I like weight classes because I love seeing welterweight MMA matches. The ground game in the welterweight class has so many more technical moves. Very enjoyable.
Open weight classes back in the day where crazy and chaotic. I found it entertaining, but the sport has evolved so much. Love the technical aspect these days.
@@Torthrodhel It depends. Some interesting match ups could be made. I'm mostly afraid 300-400 lb on rampages will create chaos instead of technical fights.
@@hybridmaswe surely untechnical 300-400lb on rampages wouldn't reach the division? Just because it's openweight doesn't mean there aren't still roster commissioners. They're not gonna pay just anyone big off the street. And if there is a particularly chaotic fighter who happens to also be quite effective, doesn't that show up every now and then in any division, and isn't it great when it gets outclasses by someone technical?
@@Torthrodhel Some with enough mass that is used to moving it around with strenghth and speed would be able to win fights with the skill of their strength, speed, and athleticism alone with little to no training. Smaller weaker people would find moves and skill they thought they honed fail them. There are people with minds capable of translating and modifing their skills to other sports. If you are unprepared for these things, you have already defeated yourself.
Small tip I learned after suffering from my own knee issues, when throwing snap kicks at the air, retract it just short of full extension. That'll drastically reduce the strain on the knee.
nah, keep toughening it up. where do you think whip kicks get their name. if i hadnt had my left medial ripped in half playing rugby or my right anterior ripped twice in work accidents i would have only cracked three ribs. with loose 'tassel' able to bruise heart as well. the scumbag tried to kill me on point to temple with hard rubber toed runners. he disappeared for over 3 months. taztez.
UFC without weight classes? NO WAY. Even with a weight advantage of only 40 pounds, once a guy tossed me around like a little boy. There is no way you can win against a significantly larger opponent unless you are leagues above him in experience and skill or unless you cheat. Just like Ramsey said only a small group of fighters will dominate the sport if weight classes were taken out.
Exactly. Look at the Hackney/Yarborough fight. Hackney came in with a far superior skill set and still had to use a ton of dirty shots to win, not to mention he had to spend half the fight literally running away from Yarborough. I HATE these little mans disease types
I remember UFC without weight classes....it was wild lol....I feel we needed to go through that phase to answer some of the questions about what would theoretically happen if....
There are always trolls out there saying mean things for attention. Not that this needs to be said, but you look at least 5 years younger than your chronological age and appear to be in top shape. I was also in great shape at your age so I know it is possible if you keep training consistently. I think your demographic might skew younger but I personally would be interested in a vid on how to modify training as you age.
It's worth remembering that Royce Gracie, widely touted as the smallest and lightest competitor in UFC 1, was still something like 6' and 200 pounds during the event, and would end up finding his place at Light Heavyweight.
@@RamseyDewey My gut memory told me he was 185 lbs at the time, but I'd've rathered overshot than undershot. But still, I don't think anyone today would consider a 6' 180 lbs person to be small in general. He's on the small side of that optimal fighting range you mentioned, sure, but he's massive from my perspective (at 5'7" and 140 lbs).
if you recall royce gracie he did tried to return to ufc and wasnt even close.... the sport has advance too much... in ufc 1 he had the advantage since all other competitors didnt knew much grappling nor jujitsu to be able to compete and royce took them down very easy, so i agree that the heavier fighters will 8/10 times beat the other fighters
A better example of a legitimately small guy beating big guys in early MMA is 5'7 150 lbs Yuki Nakai submitting 6'5 220 lbs Gerard Gordeau and 6'1 250 lbs Craig Pittman at Vale Tudo Japan 1995 before losing to Rickson Gracie in the finals.
DEFINITELY Mayweather in boxing.. very VERY unlikely an amateur is gonna win against the undefeated champion of the sport in said sport.. and weight class.. Bruce Lee is not a god of boxing.. 🙄
I could give an example of a real "street fight" which I witnessed. Three guys went after one big guy, a bodybuilder. A few blows were exchanged and one of the three fell to the ground. The other two soon fled. The guy who was on the ground was then... well, brutalized. Your typical multiple opponents are not a military unit - they are not prepared to take risks for each other and might not trust each other too much.
@@maou3118 just to clarify, I was not a participant in that, just I happened to be around. I think later on I helped someone to stand up, that was all.
Thank you Ramsey! De La Rivas caused my patellar tendinitis, because the knees goes inward and is put under pulling and pushing pressure and this is done repeadatly. Thank you so much, yes diet and sleep are my weak points.
Ah! The de la Riva guard! My least favorite guard of all time that I rarely use and love to squash when people try it on me. No wonder! A lot of people really love it and claim it’s a crucial, pivotal, super important, fundamental part of BJJ. In my opinion, it’s far more important to know how to pass DLR guard than it is to attack from it.
@@RamseyDewey Mine least favourite too, but it was in the curriculum of the school for a couple of weeks so no way around it. I found videos on RUclips that recommend squats on a box (with shins perpendicular to the ground) and I will try them out. I will however take your advice on diet and sleep. Thank you! "Now get out and train." :)
what about doing 4 weight classes. maybe 1 for 125-155, 156-185, 186-205, 206-unlimited? most of the guys if not all of them could simply be fighting at heavyweight if they chose to in my opinion
Your origin story sounds cool. Mine’s weird, I was a scrawny nerd and while attending a demonstration on radiation I got bit by a radioactive spider! Over the next week I discovered I had developed spider like abilities. Long story short I swing through Manhattan in my pyjamas fighting crime 😁
There was an interesting concept brought up in one of your previous videos as part of a longer question about the fairness of weight classes in combat sports. Without asking directly the question introduced the concept of "height class" among other things. Although it wasn't part of your answer, I thought examination of that concept could be interesting. Do you think height class could be an interesting alternative way to stratify fighters in combat sports? Or do you think the results would be similar to existing open competition, i.e. the biggest guy wins? Personally, while I recognize several reasons weight class is preferable to height class, I'm mostly curious about the expected result. Obviously some sports, such as wrestling, weight plays a bigger role and I doubt delineation by height class would yield interesting results; however in sports like boxing or taekwondo, where reach is considered a significant advantage, I think it could. I'm not an expert though, so, if you see things comment, I'm interested in your opinion. Thanks in advance.
For multiple opponents weapon probably is the way. For example good skill in sabre fencing (HEMA style) allows you to take out multiple opponents (armed but unskilled) - weapon is a multiplayer not only for individual
Hey Ramsey, love your channel and often catch myself nodding during your insightful commentary. My question is this: If I learn to sprawl (and strike and/or run) really well is bjj really that important? Also, if I dipped my hyporthetical toe in bjj and attained the rank of blue belt, wouldn't I be more than capable against 99.9% of street punks? Obviously, learning the art of bjj is a lifelong pursuit but if for whatever reason I only attained that rank (forever a blue belt syndrome) would I be "good" in terms of self-defense?
PEDs.. they didn't have drug screenings and had a lot of Yakuza involvement in that organization.. I get the feeling more than one person was juiced up.. no one fights like that for long periods of time, like they do, and is able to not be winded unless something shifty is going on..
@@Junkzillabox To be fair, if Sakuraba was juicing (which was normal for that time and league) then the guys he were beating in his prime were definitely juicing and still substantially stronger than him.
