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I feel like this fact is lost on a lot of people
Regardless of how you feel about his performance against Alan Youran, can we all just acknowledge that Platinum is only 25 years old? A 25 year old with a 100% (T)KO rate is insane. He's basically set to take the torch from someone like Robbie Lawler, except his striking is MORE DIVERSE. Ethereal counter punches against Hyun Gyu Lim, basically KO's Danny Roberts with a knee, hurts Alan Youran with a headkick in round 1 of their fight, and KO's Ellenberger with an elbow.
Now take a look at the age of some of the contenders at WW.
Tyron Woodley - 35
Stephen Thompson - 34
Demian Maia - 39
Robbie Lawler - 35
Jorge Masvidal - 32
So we have a rapidly improving fighter, evidenced by the fact that he beat a higher ranked opponent than Youran, and people still want to shit on this kids undeniable skills? Not only is he rapidly improving, but at just 25 years old he's the hardest hitter in the division.
People just need to accept that win or lose (mostly win), Platinum is going to be around for a while. All the vehemently anti-Platinum people just make the memes more powerful than you can possibly imagine the more you inexplicably hate on this man. He's not going anywhere.
Regardless of how you feel about his performance against Alan Youran, can we all just acknowledge that Platinum is only 25 years old? A 25 year old with a 100% (T)KO rate is insane. He's basically set to take the torch from someone like Robbie Lawler, except his striking is MORE DIVERSE. Ethereal counter punches against Hyun Gyu Lim, basically KO's Danny Roberts with a knee, hurts Alan Youran with a headkick in round 1 of their fight, and KO's Ellenberger with an elbow.
Now take a look at the age of some of the contenders at WW.
Tyron Woodley - 35
Stephen Thompson - 34
Demian Maia - 39
Robbie Lawler - 35
Jorge Masvidal - 32
So we have a rapidly improving fighter, evidenced by the fact that he beat a higher ranked opponent than Youran, and people still want to shit on this kids undeniable skills? Not only is he rapidly improving, but at just 25 years old he's the hardest hitter in the division.
People just need to accept that win or lose (mostly win), Platinum is going to be around for a while. All the vehemently anti-Platinum people just make the memes more powerful than you can possibly imagine the more you inexplicably hate on this man. He's not going anywhere.
