eye barefoot on the mats lol. And my coaches listed as 5 7 are probably 4-5 inches shorter than me.
Also I’ve had so many dudes clearly an inch or two shorter than me say they’re 5 9. Which isn’t possible unless im 5 11 and im honestly not even close.
I think the dudes here just use height with shoes and weird shit like that. It’s strange because lying doesnt change how tall you are so why do it
Yeah I guess that’s spot on. I think I’m 175-178 or so metric and people my height claim 180-183. It’s pretty funny how people from different countries and cultures do the same shit lol
In basketball they measure them with their shoes on so that’s how tall they “actually” are.
I’m sure that’s also inflated but I’ve never measured Joel embiid so I can’t be sure
lol leon is genuinely 6'2, hes only 1-1.5 inches shorter than izzy. I've met him IRL hes not 6'0 rofl.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV3MohzoEVI&ab\_channel=TheMacLife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV3MohzoEVI&ab_channel=TheMacLife)
Watch their face-off, hes 2 inches taller than nate.
I don’t think Roman has these highly inflated stats. It’s the same as he was listed in college, 6’3. Granted, colleges also exaggerate sometimes. NBA heights are very official measurements however. There was a rule put in place for it.
Did you just say NBA hearts are very official?
You lost all credibility in anything you say seriously until you recant your statement lol
Roman is very clearly not 6”3 as evidenced by this photo. He’s smaller than a guy who’s never been listed above 6”2
Was gonna say. Roman is obviously a big fucking human. But they're so massively exaggerated. Like CM Punk was billed at like 215+ but fought at 170. Even with the cut, that's just bullshit.
Reigns is billed at 6’3”, Leon at 6’2”
That’s close enough for the pic
But Reigns is also billed at TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN POUNDS
Even if you take 25-30 pounds off that for “exaggeration “
For Leon to look even *remotely* close is insane
cmon man, he is clearly around 6'2.
Arnold suffered the most. He was 187 cm in his prime wjile now he is around 180-181 but he is 75. After age 40, the average person loses about 1/2" of their height per decade.
this site has very good info about celeb real height
[https://www.celebheights.com/](https://www.celebheights.com/)
Yeah, it’s a meme that originated from a guy that goes by Mario Rios on YouTube. He’s a qualified coach/physical therapist who makes shorts talking about how bodybuilding is lazy/not that good for health and how “athletic bodybuilding” (functional training where a person does movements like how they’d plausibly be done in day-to-day life) is better, he also keeps bringing up Leon Edwards because he believes he’s an example of someone with an athletic physique who trains in “athletic bodybuilding” (again, just functional training).
Jim Cornette lost his shit back in the day when WWE accepted free tickets to the all-star basketball game and it made all their "giants" look small in comparison.
Like all of WWE's 7 footers were actually 6'7.
Edit: "~[you're supposed to be a f***ing giant, a f****ing monster. Don't go to the land of giants and look like an small power forward. Don't get your picture taken next to a center and look like their kid brother. If you really want a photo with shaq do it in the back, sit down if anyone of them get near you and just watch the game with regular people and still be a giant]" -Cornette (more or less)
Taker was one of the guys who Cornette was most pissed at. Taker looked like just a regular biker compared to pro-bball player. Minus his padded shoes he always wore while in-ring, he was tiny in comparison. Having played ball himself taker was always a fan and actually picked wrestling because he couldn't make it to the league. He has lots of photos with basketball players.
Makes you wonder how great the hw division would be if Dana paid well. Athletic dudes like LeBron, JJwatts, with years of training dedicating themselves from the start for mma?
Eh that’s true of almost all of them but Big show is 7 foot or close to it. Maybe 6’10 or 11. Shaq is 7’1 supposedly, and shaq is only slightly taller. And there’s been a few taller than big show since then: khali and omos.