@@Junkzillabox They were all on mega juice. It was a level playing field in that sense. I think you would be surprised how many UFC guys are on PEDs now (hint - its still pretty much all of them, they just can't take anywhere near as much and must use special formulations in order to pass the drug tests - having a good endocrinologist in your camp is a huge advantage)
Hey Ramsey Dewey. Thanks for the awesome Q&A as always. I get out and train pretty hard, and have a nasty tear of a ligament around my knee. I run 5 miles a day, and when I re injure this 2yr old injury I walk those five miles. I do a yoga routine that gets me to half wheel after four reps of sun salutation, warrior, lotus, and then eventually the back bend into half wheel. I have a question about what to do with my injury if I ever wanted to join a martial arts community. I would love to do so but with the ease that this injury comes back am intimidated. I slipped on wet grass and stepped the wrong way, causing my left leg to fold out towards the left. How do you get past injuries? I’m sure this is relatively common of an accident. Do you have injuries that won’t ever heal like a ligament tear?
I think an open division wud be cool. Like ufc keeps the divisions but u can sign up for the next open and challenge outside of your weight class. Ie nunes vs Shevchenko without catch weight. Neither lose their crowns, but the open cud have a title of its own.
For the ending part about group conficts, reminds me of a chess theory. If you have an advantage of 1 pawn, that means you wanna trade 1 for 1. Because 7vs8 might favor you, but 1v2 favors you a lot more
note: the last point you've made about taking a bunch of wimps and turning them into soldiers with simple tactics and battle formations is likely connected to the reason why 'everyone thinks they're a badass'. We all have that violence inside that makes this possible, and a violent attitude can overwhelm an otherwise more skilled or stronger opponent if they aren't prepared to fight (to a degree. If you're skilled and drilled, you can react sensibly to the initial violent attack as to not suffer debilitating damage). Some people are more easily triggered into violent behavior than others, and I guess a big factor is a certain androgenic hormone we haven't heard enough about, but we all have that trigger
You mentioned that "ideal" weight more or less caps out at about 260 lbs... in your experience, is there a point at which HEIGHT stops being an advantage? A friend of mine back in the day was highly athletic, typical athlete's physique, but at 6' 10", he tipped the scales at somewhere around 300 lbs without the massive thick physique that we typically associate with reduced speed/agility and compromised endurance. How would someone with those dimensions do against a "mere mortal" 260 lbs?
If he trains to fight and has developed a really good fight IQ.. he should do really well. Size and weight only goes so far if you don't know how to fight, especially when you are fighting others within the same general weight class.
Well, probably the onlyndownside is that there may not be anyone similar enough to him to teach him, or for him to study. But i bet just instinctively, hell be able to intimidate people moreso than a lot of others. Maybe hell be a boxing legend, because for his opponent to be looking at the right place, his chin may not be as tucked as it should be. I had a tall friend who trained, he was only 6'6 though, nothing compared to your boy. When Rhonda got KOd i think he quit though lol
There's actually 5 v 5 MMA in the ring at the same time. First team to eliminate an opponent usually wins because they get the numerical advantage. But their strategy tends to be to start out 1 v 1. I never understood why.
i think for one they used to train that way - in a 1 vs 1 setting And 2 thats a clever strategy to have 5 against 1 and then 5 against the second and so one - but the other side has to let that happen While you attack their one guy with you 5 guys they basically have 4 guys left over...to intervene
You said that punches are pulls, so pulling exercises are the best to get better punching power. So does doing barbell rows increase your punching power ? On top of doing Deadlifts and Pull Ups I mean.
I tore my ACL completely earlier this year, I will be doing reconstructive surgery soon. Have you trained with people who have had this kind of injury? Any tips on recovery and returning back to training?
Yep. Quite a few. Take rehab very seriously. Don’t slack on it. Strengthen the muscles that support your knees. Keep moving in the ways that you can until you can do more.
I think patellar tendinitis often occurs when the patellar does not track straight due to a muscular imbalance. Doing leg extensions with a low weight and high reps usually helps in my experience.
This is my issue! i was told to do specific leg raises to strengthen the legs muscles but i cant stay motivated to do it when the pain and inflammation is gone, but it comes back haha
@@eddard9442 You need to identify why it keeps coming back and prevent that. For example, I got it running. The exercises stopped it. I started doing the stairmaster along with running, and I think that kept it away without doing the specific exercises. Eventually, it never came back.
Please help Ramsey, lately I've been struggling with boredom in my training. I know I need to do my running and bagwork and shadowboxing every day but after a few days I get mentally tired of doing the same things and stop training. What can I do to overcome this?
i personally struggle with boredom alot, i just drill different things each day when i train at home, but that "grinding through it" feeling is still there for me
Dewey I love that you said Mayweather without hesitation. If it's boxing yes Mayweather knows how to win and score. But wouldn't Bruce be better in a real fight with takedowns? And we know most fights will go to the ground. And with legs. I guess maybe because Bruce wasn't a battled hardened fighter maybe? Bruce was an actor. I see it maybe Bruce wouldn't be able to take Floyd down. We all know how good Floyd is at staying away and not getting hurt. Love it all. Thanks
Hey Ramsey, how do you feel about cruiserweight (225 lbs) becoming a division? It always struck me as odd how many heavyweights routinely weigh in at way under 265 and the huge weight differentials you see in heavyweight bouts. Then again, those slightly smaller guys seem to do alright in heavyweight so maybe we don't need a new category.
That makes more sense than any other new weight class would. The jump from 205 to 265 is a little extreme, especially compared to the other weight classes where it’s a difference of 10 to 15 pounds.
@@RamseyDewey 205 to 265 is pretty extreme but from a viewer point of view I feel like once youre past 220 weight doesnt make nearly as much difference 155 to 170 does
I think the weight classes are good but I would like to see less weight cutting in mma. You have alot of guys that are fighting at 185 who walk around at over 200. I'd like to see more people fighting at their natural weight rather than using a trick to ensure they fight a smaller opponent. Also, I'm pretty sure cutting weight like that has long term health consequences for the fighters.
Cutting weight is terrible for all kinds of reasons (and I would love to see day of way ins.) But it’s not a trick to ensure they’ll fight a smaller guy. It’s to ensure they’re fighting a guy their own size.
laamb in senegal is a near perfect example of weight classless mma, it very much is grappling based afterall its wrestling however seeing the sport competitive side of it and the weights of the people you see competing in it
Hey Ramsey. Who'd you think win in a full contact fight,between Van Damme And Don the dragon?? Who'd you bet your money on? And talking in a ring, with ref. And all.
@@RamseyDewey Well we all gamble,one way or another. But I do understand your point,and I don't gamble like that. Your assement of the "fight" Seem reasonable. Thanx for taking time out of your busy day,to answer my question. I just came to wonder what your take on it might be,after watching an interview with sly. Were he mentioned he had this very bad idea, during Rocky 4. Were he suggested Dolph should actually punch him full force, to the body. Which in his own words was a baaaaad idea. ruclips.net/video/Ycnj_lQlyOU/видео.html
I'm 42 and people think I'm 28. other than my energy and recovery is not where used to be, 42 really is not as old as you might think. It's usually young guys that don't know what the fuck they're talking about that think you're old. You're really not getting old old till you're like 70ish
Hmm I don't know. I agree Bruce would struggle with modern professional fighters but I think Floyd's style is very much oriented to exploiting the rules of a boxing match. For the same reason that I think a lot of his opponents in the ring such as Pacquiao would beat him in a real fight where it's less about moving around and racking up points. I don't think Mayweather would know how to deal with kicks, elbows, grappling techniques, dirty fighting techniques etc and he hasn't got the aggressive punching style that would render all of that obsolete. It may be more competitive than people think.
