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Originally Posted by Shape Shifter
A guy on my high school wrestling team wrestled and lost to a dude with only one leg. The guy had the upper body strength of someone 20 or 30 pounds heavier. The guy on my team didn't know how to wrestle him. The guy basically propped himself up like a tripod. As soon as he managed to put his hands on my teammate, the match was basically over because he was so much stronger.
You think maybe he cut off his leg to make weight?
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Your last line suggests a level of animus (or maybe just snarkiness) that isn't really warranted.
Wrestling and MMA have different rules. I had no problem with Maynard wrestling, which I read about some time ago. I was pretty much in awe of his tenacity and talent. And plainly he had incredible strength for his weight, partly because the lower half of the arms and legs are relatively weak, non-muscular parts of the body. (Except on Hank, who is 6'9" and covered with muscle everywhere.)
But I don't think that his disability, combined with the rules of wrestling, meant that entire categories of technique could not be used by his opponents. I also don't think that his disability, combined with the rules of wrestling, meant that something refs often do to get the action going -- stand fighters up -- could not actually be done in a fight where he was competing.
I realize that my views of MMA rules and how the relate to Maynard does not account for your personal high school wrestling experiences.
