I gotta say, i feel sky is the limit for this guy. His kickboxing is crisp and his BJJ is great, he transitions well and isnt afraid to mix it up a bit either. I think this kid has a bright, bright future and i could see him giving some of the top dogs at SF a run in the very near future.
Ya iv'e been following him for a while, he's definitely going to be a player in the heavyweight division.
I like how he's won fights after being rocked and put in bad positions, it tells me a lot about a fighter when I see that.
it all depends if Del Rosario could stop BFs TDs. If he can he would massarce him on the feet. On the ground Del Rosario is no slouch but i dont think he would fare well under BF.
I think Del Rosario has the makings of a champion.
He has looked great so far. Unfortunately for him though, as soon as someone gets hurt in this tourny, Strikeforce is going to throw Fedor back into the mix and rob him of his spot as the first alternate.
He isn't a HW and I have no idea why strikeforce is using him as one. I expect him to move down to 205 soon because he won't be wanting any part of HWs with actual skills.
he is 248 pounds. He is taller and heavier than both Velasquez and Dos Santos. I dont know many 6f4 248 pound guys cutting to 205. Saying "actual skills" makes me think you dont know much about Del Rosario. There is a reason Lesnar wanted to bring him in for his camp, the kid has actual grappling and striking skills.
He trains BJJ under 2x Pan American Champion Giva "The Arm Collector" Santana, i believe he is a brown belt, he is as legit as it comes and will only get better.
His striking is already levels about guys like BF and he will only get better. He is a freak athlete and if you watch his fight with Brandon Cash he got clocked right on the chin by a monster shot and still recovered to get a Omaplata. The kid has a future.
What does that really mean? Mike Kyle has brutal power.. Just because Bigfoot is a HW he is supposed to have a harder head?
Mike Kyle knocks out almost everybody he hits square on the chin. Thats why 12 of his 18 wins are by strikes. Hell he's even TKOed LHW champ Rafael Feijao.
He dropped Bigfoot. He didn't beat Bigfoot. Shane is unproven and Bigfoot just smashed Fedor Emeliananko.
I'd give the advantage to Bigfoot any day of the week at this point.
It means nothing of the sort. Kyle is smaller and faster. He came into that cage at least 60lbs lighter with brutally powerful hands and hit Silva hard.....and still couldn't put him away...Kyle didn't smash anybody.
He dropped Silva and won a round... than he got brutally pounded into mush by Bigfoot in the following round.
Fedor was top 5 in HW rankings before that loss. Silva destroyed him.
Silva was already ranked top 10 before that fight. Sorry bud Antonio "Bigfoot"Silva is an Elite HW whether you like it or not.
If Kyle didnt smash Big Foot for a round, then shane carwin didn't smash brock for a round either..... Silva couldnt trade with Kyle, so he used his size and strength advantage to get him to the ground and donkey kong him out.
Despite the fedor win, i consider him a mid level heavy weight. The only area he really excels in is his BJJ, every thing else is really quite average. He was out struck by Werdum.
I see him getting smashed by cain, jds and overeem and he would probably lose to werdum again.
If Kyle didnt smash Big Foot for a round, then shane carwin didn't smash brock for a round either..... Silva couldnt trade with Kyle, so he used his size and strength advantage to get him to the ground and donkey kong him out.
Despite the fedor win, i consider him a mid level heavy weight. The only area he really excels in is his BJJ, every thing else is really quite average. He was out struck by Werdum.
I see him getting smashed by cain, jds and overeem and he would probably lose to werdum again.
So let me get this straight.... just because Mike Kyle is a better striker than Bigfoot that makes Silva a mid level HW? Get real. Mike Kyle KO'ed Anderson SIlvas protogee Feijao in the first and Feijao is a wrecking machine. Kyle is a deadly striker period. You're reaching.
And it doesn't matter who you "see him getting smashed by"
Fact of the matter is he was a top 10 HW. And he just destroyed a top 5 HW. Antonio Silva is an elite HW.
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