I'm not expecting striated glutes in MMA. But if you plan to last 15 minutes full tilt, you don't need excess fat cells putting strain on your system. Sure fighters can be chubby and perform well (frank mir has for the last few years) but Fedor doesn't have the kind of power that justifies that extra bulk. He was dog tired against Silva and just doesn't seem to have the kind of stamina and resilience needed to hang in today's mma game. If he goes into slow-mo against hendo, it'll be a duck-shoot KO.
lot of chubby dudes at my dojo.... and they have very very good cardio.
and fedor has always been fighting guys that outweigh him, sometimes by a good 30 pounds or more...
that WILL gas you out alot faster then a guy your own weight...
rolling with a guy that is much heavier is exhausting!
against bigfoot he was not doing so bad! ... really... he never gave up... always can ko somebody even if he is hurt.
sure he got a beating, but he was not hopeless.
and he is only 34 or something.... plenty of time still!
i do agree though that for him in today's mma arena, he would be better of getting down to 205.
because he will always be a "little" heavyweight.