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Originally Posted by Damone
Jdun11, how do you feel about Hatsu Hioki? I'd say that he's one of the best 145'ers out there and he's Japanese.
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Honestly Damone, I have never seen the dude fight. Im not saying all Japanese fighters are cans. Im just saying alot of them get too much respect in the rankings.
Even guys who nuts I hang from have benefited from fighting some of these cans that I speak of. Shogun and Fedor have both put serious whoopins on guys that had no business beig in the ring with them. Which has added to their mystique a little bit. Because it always make you think a fighter is a unstoppable when he blows through someone. Even if its a tomato can.
Thing the with Japanese fighters that hurts them is this. Japanese FW's really should be BW's. And Japanese LW's sould really be FW's. I dont know if its has to do with their culture or what, but they dont like to cut weight. Norht American fighters, cut huges amounts of weight and thats why alot of them have overpowered their asian counterparts.It has zero to do with their skill level, because they are just as talented. It all comes down to size and stregnth. And when your cutting alot of weight and someone else isnt, your usually gonna be the bigger stronger fighter come fight day.