Man, YOSHIAKI YATSU VS GARY GOODRIDGE 1 and 2 are Huge Mismatches

[cheachea]

I mean, just look at these fights right here :

Gary Brutalized this guy.

 

[tasticles]

He looks scared to death. Did the yakuza threaten to kill his family if he didn't take the fight against Gary?

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Well yeah I mean arm wrestling always beats pro wrestling

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

He looks scared to death. Did the yakuza threaten to kill his family if he didn't take the fight against Gary?

Japanese love black culture but fear them in person. Is true lol

 

[Bruce Lee666]

And Gary Pay All his sins against the K1 legend Mike Bernardo.

 

[koquerelle]

How the hell do you eat these uppercuts and stay alive?!?!?

 

[Huligani]

Seems like the full fight where he also crushed the guy's nuts with his toes (a unique guard maneuver by Goodridge) was taken off youtube and is now hard to find.

 

[cheachea]

But then he got smashed later by Fedor :

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Yoshiaki Yatsu did not do okay in PRIDE FC.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Yatsu showed a ton of heart in that first fight. He was an old pro wrestler who competed as an amateur half a lifetime ago, at that point. No formal standup training of any kind. The Japanese crowd had a lot of respect for Yoshiaki Yatsu.

 

[TheGreatA]

Yatsu showed a ton of heart in that first fight. He was an old pro wrestler who competed as an amateur half a lifetime ago, at that point. No formal standup training of any kind. The Japanese crowd had a lot of respect for Yoshiaki Yatsu.

He was a really good amateur wrestler, Olympic level, but that had been 20+ years prior to fighting Goodridge.

You can just see how broken down his body is. He could barely move. All he had left, was his chin. PRIDE didn't do him any favours by putting him against Goodridge.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

those uppercuts, i simply don't understand how he was still standing.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Also hespect to Gary he had a far easier time beating Yatsu than even Hulk Hogan did

 

[H41ph_84k3d]

At least they settled it in the rematch.

 

[Goatenstein]

Yatsu would be lower end top 10 in today's HW division. Gary would be a the verge of a title shot at all times.

 

[Bruce Lee666]

He was a really good amateur wrestler, Olympic level, but that had been 20+ years prior to fighting Goodridge.

You can just see how broken down his body is. He could barely move. All he had left, was his chin. PRIDE didn't do him any favours by putting him against Goodridge.

MMA it's a Young Guy Sport hurt see Fighters who are not in their Prime Anymore fighting, But They do because are warriors.

 

[TheTickG]

Yatsu would be lower end top 10 in today's HW division. Gary would be a the verge of a title shot at all times.

Considering his takedown defense, I think it'd be 50/50 even matchup against Jones.

 

[MigitAs]

He looks scared to death. Did the yakuza threaten to kill his family if he didn't take the fight against Gary?

The Yakuza were partly running PRIDE so let’s just say yes.

 

[HHJ]

He looks scared to death. Did the yakuza threaten to kill his family if he didn't take the fight against Gary?

Probably

 

[BobsyaUncle]

Japanese matchmaking for its own fighters has always had a touch of sadism about it.