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im no expert in k1 or kickboxing, but he seems uncharismatic, but his results are second to none
how does he rank all time?
how does he rank all time?
He is the most accomplished and arguably the best. The argument against him being the best is that he had a physical advantage over pretty much all his opponents.
He focused his skills where the money was, but if There was no upper weightlimit, And he focused his training om MMA, he would be unbeatable.
he started out doing MMA and was 6 years into his career when he lost to Fedor and experienced when he lost to Barnett and he was probably in or close to his physical prime around that time and still lost.
He had his first MMA fight in 1996 and his first K-1 fight in 2002.
obviously he improved his striking in K-1 technically but physically he was in his prime he was 29 when he went into K-1 and when he lost to Fedor and he is/was older than Fedor it isn't like he fought prime Fedor either even if you excuse his early losses.
he also was more experienced than fedor who started his MMA career in 2000 allthough he had combat sambo experience
he was a good MMA fighter and if he was younger and went to an elite MMA gym he might very well be a top 10 HW nowadays but surey not the best ever his wrestling could be better with a modern elite gym but it's unlikely that he would win the UFC belt
Semmy had a very good MMA career, had great submissions, And of course great standup. He only lost to the greatest guys, some of them Are still active at the top.
Fedor is spesial, so who knows if Semmy would have beaten him at his best, but I wouldn't say Semmy was more experienced when they fought... Fedor was doing full time Sambo, while Semmy did karate And some grappling.
If the limit was 300 lbs, And he did extensivr training, I have no doubt he would win the UFC belt.
He is the most accomplished and arguably the best. The argument against him being the best is that he had a physical advantage over pretty much all his opponents.
He also had a speed disadvantage against pretty much everyone he fought. Not disagreeing with your point entirely, but there are pros and cons to having such size. Difference being is he, unlike other taller fighters, made the best use of his natural size as possible.
Stop it.He is the best standup-figher that has ever lived.