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War Lounge Room v91: work pwnt will maintain later

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It's really too bad this guy missed out on being prominent in combat sports in this day and age:

wut? Masato was probably the most famous combat athlete in Japan for several years. His fame and recognition at the time would have surpassed anyone in the UFC right now aside from Conor. The dude was on billboards all over Tokyo.
 
wut? Masato was probably the most famous combat athlete in Japan for several years. His fame and recognition at the time would have surpassed anyone in the UFC right now aside from Conor. The dude was on billboards all over Tokyo.
In Japan.

Probably wasn't well known outside of Japan is my thing.

This day and age with something like DAZN out there doing boxing, kickboxing, and MMA he'd have been seen by people outside of Japan too.
 
In Japan.

Probably wasn't well known outside of Japan is my thing.

This day and age with something like DAZN out there doing boxing, kickboxing, and MMA he'd have been seen by people outside of Japan too.
Yeah, but when considering total number of fans, it's massively in his favor. No one outside of America knows who Al Michaels is but Americans are intimately familiar with him. Is his fame negated because he doesn't have broader recognition?
 
Yeah, but when considering total number of fans, it's massively in his favor. No one outside of America knows who Al Michaels is but Americans are intimately familiar with him. Is his fame negated because he doesn't have broader recognition?
It's more me wishing newbies to kickboxing would stop thinking it begins and ends with Buakaw.
 
It's more me wishing newbies to kickboxing would stop thinking it begins and ends with Buakaw.
heh, they worship Saenchai now and speak of him as if he has some magical properties. It's really annoying how people insist on assigning GOATs and wrap their own persona around their choice.
 
heh, they worship Saenchai now and speak of him as if he has some magical properties. It's really annoying how people insist on assigning GOATs and wrap their own persona around their choice.
This dude I'm angry we never got to see fight in the States prior to the dislocated elbow.


Can't believe he basically passed away without anyone really knowing he was dealing with cancer.

Explains though why he never fought again after the Salazar fight. He was diagnosed in 2016 but hid it from the public until August of 2018 and then he died like 3 weeks later.
 
Can't believe he basically passed away without anyone really knowing he was dealing with cancer.

Explains though why he never fought again after the Salazar fight. He was diagnosed in 2016 but hid it from the public until August of 2018 and then he died like 3 weeks later.
Yeah, even the Japanese media had no clue until right before he died. He even resorted to secret treatments in Guam to avoid the Japanese paparazzi because he didn't want it publicized. This is his bud BJ visiting him in Guam while he was withered away.
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Yeah, even the Japanese media had no clue until right before he died. He even resorted to secret treatments in Guam to avoid the Japanese paparazzi because he didn't want it publicized. This is his bud BJ visiting him in Guam while he was withered away.
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I follow Enson on IG and I remember he was having a real rough go of it right after Kid passed. You could tell they were close.
 


Don't know who this Liz Adams is, but I think she saw the war room lounge the other day

God Bless Liz Adams and Megan Olivi
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She even wears heels despite them making her taller than Joe
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I follow Enson on IG and I remember he was having a real rough go of it right after Kid passed. You could tell they were close.
Did you watch the Rizin event following his death? His sister almost pulled out leading up to it because he suddenly passed a week before. She decided to fight as a tribute to him and won, and that's when the weight of the tragedy hit her all at once and she WAILED. One of the most touching moments in MMA.
 
Did you watch the Rizin event following his death? His sister almost pulled out leading up to it because he suddenly passed a week before. She decided to fight as a tribute to him and won, and that's when the weight of the tragedy hit her all at once and she WAILED. One of the most touching moments in MMA.
Yeah, was hard to watch.

Was like seeing CC win the Grand Prix too. His dad had died 12 years prior but you could see he was thinking about it.
 
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