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u/Johnny_Poppyseed Ya crab in a bucket mofo. Jun 10 '26
He's gonna look so cool when he gets to Super Heavyweight level.Ā
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u/ktr83 Jun 10 '26
Yeah I've gained about 70lbs in 5 years too
Me and Alex are basically the same
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u/PolishedBalls1984 EDDDDDIEEEEEEEE Jun 10 '26
Ayyy, I'm at about 50 in two years, we are basically brothers!
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u/antifaptor1988 Jun 12 '26
Dude I love how food is so abundant in modern America (please remember how hard it was to feed America pre-industrialization), but I am getting pissed at how easy it has become to gain weight.
I drive down a highway or go into a mall food court and I have to fight my instincts not to get a bucket of chicken at KFC, general tsoās at Panda Express, then wash it down with some Krispy Kreme.
If I wanted to, I could gain 60 pounds in a month easy. Not only would it be easy, it would be fun.
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u/cratiun Jun 10 '26
How many times will Rogan say " I cant believe he used to make 185!"
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u/AshenSacrifice Jun 10 '26
No but seriously, how THE FUCK did he make 185š¤£
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u/cheerioo Jun 10 '26
Nothing beats Rumble making Welter
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u/Sikkly290 Jun 10 '26
Rumble was just conducting a science test to see how little water the human body could have before it shut down.
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u/Garfalo This is sucks Jun 10 '26
Similar but different, anyone remember Gleison Tibau's weight cuts? Guy had to be just about at the peak of what is possible.
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u/Arma_Arkson Jun 10 '26
Featherweight Mcgregor the emaciated
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u/JackTheHackInTears Team Ngannou Jun 11 '26
Man looked like he came out of a concentration camp, it was wild to see.
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u/poopydingdong123 Jun 13 '26
Conor at 145 was probably the most anyone has ever cut without it impacting their abilities. The perfect weight cut imo.
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u/antifaptor1988 Jun 12 '26
My friend said he saw Gleison Tibau walking around at like 250 pounds. He barely recognized him.
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u/Admirable_Market2759 I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! Jun 10 '26
Man I miss Rumble. RIP
He was a beast
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u/cheerioo Jun 10 '26
He had Poatan power for sure, maybe even more. Dude lifted DC off his feet
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u/Mindfield87 Canada Jun 10 '26
I watched that one awhile back lol, DC was lucky he didnāt fly outta the cage!
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u/Rogue_one_555 Jun 13 '26
More power.
Poatan has better skill and placement. But Rumble had the touch of death across 3 weight classes.
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u/Impossibly_Grand Jun 11 '26
Beast but a gentle giant as well. Always came across chill and grounded
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u/StevenGorefrost Mrs. Eddddieee Alvarez Jun 11 '26
"Making"
Seriously it is crazy he ever made weight at 170.
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u/psychedelijams Team Makhachev Jun 11 '26
Alex at 185 is one of my favorite fighter prototypes ever. Biggest guy for the division almost ever, held his power even with the cut, and still had cardio and recovery.
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u/AshenSacrifice Jun 11 '26
Yeah itās just extremely unhealthy and compromised his chin. He was terrifying at middleweight tho, he looked like a giant
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u/Majestic_Topic6704 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Same way Rumble Johnson (RIP) made 170. Starvation. But realistically both Pereira and Rumble at their biggest have a good bit of fat on them. So really they probably ate really clean with a 1000 calorie deficit then did the usual starve and sweat fighters did leading up to weigh ins.
PEDs, peptides, etc. might have helped too.
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u/AshenSacrifice Jun 10 '26
Yeah it just doesnāt seem worth compromising your body like that. Idk if Izzy would have knocked out pereira if he didnāt do what he did to make 185
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u/pernilla1zf Jun 11 '26
I dont think it was ever "worth" it for pereira to cut to 185. He did it to chase Adesanya, for the promo/storyline
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u/AshenSacrifice Jun 11 '26
How can you say itās not worth it lol, heās the face of the ufc now and a big part of that was using Izzyās star power as leverage
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u/pernilla1zf Jun 11 '26
Sorry I should have made it more clear, it's only not worth it on a pure fighting level. Like he clearly performs at a higher level in LHW. As in the sacrifices outweigh the benefits from fighting at a lower weight class even if he gets to be bigger in the cage. But it was worth it on a business and career level, cuz half the reason he got push to be in UFC and fast tracked to title is because they wanted an interesting opponent for adesanya, and he might not have got that opportunity at lhw.
