how in the world is be going to make 170? Is it going to help? Seems like a lost cause
The entire beginning of his career was at welter he doesn't cut for middle and he's an insanely blown up middle with with packed on muscle
He feels better at welter
Marquardt walks around 200-210lbs. With the right diet, 170 is an "easy" cut for him.
Just like Anthony Johnson... :)
Nate trains with GSP, and obviously he doing so has given him the impression that he can beat him. I think that's what is going on there. 
He does look huge.
Lite - Nate trains with GSP, and obviously he doing so has given him the impression that he can beat him. I think that's what is going on there. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
In an interview Nate said that GSP was one of the people that introduced the idea to him. I think it's GSP that knows Nate won't be a threat to his title since they are training partners.
No Lite.
He sees GSP moving to MW and didn't want to face him there.
I lost respect for him when he let Okami bitch slap him into a ud.
I met Nate a couple years ago and he told me to my face that he walks around at 195 lbs. Some people just appear bigger than others at certain weights, that's all there is to it.
i like how people think losing 25 is nothing
i think he can make it. he wouldn't have taken the fight if he hadn't made a test cut first. he is muscular so he should have a lot of water weight that he is carrying around.
just cut back on the juice to make 170.
lol @ nate cutting NOTHING at mw.
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-102-couture-nogueira/nate-marquardt-demian-maia.JPG
http://www.yorkblog.com/mma/img/61672.jpeg
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-122-marquardt-okami/nate-marquardt-yushin-okami.JPG
I have met Yushin Okami, and that motherfucker is HUGE,
Nate is definitely cutting something to get to 185.
William Colosimo - He just said in an interview that was posted a couple days ago that the cut is no problem, he was like 10 lbs away or something?
Should he say its been horrible and it will effect his performance?
Thiago Alves claims his weight cut was never a problem also.
I just hope Marquadt has a good showing at WW. He was a beast a couple of years ago, but, as everybody here knows, he's been pretty stale in his last couple of fights. I would absolutely love to see him rise through the ranks and take on GSP. Would be a heck of a fight.
Winston Wolf - i like how people think losing 25 is nothing
Right on! Nate is not a fatty, he's pretty much all muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat. No easy feat to make 170 for Marquardt.
its natural for him
Nate claimed right after the Miller fight that he weighed only 186 in the cage for that fight. Which I was shocked by.
But if true then a cut to welter isn't a huge deal, there are lots of welterweights that rehydrate back up to 190 or even higher, including GSP. GSP has rehydrated back to 187-192, depending on the fight.
I'm pretty confused by how Nate, who I viewed as a larger MW, can cut to WW and weighed only 186 against Miller. Perhaps Nate simply has a huge upper body and skinny legs.
If Nate can make the cut without it affecting his performance then I expect him to make a very big splash at WW. Welter is all wrestlers, and Nate's game is extremely well tailored to beating wrestlers.
And it's very funny because since he lost to Chael and Okami people actually say wrestlers are his weakness - but Chael is Chael (and was probably roided), and Okami won by out-jabbing him, Nate clearly outwrestled Okami. Wrestlers are very far from being Nate's weakness.
DaemonDragon - Nate claimed right after the Miller fight that he weighed only 186 in the cage for that fight. Which I was shocked by.
But if true then a cut to welter isn't a huge deal, there are lots of welterweights that rehydrate back up to 190 or even higher, including GSP. GSP has rehydrated back to 187-192, depending on the fight.
I'm pretty confused by how Nate, who I viewed as a larger MW, can cut to WW and weighed only 186 against Miller. Perhaps Nate simply has a huge upper body and skinny legs.
If Nate can make the cut without it affecting his performance then I expect him to make a very big splash at WW. Welter is all wrestlers, and Nate's game is extremely well tailored to beating wrestlers.
And it's very funny because since he lost to Chael and Okami people actually say wrestlers are his weakness - but Chael is Chael (and was probably roided), and Okami won by out-jabbing him, Nate clearly outwrestled Okami. Wrestlers are very far from being Nate's weakness.
disagree i think wrestlers are his weakness
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