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Probably one of the scariest fighters to fight as well. Up there with ViTRT Belfort, Melvin Manhoef in his best years, Wandy, and Prime Rampage
Of course he is a much better and polished fighter than he has ever been, but he was an absolute psycho when he was younger. Good ol' natural 18 year old hormones made him such an aggressive killer back than. He's a lot more calculated and cerebral now, but watching him fight back than was like waiting for a time bomb because if you stepped into close proximity..it's like he had an alert system in his head to fire off bombs
I remember when guys would close the distance on him and start peppering him up, he would get angry as fuck and just pop one HEAVY shot that would either send them back in fear or follow up with some disgusting gnp where he would wind his hand all the way back and just unleash a barrage of punches.
His KO's over Tiki, Berger, and a bunch of others from his early UFC days were scary.
Another thing that was scary about him was how menacing he used to look. I met him in 2005 (not sure if he was still in the UFC at this time)...but he was huge. He got a little smaller because all he did was lift weights for his conditioning back in MFS.
People give Sage a lot of credit for being so young, but Lawler was KO'ing veterans like Tiki, wins over killers like Lytle, and Aaron Riley. All while having been slightly younger than Sage. Really puts into perspective of Sage's progress when guys like Penn and Lawler were destroying top guys at the same age
Of course he is a much better and polished fighter than he has ever been, but he was an absolute psycho when he was younger. Good ol' natural 18 year old hormones made him such an aggressive killer back than. He's a lot more calculated and cerebral now, but watching him fight back than was like waiting for a time bomb because if you stepped into close proximity..it's like he had an alert system in his head to fire off bombs
I remember when guys would close the distance on him and start peppering him up, he would get angry as fuck and just pop one HEAVY shot that would either send them back in fear or follow up with some disgusting gnp where he would wind his hand all the way back and just unleash a barrage of punches.
His KO's over Tiki, Berger, and a bunch of others from his early UFC days were scary.
Another thing that was scary about him was how menacing he used to look. I met him in 2005 (not sure if he was still in the UFC at this time)...but he was huge. He got a little smaller because all he did was lift weights for his conditioning back in MFS.
People give Sage a lot of credit for being so young, but Lawler was KO'ing veterans like Tiki, wins over killers like Lytle, and Aaron Riley. All while having been slightly younger than Sage. Really puts into perspective of Sage's progress when guys like Penn and Lawler were destroying top guys at the same age