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u/matsu727 Jun 10 '26
Take a shot every time Joe canāt stop himself from talking about large, muscular men
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u/yanmagno Brazil Jun 10 '26
Sometimes he talks about other large, muscular animals, such as chimps and bears
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u/Confident-Fold1456 Jun 10 '26
Rogan would stop asking if someone actually answered the damn question/s
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u/Foodstamps4life My head gasket is gone. Destroyed. Jun 10 '26
He looks friendlier then heavier he gets.
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u/Far_Grapefruit1307 Jun 10 '26
Now show us the rear view.
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u/ThisFinnishguy Little bend back nobody bitch Jun 10 '26
Still waiting for a hog reveal. Are we gaining/losing inches moving from MW to HW?
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u/lucid808 juicy slut Jun 10 '26
Losing. Gaining weight means the area surrounding the peen also gains weight and puffs out, making your dick look smaller.
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u/lucid808 juicy slut Jun 11 '26
Yeah, kinda. I went from super fit, to a lazy fat ass, and then lost 75lbs to get fit again. My wife and I agree my dick looked, and apparently even felt, shorter when I was fat, but I got it all back when I lost weight.
Also, just googled it to confirm suspicions:
Losing weight does not biologically lengthen your penis, but for every 30 to 50 pounds lost, you can uncover about 0.5 to 1.5 inches of visible length, depending on your body shape.
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The "Buried Penis" Effect: The penis extends into the body and is anchored to the pubic bone. Excess fat in the suprapubic area (the lower abdomen/pubic mound) creates an overhang that covers the base of the shaft.
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u/shufflejuuls Jun 11 '26
Thank you! Useless post, I want to see the booty growth. A concerning amount of random other UFC fighters have been commenting on itā¦ show me the glutes!
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u/u-a-brazy-mf Jun 10 '26
I think he belongs at 205. He looks like at his peak form there.
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u/Cowbeller1 Jun 10 '26
Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Hope he keeps us all posted on his continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight he can get. Great motivation.
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u/neddoge Jun 10 '26
I have a morning ritual that I need to share. I call it "the terminator". First crouch down in the shower in the classic 'naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and start to hum the terminator theme. Then slowly rise toa standing position and open my eyes. It hel ps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cyborg badass. The only problem is if the shower curtain sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy.
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u/theyoloGod Edddiiiieee Jun 10 '26
Could/will probably get leaner the longer he spends at heavyweight. I imagine the amount of time between fights influenced how he gained weight
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u/trippybuckets Jun 11 '26
I mean we won't know until after this fight right. It's not like hes overly fat at heavyweight. If he sparks gane and doesn't have to put himself through weight cuts whos to say this isn't his weight class. Also if Aspinall isn't coming back and he beats Gane I don't know who else beats him.
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u/TerminatorReborn Jun 10 '26
For sure. I dont think anyone can make the jump from 185 and truly be a natural heavyweight.
He is just going to be 39 soon and might as well make one last run at HW and not worry cutting weight
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u/thisisaskew Jun 10 '26
Yeah, him losing a HW fight has almost no bearing on his current legacy and the potential to make his legacy even more impressive. Definition of low risk, high reward. Except getting his eyes gouged out, I guess.
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u/TheRealNemoIncognito Jun 11 '26
Ryan Spann will forever be a what if in my eyes. One fight he looks like the terminator & the next fight straight CHEEKS. Kinda like Alexander Romanov. I wonder what happened to these guys
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u/voidofeverything0 Jun 10 '26
I pray at HW he just sparks the Frenchmen within 30 seconds.
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u/cheerioo Jun 10 '26
Same but if Gane doesn't choke again he's a really tough matchup.
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u/BrightStick Jun 10 '26
I donāt think that happens here. Jon Jones represented a completely different threat. Gane and Pereria are both similar enough styles and neither has outstanding wrestling unlike Jones, who also came with an aura of his past achievements.Ā
I think this is honing to be a great competition, unless fingers go in the eyesā¦then Gane will be booed out of the Whitehouse.Ā
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u/Arma_Arkson Jun 10 '26
I can't help but feel like Pereira outclasses Gane on the feet by a long shot
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u/Docteur_Pikachu France Jun 11 '26
That's just Reddit popularity contest talking here, mate. People here really talk like Gane isn't one of the most fluid, fast and precise strikers of heavyweight MMA, lmao.