Man, Bruce Lee was a very interesting man, but fanboys don't realize that he NEVER fought competitively. There were competitions at the time. He never participated. His notion of putting his skill to test was fighting tough guys in the street. Compared to actual fighters, tough guys are easy prey for anyone with a little practice. I've said it before, Jet Li and Chuck Norris have much, much more actual fighting experience. Either of them could teach wipe the floor with Bruce. Man Bruce filmed in Thailand and when invited to go watch Muay Thai he was not interested lol, that to me speaks volumes about how much he actually knew about fighting. If you follow Bruce's story you see even he admitted that he was unprepared for a real challenge after his Wong Jack Man fight, and that was probably the closest he ever came to an actual fight, and actual witnesses describe that one as being pretty much a brawl.
I think you're spot on with the weight classes, but I've been saying this for a while, they should open up a "free-for-all" division, no weight class, no gender requirements, no PED testing, any two mutual combatants could be licensed to compete against each other. Not saying we would get the most competitive fights, but purely for entertainment purposes, It would be an easy avenue for celebrities to compete as well, again for entertainment.
I agree with this. I always wanted to see it. An open-weight division and its a fighters choice if they want to compete in this division or not. Would be really interesting.
Bruce,a world champion karate say that he strike as heavyweight,his kick are lighting speed but even without kicks is possible that he would win,a fight with all? Bruce could takedown and submit him.
I turned 45 on September 24th. We are around the same age and you look nothing near 60. Likely just a kid many of them are bad at determing age of people now. When I was a little kid I used to go visit with neighbors that were elderly. I had friends that were over 100.
Dan mentioned once that in sparring Bruce would come in with strikes, the shoot a double leg and armbar people. If you don't know how to grapple, a teenager can GNP you...
No wimp (that also happens to be a great actor and thinker) that just doesn't fight and just doesn't properly train will get (with a random move too) professional fighters superior than him from physique to reflexes to conditioning to resistance to preparation.
@@anthonyhernandez4266 Dan Inosanto trained with Bruce Lee and the other martial artists, judoka, kickboxers, etc, back in the 60's and was one of the few Bruce left to teach jkd
@@anthonyhernandez4266 a well known person named Dan Inosanto who was present and sparred with Bruce Lee, dummy. You can see a clip of him in a gym showing Anderson Silva some things. It's not just some random person, it is an authority on the subject. Just because you don't understand who I'm talking about, doesn't mean you should jump in and show your ignorance of the subject; this is for people in the know. Ramsey knows exactly who this "Dan" is, in reference to Lee, even without using his last name
I think keep the weight classes but maybe increase the range between classes to less incentive weight cutting I may be really wrong because i dont know anything about Weight cutting But from what i see it kinda seems like alot of fights have both fighters who after rehydration there above there weight class which cant be healthy for them in the long run So maybe relaxing the weight classes will help fighters have longer carears
how do all? with regard to 6 bowled and 1 delivered the following happened 89-90. out at farmer mates 30 acres at rocky cape n.w. tas.. one of his 2 yr old steers was dripping blood above the ring. we cornered him near the racefence and i got under his chest with my head up under his shoulder to miss his horns, [ only about 2-3'' long but pretty sharp enough to punch a hole in your head ], and lifted him up off his left side so kept him still on his right to not fall over. farmer mate attacked with the sack needle and able to close the blood loss. a day on the farm in tas. drew a sketch and titled it cowboy surgery capers. ha ha. you'll have to open a cold one and cheers me for that one. 1 question, would a two year old steer weigh up from 350 kg? enjoy another day in the life of taztez.
The huge guys would dominate like you said. Look at the heights of all the heavy weight champs in the history of the UFC. The shortest 1 was DC and Randleman at 5'10 with Randleman being juiced to the absolute maximum. In fact, these 2 were the only heavyweight champ in history below 6'1. Nearly all champs were 6'1-6'4. And of course Tim Sylvia who was like 6'8 or something. In fact, almost half the champs were 6'4 and above with francis, stipe, sylvia, werdum, JDS.
I guess of you had to put a name to it you could name any general who has written a book on winning wars in hand to hand combat and study them. The art of war is the easy one, but there are European examples as well.
Lets have multiple rings, not less weight classes. In the biggest cage big fighters rule. The field of battle dictates the best size fighter. Fight on a jungle gym and the big guy loses. Terrain is 90% of the battle. Fighting 101: take the high ground.
I think that I would expect even a moderately competent boxer to win against two average guys in an unweaponed fight. Two average guys are not trained to fight as a tandem, and they will likely not be able to cooperate with each other very efficiently.
back then K-1 did not have weight class..and kaoklai was a 170 pound who was able to do well against heavyweights because hes able to use his speed as advantage....thats why i think elite 183 pounders like GSP and Khabib would do well in UFC even if the UFC never had any wifht class
The answer to the best martial art for fighting multiple opponents is called "armed martial arts", best technique is called 'quick-draw', by far one of the best way to fight multiple opponents with any chance of winning. Increases your chances significantly if the opponents are not armed. Even a child have a chance in winning against few big, strong full grown man, so if you wanna say it's not effective, you are wrong.
how do all? hey ramsey, he's paying a compliment. i.e.- you 'look'- visual perspective , sixty year 'old'- ..er and wiser re knowledgeable plus vocal attributes. make sure to see both sides of the coin before tossed.
I'm thinking the guy meant that you're an old man in a young body....wise beyond your years. Curious to hear if you've seen "Born a champion" and if you have what did you think about it?
Hello Ramsey, you brought up a interesting point about size and weight. Because I like Basketball, there exist a famous picture of Ali together with Wilt Chamberlain. So whenever I saw Lebron James in 2012, I thought imagine this guy would be MMA-fighter. Or imagine a prime Shaqe could box. Could they be really dangerous, or are they just already too big ?
They would be amazing, but people with those attributes don't get into combat sports as much because there are better avenues for them to gain fame and fortune without fighting.. fighting is a brutal way to gain fame and fortune, it's not easy.
Yesterday I got attacked by multiple opponents in the comment section of the latest uf pro video by non-fighters talking about fighting. Talking about knocking people out with two fingers and how mma fighters can't fight on the sTrEeTs because TheRe ArE nO rUlEs On ThE sTreEts...
They are stupid and probably just trolling. They don't know what they are talking about, probably never even fought before.. don't even give them the attention they are seeking.. lol.
I hate none fighter trolls and they are so dumb, they pollute the comment section with Bruce Lee and don't understand weight classes never fought a day in their life smh
In my country ,Romania,there were some news in the papers and on TV about a japanese guy that was expert in Japanese Jiu Jitsu.He beat 5 gypsies that atacked him.And there is a story about this famous strong man,called The Mighty Atom that was proficient at Japanese Jui Jitsu too.He beat 25 people that atacked him.I do not know if this is truly real(maybe it is,maybe it is not).Another documented situation is about Grand Master Hideyuki Ashihara(Ashihara Karate) that almost killed 5 people that atatcked him on the streets of Rio.And about Grand Master Jon Bluming(Kyokushin Budokai) that beat 5 people in a similar situation.And numerous,and numerous counts of advanced practitioners or Karate masters that used their art to defend against multiple opponennts.All those people have in common one thing:they practiced MA(and we can include here Krav Maga) that developed ,not their fighting capabilities ,but their awareness.Sure you can be a good cage-fighter ,but cage-fighting has a flaw:it does not develop awareness that is crucial in a self defence situation.You can use MMA to defend yourself but if you defend against multiple attackers like you fight in the cage you could end up dead.Just my opinion.