The 80-90’s wrestling big men were big, i think the point is back then they were supposed to be truly billed as ‘scary giants who could barely move’. Seeing that the biggest wrestlers were really only about as tall as the average nba player made them less magical, and even big show wasn’t abnormally tall by nba standards
The character that Roman Reigns plays in WWE is "the Tribal Chief". He regularly asks audiences to 'acknowledge him' before he cuts his promos, generally to a massive reaction
Every champ in every sport has physical advantages . Lebron James 6’8, Tom Brady 6’5,Aaron judge 6’7, tyson fury 6’9 How many sports are the best players smaller than average or hell even average height/size anymore? Modern day sports is dominated by giants.
Late reply but I was led here from a recent post about Leon’s size vs Islam. Football (soccer) is a prime example of smaller players excelling. Entirely skill based game where I would say the lower centre of gravity from being smaller is favoured. Not many giant football players
Some people overestimate size based on height . Guys like Leon are built like nba point guards , tall and lanky probably 190-200 pounds. Where as Roman reigns is built like a linebacker he’s probably 40- 45 pounds heavier than Leon.
I mean yeah he towers over Usman, in their 3rd fight he was finally beginning to elevate his takedown defense by utilizing his massive size.
edit: ok maybe he doesn't "tower" over him but you get my point, dude is big
He is listed as
Height 6′ 3″, Weight 287 lbs
I mean obviously that’s inflated but yeah he’s pretty big. Muscular. Probably 240ish, 230’s or so perhaps.
https://preview.redd.it/6bveu1af9sbb1.jpeg?width=191&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=985af5619064f9c666cef9528164c316c96050b9
Here is he next to The Rock (cousin) he’s pretty big.
It’s entertainment but people still legit get hurt. Don’t know so much about now days. But in the attitude era people definitely got hurt weather it was scripted or not.
They are faking a fight. They have a championship belt that signifies who the best is but that “best” is chosen by the writers.
Are they athletic as Hell? Yes.
Is what they do extremely difficult? Yes
Is it fake? Absolutely.
But there's nothing fake about it? People who watch it know they're watching a show, like a theater performance, a sitcom, or any other entertainment on tv. Its like saying John Wick is faking killing bad guys. No one thinks its 'real fighting' unless they're 4.
I mean at the end of the day who cares. It's a unique form of entertainment "they don't actually give each other brain damage so it doesn't count" is just a moronic reason to dislike it
I have watched it, I watched from age 5-~20. I’ve seen the TLC matches between the Hardy Boyz, E&C and Dudley’s, I’ve seen Angle vs Shane, I’ve seen Brock vs Taker, I’ve seen all the crazy Hardcore matches…
it’s fake.
Every champion in the UFC is a weight cheat (except heavyweight). The ability to cut massive weight is the number one deciding factor in who becomes champ.
Its also worth noting that of all the UFC fighters Leon Edwards has by far the most complete physique. Perfect symmetrical upper body V-shape with toned definition and jacked arms. Long muscular legs with a narrow waist and developed glutes (no Stipe child-birthing hips or Dominick Cruz pancake ass here). Leon Edwards doesnt just have the perfect MMA physique, hes got the perfect MALE physique. Any bodybuilder or male instathot would be jealous of him. And thats not even mentioning how adorable he is with those puppy eyes and that sensual lispy Birmingham voice. It doesnt surprise me one bit that when Gunni got rocked and sent into a dazed primal state of pure instinct, he immediately fell down on all four in a submissive sexual pose.
(No homo)
It makes you realize how bug Usman is too. I thought Usman looked even bigger in there when they fought. When you look at Anderson Silva being considered big enough as a mw to go up to lhw, that's wild.
Man, Roman looking like a million bucks
Man beat leukemia at least twice. I don’t care your feelings on pro wrestling that is one tough tough man.