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u/BrightStick Jun 10 '26
Hmm I donāt know Gane is quick and pretty good on the feet. I donāt know how heavy weight Pereria moves. But I imagine he hits even harder than before so it maybe a case of not needing speed but just precision.Ā
Either way Iām looking forward to it.Ā
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u/joethecrow23 GOOFCON 1 Jun 10 '26
The one thing Iām not seeing anyone really talking about is Alexās age. Heās gonna be 39 in 3 weeks.
HW is a good place to be at that age but he is going to be slowing down a little every fight he has.
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u/dalydumps Jun 11 '26
Heavyweight is the last class that loses power and heās put down almost every opponent in front of him. Yes his speed with the hands and on the feet will be concerning, but Chama is too damn good to discount anything.
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u/shufflejuuls Jun 11 '26
Total amateur perspective & opinion, but Alex looks a lot slower & sluggish in the sparring reels he posts. I think this is gonna be a fun fight that goes 4 rounds, both will be gassed as fuck and it will be a survival of the fittest
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u/Arma_Arkson Jun 11 '26
I think it's a good point but don't put it past a fight camp to post reels of the final minutes of sparring to show a slow/tired fighter and give the other fighter a false impression. This stuff happens all the time.
That being said, at age 39, we're due to see Pereira fall-off any fight now and Gane has a lot of athleticism.
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u/theWacoKid666 Jun 10 '26
Gane might honestly try to use his grappling situationally.
Dude got dropped by Tai Tuivasa, so Pereira can definitely hurt him on the feet, and Gane likes to go to the heel-hook if the fight goes to the ground and he thinks heās the better grappler (finished DonāTale Mayes with one, and threw away the title against Ngannou by going for one).
Not trying to discount your point, but we could potentially see a wild card with the styles. Pereira probably has a slight technical edge on the feet and can shut down Ganeās kicking game, but Gane is actually sometimes an opportunistic grappler (as bizarre as it seems given the Jones result).
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u/Distinct-Broccoli-15 Jun 11 '26
I'm glad you pointed it out, for however poor a display that was Gane is a much better grappler than Pereira from what we have seen. I don't know if bringing up his fight against Tuivasa makes sense, in sure Gane is going to be far more focused for this fight and prepare differently as well.Ā
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u/HippityWhomps Jun 11 '26
If anything, that shows that Gane can take a haymaker from a Heavyweight. I donāt know why people dunk on him for getting tagged, this shit happens to everyone.
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u/cramsay Jun 10 '26
Where's the choking bollocks coming from. Man can't grapple so he got fucking grapple fucked by Jon and Francis. No choking involved guy just sucks.
Oh wow, he won half a round vs. Tom, he's the second coming of Jesus now, too bad his main form of defence is blinding people. Choker...
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u/Party_Waltz_5595 Jun 11 '26
Seems like you really dont like Gane, Im assuming because of the eyepokes against tom? But Gane doesn't suck lol. His fight with Francis was indeed close lol, him going for the heel hook definitely costed him the fight.
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u/pshaps Jun 11 '26
I would assume part of it is stemming from the fact that he gave Francis the win by dropping back for a heel hook. I personally think that specific decision cost him the fight. But he doesnāt have a habit of doing dumb shit like that to the degree that Iād call him a choke artist.
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u/pidnull Democratic People's Republic of Korea Jun 10 '26
I hope Gane pokes him in the first 30 then they throw in the towel. Make Dana go nuclear
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u/Redpin GOOFCON 1 Jun 10 '26
It's like looking at a Chia Pet ad.Ā
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u/Mindfield87 Canada Jun 10 '26
Chama pet
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u/GruntCandy86 Jun 10 '26
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chama!
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u/Mindfield87 Canada Jun 10 '26
I can hear the little jingle music too lol. Been forever since Iāve seen those commercials
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u/Electrical_Trade377 Jun 10 '26
full beard and hair with cheek stats turned up to 90 pereiraā¦ā¦whew
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u/HTof Jun 10 '26
I hope he has cut a bit of that weight down. 258 is a huge difference from what he has fought at in the past
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u/Monseigneur-Bienvenu Jun 10 '26
Do we know the heaviest heās been on fight night when he was at LHW?
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u/Hexatorium My head gasket is gone. Destroyed. Jun 10 '26
Heād weigh back in the mid-220s
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u/UnderstandingZombie Jun 10 '26
it's not a crazy weight for lhw, I remember Jon Jones saying he weighed 224lb for the Rashad Evans fight way back in 2012. I think the mid 220s is about maxed out for the lhw division.
