Mauro Ranallo: Size does now matter in MMA
From a quality of fights standpoint, I’d really like to see Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones, because those are the…
From a quality of fights standpoint, I’d really like to see Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones, because those are the two guys, right now, who, pound for pound, may be the best. When I say that, it’s again, the closer, in terms of the physical attributes. I know MMA comes from a background where the small guy was proven to beat the big guy, but now everybody trains everything. Size does matter. We saw with GSP, the beatdown of BJ Penn, and the physicality had a lot to do with it, not just the talent. We know Bj Penn is a savant. One of the best mixed martial artists ever to come down the pike. So, if you want to even the playing field, you’ve got to start looking at size, and that’s why I still think there has to be a consideration made to putting another weight class…”
