“90 percent of the game is half mental” – Tim Sylvia “Im the oldest I’ve ever been, right now” – Tim Sylvia
It seems to have become convenient to laugh at Tim Sylvia after the Mercer fight. The way people go on about him you'd think that he sucks. He doesn't. While Big Tim isn't the most graceful fighter in the world he would still beat a lot of heavyweights. Ray Mercer is a former world heavyweight champion who can bang. He caught Tim and knocked him cold. Tim was stupid and thought that he could stand with a former boxing world champion. That was a huge mistake and he paid for it. I think Tim can stand with Pudzianowski. I wouldn't be surprised it he knocks him out in the first round. Pudzianowski's last fight really didn't impress me that much. He shouldn't be fighting Sylvia in his second fight. It's a bad fight for him. Tim Slyvia really doesn't suck. He's actually very good, and I expect him to beat Pudzianowski easily. We'll see come fight time though.
So you saw a 30 second clip of Mariusz and you come to the distinction that he can't fight? lol...... Mariusz is a black belt in karate and used to train a lot in karate and has prior amateur boxing experience.
Exactly...this isnt some punk ass guy. Hes competed with strained muscles and still managed to win many competitions. He is extremely mentally strong. And you guys who say grappling skill over takes strength, ehh yeah maybe when your average guys. I dont think you guys understand this is the STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD. What could Tim possibly do? Arm bar...no way choke....what neck is there to choke. Half the time Brock uses pure strength, no grappling to get his oppenents to the ground, and Mariusz is twice as strong as Brock, if not more. The only way Mariusz will loose is if he gets caught trying to stand and exchange. I could see him getting caught like Tim did vs Mercer, but the boy has a hell of a neck on him, looks like he can take a punch.
Ehh he is a green belt in Karate. A distance away from Black. Those kicks were brutally amatuerish. Amatuer boxing experience? Have you seen him hitting pads? He is so big he can hardly put up a normal guard. Every training clip I have seen he looks like an amatuer. An extemly powerful amatuer that could **** up most guys easy. But a noob compaired to decent trained fighters.
Utter garbage. Lensar can bench 475lbs, deadlift 720 pounds and squat 695lbs. Pudz Bench press 632.5 lbs Deadlift 924 lbs and Squat 836 lbs Twice as much my arse. If they locked up Lesnar would dominate him, he would take him down and control him easily. Being able to control people with wrestling is a SKILL. It is not pure strength.
translation of what pudz said: "I'm meeting with Sylvia in the octagon to have fun, that's what I do it for, and it will only be one man who will walk out of it. Fighting Sylvia will be another step to the top for me. I took me 9 years to get to the top in Strongmen competitions. We'll see how long it takes me in MMA. So come and see the fight, I promise it will be hardcore, I intend to give 100% of my brute force."
I find it humorous as some of you people don't understand what a monster Pudz is! You guys must not lift weights, or understand how much raw strength does factor in with EVERYTHING! And no...By raw strength I don't mean Bob Sapp. Sapp has great strength, but no freakin heart! Pudz is quicker than sapp, stronger than sapp, in better shape, has tons more heart, and is a very aggressive guy! He's a train with 2 legs! By no means am I discrediting skill...Skill is the most important thing you can have. BUT when it comes to a guy with good skill vs a guy who has won WSM competition 4 (?) times now it don't mean ****. Sylvia best knock him out cold!..or whomever wants to beat him. Unless you could weather his storm on the ground for a few minutes, and then take advantage (which I doubt many people could) then the only way you beat him is by KO. We aren't talking about somebody like Gracie...Were talking about somebody like Sylvia. You guys are going to find out how much power does really mean. Year of experience or whatever...The man makes a living out of tieing 747s or firetrucks to his back and dragging them, by throwing around nearly 400 pd stones, etc. He's not just strong..He's one of the overall strongest men on the planet, and add good flexibility, speed, and all his other amazing attributes.
That's still an amazing difference. 632.5-475=157.5 more on bench. 924-720=204 more on deadlifts. 836-695=141 As for Brock I'd have it more even for a while. I think he would beat Pudz...Minus the chace Pudz might KO him. I think Pudz would be in control, or they'd be pretty even in the beginning. After 3 or 4 minutes I think Pudz would be done. I'm thinking he'd be to aggressive, and winded, and then Lesnar would take control. As for wrestling a Skill. yeah, it is, but like I said it's hard to beat raw strength. Why do you think they have weight divisions? Because size does matter! A good big man will always beat a good little man. Not saying Pudz is necessarily a good big man, but we'd have to find out. I don't find Lesnar that amazing of a wrestler either though. He controls people mainly with strength, and I've yet to see a whole lot of tecnique. The guy gets people down, and hammerfists them for gods sake! Have you seen anybody with tons of wrestling skill, and use 90% hammerfists?!
People can say a lot of things about Brock. One thing that is indisputable is the fact that he is a great wrestler. It's not just strength that allowed him rack up these credentials. http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/wrestlers.php?wrestler=2477
That's still an amazing difference. 632.5-475=157.5 more on bench. 924-720=204 more on deadlifts. 836-695=141 Ok not twice but this is a HUUGE amt stronger than Brock. And since you like to bring up functional strength, Mariusz has much more than Brock as well. So if you factor in being able to lift more weights AND be superior in usable strength its no contest.
You dont know what functional strength is. Lesnar is a wrestler. He would be able to easily out wrestle Pudz. You dont know anythig about wrestling.