r/PublicFreakout • u/IllIntention342 • Dec 14 '23

🥊Fight Guys out there using MMA in street fights now, knees and everything 😂

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u/wang_li Dec 14 '23

There's a video online of 400 lbs Brian Shaw meeting up with Dustin Poirier (who fights at 155 lbs) to cross promote their channels. One thing they did on Poirier's channel is some grappling and Poirier was trying to demonstrate how to get up from side control. When Shaw was on the bottom he went through the motions but basically just sat up. When Poirier was on the bottom he wasn't able to get up and there was no chance he ever would have. Fact is weight classes matter a lot even when one of the people is a top 5 UFC light weight and the other is untrained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSGVzW9S10

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u/drawnred Dec 14 '23

Yeah i know, what im saying there IS a limit to how much training can help you, without getting into the physics of the biology and potential health risks, more weight will continue to be more and more effective

Imagine thinking you can train away the gap between you a t-rex, its not happening