if youre below 220 pounds you are in serious danger of getting hurt

[ratherbebig]

i feel, as a man, in todays day and age, you need to be 220-240 pounds to be able to hold your own in a street fight.

seeing bodybuilding from this perspective, it's about survival. this is no joke, this is life or death shit. you walk around under 220 you are in SERIOUS DANGER of getting seriously hurt or even get killed in todays society.

[ratherbebig]

tyson 220. holyfield 215.

they got it.

josh barnett. big dude. solid 250. you wanna take him on with your below 220 pound body? good luck.

crocop. solid 220+ all his career.

stipe miocic. 240.

overeem. was skinny once, realize thats not way to go through life. been more or less solid since.

[ratherbebig]

then we have the light heavy weights, they might fight at 205 but they all walk around at 220+.

ryan bader, anthony johnson, rampage, jon jones...

the streets dont have weightclasses, if the lightweights, welterweights and middleweights of the ufc cant take on the heavier guys, what makes you think you could on the street?

[ratherbebig]

"The average American woman now weighs as much as the average 1960s man"

you realize this? not only are you in deepshit against another man, you are at risk at getting beaten by a WOMAN!!

[Primemuscle]

"The average American woman now weighs as much as the average 1960s man"

you realize this? not only are you in deepshit against another man, you are at risk at getting beaten by a WOMAN!!

Having been a man in the 60's, I can tell you that people (men and women) were a lot thinner than they are today.

[ratherbebig]

Having been a man in the 60's, I can tell you that people (men and women) were a lot thinner than they are today.

yes i just read about it:

The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that's almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s.

Men, you're not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today

Overall weight gain since 1960 is slightly greater for women (18.5 percent) than for men (17.6 percent). And both sexes have gained roughly an inch in height over the same period, which accounts for some of that weight gain.

But story is mostly one of growing girth, and it basically boils down to three factors: we're eating less healthy food, we're eating more of it, and we're not moving around as much

[robcguns]

I can say I feel my best and confident fighting wise at 240 at 6'1.75",been much heavier and felt slow and been 215 and felt weak.So for me 240ish is perfect but I will say the toughest guys I've ever fought or knew were all under 200.

[ratherbebig]

I can say I feel my best and confident fighting wise at 240 at 6'1.75",been much heavier and felt slow and been 215 and felt weak.So for me 240ish is perfect but I will say the toughest guys I've ever fought or knew were all under 200.

yeah height plays of course into it, but still, i feel you need to have a certain weight these days considering how big people are getting (even women!)

[Simple Simon]

best fighting weight for a man is 180lbs.

[ratherbebig]

not against one 220 or more.

[ESFitness]

yes i just read about it:

The average American woman weighs 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As reddit recently pointed out, that's almost exactly as much as the average American man weighed in the early 1960s.

Men, you're not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today

Overall weight gain since 1960 is slightly greater for women (18.5 percent) than for men (17.6 percent). And both sexes have gained roughly an inch in height over the same period, which accounts for some of that weight gain.

But story is mostly one of growing girth, and it basically boils down to three factors: we're eating less healthy food, we're eating more of it, and we're not moving around as much

Inread the same thing.

My fights (not streetlights... I mean fights with rules) in the 220s cut down from 240 I did well, but my last 2 were under 200 (190's) and got 2 knockouts weeks in a row by guys i outweighed by at least 20lbs. (Granted i did those on a whim last min and had been "off" for months and and hasn't trained/sparred in forever.

Still have headaches and memory issues and those were months ago.

[8 INCH not biceps]

best fighting weight for a man is 180lbs.

LOL look at this skinny loser trying to justify his fragile bodyweight, at my currently bodyweight of 265 I could bearhug you and break you in half.

[ratherbebig]

yes 180 pounds is a non-survival weight.

i mean you have to worry about women even at that weight at the rate things are going.

[Eric2]

Your bodyweight argument has nothing to do with this.

[Simple Simon]

LOL look at this skinny loser trying to justify his fragile bodyweight, at my currently bodyweight of 265 I could bearhug you and break you in half.

[ratherbebig]

there's no real argument here.

or there wouldnt be weightclasses.

and with people getting bigger and bigger, even women, under 220 is not an option if you want to survive in the modern world.

knowing this, bodybuilding is taken to a whole other level - life or death.

[FREAKgeek]

there's no real argument here.

or there wouldnt be weightclasses.

and with people getting bigger and bigger, even women, under 220 is not an option if you want to survive in the modern world.

knowing this, bodybuilding is taken to a whole other level - life or death.

You're making the implication that you know how to fight. You're not taking out a real fighter just by being big. If you think otherwise you need a reality check.

[TheGrinch]

like Royce Gracie cared in the original UFC when he completely destroyed everyone MUCH heavier and taller??

[TheGrinch]

heck.. even Royler destroys everyone 2x his size

[Mr Anabolic]

125 lbs tops...

[TheGrinch]

125 lbs tops...

He was okay I guess...  except even the average "Getbigger" would easily take him without breaking a sweat according to all that I read here... geez

 

[ESFitness]

heck.. even Royler destroys everyone 2x his size

Except Eddie bravo

[Walter Sobchak]

Another "quality" thread by the OP.

[Chadwick The Beta]

yes i just read about it:

Men, you're not looking too hot in this scenario either. Over the same time period you gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the 60s to 195.5 today.

Written by a cuck with epic white knight tendencies.

Men aren't fat; only fat women are fat.

[calfzilla]

125 lbs tops...

Natural?