That 17 year old MMA prodigy wins pro debut in Japan in 2 min on reality TV show

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Remember that post about that 17 year old Canadian who was a Under-153 17 year old Kickboxing world champ, 2x runner up in All Ontario Wrestling and has multiple championships in BJJ... extremely well rounded for a 17 year old?


He is 1-0 amateur and 1-0 pro.

He just fought his pro debut in Japan (he couldn't find legally pro in Canada)... And he fought a 38 year old with nearly 30 fights under his belt and TKOd him in 120 seconds.... he is on Fight Xchange, a tv documentary following 6 athletes (3 from Canada and 3 from Japan) in their path to stardom. He was one of the three Canadians selected because of the hype.

There previous post had his footage of him sparring with Sam Stout and Elias Theodorou and he is able to compete with them. Stout commented that its scary at the level that he is at just at the age of 17. Article calls him future GSP and he claims to be in the UFC before the age of 21.


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TJ Laramie (1-0, 17 years old, 5'7") Featherweight
Laramie, 17, made his pro debut by stopping 36-year-old Koshi Obata (12-12-4) in 2:33 at Pancrase 265 on March 15th. Laramie is considered something of an MMA prodigy in the north among people that know who he is, sort-of Canada's version of Aaron Pico. He's already been tabbed by some as the next GSP, which is obviously premature, but gives the sense of what people are expecting. His pro debut was in Pancrase as part of a Canadian reality series called Fight Xchange that is being filmed in Canada and Japan, where three Canadian MMA fighters compete in Pancrase and three Japanese fighters compete in Canada. The show will air on SuperChannel in Canada, which is a premium channel similar to HBO or Showtime. He debuted as featherweight, but wants to compete at bantamweight. Laramie is from Windsor, Ontario, and is a former three-time Grapplers Quest winner, two-time runner up in All-Ontario Wrestling, and former Under-17 153-pound IKF Kickboxing World Champion. He trains with Maximum Training in Windsor under coach Rino Belcastro.
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Starting early with full contact combat sports is probably not the best career move. Will make it to the UFC, lose, and burn out.
 
He has that beider haircut on the last two photos. It doesn't help that he is canadian and has those douchey tattoos
 
He seems trained well, helps to train with guys like Stout. I don't fully agree with full competition at such a young age, he should still be training and getting an education. His opponent looked like he came in off the street but he's talented nonetheless.
 
the Calf Slicer was ultra cool to watch in live action. I could see why it's a dangerous sub to pull off.
 
Pretty cool . I hope he's successful and this exposure doesn't go to his head that much.
 
GOAT in the making....











or he just gets to the UFC and does alright like most "prodigies".
 
Runner up in the Ontario wrestling tournament? LOL

If he's gonna fight at featherweight, I doubt he'll beat any of the top competition. A guy like Tukhugov has been wrestling in the best wrestling nation on earth and he's not even top 10 (at the moment.)
 
We will see. That much hype so early has been the death of many careers. I am talking about all sports.
 
Those ears are already jacked up. :eek:

Edit: His brother looks he could be dangerous though. Obviously 1 fights a tiny sample size but he seems to have a solid mix of striking, wresting & submissions.

+ that calf slicer was just filthy.
 
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