Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33532122-20180302171109/@comment-32783267-20180305024124

148.252.128.15 wrote: Is cyborg even that good? She by her own admission struggles to make 145 yet the UFC make out she's amazing for beating up 135'ers who aren't anything special. I know its not her fault but still she went the distance with holly holm, if Bisping went the distance against a smaller guy like Donald cerrone people wouldnt say "hes amazing, the best ever". You made a good point there, my anonymous friend. Size advantage may help a fighter in physical situation (for example; Cruz outwrestling DJ, Till just popping right back up after Cerrone's takedown, and Ngannou against Stipe before he gassed) but all and all.. technique is all that matters regardless of size. That's why we see smaller but more technical fighters slay Goliaths on several occasions (like DC and Edgar).

In Cyborg case, her striking was excellent enough (compounded by her raw power) that poor girls have no choice but to grapple with her to mitigate the striking. But then, she's a skilled grappler with a size advantage so most attempts of wrestling her were futile as we seen in her previous two fights. It's like Catch 22 in fighting situation.

Also remember that DJ did his best to nullify Cruz's awkward point-striking by rushing Dom after he finished throwing his punch to Bullrush him against the cage but Cruz utilized his size to beat DJ on scorecards.. and that was pre-ACL Cruz and Part-Time Fighter DJ we were talking about. We saw this dilema in both Holm and Kunitskaya fights..

I once was baffled by Mac having size advantage in almost all of his UFC fights that I honestly thought it was an unfair advantage until I realized there was always a flip side to every situation.. especially after watching BJJ Scout's response on Armchair-Analysts comments on his Conor's TDD Strategy video, where people noted that Conor's schtick only worked because of his size advantage. He replied that better technique can overcome size and I agreed with that being a smaller man myself.. and finally fully acknowledged Conor's skills.. but I hate his outside-octagon actions..