Capt. Orygun
Win the Day
I think you're looking at it wrong
When shamrock thrived in MMA was before the actual evolution of MMA
in the early days mixed martial arts meant a Boxer would be fighting a Judo black belt
now it means that two people who are both versed in every form of weaponless combat will be fighting
BIG DIFFERENCE
it wasn't just Shamrock, Royce Gracie fell off and he didn't do WWF, Tank Abbott used to be top tier, now he's a joke really. I could go on but the point I'm making is that wrasllin had nothing to do with it, those old UFC 1 -6 fighters have had the game pass them by and that's why they aren't contenders anymore
I haven't predicted a win for Lesnar, but the fact remains that when you look at people breaking into the UFC the Wrestler's seem to have an easier transition when they're green.
Liddell, Tito, Couture, Sherk, Hammill, Hughes, Evens, Sanchez, Kozcheck, etc all were wrestler's first who largely learned MMA after their first fight. If Lesnar can follow suit it would be far from an anomaly, and if you consider that list Lesnar's wrestling resume trumps all of them remarkably
When shamrock thrived in MMA was before the actual evolution of MMA
in the early days mixed martial arts meant a Boxer would be fighting a Judo black belt
now it means that two people who are both versed in every form of weaponless combat will be fighting
BIG DIFFERENCE
it wasn't just Shamrock, Royce Gracie fell off and he didn't do WWF, Tank Abbott used to be top tier, now he's a joke really. I could go on but the point I'm making is that wrasllin had nothing to do with it, those old UFC 1 -6 fighters have had the game pass them by and that's why they aren't contenders anymore
I haven't predicted a win for Lesnar, but the fact remains that when you look at people breaking into the UFC the Wrestler's seem to have an easier transition when they're green.
Liddell, Tito, Couture, Sherk, Hammill, Hughes, Evens, Sanchez, Kozcheck, etc all were wrestler's first who largely learned MMA after their first fight. If Lesnar can follow suit it would be far from an anomaly, and if you consider that list Lesnar's wrestling resume trumps all of them remarkably
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