There were many powerful dudes fighting in UFC HW division, but most of them were failures. Icho Larenas who fought on UFC 58 has very strong hands and body and he's 6"3" (25 years), before coming to UFC he had 3 wins, but in UFC he lost his first fight via TKO to less stronger opponent (Tom Murphy) and was fired.
To be fair he took the fight like on one days notice and may have been hung over from the night before (he didn't think he would be fighting the next night).
I watched two of Duffee's fights. He's probably better now, but I wasn't blown away. He looks like a pure striker/ground and pound guy. But I don't think that his striking, at least in the vids, looked as good as Carwin, Kongo, Valesquez, etc.
You guys realize Hague isnt the same size he is actually the bigger guy, Hague weighs in around 263-265 so he could actually be cutting weight (I dont know if thats what he is or if he cuts) but Hague is 6'4" so he is taller and heavier so Duffee to me doesnt seem that impressive he is a smaller guy who has accomplished less and yet he is getting the hype because he has the pro wrestler look, WTF?
Well we will have to wait and see, however if you look at his picture and compare him to a Brock picture he don't look that big at all, yea he is ripped but I just saying looking at the photo he don't look THAT big. Remember he is 260lbs Brock cuts down to 265lbs then goes back up to 280 or 290 before fights.
He's only 23 and a prospect, especially in the HW class he will need some time so people shouldn't judge him in his early fights unless he turns out to be a complete can.
Ha, indeed. Wow, this is truly a flashback. All the stuff said in this thread reads differently now that we know that he was on TRT the whole time. Ah, the good ol' days when nobody even knew what TRT stood for.
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