Did you guys notice they listed Benavidez as 6'0 and a half for the tale of the tape before the fight tonight? So that confirms this guy has been...
I only caught the last couple rounds and I guess Gvozdyk came on stronger at the end and look I'm not saying I could take those punches but......
The commissions weigh these guys and I don't think they jot it down on a napkin and just discard it. They probably archive the data and reference...
It’s not a disingenuous premise at all and there are many instances where a fighter weighing more had no observable advantage....
With a large enough sample size you would be able to see if a difference in weight exceeding 5 pounds improved a fighter's win percentage or not....
Absolutely right.
Thats whats wrong with studying fight film. You study so much to fight one guy if he shows up and fights differently now you're screwed.
Kizer as the head of the Nevada Athletic Commission does have all of this data readily available to him and as well as that I couldn't imagine...
And then when they lose which they often do then you'll just say oh he was weight drained. Right? Your belief is unfalsifiable and has the same...
Kizer has all the data available to him. So its kind of the best evidence that exists. Compare that to the evidence that weighing more helps...
I don't see how the factors that affect weight cutting in the 90's don't also affect weight cutting today. For example theres just as many lower...
Yeah it would be nice to see a major modern day study. But failing that a guy like Kizer would be the next most credible thing as he would have...
Thats exactly how stats work and if fighters that weigh more did have an advantage we would see it bear out significantly in wins. Instead we see...
I noticed that when a weight bully wins its always oh he weighed more. But if he loses its always oh he was too weight drained. Doesn't that seem...
My take away is that a modern day weight bully I.E. Devin Haney can't be given automatic bonus points in mythical H2H matchups over the likes of a...