You have 3 option, sweep, submit or stand up 1. Dye your hair 2. Shave it to bald 3. Just stand up and be proud. There is nothing shameful about having gray hair
I saw an open weight it was nineties UFC. I don't think Gracie would do the same thing he did. Rules changed. No rags to choke people with no a days. I don't remember how heavy he was. Welterweight maybe? And nobody was ready for bjj at the time. Now everyone is forced to learn and train in bjj thanks to how deadly it is. We wouldn't have Conner I understand no Mayweather is a positive. So no we need weight classes.
removing the weakest that is probably good idea. But what about removing the strongest which is a bigger threat and probably the one who leads them first? And I think whatever one does one should not let oneself be surrounded, or taken to the ground. Like you said attack as quickly as possible with hits that will deliver debilitating blow instantly but is also fast enough simple enough and easy to disguise. I'm no martial artist and I never been in such situation and really the most important fact in this fight would be psychology of the fight which someone who has no experience (and in case of fighting multiple opponents one would need to have quite a bit of skill) not just physically but psychologically it is a difficult thing to do. If the opponents are untrained they might have their jaw exposed. punch to the jaw or if one has an opportunity in the throat would be a good start if oneself has at least some training. kicks to the groin are very painful but a very strong opponent might fight through them. Hit to the liver is probably even more painful than hit to the groin but it takes a second before opponent will react. Still if immediately followed by hit to the jaw or the throat will probably take out that opponent. solar plexus are good target. but besides all of that one needs to be well versed in other things as well if one has only the shots I mentioned and nothing else that might not be enough. carrying a pepper spray might be more useful than anything else but slight amount of pepper spray will go back at you if there is a strong wind directed towards you. also one can realistically beat maybe four opponents not ten at less one has at least a strong pepper spray or a weapon.
In group fighting, how quickly you can take out the first guy is far more important than anyone’s individual skill. If you try to take out the toughest guy first, it’s going to take more time, more effort, and more attention. During that time, the other team is beating you. Numbers matter far more than skill in team fights. Take out one, any one of them that you can, and the rest will fall.
Bruce Lee vs mayweather who would win is the wrong question… which one would have negotiated the biggest slice of the purse?? Lee was a better entrepreneur than fighter.
im a bit confused why for example someone who wants to be in heavyweight has to be a heavyweight... its called the baddest man on the planet right? so that man should beat up everybody below his weight, so why even bother to force someone to be a heavyweight just to compete in heavyweights, that is what i dont understand... i understand if there is a weight-limit, but why does it need a minimum weight? in theory the heavyweight should be able to beat them all up, so... then he can call himself the baddest man on the planet.
@@RamseyDewey yes i agree, but why the minimum weight thing? if someone below the weightclass thinks he can beat the guy in the weightclass above, why not let him try? why force him to be also on that weight, if he thinks he has his best form at a certain weight then let him try it out
There should be all weight division. Maybe there's that 180lb guy that's dominating everyone in his weight class so he goes hey I want to fight in the all weight class. We could then see how a 5ft9 180lb man would do against a 6ft4 260lb man.
Hey Ramsey, an update on my situation of finding an MMA gym. I'm currently in a mostly Gi Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai gym and now looking for an MMA gym. I got an offer to train MMA from a coach who owns their own local promotion, but I'm worried about the conflict of interest between a coach that is also the part owner of a promotion, pushing me to a fight I may not be fully ready for their own business interest. The only other MMA gym is currently on a 6 month waitlist for new students. I have people at my current Muay Thai/Jiu Jitsu gym willing to spar MMA but no MMA coaches. Do you think I should avoid the conflict of interest of an MMA coach being a part owner of a promotion and only work with my current informal MMA sparring partners? Thanks,
He was serious about martial arts, but there isn't any real fight record. We know a limited amount about several fights from various sources, but the one with the most witnesses has little agreement between them on what happened. We have one sparring video. Everything else is his writing and his movies and tv show.
I would say.. it's probably safer to bet on a person that fights for a living to more likely to win a fight rather than a person that fights as a hobby.. especially if that person is as good at fighting as Mayweather is..
Why not have imposed weight classes? Like, a weight class of punchers who punch at 700psi-800psi? Fighters could be paired up based on their actual potential for damage output.
The best way to fight multiple opponents is by having multiple people on your side. So basically, the best martial art is friendship.
Start a gang.
Y'know, for protection.
Your friends would run but ok.
Or a machinegun
Friendship is magic the broneys always say.
The power of friendship... and better weapons
I like weight classes because I love seeing welterweight MMA matches. The ground game in the welterweight class has so many more technical moves. Very enjoyable.
Open weight classes back in the day where crazy and chaotic. I found it entertaining, but the sport has evolved so much. Love the technical aspect these days.
Do you think open weight classes wouldn't be just as technical, given all those significant changes? I think they would.
@@Torthrodhel It depends. Some interesting match ups could be made. I'm mostly afraid 300-400 lb on rampages will create chaos instead of technical fights.
@@hybridmaswe surely untechnical 300-400lb on rampages wouldn't reach the division? Just because it's openweight doesn't mean there aren't still roster commissioners. They're not gonna pay just anyone big off the street. And if there is a particularly chaotic fighter who happens to also be quite effective, doesn't that show up every now and then in any division, and isn't it great when it gets outclasses by someone technical?
@@Torthrodhel Some with enough mass that is used to moving it around with strenghth and speed would be able to win fights with the skill of their strength, speed, and athleticism alone with little to no training. Smaller weaker people would find moves and skill they thought they honed fail them. There are people with minds capable of translating and modifing their skills to other sports. If you are unprepared for these things, you have already defeated yourself.
Imho, the best skill for engaging multiple opponents is situational awareness.
E: ideally combined with long range marksmanship…
Small tip I learned after suffering from my own knee issues, when throwing snap kicks at the air, retract it just short of full extension. That'll drastically reduce the strain on the knee.
nah, keep toughening it up. where do you think whip kicks get their name. if i hadnt had my left medial ripped in half playing rugby or my right anterior ripped twice in work accidents i would have only cracked three ribs. with loose 'tassel' able to bruise heart as well. the scumbag tried to kill me on point to temple with hard rubber toed runners. he disappeared for over 3 months. taztez.
UFC without weight classes? NO WAY. Even with a weight advantage of only 40 pounds, once a guy tossed me around like a little boy. There is no way you can win against a significantly larger opponent unless you are leagues above him in experience and skill or unless you cheat. Just like Ramsey said only a small group of fighters will dominate the sport if weight classes were taken out.
Exactly. Look at the Hackney/Yarborough fight. Hackney came in with a far superior skill set and still had to use a ton of dirty shots to win, not to mention he had to spend half the fight literally running away from Yarborough. I HATE these little mans disease types
I remember UFC without weight classes....it was wild lol....I feel we needed to go through that phase to answer some of the questions about what would theoretically happen if....