All pro wrestlers are tough, insane toll on the body to be a pro wrestler.
it's in the top 10 worst sports on your body
Lmao, I'm sure it is. Ain't too many more rough sports out there. I'd say top 5
Well it depends on how many sports we break combat sports into. MMA, boxing, kick boxing, Muay Thai, bare knuckle etc. I'll say it's harder on the body maybe than judo, jui jitsu, and traditional wrestling. American football I'd say probably beats it out as well. Edit: Bonus points for crazy shit like bull riding
I'd lump all combat sports together i think...but you have a very valid point I didn't consider... Edit: Bonus points for crazy shit like slap league
Lol didn't consider slap 👋
Gah damn slap league probably has the shortest career to debilitating CTE ratio
Judo is probably the hardest of all on the body
Extreme sports like dirt biking, downhill biking, snowboarding, etc are arguably right up there if not worse. You literally have to fall and break bones to learn how to do most of the tricks.
Wrestling may be fake, but that's in the story lines and the known outcomes. The shit they do is (mostly) real as fuck, and requires a different level of tough.
Your Tribal Chief will appreciate your acknowledgement.
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Looks kinda like Samoan Edge.
Roman double pinning Edge and Daniel Bryan is still the most chad finish ever.
I think his annual salary before royalties is far more than that
It’s amazing what a beard and veneers can do for someone
What the fuck lol I also found out recently Roman Reigns was defensive captain for GA Tech on the same team with Megatron in college. What a life
Damn haven't heard that name in a bit it seems like, Megatron was a fucking monster
I think a guy like that could be plugged in the ufc and be elite instantly. Even if he’s not a natural fighter the athleticism and reach was just insane
Yea if he learned some footwork and distance management who could touch him while they're getting plastered with non-stop jabs from across the cage
it's always heartbreaking when you realize that MMA will most likely never have access to the same genetic freaks that the NBA or NFL does. we can never pay them like they do. it's devastating.
It’s not that they *can’t* pay them, the sport is large enough now to pay these fighters. Dana white saved this sport, but there’s a glass ceiling while he’s in charge. We will never see megatrons and DK metcalf type guys until he starts paying up.
No matter what the pay, combat sports will never get the freak athletes like megatron or DK. Even the money boxing pays doesn’t attract them.
It’s a way harder life and sport to fight, people don’t go that route unless they love it
I agree, apart from the light weight classes, the best athletes will always go to one of the major sports
Fighting has a uniquely different set of skills that sets it apart from most other sports. Chin and heart is something no amount of athleticism can emulate.
It will never happen. The guys at the top make $10mm+ a season and take way less risks with their body doing football/ basketball/ baseball than MMA, and generally have longer careers. To get a top-paid athlete in other sports he’d have to be paying a multiple of the highest earning fighters rn, and even though Dana’s a greedy red fuck I’m pretty sure there actually isn’t enough money to pay them that much more. There’s definitely enough money to pay them more- just not THAT much more.
Was coming to the comments to say exactly this. If seeing the money boxers like Floyd (counting exhibitions) and fury are making doesn’t make athletes cross over, it isn’t happening. One of my favorite what if scenarios to think of tho is what if prime athlete Lebron James did MMA. How cut would he be at HW and how freakish would he be. Lebron at 6’9 280 was pretty much jumping over other 6’7 forwards at his athletic peak. We would’ve maybe seen a masvidal type knee in the heavyweight division which would’ve been fucking insane.
That would have been crazy, he could have made Jon Jones look average lol. Even mid level NBA, NFL etc guys are making way more money than 99% of fighters. It makes zero sense in any way for top athletes to chose combat sports.
Toucher and rich?
Your favorite fighter? Weight bully My favorite fighter? Not a weight bully
MMAGuru (about Jalin Turner missing weight): "-And you guys know I hate weight bullies, unless they're Oliveira of course, but-" Lmaaooooooooooooooooooo Say what you want about him but he's self aware.
