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Same fighter? He looked amazing 5 months prior lolCombination of age and drug testing the UFC. He was just not the same fighter by then.
Same fighter? He looked amazing 5 months prior lolCombination of age and drug testing the UFC. He was just not the same fighter by then.
They probably would have not beat him in the ring and Pride rules.I just feel like it discredits the fighters who beat him.
Because it was his like 200'th full combat fight?I was reading an article which had some quotes by him about his UFC career a few weeks ago, and he said that even he was unable to properly explain why he had underperformed so much. I mean, he won the 2006 OWGP (best version of him ever) literally less than 5 months before he made his UFC debut against Sanchez, and only 2 months after that he was fighting Gonzaga, a guy that hasn't exactly proven to be some world beater since that fight. Then he lost to Kongo and thst was the end of his initial UFC tenure.
Can someone (without bashing him) provide any legitimate reasons why he performed like this?
He never looked comfortable to me in the octogan. He was more suited to the ring I believe.
And then they'll counter your argument with "Pride fighters are all roided" and "UFC fighters are squeaky clean".
Same fighter? He looked amazing 5 months prior lol
Loosing a split decision to Mark hunt and a UD to Fedor isn’t bad plus he was only 32 when he entered the UFC so I don’t buy into the whole out of prime thing. You would think he would train in an octagon thoughAgainst Minowa, Yoshida (sometimes HW), and Wanderlei Silva, all guys in lower weight classes. The only HW he fought in the tournament was Barnett, who he eye poked to win, and he had already beaten him twice. Before the OWGP, Cro Cop was 1-2 in his last 3.
I was reading an article which had some quotes by him about his UFC career a few weeks ago, and he said that even he was unable to properly explain why he had underperformed so much. I mean, he won the 2006 OWGP (best version of him ever) literally less than 5 months before he made his UFC debut against Sanchez, and only 2 months after that he was fighting Gonzaga, a guy that hasn't exactly proven to be some world beater since that fight. Then he lost to Kongo and thst was the end of his initial UFC tenure.
Can someone (without bashing him) provide any legitimate reasons why he performed like this?