Originally Posted by Bladerider

Porkie et al,

I dont think the "glass jaw" concept is valid specifically for Marius as its the same for all fighters, irrespective of size. I am assuming that anyone who is entering into a competition that has being punched in the face alot as one of the main criteria is expecting to get punched in the face - alot !! The point people seemed to be missing was that punches you or I may feel as heavy blows will mean very little to him because of his size and the pain threshold strength type athletes have to get used to enduring to get to be successful in that arena.

I totally realise that stones dont hit back, its just that even a marius with slightly blurry half concussed vision would still probably have more than enough strength to walk past those couple of blows needed in order to grab whatever person it was throwing them, at which point the ball is fairly and squarely in his court with a massive strength and probably weight advantage.

Thats the whole point of MMA and UFC - all these guys with fancy moves and so on often dont get a chance to unleash their best shots and manage to overcome people of similar bulk, strength and size by the fact the are a bit quicker, a bit stronger, or whatever, compared to someone who is of a similar stature. getting a couple of blows into someone big and bulky enough to be a multiple world champion strongman is not comparing like with like and suddenly those small advantages that make the difference usually probably wont count as much. We're not talking about some dude who hits the gym for a few hours so he looks buff on WWF are we !! lol



J.