Jon Jones To date, a career light-heavyweight talking about moving to heavyweight within two years or so, frequently talked about as enjoying massive size advantages over all of the best fighters in his weight class. 6ft 4in tall, 84.5in reach, probably weighs around 220lbs in the cage --- Dan Henderson Has spent his career going between 185lbs and 205lbs, often viewed as a smaller, lighter man in his Pride days when fighting at 205, now particularly short in the UFC lhw division among the top fighters. 5ft 11in tall, 71in reach, when he was allowed to weigh in way over 205lbs against Fedor, weighed in at 207lbs --- When, in top level MMA competition this century (not the '90s), has a non-heavyweight fighter beaten an opponent enjoying size advantages of this nature? What's the historical precedence for this type of victory?:bbb Smaller guys have gained draws while facing this type of disparity (Penn vs Fitch, Wanderlei vs Crocop 1), and there have been some wins that could be argued to fit this description (Saku vs Rampage, Saku vs Randleman, Wanderlei vs Fujita). Can you think of others? What's the most impressive win of this nature in your opinion?
Uhhh....it's happened plenty of times. There are a lot of guys like Jones who are tall and long for their divisions. Most of them are mediocre fighters. Off the top of my head, T.J Dillishaw ragdolled Walel Watson a few months ago in spite of the fight that Watson is five inches taller and has a reach a advantage that's close to a foot longer. Ben Askren easily beat Dan Hornbuckle. Hornbuckle is four inches taller than Askren and has 83.5 inch reach to Askren's 71 inch reach. Pretty much everybody who's beaten Corey Hill, Roli Delgado, Tamdan McCrory and Kendall Grove at their respective weights. Etc.
Not quite the same is it ??? This is a guy who has freakish dimensions and strength for his actual weight , he isnt just a tall rangy kid , he's an absolute power house as well as being tall and rangy
