I have a question about fighters
how can you tell if (imagine there are 2 fighters in the octagon? cage. etc)
how can you tell if, one fighter who has obviously covered some muscle groups under his body, well, over those muscle is fat. To store, burn and give energy during say for example the 11th round in a 12 round boxing match, or for another example the 4th round of the 5th round ufc fight. etc.
so you kind of get a picture of what I'm trying to ask, the background anyway. I am one of these people who do not read, who do not care what happened before/after or injury or whatever happened, I am the type of person who looks at the fighter entering the "venue", for ex. staples center or las vegas casinos, etc. etc.
I will watch them enter, watch their physique and try to conclude the winner by comparing the two because I think the day before or so, they have the weigh in, and all of this cutting/bulking and gaining etc is another sport from mma, or training it's really unbelievable to see so many competitors who have no serious health problems and mental stress from this alone.
I've gone off the track for a while but mainly what I'm concerned with or would like another opinion is this, "with 2 fighters entering the same weight class in a fight" let's say the same height for this instance of question, I am skeptical on how to be able to "tell" the difference between loose muscle under fat, and lean muscle under fat
How can you tell the difference, I am looking for any hints.
basically if you lift weight this is a simple question to answer I hope.
this would also be as if in my mind, at least, would be like comparing one person who lifts from 3 to 5 to 10 to 15 to 20 to 25, in say five or ten reps per, however he does only rep it twice, now his muscle is growing big rapidly, and then after that cover the muscle with fat, for storing energy to burn while heavy hiit training, sparing or in a fight for example in short, "the later rounds".
now imagine his buddy who is same height goes to gym, who lifts from 3 to 5 to 10 to 15 to 20 to 25 in say ten or twenty reps, however he does more reps, around three reps, now his muscle is much more leaner and not growing big rapidly but reducing "mass", maybe he also swims, does more cardio etc. And then after that cover the muscle with fat, for storing energy to burn while heavy hiit training, sparing or in a fight for example in short, "the later rounds".
I'm giving myself a headache here, how can you tell the difference between two 175lb fighter at 6", if they both have similar build or similar muscle group growth,
so, the question is how can you tell if one guy has lean muscle under his fat
or, if the other guy has "massive" muscle under his fat
is this a legit question?