Quote Originally Posted by JDawg1536 View Post
With all due respect, I think that's a little crazy. I suppose it depends on your definition of extreme, but I take it you never heard of Dan O'Brien or Bryan Clay? The sport is brutal and physically demanding, but in no way does that make them the best athletes or most extreme (extreme by my definition anyway). Plenty of people out there who are more athletic and more tested IMO.

On a side note, I think it's safe to say we have gone off topic.
In my clinical experience well conditions mma athletes are very athletically gifted. They may not be as fast as a sprinter, they may not have the anaerobic output that a powerlifter has, they do not have the endurance capacity of a long distance runner. Top performing athletes have the mental and visual acuity along with reflexes comparable to high skill athletes such as tennis, golf or baseball players. They all perform athletic movements at a high level all the while getting punched, kicked, choked and slammed. Just my opinion as an under payed over worked exercise physiologist, Former mind you cause i needed payed....LOL