Height in combat

>>41856988

Reach matters more than height. Reach only matters if you can keep the fight on your feet.

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>>41857006
What matters on the ground?

>>41856988
>find lanklet in the gym
>slam a barbell into the back of his head
>throw him to the ground and slam his head repeatedly into the floor

That's how you fight a lanklet

>>41857038

Technique, strength, flexibility, weight, and stamina.

>>41856988
>in a professional fight
Probably, if we're talking with weight categories. Which one should move to an other?
4" is a BIG difference in height, to stay in the same category.

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>>41857061
>>41857079
So the answer is yes? A 6'0 dude can defeat a 6'4 dude. Same weight.

>>41857086
Look up iron Mike zambidis. He fights taller guys all the time. Technique is king, but physical advantages are huge.
Height matters most in striking, while weight being the bigger factor in grappling.

>>41856988

Right now I'm 6'0 and spar against a 7'0 bloke, and I usually do pretty well just because I'm more aggressive and more agile. Vs smaller people (5'0-6'0 range) I always have an advantage because of those two /and/ height..

so tldr yes if you're better

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>>41857105
>Mike zambidis
Yes, I just found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson_vs._Tyrell_Biggs

Tyson is 5'10 and Tyrell is 6'5
Tyson reach: 180 cm
Tyrell reach: 203 cm

Both were undefeated until that fight, when Tyson won on technical knockout.

Pretty cool tbqh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5VeA1SAaBc

>>41857175
Another example that I just found is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson_vs._Pinklon_Thomas

5'8 vs 6'3

180 reach vs 196 cm reach

Seems to be a lot of them.

>>41857086

Sure, yeah. Happens fairly often. Generally speaking though the bigger the disparity the more the smaller guy is at a disadvantage.

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>>41857230
5'10* vs 6'3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiCzi3X-7pE

>>41857038
Long limbs have their use on the ground as well if monkey man isnt a weakling. Makes a lot of chokes easier. If long arm guy doesnt have enough strength and goes against a stockier guy with around the same skill level arm manipulation can be easier for the shorter but more built guy. E.g. americana/kimura/armbar.
Examples: tony ferguson and ovince st preux for chokes, frank mir and fedor for arm locks. In grappling the advantage isnt as clear cut as it is in striking, it's more about certain techniques being being easier to use against different types of bodies

>>41856988
OP anon, see "Fedor vs Hong Man Choi" on youtube

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>>41857038


NNNNNNGH

MMA fan here, there are like a million stories of manlets beating bigger guys,

Igor Vovchanchyn vs Gary Goodridge, Mark Kerr, Gilbert Yvel, Valentijn Overeem etc.
Mark Hunt vs Stefan Struve, Antônio Silva, Cheick Kongo etc.
Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia, Semmy Schilt etc.
Daniel Cormier vs Alexander Gustaffson, Josh Barnett
Roy Nelson vs Matt Mitrione, Cheick Kongo, Stefan Struve,

>>41857086
>Same weight
You're saying that the 6 footer is massively stronger than the 6'4 guy.
Reach matters, but isn't the only thing.

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>>41857406
>Hong Man Choi
>7 ft 2 1⁄2 in
What did nature mean by this?