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You know, KZ had an amazing run. Having followed KZ before his UFC run, since 08 or 09, I guess you could say, if you consider KZ a legend, I had an opportunity to follow the legend pretty closely throughout. the majority of his career.
KZ is a bit of a wierd case in a way that, he's one of those rare prospects that end up being bigger than he actually was or is as a fighter. He's a great fighter no doubt, but if you think about it, he only fought 12 times in the UFC, I mean even the corpse of Gomi fought more inside UFC, and you could argue that KZ's best win is Dan Ige.
Now, I was a big fan of KZ before a lot of KZ fans now, if not the majority of them, around here even first heard of him, in case if I sound critical, but that is really just what it is if you think about it. He does have a win over FW Poirier and another corpse of Edgar, though as washed up as Edgar may have been, he wasn't as far gone as Gomi was.
People have discussed before this plenty, but with the curtain falling on KZ's career, I wonder what Sherbros think about it at the end of it.
You see, there wasn't a great hype behind KZ either entering UFC. He did get ktfo into another orbit by Roop not that long before his UFC transition, nor was he undefeated before that. There was much greater hype behind Doo Ho Choi for example, though obviously there were some hype for KZ, I mean he was a solid, exciting prospect regardless, probably more than there were for Dong Hyun Kim.
So, KZ's fame and popularity was entirely him, not from being helped by cherry picking opponents, nor the UFC hype machine, though obviously they caught on eventually.
He was a hell of a fighter, and he had a hell of a career, but just based on how his career played out, it's just difficult to place the guy near the top, I'd think.
1. Saku
2. Gomi
3. Kid
4. Sakurai - Former WW number 1 in the world.
5. Horiguchi
6. Dong Hyun Kim
7. KZ
8. Fujiita
9. Misaki
10. Yoshida
War Korean Zombie.
KZ is a bit of a wierd case in a way that, he's one of those rare prospects that end up being bigger than he actually was or is as a fighter. He's a great fighter no doubt, but if you think about it, he only fought 12 times in the UFC, I mean even the corpse of Gomi fought more inside UFC, and you could argue that KZ's best win is Dan Ige.
Now, I was a big fan of KZ before a lot of KZ fans now, if not the majority of them, around here even first heard of him, in case if I sound critical, but that is really just what it is if you think about it. He does have a win over FW Poirier and another corpse of Edgar, though as washed up as Edgar may have been, he wasn't as far gone as Gomi was.
People have discussed before this plenty, but with the curtain falling on KZ's career, I wonder what Sherbros think about it at the end of it.
You see, there wasn't a great hype behind KZ either entering UFC. He did get ktfo into another orbit by Roop not that long before his UFC transition, nor was he undefeated before that. There was much greater hype behind Doo Ho Choi for example, though obviously there were some hype for KZ, I mean he was a solid, exciting prospect regardless, probably more than there were for Dong Hyun Kim.
So, KZ's fame and popularity was entirely him, not from being helped by cherry picking opponents, nor the UFC hype machine, though obviously they caught on eventually.
He was a hell of a fighter, and he had a hell of a career, but just based on how his career played out, it's just difficult to place the guy near the top, I'd think.
1. Saku
2. Gomi
3. Kid
4. Sakurai - Former WW number 1 in the world.
5. Horiguchi
6. Dong Hyun Kim
7. KZ
8. Fujiita
9. Misaki
10. Yoshida
War Korean Zombie.
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