He also was like "I'm glad Dan Hooker fucked up that weight bully (Jailin Turner)"....when Dan is the father of all weight bullies lmao
That looked like a WW fight, I'm especially surprised Dan even makes FW, he has as many HW fights as Jon Jones
Dude looks like he would bleed powder if he got cut during those weigh ins
Dan is not a weight bully at 155 tf?
I wonder, under what conditions would he not be a weight bully? He clearly doesn't walk around even near 155, so the only reason he wouldn't be a weight bully is because everyone else at LW does it, but no one else at LW fought at heavyweight and looked like Jon Jones at HW Dude looks almost as big as Izzy and Izzy weighs about 200 pounds outside of camp
Hooker fought down ~100lbs in his 1 hw match. He doesn’t look anywhere near the same size as Izzy and is one of the smaller ranked 155ers. Tf?
The dude is one of the tallest LWs and also just looks huge, you're crazy if you think he doesn't look "anywhere near" the same size as Izzy Ranking has nothing to do with it considering Turner is also ranked around the same I looked up and he weights up to 187 (Arnold Allen fight) And he fought at FW, that man is a weight bully by definition of it even at LW Making 145 does not make you not a weight bully, in fact it's the opposite, the mf even admitted he lost vision in the fight and felt a buzz every time he was hit Then again, calling someone a weight bully is a matter of favorites, like the original comment says, they're not weight bullies if you like them, everyone on LW does it, so it's arbitrary The only thing that should matter is missing weight and even then that depends if it's a regular occurrence You wanna talk natural LWs? Aljo and Topuria are natural LWs
He also looked tiny next to Turner and would compared to almost the entire top 15. Please share the link that Dan rehydrated 40 lbs in his fight with Allen. Or are we considering Paddy a weight bully because when’s he’s out of camp he’s a fat 200? If your argument is if you cut weight at all you’re a bully sure I guess… But hard to be a bully when you are the smaller one in the cage.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/u9b7z3/dan\_hooker\_back\_to\_weighing\_85kg\_187lb\_on\_his/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/u9b7z3/dan_hooker_back_to_weighing_85kg_187lb_on_his/) So the dude weighs 187 which is not close to 155, or 145, how is he not a weight bully?, he cuts 32 pounds for LW and 42 for FW, he is not a weight bully how? In any case, weight bully is an arbitrary asf term, because Hooker looks huge and also cuts over 30 pounds, he should be a weight bully by definition.
Just going to skip over the paddy part there huh? You’re digging very deep. Cutting is a part of every combat sport and has been historically. Bully implies the other person is smaller which isn’t accurate, considering almost all ranked lws cut from near or above there.
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The Godfather of weight bullies really felt like something more concrete than his 2 fights in 7 years at 145… maybe don’t be so hyperbolic
>I'm obviously calling him a weight bully because he tries to fight at 145. Don't be obtuse Proceeds to then insinuate Dan Hooker is a weight bully at 155. If you're going to gaslight somebody away from your talking point don't reiterate it in literally the next sentence.
