>>9357838most great empires are just due to superior weaponry, in the same way a manlet with a gun can kill any giant. vikings were just cheap shot artists who showed up to peaceful nations and fucked them up because they had weapons
romans were dominant because they had swords, shields, superior tactics.
tyson was a bum and got jobbed out by 6'4 lennox lewis. and nowadays all the best boxers like fury, wilder, joshua are 6'3+
GSP was fighting in a manlet division, he was actually bigger than most of his opponants. the reason weight classes exist is purely to give manlets a chance to beat other manlets. if it was openweight like real life GSP would have been nowhere near the top
the only time i will say a legit manlet has been best in the world in combat sports (im only counting heavyweight, because any other weight class would get crushed by a mediocre heavyweight) is fedor, and he was 6'0
cormier at 6'0 was also very short for the ufc title, but 6'4 jon jones cucked him out of it