There are always trolls out there saying mean things for attention. Not that this needs to be said, but you look at least 5 years younger than your chronological age and appear to be in top shape. I was also in great shape at your age so I know it is possible if you keep training consistently. I think your demographic might skew younger but I personally would be interested in a vid on how to modify training as you age.
It's worth remembering that Royce Gracie, widely touted as the smallest and lightest competitor in UFC 1, was still something like 6' and 200 pounds during the event, and would end up finding his place at Light Heavyweight.
Royce was 180lbs, and later fought once in the welterweight division against Matt Hughes.
@@RamseyDewey My gut memory told me he was 185 lbs at the time, but I'd've rathered overshot than undershot. But still, I don't think anyone today would consider a 6' 180 lbs person to be small in general. He's on the small side of that optimal fighting range you mentioned, sure, but he's massive from my perspective (at 5'7" and 140 lbs).
if you recall royce gracie he did tried to return to ufc and wasnt even close.... the sport has advance too much... in ufc 1 he had the advantage since all other competitors didnt knew much grappling nor jujitsu to be able to compete and royce took them down very easy, so i agree that the heavier fighters will 8/10 times beat the other fighters
A better example of a legitimately small guy beating big guys in early MMA is 5'7 150 lbs Yuki Nakai submitting 6'5 220 lbs Gerard Gordeau and 6'1 250 lbs Craig Pittman at Vale Tudo Japan 1995 before losing to Rickson Gracie in the finals.
@@IncredibleMD well, I’m 6’1” and over 200 lbs, and people in the comments call me a tiny, skinny, little guy all the time.
Maybe Mayweather in boxing, definitely Bruce in MMA
DEFINITELY Mayweather in boxing.. very VERY unlikely an amateur is gonna win against the undefeated champion of the sport in said sport.. and weight class.. Bruce Lee is not a god of boxing.. 🙄
I could give an example of a real "street fight" which I witnessed. Three guys went after one big guy, a bodybuilder. A few blows were exchanged and one of the three fell to the ground. The other two soon fled. The guy who was on the ground was then... well, brutalized. Your typical multiple opponents are not a military unit - they are not prepared to take risks for each other and might not trust each other too much.
See “the mouth” in Baki. Though it’s a cartoon.
@@maou3118 just to clarify, I was not a participant in that, just I happened to be around. I think later on I helped someone to stand up, that was all.
I like super heavyweight division idea (over 265, no up limit). That will be the most interesting division.
Seeing giants do MMA sounds really fun to watch
Thank you Ramsey! De La Rivas caused my patellar tendinitis, because the knees goes inward and is put under pulling and pushing pressure and this is done repeadatly. Thank you so much, yes diet and sleep are my weak points.
Ah! The de la Riva guard! My least favorite guard of all time that I rarely use and love to squash when people try it on me. No wonder! A lot of people really love it and claim it’s a crucial, pivotal, super important, fundamental part of BJJ. In my opinion, it’s far more important to know how to pass DLR guard than it is to attack from it.
@@RamseyDewey Mine least favourite too, but it was in the curriculum of the school for a couple of weeks so no way around it. I found videos on RUclips that recommend squats on a box (with shins perpendicular to the ground) and I will try them out.
I will however take your advice on diet and sleep. Thank you!
"Now get out and train." :)
"A young guy in the body of a 60-year-old" More like "A 60-year-old in the body of a young guy"
what about doing 4 weight classes. maybe 1 for 125-155, 156-185, 186-205, 206-unlimited?
most of the guys if not all of them could simply be fighting at heavyweight if they chose to in my opinion
that would be interesting to see tbh
Your origin story sounds cool. Mine’s weird, I was a scrawny nerd and while attending a demonstration on radiation I got bit by a radioactive spider! Over the next week I discovered I had developed spider like abilities. Long story short I swing through Manhattan in my pyjamas fighting crime 😁
Sweet!
I would like all the super weight categories minus superheavy... 225+.. 215+..205-..195-..etc etc...
There was an interesting concept brought up in one of your previous videos as part of a longer question about the fairness of weight classes in combat sports. Without asking directly the question introduced the concept of "height class" among other things. Although it wasn't part of your answer, I thought examination of that concept could be interesting.
Do you think height class could be an interesting alternative way to stratify fighters in combat sports? Or do you think the results would be similar to existing open competition, i.e. the biggest guy wins?
Personally, while I recognize several reasons weight class is preferable to height class, I'm mostly curious about the expected result. Obviously some sports, such as wrestling, weight plays a bigger role and I doubt delineation by height class would yield interesting results; however in sports like boxing or taekwondo, where reach is considered a significant advantage, I think it could.
I'm not an expert though, so, if you see things comment, I'm interested in your opinion. Thanks in advance.
For multiple opponents weapon probably is the way. For example good skill in sabre fencing (HEMA style) allows you to take out multiple opponents (armed but unskilled) - weapon is a multiplayer not only for individual
Yes, I agree 👍🏽
Hey Ramsey, love your channel and often catch myself nodding during your insightful commentary. My question is this: If I learn to sprawl (and strike and/or run) really well is bjj really that important? Also, if I dipped my hyporthetical toe in bjj and attained the rank of blue belt, wouldn't I be more than capable against 99.9% of street punks? Obviously, learning the art of bjj is a lifelong pursuit but if for whatever reason I only attained that rank (forever a blue belt syndrome) would I be "good" in terms of self-defense?
Can u imagine someone like Max Holloway vs Ngannou 😂
Sakuraba fighting giants was a glorious thing, oh God I just can’t believe how Sakuraba even held his own let alone win against such freaks of nature
PEDs.. they didn't have drug screenings and had a lot of Yakuza involvement in that organization.. I get the feeling more than one person was juiced up.. no one fights like that for long periods of time, like they do, and is able to not be winded unless something shifty is going on..
and the crazier thing was that most of his opponents were on steroids lol
@@Junkzillabox To be fair, if Sakuraba was juicing (which was normal for that time and league) then the guys he were beating in his prime were definitely juicing and still substantially stronger than him.
@@Junkzillabox They were all on mega juice. It was a level playing field in that sense. I think you would be surprised how many UFC guys are on PEDs now (hint - its still pretty much all of them, they just can't take anywhere near as much and must use special formulations in order to pass the drug tests - having a good endocrinologist in your camp is a huge advantage)
Hey Ramsey Dewey. Thanks for the awesome Q&A as always. I get out and train pretty hard, and have a nasty tear of a ligament around my knee. I run 5 miles a day, and when I re injure this 2yr old injury I walk those five miles. I do a yoga routine that gets me to half wheel after four reps of sun salutation, warrior, lotus, and then eventually the back bend into half wheel. I have a question about what to do with my injury if I ever wanted to join a martial arts community. I would love to do so but with the ease that this injury comes back am intimidated. I slipped on wet grass and stepped the wrong way, causing my left leg to fold out towards the left. How do you get past injuries? I’m sure this is relatively common of an accident. Do you have injuries that won’t ever heal like a ligament tear?
I think an open division wud be cool. Like ufc keeps the divisions but u can sign up for the next open and challenge outside of your weight class.
Ie nunes vs Shevchenko without catch weight. Neither lose their crowns, but the open cud have a title of its own.