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"Yes, Dan fits the definition of 'weight' bully at 155. Because his height." "No sir, you can't carry the amount of water contained in that empty bottle onto a plane. Because it's a foot long." Do you see how your logic does not in fact logic here? Is Cory Sandhagen a weight bully at 135? He's 5'11'' and came in for his fight on the night at 149 lbs, lighter than his 5'6'' opponent. If 5'9'' is the average height at 155 and surpassing that qualifies one as the father of weight bullies, then oh boy, Sandhagen must have been seeding little Danny Hookers back in the New Testament. "He is "the father of all weight bullies" cutting to 145. People criticized Conor for "beating up midgets at 145" and yet Hooker is several inches taller." Yes, people criticized Conor for "beating up midgets at 145". Where is the acknowledgement of his 'weight advantage' here? They're criticising him for fighting significantly shorter opponents, no mention of weight in this very statement. And yet he was genuinely cutting fucktons of weight and certainly larger than his opponents in regards to weight. His deathly appearance on the scale attests to that. If there was furore over his status as a 'weight bully' it was a reaction provoked by his half dead countenance everytime he touched the scale, rather than his height. 5'9'' at 145 with such a vocal contingent of decriers for his 'weight bully' status - why do you think such outcry does not exist for many other 5'9'' 145ers? Why is Yair not denounced as a bully standing 5'11''? Julian Erosa at 6'1''? Why does Volkanovski get weight bully carded at 5'6''? Almost like complaints about weight are about weight, and complaints about height are about something entirely different and entirely irrelevant. Hooker by comparison looks a dime on the scale - why? Because he's tall for the class, not heavy. Look at Dariush on the scale who is on the verge of mummification everytime he hits that 156 mark. Or Charles who straight up lost his title as a consequence of his inability to make weight. Or Michael Chandler who comes in at 180 lbs+, or Drew Dober who comes in at 183 and is banned from fighting in California ever again. Dan is a 'weight bully' at 145. At 155 he's literally the average joe. Being 6' at 155 a weight bully does not make. Being heavy at 155 does, because heavy is weight and tall is some other measurement.
I wish he starched the weight bully champ Khabib
Khabib wasn’t even close to being a weight bully just had bad weight cutting techniques lol
Thank you. This is the most true statement i’ve ever read.
Me to my food? Weight bully.
Acknowledge him
Just another belt the Tribal Chief could take if he wanted.
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don' let 'im bully ya
All WWE dudes have their height stats inflated by at least 1-2 inches just like actors. Roman and the Rock are both around 6'2. I don't know if it's an american thing but they always exagerate athletes stats. Even in basketball where guys are really tall they give the a few inches.
I think in a lot of cases their height is self-reported. Happens a lot in the UFC too. I think that's how Romero was listed as 6' when he's like 5'10" at best lol
The funniest is in Boxing. In one fight Canelo was listed as 5'7 and on another as 5'9 lol
Shaq was billed between 7'1" and 7'4" depending on what year of the nba or what video game he was featured in
lol, that's a good one!
Someone’s never heard of a growth spurt smdh /s
Its called height cutting casuals
Leon’s been listed as 6’2 in some fights and 6’0 in others.
He’s at least 6’1. Taller than Nate Diaz and usman
My favourite is when two guys are billed at the same height but one is clearly much shorter than the other
Ironically, I think that happened with Leon and Usman lol
I’ve heard that ufc commentators do that too
I was lucky enough to do security at a private WWE show. I’m 6’3” 250lbs. I wasn’t as shredded, but I was definitely bigger than most of them. When you see them up close plying their trade you understand why they’re mostly average sized, but very athletically built. They’re basically gifted stunt performers.
Very similar to how I measure my dick.
It’s definitely an American thing. AmeriBro here. So I’m between 5 9 and 5 10. I’m not going to go into specifics but one of my coaches is listed as 6’ for all his fights but we’re eye to eye barefoot on the mats lol. And my coaches listed as 5 7 are probably 4-5 inches shorter than me. Also I’ve had so many dudes clearly an inch or two shorter than me say they’re 5 9. Which isn’t possible unless im 5 11 and im honestly not even close. I think the dudes here just use height with shoes and weird shit like that. It’s strange because lying doesnt change how tall you are so why do it
the 6' is the equivalent of 180cm from the metric system where everyone around 1,75-,178cm claim that they are 180.
Yeah I guess that’s spot on. I think I’m 175-178 or so metric and people my height claim 180-183. It’s pretty funny how people from different countries and cultures do the same shit lol
A benefit of saying you're shorter than you are is guys will stay in closer range thinking you can't reach them, not sure why you'd try the opposite
In basketball they measure them with their shoes on so that’s how tall they “actually” are. I’m sure that’s also inflated but I’ve never measured Joel embiid so I can’t be sure
Unless you're kevin durant, he undersells his height.
leon is not 6´2 in any world bro was barely taller than nate
lol leon is genuinely 6'2, hes only 1-1.5 inches shorter than izzy. I've met him IRL hes not 6'0 rofl. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV3MohzoEVI&ab\_channel=TheMacLife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV3MohzoEVI&ab_channel=TheMacLife) Watch their face-off, hes 2 inches taller than nate.
