How much does weight really matter in a striking match?

[semtex]

when grappling is involved you can lay on them so it matters a lot then. I see lots of weight mismatches in kickboxing though and the smaller dudes seem to have just as much power.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

A lot, in grappling the odds of beating someone bigger are better then in striking. It's the norm but there are exceptions. Some fighters go up in weight but their power doesn't go up with them ergo they cant hurt people like they use to and are only effective in a certain category. If they use their entire body it's even more pronounced in terms of difference in power although some people are born with a good chin at any weight.

 

[jackswstd]

A great big man will always beat a great small man. Throw a prime Mike Tyson in with a prime Mayweather and I guarantee Floyd would be looking up at the lights before the night is over.

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

when grappling is involved you can lay on them so it matters a lot then. I see lots of weight mismatches in kickboxing though and the smaller dudes seem to have just as much power.

I think it matters more in striking because with grappling you can use leverage and other shyt to take some one down,reverse, bust out a submission,use your whole body etc. Thats why you seen royce getting all them big musclar cats in the old ufc. Or Submitting sumo wrestlers and shyt, genki sudo getting butterbean with a heel hook. But in striking all you have is your fist or legs with kickboxing, adding more weight into the impact of the hit, or laying on a dude pressing him in the clinch against the ropes and you cant drop down for a double leg or go for a judo trip, pull guard. Tiring out the other guy with the weight pressed on him for the time they are clinched before broken up. Maybe taking abit more punishment wise from a dude who is natrually smaller then you. but then again,sometimes it also depends on some ones chin or pain threshold. Can be a big and muscular as you want to be homie but your chin!? shyt... put money theres dudes 160/180 that could put cats like overreem or bigfoot silva on their ass.

hell you seen it in old time boxing motherfukers heavyweight champions of the world standing 5'8 185 and shyt lol fighting 6'4 218 pound dudes. holding their own or downing them.

anybody remember that skinny white nerdy dude knocking out that big black sumo dude in the old ufc when there was no rules or weight classes. lmao classic.

 

[semtex]

A great big man will always beat a great small man. Throw a prime Mike Tyson in with a prime Mayweather and I guarantee Floyd would be looking up at the lights before the night is over.

I forgot to note that I don't mean THAT much of a weight difference. Just 20lbs or so.

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

I forgot to note that I don't mean THAT much of a weight difference. Just 20lbs or so.

Oh!

 

[semtex]

I think it matters more in striking because with grappling you can use leverage and other shyt to take some one down,reverse, bust out a submission,use your whole body etc. Thats why you seen royce getting all them big musclar cats in the old ufc. Or Submitting sumo wrestlers and shyt, genki sudo getting butterbean with a heel hook. But in striking all you have is your fist or legs with kickboxing, adding more weight into the impact of the hit, or laying on a dude pressing him in the clinch against the ropes and you cant drop down for a double leg or go for a judo trip, pull guard. Tiring out the other guy with the weight pressed on him for the time they are clinched before broken up. Maybe taking abit more punishment wise from a dude who is natrually smaller then you. but then again,sometimes it also depends on some ones chin or pain threshold. Can be a big and muscular as you want to be homie but your chin!? shyt... put money theres dudes 160/180 that could put cats like overreem or bigfoot silva on their ass.

hell you seen it in old time boxing motherfukers heavyweight champions of the world standing 5'8 185 and shyt lol fighting 6'4 218 pound dudes. holding their own or downing them.

anybody remember that skinny white nerdy dude knocking out that big black sumo dude in the old ufc when there was no rules or weight classes. lmao classic.

Then you have situations like a 195lb Melvin manhoef knocking a 286lb mark hunt unconscious, something a roided up 282lb Bigfoot couldn't do.

 

[jackswstd]

I forgot to note that I don't mean THAT much of a weight difference. Just 20lbs or so.

I think it still matters nonetheless. If they are of equal skill the bigger man will win.

 

[jackswstd]

Then you have situations like a 195lb Melvin manhoef knocking a 286lb mark hunt unconscious, something a roided up 282lb Bigfoot couldn't do.

Melvin caught Hunt coming in but I'd say that result more than likely would be the exception, rather than the rule.

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

jackswstd is a tall motherfukker who fears short stocky brute b*stards with power.

 

[yo moms]

Sam langford

 

[yo moms]

Charley burley the great welterweight beat a heavyweight in a sanctioned fight. And there's his legendary sparring stories where he's knocked out heavyweights with big gloves on.

Also. The only fight available that's on film is charley vs oakland billy smith who was a light heavyweight. Burley handled him easily.

 

[semtex]

Sam langford

Damn this dude fought in every weight class from lightweight up at 5'7"

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

jackswstd is a tall motherfukker who fears short stocky brute b*stards with power.

 

[jackswstd]

jackswstd is a tall motherfukker who fears short stocky brute b*stards with power.

I'm actually about 5'10 on a good day breh. Being tall has nothing to do with it. Take two fighters of EQUAL skill, I'm not talking about Roy Jones vs John Ruiz and more often than not the bigger man will win.