Is Aaron Brooks too short for 197?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

11 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said:

MMA record was 60-26-1

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]

21 minutes ago, 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

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

[ionel]

[Ohio Elite]

40 minutes ago, 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

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]

25 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

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

Great point.

[PortaJohn]

Just now, Ohio Elite said:

Great point.

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

 

[Ohio Elite]

4 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

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

 

That's insane lol

[gimpeltf]

1 hour ago, PortaJohn said:

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

1 hour ago, Ohio Elite said:

That's insane lol

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]

46 minutes ago, FearTheTurtle said:

 

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]

3 hours ago, 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. 

 

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]

3 hours ago, 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]

4 hours ago, 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.

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 1:36 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.  

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

[bnwtwg]

10 hours ago, ionel said:

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

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!