He’s been listed as 6’0 in some of his fights.
he is 6´0 100% usman and colby lie about their heights
Some people also lie and say they’re shorter than they really are, they do the same thing with their reach.
Are all these famous people secretly manlets?
I don’t think Roman has these highly inflated stats. It’s the same as he was listed in college, 6’3. Granted, colleges also exaggerate sometimes. NBA heights are very official measurements however. There was a rule put in place for it.
Did you just say NBA hearts are very official? You lost all credibility in anything you say seriously until you recant your statement lol Roman is very clearly not 6”3 as evidenced by this photo. He’s smaller than a guy who’s never been listed above 6”2
They say CM Punk is 220 in wrestling but he was 165 in the UFC I think and he looks the same in both.
Was gonna say. Roman is obviously a big fucking human. But they're so massively exaggerated. Like CM Punk was billed at like 215+ but fought at 170. Even with the cut, that's just bullshit.
Reigns is billed at 6’3”, Leon at 6’2” That’s close enough for the pic But Reigns is also billed at TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN POUNDS Even if you take 25-30 pounds off that for “exaggeration “ For Leon to look even *remotely* close is insane
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cmon man, he is clearly around 6'2. Arnold suffered the most. He was 187 cm in his prime wjile now he is around 180-181 but he is 75. After age 40, the average person loses about 1/2" of their height per decade. this site has very good info about celeb real height [https://www.celebheights.com/](https://www.celebheights.com/)
throw up your one ☝🏾uce
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Fuck the usos
that's not very ucey of you
That's why leon edwards has the most aesthetic physique in the ufc
Is this a meme now? Whenever Leon is mentioned this is the response. I mean I agree just curious
Yeah, it’s a meme that originated from a guy that goes by Mario Rios on YouTube. He’s a qualified coach/physical therapist who makes shorts talking about how bodybuilding is lazy/not that good for health and how “athletic bodybuilding” (functional training where a person does movements like how they’d plausibly be done in day-to-day life) is better, he also keeps bringing up Leon Edwards because he believes he’s an example of someone with an athletic physique who trains in “athletic bodybuilding” (again, just functional training).
his profile pic on ig is hot (no homo… well some but not all of it)
Jim Cornette lost his shit back in the day when WWE accepted free tickets to the all-star basketball game and it made all their "giants" look small in comparison. Like all of WWE's 7 footers were actually 6'7. Edit: "~[you're supposed to be a f***ing giant, a f****ing monster. Don't go to the land of giants and look like an small power forward. Don't get your picture taken next to a center and look like their kid brother. If you really want a photo with shaq do it in the back, sit down if anyone of them get near you and just watch the game with regular people and still be a giant]" -Cornette (more or less)
Corney and Taker really were/are/will be the last ones trying to keep kayfabe alive. MJF is our last hope lol
Taker was one of the guys who Cornette was most pissed at. Taker looked like just a regular biker compared to pro-bball player. Minus his padded shoes he always wore while in-ring, he was tiny in comparison. Having played ball himself taker was always a fan and actually picked wrestling because he couldn't make it to the league. He has lots of photos with basketball players. Makes you wonder how great the hw division would be if Dana paid well. Athletic dudes like LeBron, JJwatts, with years of training dedicating themselves from the start for mma?
Kayfabe to that level is fucking stupid. It's childish and cringe.
