Would prime Kid Yamamoto be top 5 in current featherweight division?

[DenisDiamond]

Champion : Max Holloway max by tko
1 Jose Aldo Aldo by tko
2 Frankie Edgar by ud or tko
3 Brian Ortega by submission
4 Cub Swanson ??
5 Jeremy Stephens by ko

 

[swarrrm]

No.

 

[chinarice]

Nope.

 

[Substance Abuse]

No.

All older fighters were never good and just fought other guys who weren't good.

 

[revoltub]

Don't kid

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Love the guy, but, nah. He's too small
He'd have to drop down to BW

 

[Typrune Goatley]

He would most likely be a bantamweight or maybe even flyweight if he was born 10 to 15 years later.

Not sure where he would be ranked but Kid had good wrestling and finishing power.

 

[McSpikes]

What an absolute pointless question, of course not

 

[LoveHateLove]

Yes! Oh wait, sorry , no

 

[JayJayFrench]

Would Wil E. Coyote catch the roadrunner if it wasn't a cartoon and Acme made reliable products?

 

[tenniswhiz]

The Unified Rules and fast guys circling away from him in a cage would not help Kid one bit.

I think Prime Kid would do ok in a ring, at BW, and under a judging standard where guys can’t beat you by touching you and running away, or surprising you with a TD that leads to 3 seconds on the ground before returning to the feet.

 

[lukeuidswords]

I'm going to kick your fucking ass

 

[SaigeVanZant]

He was always overrated

 

[Joonyer]

Nope. He was athletic and he belonged where he was at the time. But no, sport has evolved so much. He'd get smoked.

 

[Joonyer]

Why the fuck would someone try to snatch a double leg from someone in full motion throwing a flying knee. I understand it's the moment and shit happens, but it's the first move of the fight and you're gonna engage with that flying shit? Fuck that. Evade and reset.

 

[Joonyer]

No.

All older fighters were never good and just fought other guys who weren't good.

Sea level Cain? LMAO. I've never seen a fan who roots for guys...but only at a specific elevation! HAHA!

 

[Toco]

No.

All older fighters were never good and just fought other guys who weren't good.

deja vu

 

[Jayziz]

This thread should be about Kid Yamamoto in the current bantamweight division for it to be remotely relevant. I'm not trying to come off as a douche, but if people want to bash the old guard at least make it a realistic scenario. Yamamoto would never have fought the monsters at featherweight of today. He had already dropped to bantamweight before he got to the UFC.

 

[Krazybee129]

War kid.. Fuck the haters..