For the ending part about group conficts, reminds me of a chess theory. If you have an advantage of 1 pawn, that means you wanna trade 1 for 1. Because 7vs8 might favor you, but 1v2 favors you a lot more
If you're fighting multiple opponents, just take out your d20 and roll for diplomacy. You can add your charisma modifier.
I like the good old days in the sport but it's much better now
note: the last point you've made about taking a bunch of wimps and turning them into soldiers with simple tactics and battle formations is likely connected to the reason why 'everyone thinks they're a badass'. We all have that violence inside that makes this possible, and a violent attitude can overwhelm an otherwise more skilled or stronger opponent if they aren't prepared to fight (to a degree. If you're skilled and drilled, you can react sensibly to the initial violent attack as to not suffer debilitating damage). Some people are more easily triggered into violent behavior than others, and I guess a big factor is a certain androgenic hormone we haven't heard enough about, but we all have that trigger
You mentioned that "ideal" weight more or less caps out at about 260 lbs... in your experience, is there a point at which HEIGHT stops being an advantage? A friend of mine back in the day was highly athletic, typical athlete's physique, but at 6' 10", he tipped the scales at somewhere around 300 lbs without the massive thick physique that we typically associate with reduced speed/agility and compromised endurance. How would someone with those dimensions do against a "mere mortal" 260 lbs?
If he trains to fight and has developed a really good fight IQ.. he should do really well. Size and weight only goes so far if you don't know how to fight, especially when you are fighting others within the same general weight class.
Well, probably the onlyndownside is that there may not be anyone similar enough to him to teach him, or for him to study. But i bet just instinctively, hell be able to intimidate people moreso than a lot of others. Maybe hell be a boxing legend, because for his opponent to be looking at the right place, his chin may not be as tucked as it should be. I had a tall friend who trained, he was only 6'6 though, nothing compared to your boy. When Rhonda got KOd i think he quit though lol
There's actually 5 v 5 MMA in the ring at the same time. First team to eliminate an opponent usually wins because they get the numerical advantage. But their strategy tends to be to start out 1 v 1. I never understood why.
i think for one they used to train that way - in a 1 vs 1 setting
And 2 thats a clever strategy to have 5 against 1 and then 5 against the second and so one - but the other side has to let that happen
While you attack their one guy with you 5 guys they basically have 4 guys left over...to intervene
You said that punches are pulls, so pulling exercises are the best to get better punching power. So does doing barbell rows increase your punching power ? On top of doing Deadlifts and Pull Ups I mean.
It won’t make you worse!
@@RamseyDewey ok, cool. Thanks.
9:05 me going to bed at 2 a.m. with inflamed shoulder tendons 🤦🏾♂️
Jinx!
I actually said Floyd Mayweather outloud the same time as you 😂
Great video as usual!
Well, since this is a pre-receded video, I said it first. Jinx on you!
@@RamseyDewey Fair enough!
Lol ah the iron fist reference hurt my chest laughing
ANOTHER IRON FIST FAN 🤩
I tore my ACL completely earlier this year, I will be doing reconstructive surgery soon. Have you trained with people who have had this kind of injury? Any tips on recovery and returning back to training?
Yep. Quite a few. Take rehab very seriously. Don’t slack on it. Strengthen the muscles that support your knees. Keep moving in the ways that you can until you can do more.
one thing I don't understand instead of doing left snap kick to the liver do thai kick to the liver that would probably less likely cause injury
I think patellar tendinitis often occurs when the patellar does not track straight due to a muscular imbalance. Doing leg extensions with a low weight and high reps usually helps in my experience.
Same experience here 😊👍
This is my issue! i was told to do specific leg raises to strengthen the legs muscles but i cant stay motivated to do it when the pain and inflammation is gone, but it comes back haha
@@eddard9442 You need to identify why it keeps coming back and prevent that. For example, I got it running. The exercises stopped it. I started doing the stairmaster along with running, and I think that kept it away without doing the specific exercises. Eventually, it never came back.
Please help Ramsey, lately I've been struggling with boredom in my training. I know I need to do my running and bagwork and shadowboxing every day but after a few days I get mentally tired of doing the same things and stop training. What can I do to overcome this?
Get creative
i personally struggle with boredom alot, i just drill different things each day when i train at home, but that "grinding through it" feeling is still there for me
The fist UFC with weight classes had a tournament for people over 200 lbs and under 200 lbs. Seems like a pretty good cutoff. Maybe three classes:
Yes keep the weight classes
Yup, almost everything we eat cause inflammation, eat more greens, tumeric, ginger, etc.
Every one should follow knees over toes guy
Dewey I love that you said Mayweather without hesitation. If it's boxing yes Mayweather knows how to win and score. But wouldn't Bruce be better in a real fight with takedowns? And we know most fights will go to the ground. And with legs. I guess maybe because Bruce wasn't a battled hardened fighter maybe? Bruce was an actor. I see it maybe Bruce wouldn't be able to take Floyd down. We all know how good Floyd is at staying away and not getting hurt. Love it all. Thanks
Hey Ramsey, how do you feel about cruiserweight (225 lbs) becoming a division? It always struck me as odd how many heavyweights routinely weigh in at way under 265 and the huge weight differentials you see in heavyweight bouts. Then again, those slightly smaller guys seem to do alright in heavyweight so maybe we don't need a new category.
That makes more sense than any other new weight class would. The jump from 205 to 265 is a little extreme, especially compared to the other weight classes where it’s a difference of 10 to 15 pounds.
@@RamseyDewey 205 to 265 is pretty extreme but from a viewer point of view I feel like once youre past 220 weight doesnt make nearly as much difference 155 to 170 does
Does the 265 cap stop fighter like Bob sapp or future fighter
I think the weight classes are good but I would like to see less weight cutting in mma. You have alot of guys that are fighting at 185 who walk around at over 200. I'd like to see more people fighting at their natural weight rather than using a trick to ensure they fight a smaller opponent. Also, I'm pretty sure cutting weight like that has long term health consequences for the fighters.
Cutting weight is terrible for all kinds of reasons (and I would love to see day of way ins.) But it’s not a trick to ensure they’ll fight a smaller guy. It’s to ensure they’re fighting a guy their own size.
laamb in senegal is a near perfect example of weight classless mma, it very much is grappling based afterall its wrestling however seeing the sport competitive side of it and the weights of the people you see competing in it
I've only seen the version where they punch each other too.
Big fellas, they look scary.
Hey Ramsey. Who'd you think win in a full contact fight,between Van Damme And Don the dragon?? Who'd you bet your money on? And talking in a ring, with ref. And all.
I don’t gamble. Ever. I don’t recommend you do either.
Who would win? Don Wilson. Exponentially more competition experience.
@@RamseyDewey Well we all gamble,one way or another. But I do understand your point,and I don't gamble like that.
Your assement of the "fight" Seem reasonable.
Thanx for taking time out of your busy day,to answer my question.
I just came to wonder what your take on it might be,after watching an interview with sly. Were he mentioned he had this very bad idea, during Rocky 4. Were he suggested Dolph should actually punch him full force, to the body.
Which in his own words was a baaaaad idea. ruclips.net/video/Ycnj_lQlyOU/видео.html
I'm 42 and people think I'm 28. other than my energy and recovery is not where used to be, 42 really is not as old as you might think. It's usually young guys that don't know what the fuck they're talking about that think you're old. You're really not getting old old till you're like 70ish
Im 16 and i personally dont see how 40 is old, theyre mostly the stronger ones
We used that tactic in 2nd grade, fighting the 4th-grade-bullies.