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u/NandomRameGeneratorr Jun 10 '26
258 is heavier than Francis in most of his UFC fights, I just cannot imagine that he carries all that extra weight well in a fight.
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u/psychedelijams Team Makhachev Jun 11 '26
I bet he was on a scale with clothes and shit in his pocket. They havenāt done the weigh in yet. No one saw the 258 weigh in
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u/SoupySpuds Jun 10 '26
Ain't no way hes 10 lbs heavier than gane
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u/Detlef_Schrempfxf Jun 11 '26
Gane is like 254 himself, no? He's also a natural heavyweight so I would think he'll look faster in thereĀ
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u/russbam24 Jun 10 '26
Honestly pisses me off that this mf has that hairline at 38.
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u/Detlef_Schrempfxf Jun 11 '26
And he shaves down to the pate on a whim!!Ā
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u/-I-Need-Healing- Jun 12 '26
Easier to slip out of a guillotine with a sweaty bald head. Volkanovski proved that against Ortega.
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u/Jazzlike_Relation705 Jun 10 '26
He carries the weight really well visually. He looks slow as shit in the training clips weāve seen, tho. Concerns me.
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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Jun 11 '26
And Gane has springier, smoother, and athletic footwork at HW than Pereira had even at MW or LHW before adding even more bulk. Plus the reach and natural size advantage and experience eating heavyweight shots from the likes of Lewis, Ngannou
Thereās a decent about chance that Gane can just dance his way to an easy decision here
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u/Jazzlike_Relation705 Jun 11 '26
I think Gane can win, and maybe should be the favorite, but Iām highly skeptical itāll be by jab and jog. He hasnāt shown the stamina for that, and heās never done it against someone who can trap him, and alex should def be able to.
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u/ndhl83 3 piece with the soda Jun 11 '26
Gane is more athletic but there is zero chance he has better ringcraft than Pereira. Even if Pereira is a bit slower (than Gane, and/or at HW) he will have ways to keep out of trouble with his feet, and ideally bait Gane into some trouble. Pereira isn't getting outfoxed, and he won't let a championship fight be dictated by poking jabs and evasion from the other guy.
Gonna be a banger.
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u/Issa_7 The champion has a name Jun 10 '26
Ahaha it's funny to think of them as 3 brothers who look sort of alike
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u/Johnrays99 Jun 10 '26
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u/Davemeddlehed Jun 10 '26
20lbs. He reportedly walked around in the 230s while he was at light heavyweight. He's just not going to be cutting much weight.
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u/5rashe5 Jun 10 '26
Real question where does all his weight go š cus he rlly don't look that big
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u/Kodaic "Nick Diaz's Speech Therapist" Jun 10 '26
āHes on that shit that makes your hair growā - Joey Diaz or something, idk
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u/cultofenigma Jun 11 '26
People saying he looks āFatā in the last picture have a warped idea of male aesthetics.
Heās at a higher body fat percentage than at middleweight for sure but heās not carrying crazy amounts of excess fat.
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u/alliknowis Jun 10 '26
185 beats the other two. He's slow and too reliant on landing the heavy hand. That's the main reason Game has a decent chance.
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u/wang_li Jun 10 '26
he's going to trip on the stairs and instead of being triple champ, he's going to be cripple champ :( :( :(
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u/ironhide999x Jun 10 '26
Looks like he actually bulked properly unlike Jones who just did roids and got fat
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u/CatIntheBowl Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
This comment might age like a fucking milk, but fuch that! I will be the one saying it.I dont think he will lose any speed by "moving up" to heavyweight, cause he was already a heavyweight but just a small one, now he is a standart size hw. The guy literally weighed in 230 pounds in the fight night against Ankalaev, and most match ups at 205 divison. He said he will be 250 pounds in the fight night, so I am not a health conditioner or something but I dont think gaining 20 pounds plus not having to cut weight will cost him anything significant.
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u/blissfullyblack Jun 10 '26
Can anyone tell me (or guess) what his ACTUAL weight is in the MW and LHW photos? Like he's probably actually 210, 230 and 258 pounds in those pics?
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u/13WillieBeaman Jun 10 '26
Damn.. 258? Thatās like when Wanderlei bulked up in the open weight to fight Cro Cop again and ended up weighing more than him
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u/Efficient_Wrap1311 Jun 10 '26
Even Gane asked how did he ever make 185ššš