Ok… Ranger Stott also falls into the picture category!!!
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In for tomorrow at work.
Hopefully I hear about his fight with Nobuaki Kakuda.
A former K1 fighter and later K1 head referee for years.
He also held the guinnes book of world records for kicking thru the most baseball bats in one minute.
For years he kept raising it, forget how much he kicked thru.
40 or so?
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There was a certain mystique built around him due to all the magazine coverage he had gotten.
What a disappointment it was to see him get his ass handed to him in MMA. He was all hype with little substance.
barts mtv sports segment (wrongly) made me think he was top notch
In the Kazunari fight he was overwhelmed and probably didn’t expect that barrage of punches. Murakami did the same thing to Mo Smith and had him down at the next event but Smith recovered quickly while Vale did not.
Bart was a good example of the downside of old pro wrestling/catch wrestling. There was a ton of emphasis on submission holds but not enough on position. Vale basically had some subs, decent striking, and size, but no real wrestling or BJJ technique. His buddy Jerry Flynn also did poorly against a similarly aggressive big man at the WCC event.
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Just finished, this was awesome.
Bart is doing great at 68.
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TRIED 3X TD
PooperCooper
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Loved this episode too. Bart Vale is a very interesting person.
Ill have to check this out
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