Hmm I don't know. I agree Bruce would struggle with modern professional fighters but I think Floyd's style is very much oriented to exploiting the rules of a boxing match. For the same reason that I think a lot of his opponents in the ring such as Pacquiao would beat him in a real fight where it's less about moving around and racking up points. I don't think Mayweather would know how to deal with kicks, elbows, grappling techniques, dirty fighting techniques etc and he hasn't got the aggressive punching style that would render all of that obsolete. It may be more competitive than people think.
Young Floyd before the hand injuries was as good a puncher as anyone
Man, Bruce Lee was a very interesting man, but fanboys don't realize that he NEVER fought competitively. There were competitions at the time. He never participated. His notion of putting his skill to test was fighting tough guys in the street. Compared to actual fighters, tough guys are easy prey for anyone with a little practice. I've said it before, Jet Li and Chuck Norris have much, much more actual fighting experience. Either of them could teach wipe the floor with Bruce. Man Bruce filmed in Thailand and when invited to go watch Muay Thai he was not interested lol, that to me speaks volumes about how much he actually knew about fighting. If you follow Bruce's story you see even he admitted that he was unprepared for a real challenge after his Wong Jack Man fight, and that was probably the closest he ever came to an actual fight, and actual witnesses describe that one as being pretty much a brawl.
I think you're spot on with the weight classes, but I've been saying this for a while, they should open up a "free-for-all" division, no weight class, no gender requirements, no PED testing, any two mutual combatants could be licensed to compete against each other. Not saying we would get the most competitive fights, but purely for entertainment purposes, It would be an easy avenue for celebrities to compete as well, again for entertainment.
I agree with this. I always wanted to see it. An open-weight division and its a fighters choice if they want to compete in this division or not. Would be really interesting.
Bruce,a world champion karate say that he strike as heavyweight,his kick are lighting speed but even without kicks is possible that he would win,a fight with all? Bruce could takedown and submit him.
As well as strengthening muscles, also stretch your hamstrings. If like most people you're very stiff from the posterior chain, fix that.
No weight cutting. No hating on old guys like Bruce. If Mayweather met Bruce he would be pleased to meet his hero.
I turned 45 on September 24th. We are around the same age and you look nothing near 60. Likely just a kid many of them are bad at determing age of people now. When I was a little kid I used to go visit with neighbors that were elderly. I had friends that were over 100.
Dan mentioned once that in sparring Bruce would come in with strikes, the shoot a double leg and armbar people. If you don't know how to grapple, a teenager can GNP you...
So somebody said something once? Whatever.
No wimp (that also happens to be a great actor and thinker) that just doesn't fight and just doesn't properly train will get (with a random move too) professional fighters superior than him from physique to reflexes to conditioning to resistance to preparation.
That should say then* shoot a double leg
@@anthonyhernandez4266 Dan Inosanto trained with Bruce Lee and the other martial artists, judoka, kickboxers, etc, back in the 60's and was one of the few Bruce left to teach jkd
@@anthonyhernandez4266 a well known person named Dan Inosanto who was present and sparred with Bruce Lee, dummy. You can see a clip of him in a gym showing Anderson Silva some things. It's not just some random person, it is an authority on the subject. Just because you don't understand who I'm talking about, doesn't mean you should jump in and show your ignorance of the subject; this is for people in the know. Ramsey knows exactly who this "Dan" is, in reference to Lee, even without using his last name
Floyd Mayweather vs Demetrious johnson? Putting my money on DJ
I think keep the weight classes but maybe increase the range between classes to less incentive weight cutting
I may be really wrong because i dont know anything about Weight cutting
But from what i see it kinda seems like alot of fights have both fighters who after rehydration there above there weight class which cant be healthy for them in the long run
So maybe relaxing the weight classes will help fighters have longer carears
Adding openweight classes? We have the dad-bods. I say bring on the mum-bods. :)
how do all? with regard to 6 bowled and 1 delivered the following happened 89-90. out at farmer mates 30 acres at rocky cape n.w. tas.. one of his 2 yr old steers was dripping blood above the ring. we cornered him near the racefence and i got under his chest with my head up under his shoulder to miss his horns, [ only about 2-3'' long but pretty sharp enough to punch a hole in your head ], and lifted him up off his left side so kept him still on his right to not fall over. farmer mate attacked with the sack needle and able to close the blood loss. a day on the farm in tas. drew a sketch and titled it cowboy surgery capers. ha ha. you'll have to open a cold one and cheers me for that one. 1 question, would a two year old steer weigh up from 350 kg? enjoy another day in the life of taztez.
The huge guys would dominate like you said. Look at the heights of all the heavy weight champs in the history of the UFC. The shortest 1 was DC and Randleman at 5'10 with Randleman being juiced to the absolute maximum. In fact, these 2 were the only heavyweight champ in history below 6'1. Nearly all champs were 6'1-6'4. And of course Tim Sylvia who was like 6'8 or something. In fact, almost half the champs were 6'4 and above with francis, stipe, sylvia, werdum, JDS.
I guess of you had to put a name to it you could name any general who has written a book on winning wars in hand to hand combat and study them. The art of war is the easy one, but there are European examples as well.
Do you think they should have an untested division where PEDs are openly allowed?
Lets have multiple rings, not less weight classes. In the biggest cage big fighters rule. The field of battle dictates the best size fighter. Fight on a jungle gym and the big guy loses. Terrain is 90% of the battle. Fighting 101: take the high ground.
It was more of a just for fun hypothetical kinda question. 1 vs multiple people. How does he win.
But I get what you're saying.
I think that I would expect even a moderately competent boxer to win against two average guys in an unweaponed fight. Two average guys are not trained to fight as a tandem, and they will likely not be able to cooperate with each other very efficiently.
back then K-1 did not have weight class..and kaoklai was a 170 pound who was able to do well against heavyweights because hes able to use his speed as advantage....thats why i think elite 183 pounders like GSP and Khabib would do well in UFC even if the UFC never had any wifht class
The answer to the best martial art for fighting multiple opponents is called "armed martial arts", best technique is called 'quick-draw', by far one of the best way to fight multiple opponents with any chance of winning. Increases your chances significantly if the opponents are not armed.
Even a child have a chance in winning against few big, strong full grown man, so if you wanna say it's not effective, you are wrong.
4:45 Yes
Crap the size doesn't matter clowns are back.
Yeah he really pissed them off with that Bruce Lee comment lmao.
Women laughing at them all their lives has scared them.
how do all? hey ramsey, he's paying a compliment. i.e.- you 'look'- visual perspective , sixty year 'old'- ..er and wiser re knowledgeable plus vocal attributes. make sure to see both sides of the coin before tossed.
I'm thinking the guy meant that you're an old man in a young body....wise beyond your years. Curious to hear if you've seen "Born a champion" and if you have what did you think about it?
Could Bruce Lee beat Amanda Nunes? Same weight
Hello Ramsey, you brought up a interesting point about size and weight. Because I like Basketball, there exist a famous picture of Ali together with Wilt Chamberlain. So whenever I saw Lebron James in 2012, I thought imagine this guy would be MMA-fighter. Or imagine a prime Shaqe could box. Could they be really dangerous, or are they just already too big ?