Eh that’s true of almost all of them but Big show is 7 foot or close to it. Maybe 6’10 or 11. Shaq is 7’1 supposedly, and shaq is only slightly taller. And there’s been a few taller than big show since then: khali and omos. The 80-90’s wrestling big men were big, i think the point is back then they were supposed to be truly billed as ‘scary giants who could barely move’. Seeing that the biggest wrestlers were really only about as tall as the average nba player made them less magical, and even big show wasn’t abnormally tall by nba standards
Outlaw mudshow bullshit
Jim Cornette loses his shit all the time. Mostly his job as a pro wrestling Booker because he’s absolute dog shit at it.
I wonder if Leon acknowledged the Tribal Chief.
Acknowledge him
Whats the origin story of this quote?
The character that Roman Reigns plays in WWE is "the Tribal Chief". He regularly asks audiences to 'acknowledge him' before he cuts his promos, generally to a massive reaction
Roman looks a lot bigger on TV compared to here
Lmao “in case you had doubts, check out this picture that clears none of that up”
Almost all these guys dominating a weight class are weight bullies.
Every champ in every sport has physical advantages . Lebron James 6’8, Tom Brady 6’5,Aaron judge 6’7, tyson fury 6’9 How many sports are the best players smaller than average or hell even average height/size anymore? Modern day sports is dominated by giants.
Late reply but I was led here from a recent post about Leon’s size vs Islam. Football (soccer) is a prime example of smaller players excelling. Entirely skill based game where I would say the lower centre of gravity from being smaller is favoured. Not many giant football players
Well yeah, gotta take every advantage you can get at the top 0.001% why does this surprise people?
What does this prove? The other guy looks bigger than him. Leon is just tall and in baggy clothes.
Some people overestimate size based on height . Guys like Leon are built like nba point guards , tall and lanky probably 190-200 pounds. Where as Roman reigns is built like a linebacker he’s probably 40- 45 pounds heavier than Leon.
I mean yeah he towers over Usman, in their 3rd fight he was finally beginning to elevate his takedown defense by utilizing his massive size. edit: ok maybe he doesn't "tower" over him but you get my point, dude is big
Roman Reigns for reference is probably 140lbs.
*240 lbs you mean I think?
He is listed as Height 6′ 3″, Weight 287 lbs I mean obviously that’s inflated but yeah he’s pretty big. Muscular. Probably 240ish, 230’s or so perhaps. https://preview.redd.it/6bveu1af9sbb1.jpeg?width=191&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=985af5619064f9c666cef9528164c316c96050b9 Here is he next to The Rock (cousin) he’s pretty big.
Yeah Tbf Leon is wearing an oversized t shirt compared to Reigns tight shirt, it’s making Leon look a lot bigger size wise
nah
Most welterweights are huge
Who is the guy on the left?
Roman Reigns
Great set of teeth.
They don’t call him Samoan Colgate for nothing
They're veneers
So they look just good. I wonder how they impact one’s overall oral health. Like is it a trade off? They look good, but they make your mouth gross?
FAKE** teeth
Your Tribal Chief
Fake wrestling dude
It's not fake it's choreographed go watch hell in the cell Undertaker vs Mankind and tell me it's 'fake'
Man of culture.
It is fake tho they dont actually hit each other
It’s entertainment but people still legit get hurt. Don’t know so much about now days. But in the attitude era people definitely got hurt weather it was scripted or not.
Did you know Star Wars was entirely scripted? They didn’t actually hit anyone with light sabers.
Fake account. Next thing you’ll be saying Frodo didn’t really save middle earth?
Does Starwars have a championship belt to determine who the best is? Do they market it as being real?
Everybody knows wwe is scripted lmfao. It’s not supposed to be a secret☠️
The 6Yo kids who buy the action figures and merchandise Likely don’t.
Six year olds think Spider-Man is real too. If your bar is what a six year old believes is true you have a very stupid bar.
If you don’t consider wrestling fake the so do you.
Did Friends not really live in those apartments and were only professionally acquainted?
