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Originally Posted by Damone
I was watching the fight that had an overrated (currently) 145'er (& 155'er) have trouble with a guy who previously fought at 135 standing. What fight were you watching?
That performance was awful, and people who suck Kid off as being the guy he once was are either delusional or insane, or even both.
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I like Yamamoto a little cause he's exciting, but the thing that turns me off is his somewhat cocky/unsportmanlike nature. But even I can't help but defend him here.
Yeah, lets get down on KID for fighting someone from a lower weight class when he's been fighting guys who weigh more than him most of his career. Oh, and he's dominated those guys who weighed more, too.
I fail to see how someone 17-1 with wins over Curran, Gracie, Uno, Sudo, and Yahya is overrated.
As far as his performance...not his best. But awful? Oh my God, what a gross overstatement. He had Yahya rocked 7 seperate times in the fight before finishing him off, and yes, I counted.
He avoided getting pulled into guard twice, his kicks were sharp, he used the clinch and threw some knees when Yahya was throwing those meatcleavers around, when Yahya ran in at him he just hipped tossed him aside in the 2nd Round.
Show me one punch from Yahya that didn't have all his strength behind it AND he wasn't looking at the floor. Kid stood in the pocket and took them and never stopped throwing himself.
Kid looked fine.