They would be amazing, but people with those attributes don't get into combat sports as much because there are better avenues for them to gain fame and fortune without fighting.. fighting is a brutal way to gain fame and fortune, it's not easy.
With no weight class. Wouldn't it be kinda like the rocky movies??Only minus the little guy winning.Instead he get pummeled through the rafters
Yesterday I got attacked by multiple opponents in the comment section of the latest uf pro video by non-fighters talking about fighting. Talking about knocking people out with two fingers and how mma fighters can't fight on the sTrEeTs because TheRe ArE nO rUlEs On ThE sTreEts...
They are stupid and probably just trolling. They don't know what they are talking about, probably never even fought before.. don't even give them the attention they are seeking.. lol.
I hate none fighter trolls and they are so dumb, they pollute the comment section with Bruce Lee and don't understand weight classes never fought a day in their life smh
CBD is anti-inflammatory too
In my country ,Romania,there were some news in the papers and on TV about a japanese guy that was expert in Japanese Jiu Jitsu.He beat 5 gypsies that atacked him.And there is a story about this famous strong man,called The Mighty Atom that was proficient at Japanese Jui Jitsu too.He beat 25 people that atacked him.I do not know if this is truly real(maybe it is,maybe it is not).Another documented situation is about Grand Master Hideyuki Ashihara(Ashihara Karate) that almost killed 5 people that atatcked him on the streets of Rio.And about Grand Master Jon Bluming(Kyokushin Budokai) that beat 5 people in a similar situation.And numerous,and numerous counts of advanced practitioners or Karate masters that used their art to defend against multiple opponennts.All those people have in common one thing:they practiced MA(and we can include here Krav Maga) that developed ,not their fighting capabilities ,but their awareness.Sure you can be a good cage-fighter ,but cage-fighting has a flaw:it does not develop awareness that is crucial in a self defence situation.You can use MMA to defend yourself but if you defend against multiple attackers like you fight in the cage you could end up dead.Just my opinion.
You are wrong in boxing Maywhether will win but bruce will win easy using legs and grappling
I think that guy meant you look like a young guy with the mind of a 60 year old as in very wise? lol
what do you do when your hair starts to turn gray?
When that happens you will have grey hair.
I, on the other hand have no hair.
You have 3 option, sweep, submit or stand up
1. Dye your hair
2. Shave it to bald
3. Just stand up and be proud. There is nothing shameful about having gray hair
I saw an open weight it was nineties UFC. I don't think Gracie would do the same thing he did. Rules changed. No rags to choke people with no a days. I don't remember how heavy he was. Welterweight maybe? And nobody was ready for bjj at the time. Now everyone is forced to learn and train in bjj thanks to how deadly it is. We wouldn't have Conner I understand no Mayweather is a positive. So no we need weight classes.
If Bruce were to be allowed to use his kicks against Mayweather maybe he would stood a chance.
removing the weakest that is probably good idea. But what about removing the strongest which is a bigger threat and probably the one who leads them first? And I think whatever one does one should not let oneself be surrounded, or taken to the ground. Like you said attack as quickly as possible with hits that will deliver debilitating blow instantly but is also fast enough simple enough and easy to disguise. I'm no martial artist and I never been in such situation and really the most important fact in this fight would be psychology of the fight which someone who has no experience (and in case of fighting multiple opponents one would need to have quite a bit of skill) not just physically but psychologically it is a difficult thing to do. If the opponents are untrained they might have their jaw exposed. punch to the jaw or if one has an opportunity in the throat would be a good start if oneself has at least some training. kicks to the groin are very painful but a very strong opponent might fight through them. Hit to the liver is probably even more painful than hit to the groin but it takes a second before opponent will react. Still if immediately followed by hit to the jaw or the throat will probably take out that opponent. solar plexus are good target. but besides all of that one needs to be well versed in other things as well if one has only the shots I mentioned and nothing else that might not be enough. carrying a pepper spray might be more useful than anything else but slight amount of pepper spray will go back at you if there is a strong wind directed towards you. also one can realistically beat maybe four opponents not ten at less one has at least a strong pepper spray or a weapon.
In group fighting, how quickly you can take out the first guy is far more important than anyone’s individual skill. If you try to take out the toughest guy first, it’s going to take more time, more effort, and more attention. During that time, the other team is beating you. Numbers matter far more than skill in team fights. Take out one, any one of them that you can, and the rest will fall.
@@RamseyDewey Ok that makes sense
With the same weight
Bruce Lee vs mayweather who would win is the wrong question… which one would have negotiated the biggest slice of the purse?? Lee was a better entrepreneur than fighter.
Floyd has made hundreds of millions of dollars as a prize fighter so he's no slouch himself
I think the guy meant you have the wisdom of an older man but you look physically young 🤣
im a bit confused why for example someone who wants to be in heavyweight has to be a heavyweight... its called the baddest man on the planet right? so that man should beat up everybody below his weight, so why even bother to force someone to be a heavyweight just to compete in heavyweights, that is what i dont understand... i understand if there is a weight-limit, but why does it need a minimum weight? in theory the heavyweight should be able to beat them all up, so... then he can call himself the baddest man on the planet.
When you get hit by a heavyweight, then you will understand.
@@RamseyDewey yes i agree, but why the minimum weight thing? if someone below the weightclass thinks he can beat the guy in the weightclass above, why not let him try? why force him to be also on that weight, if he thinks he has his best form at a certain weight then let him try it out
Weight matters, a heavyweight punch is much much stronger than a bantamweight punch.
@@JunJun-pm4vy yes we get that now, but that was not my point
There should be all weight division. Maybe there's that 180lb guy that's dominating everyone in his weight class so he goes hey I want to fight in the all weight class. We could then see how a 5ft9 180lb man would do against a 6ft4 260lb man.
Hey Ramsey, an update on my situation of finding an MMA gym. I'm currently in a mostly Gi Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai gym and now looking for an MMA gym. I got an offer to train MMA from a coach who owns their own local promotion, but I'm worried about the conflict of interest between a coach that is also the part owner of a promotion, pushing me to a fight I may not be fully ready for their own business interest. The only other MMA gym is currently on a 6 month waitlist for new students. I have people at my current Muay Thai/Jiu Jitsu gym willing to spar MMA but no MMA coaches. Do you think I should avoid the conflict of interest of an MMA coach being a part owner of a promotion and only work with my current informal MMA sparring partners? Thanks,
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if u take away weight classes, u can introduce handicaps or sth
Its incredible to me how much people vastly overestimate Bruce Lee......and underestimate him for that matter.
He was serious about martial arts, but there isn't any real fight record. We know a limited amount about several fights from various sources, but the one with the most witnesses has little agreement between them on what happened. We have one sparring video. Everything else is his writing and his movies and tv show.
I would say.. it's probably safer to bet on a person that fights for a living to more likely to win a fight rather than a person that fights as a hobby.. especially if that person is as good at fighting as Mayweather is..
Why not have imposed weight classes? Like, a weight class of punchers who punch at 700psi-800psi? Fighters could be paired up based on their actual potential for damage output.
The thing is, people could potentially hold back a little to get weaker opponents
@@voidlight0472 True, that's a big flaw.
In boxing rules i agree Floyd will beat Bruce but if Bruce could kick its Bruce who wins.
Ya the One punch man thing doing thousands of push-ups and sit-ups a day is not good
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I think the guy meant you have an old soul trapped in a young body 😉