an observation...was laying in bed last night and tuned in to the tuf finale replay.....
re-watched leben vs simpson....and maybe it`s my imagination,but leben looked a good deal bigger than i remember him looking...much more buff...i mean MUCH more buff....
he`s a bit thick waisted genetically,but,he was packing a good bit of muscle on his frame...his trunk(shoulders/chest/abs) were actually quite defined....
he didn`t tire...took everything simpson threw(many right on the button) and after the first 2:50 of the first round,was shrugging takedown attempts off like he was shooing flies....when he was taken down,he popped back up pretty quickly vs a very high level wrestler...
now he`s taking another tough fight on a few weeks notice...
i wonder if something`s going on here?...not an accusation...but physically,he didn`t look like the same guy that fought jake rosholt...
maybe i`m wrong...but physically,leben looked like a real athlete..a big,strong 185 pounder..i mean he`s a strong persistent guy...but i don`t remember him looking quite that big and strong..when they exchanged he punched right through simpson(not so shocking)....and by mid-second round was throwing simpson around like a ragdoll...
..and he didn`t tire one iota.....