Felice Herrig gets pic with big friend
Felice Herrig’s UFC backstage video with Shaquille O’Neal goes VIRAL
Sports select for human beings of different sizes. Basketball players trend tall. Women’s MMA strawweights, not so much.
Shaquille O’Neal, for example, is a little over seven feet tall, and a little more than a little over 300 pounds. By contrast, Felice Herrig is 5′ 4″ and weighed in at 115.5 pounds. UFC weight divisions are 10-20 pounds apart because that split makes a difference. Shaq is 2.6 times the size of Herrig.
Shaq is also an ardent, long-time fan and student of mixed martial arts, and was Octagonside at UFC Fight Night 104 on Saturday when Herrig earned a unanimous decision over Alexa Grasso. Afterward, they took a pic together, and it is a startling example of how much human beings can differ in size.
It was fun too that Max Holloway was doing color commentary dressed up as Waldo as part of his #WheresJoseWaldo campaign.
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