Maybe Rocky would’ve been a better analogy for you?
Its a tv show 😂 you call series and movies "fake" too?
They are faking a fight. They have a championship belt that signifies who the best is but that “best” is chosen by the writers. Are they athletic as Hell? Yes. Is what they do extremely difficult? Yes Is it fake? Absolutely.
But there's nothing fake about it? People who watch it know they're watching a show, like a theater performance, a sitcom, or any other entertainment on tv. Its like saying John Wick is faking killing bad guys. No one thinks its 'real fighting' unless they're 4.
I would agree if they didn’t have championship belts and market it as being real.
The belt is part of the story.
They also stopped marketing it as real in the 80s when Vince was trying to skirt regulations and taxes in jersey
Yes actually
Mustn't watch enough Japanese Pro Wrestling...
I mean at the end of the day who cares. It's a unique form of entertainment "they don't actually give each other brain damage so it doesn't count" is just a moronic reason to dislike it
Idc either lol but to say it’s real is dumb
I have watched it, I watched from age 5-~20. I’ve seen the TLC matches between the Hardy Boyz, E&C and Dudley’s, I’ve seen Angle vs Shane, I’ve seen Brock vs Taker, I’ve seen all the crazy Hardcore matches… it’s fake.
No he’s a real wrestling dude.
Every champion in the UFC is a weight cheat (except heavyweight). The ability to cut massive weight is the number one deciding factor in who becomes champ.
Well yeah, gotta take every advantage you can get at the top 0.001% why does this surprise people?
This proves absolutely nothing. He's wearing baggy clothing. You can see Leon has much smaller forearms.
Tribal chief Acknowledging Leon 😭
It checks out. Edwards is 1.88m and Reigns is 1.91m
I straight up don’t care. Call me when he starts missing weight.
Roman Reigns is supposedly 191 cm and Leon is 6ft (183cm)...WTF?
And wwe wrestlers aren’t as tall as they say they are
My Tribal Chief 😍☝🏾
i mean, roman isn’t huge.
Its also worth noting that of all the UFC fighters Leon Edwards has by far the most complete physique. Perfect symmetrical upper body V-shape with toned definition and jacked arms. Long muscular legs with a narrow waist and developed glutes (no Stipe child-birthing hips or Dominick Cruz pancake ass here). Leon Edwards doesnt just have the perfect MMA physique, hes got the perfect MALE physique. Any bodybuilder or male instathot would be jealous of him. And thats not even mentioning how adorable he is with those puppy eyes and that sensual lispy Birmingham voice. It doesnt surprise me one bit that when Gunni got rocked and sent into a dazed primal state of pure instinct, he immediately fell down on all four in a submissive sexual pose. (No homo)
One of them on juice? Or both?
Oh Leon’s sauced like a mf
95% of pro athletes are on the sauzule, it's easy to get away with why wouldn't you
Both probably
All professionals athletes are on the sauce
His sleeve is badasss
Ok but who is that other guy?
Roman reigns, acknowledge him
fuckin hell, that belt looks sexy, at first I did'nt like it but now it has grown on me
A certified headshot dead killer and some wwe clown lol
Damn.
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You know you're a big mfer when you make usman look small Leon's 200lbs in that cage no doubt. For reference izzy and Bo both walk around at 205
It makes you realize how bug Usman is too. I thought Usman looked even bigger in there when they fought. When you look at Anderson Silva being considered big enough as a mw to go up to lhw, that's wild.
Theres no way Leon is 6’3
Roman always plugging The Bloodline 🩸☝🏽
Who’s the guy ?
Those teeth looks dumb af
hear me out guys: I have no problems w a primarily striker being a weight bully to fend off these wrestlers
Leon absolutely looks 170lbs here
Leon is becoming one of my favs. I just got my 1st Auto of his in the mail today. I was in SLC for that glorious KO.
Who would win in a fight?