Is Aaron Brooks too short for 197?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

  On 10/25/2023 at 9:26 PM, Ohio Elite said:

MMA record was 60-26-1

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What about his UFC record?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

To answer my own question Jeff Monson was only 4-3 in the UFC.  Not really an impressive record.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/jeff-monson-the-snowman

[MPhillips]

“Young man, young man — your arm's too short to box with God.”

[PortaJohn]

  On 10/25/2023 at 9:40 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

To answer my own question Jeff Monson was only 4-3 in the UFC.  Not really an impressive record.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/jeff-monson-the-snowman

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Stefan Struve the tallest man to ever fight in the UFC has a record of 13-11

[ionel]

[Ohio Elite]

  On 10/25/2023 at 9:40 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

To answer my own question Jeff Monson was only 4-3 in the UFC.  Not really an impressive record.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/jeff-monson-the-snowman

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Yes you did ask the Ufc record which isn't great. But his grappling was phenomenal at one point in time. He old now

[Ohio Elite]

  On 10/25/2023 at 10:03 PM, PortaJohn said:

Stefan Struve the tallest man to ever fight in the UFC has a record of 13-11

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Great point.

[PortaJohn]

  On 10/25/2023 at 10:29 PM, Ohio Elite said:

Great point.

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No one tell Jimmy that Kurt Angle at 5'9" won 2 NCAA titles and a gold medal at heavy weight

 

[Ohio Elite]

  On 10/25/2023 at 10:30 PM, PortaJohn said:

No one tell Jimmy that Kurt Angle at 5'9" won 2 NCAA titles and a gold medal at heavy weight

 

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That's insane lol

[gimpeltf]

  On 10/25/2023 at 10:30 PM, PortaJohn said:

No one tell Jimmy that Kurt Angle at 5'9" won 2 NCAA titles and a gold medal at heavy weight

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  On 10/25/2023 at 10:35 PM, Ohio Elite said:

That's insane lol

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Agreed, telling Jimmy would be insane!

[Gus]

Yes Brooks is far to short and will not be able to perform up 8 pounds from where he just finished winning a U23 world title. If only there was a recent example of a short wrestler, from his same team, moving up from 184 to 197 and finding success... Might as well give up on folk and focus on freestyle.

Edited October 26, 2023 by Gus
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[Dogbone]

Yep, short guys are not good at wrestling... Everyone knows that height is a big advantage and the tallest guy at each weight usually wins. 

Hopefully Brooks can still AA despite this large disadvantage. 

 

[FearTheTurtle]

Aren’t wrestlers basically short in general? The year AJ won the title, like a few weeks later they had him out at some OSU baseball game doing his flexing thing and celebrating with the team and he looked shorter than every single baseball player on the team. I think they put one thing in the program but in reality they are much shorter 

 

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[FearTheTurtle]

 

[nhs67]

Manlet...

Weak ass throw, too...

[nhs67]

And he dwarfed Amine in their match, too.

[Wrestleknownothing]

  On 10/26/2023 at 2:47 PM, FearTheTurtle said:

 

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That was some A+ level showmanship.

Such wasted talent.

[FearTheTurtle]

I don’t much care for it either. I watch hoping he losses every time 

[PencilNeck]

  On 10/26/2023 at 2:03 PM, Dogbone said:

Yep, short guys are not good at wrestling... Everyone knows that height is a big advantage and the tallest guy at each weight usually wins. 

Hopefully Brooks can still AA despite this large disadvantage. 

 

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You'd think more short but decent wrestlers would consider converting to a sport like basketball where lower height guys are typically underrepresented. I know that there's a stigma being a pumpkin pusher (especially this time of year), but there are just so many scholarships available there, and can you imagine what an athlete like Brooks could do for PSU's below-the-rim game?

[ionel]

  On 10/26/2023 at 2:45 PM, FearTheTurtle said:

Aren’t wrestlers basically short in general? The year AJ won the title, like a few weeks later they had him out at some OSU baseball game doing his flexing thing and celebrating with the team and he looked shorter than every single baseball player on the team. I think they put one thing in the program but in reality they are much shorter 

 

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There were several 6'4, 6'8 think even a 7' on that team, maybe even no one under 5'11.  Betting any on these here boards would look short.

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

The two most important rules in your life: The Golden Rule and the Carnival Rule. 

[PortaJohn]

  On 10/26/2023 at 5:59 PM, ionel said:

There were several 6'4, 6'8 think even a 7' on that team, maybe even no one under 5'11.  Betting any on these here boards would look short.

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That averages out to 5' 4"...Thank Allah Aaron Brooks wasnt out there

[Lunaticfringe]

Ferrari and Steveson are 6’0”, Brooks is probably 5’8 1/2. Starocci is a legit 5’10”. O’Toole isn’t a legit 6’, he’s more 5’10 1/2 to 5’11”. Parris isn’t 6’8”, he was listed at 6’2 on his Football recruiting page, no way he’s over 6’4”.

[ionel]

  On 10/25/2023 at 6:36 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

 

Brooks is amazing and strength won't be a problem at 197 but I can't help but wonder if his lack of length will be an issue against the longer 197 pounders.  

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Didn't the Focus win an NCAA title at 197 from his knees?  I rest my case.

[bnwtwg]

  On 10/27/2023 at 3:00 AM, ionel said:

Didn't the Focus win an NCAA title at 197 from his knees?  I rest my case.

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Not only were his knees glued to the mat, but he was also stuck halfway out of bounds. It was an all-time underdog story!