Kurt Angle?

[Joshuagilbert91]

He's too old and injured now, but how do you guys believe Kurt Angle would have done in the UFC/MMA in general if he had decided to come to the UFC instead of the WWE 20+ years ago. He was a phenominal amateur wrestler, and would be the only Gold Medalist in MMA. I believe he would have made a damn good LHW, just off of his wrestling alone.

Of course, he could have been like Brock and not had any stand up skills, but I truly believe back then he could have been a LHW/HW champion. Any ideas?

 

[Mau]

Come here where?

 

[McSpikes]

What a pointless thing to speculate about .

 

[Pingu]

I think his giant head would have made him susceptible to guillotine chokes!

 

[Joshuagilbert91]

What a pointless thing to speculate about .

not really. yes he isn't taken seriously bc he's a WWE wrestler... but he was an amazing amateur wrestler. I believe he could have done great in the UFC, back when wrestling wasn't a big thing in fighting.

 

[Reach4theSky]

I think his giant head would have made him susceptible to guillotine chokes!

And punches. Ask Tito..

 

[Mau]

not really. yes he isn't taken seriously.

He is a fucking gold medalist. What more do you want to take him seriously? Fighting in UFC 1? GTFO.

 

[UFC=Pride]

Too bad we never found out

 

[Joshuagilbert91]

He is a fucking gold medalist. What more do you want to take him seriously? Fighting in UFC 1? GTFO.

you only quoted part of my post... isn't taken seriously BC he is a WWE wrestler. No one took Brock seriously when he left the NFL, took a warm up fight in Japan, and tapped to Frank Mir.

 

[cmw43]

He's too old and injured now, but how do you guys believe Kurt Angle would have done in the UFC/MMA in general if he had decided to come to the UFC instead of the WWE 20+ years ago. He was a phenominal amateur wrestler, and would be the only Gold Medalist in MMA. I believe he would have made a damn good LHW, just off of his wrestling alone.

Of course, he could have been like Brock and not had any stand up skills, but I truly believe back then he could have been a LHW/HW champion. Any ideas?

Back then with a real camp he could be Champ.

He's not the only gold medalist, off the top of my head there's Cejudo in wrestling and Ishi in Judo.

Edit :there's also been Mark Schultz and Kevin Jackson in UFC as Olympic Gold Medalists

 

[Joshuagilbert91]

Back then with a real camp he could be Champ.

He's not the only gold medalist, off the top of my head there's Cejudo in wrestling and Ishi in Judo.

sorry, I was unaware about Cejudo... I know Ishii did judo, but I was unaware of him being a gold medalist. my mistake.

 

[Johnsonville]

I remember seeing in a video that he was coached by Dave Shultz which is pretty cool and he probably would have been a good mma fighter for sure

~DaViD~

 

[McSpikes]

, back when wrestling wasn't a big thing in fighting.

And when was this!?

 

[boxingskills]

 

[Joshuagilbert91]

And when was this!?

Gracie era. When BJJ was the biggest thing everyone was talking about. Old school UFC.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Probably would have kicked ass at LHW and would have had a shot at the HW belt too

 

[orca]

Kurt already said before he only went the wwe route because of money. If the pay in mma was higher back then he would pursue it.

 

[PurpleAki]

He beat brock in a Match behind closed doors took him down at will

 

[Mau]

you only quoted part of my post... isn't taken seriously BC he is a WWE wrestler. No one took Brock seriously when he left the NFL, took a warm up fight in Japan, and tapped to Frank Mir.

Define "no ne".

Oh, wastelanded lol

 

[hockeysponge]

He's too old and injured now, but how do you guys believe Kurt Angle would have done in the UFC/MMA in general if he had decided to come to the UFC instead of the WWE 20+ years ago. He was a phenominal amateur wrestler, and would be the only Gold Medalist in MMA. I believe he would have made a damn good LHW, just off of his wrestling alone.

Of course, he could have been like Brock and not had any stand up skills, but I truly believe back then he could have been a LHW/HW champion. Any ideas?

His wrestling may be world class but he has a short reach...have you seen his little t-rex arms?? He'd get killed on the feet and be forced to close distance for takedowns.