Quote (slacks420 @ Jan 31 2015 05:45pm)
You're being completely ridiculous with your exaggerations / putting words in my mouth, just like you did the last time I wrek'd your bankrupt thought process.
Listen: Nothing is wrong with a taller fighter facing a shorter figher, k?
THe problem is when a RIDICULOUSLY TALLER fighter fights a RIDICULOUSLY shorter person, or a person with a RIDICULOUSLY LONG reach advantage fights a guy with a RIDICULOUSLY LONG reach disadvantage.
Btw, NBA Doesn't even apply to MMA, so I will totally ignore that part of what you said since you failed to even make sense. I will however humor it by saying that the NBA DOES suffer from the same problem. Look at Yao Ming for instance, or Shaq. Shaq doesn't have a talented bone in his entire body, yet was a massive MVP because he is a giant. I'm just sick of seeing noobs with no talent getting carried
I totally understand that you can't always nerf real life, since that would mean discriminating against people based on their body type, which in a politically correct society would not be allowed.. still though, my point stands erect and correct.
Weight is balance. That is how you separate fights and that's how it will always be. Just because someone who is very tall is very good fighting on the outside shouldn't be barred from fighting a person who is shorter. It's mixed martial arts inside a cage. Their is many ways for a shorter person to gain an advantage vs a taller person.
Lets talk about 'bankrupt thought process' for a minute.... " Uhh, one might easily argue that it's just as childish and spineless for an overgrown person to exploit lazy body type match making to fight midgets. IN fact, it's even more whiney and pathetic to ask the UFC to keep these lazy rules just to facilitate blatant cheating and mismatching of opponents"
People who cut weight are cheating and people who sometimes have no choice in their opponent are spineless and childish to fight someone smaller then them. You can say i'm putting words in your mouth but it's clear as day. You can stay mad but its outlandish to even say what you said.
On the NBA note, to say Shaq doesn't have a talented bone in his body is hilarious. The dude was a defensive monster, had a great IQ of the game , and offensivly just a beast. He had go to moves, great post moves and the drive he had to win is great. For all the accolades that man earned and to say he wasn't talented is just wrong. If you're going to use his size as a scape goat then every 7 footer should put up similar numbers to the 4x Final champs , 3x Finals mvp , 15x all star and NBA MVP shaq.