Sakurai v Hansen. Remarkably underrated battle between two absolutely brilliant fighters.
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Hellboy was something special.
He was probably a top 3 lw in his prime. His fights with Aoki are legendary.
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Easy to say much the same about Sakurai. These two certainly matched up well against each other.
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Both dudes had epic fights with Aoki too, now that I think about it.
Mach is a legend, ahead of his time
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Sakurai was my dude. Wish he’d beaten Nick. Lol
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Hanson was one of teh names I first heard of in the lighter weights when I really got into mma.
I wonder what he’s upto now?!
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Bushido 9 is the GOAT event IMO.
That LW tournament was absolutely stacked. Loaded with great storylines and the fights delivered. MW tournament was just a bonus.
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I have n quotes through mutual friends about a potential interview with Hanson
I was told that he was “struggling” with speech and that it would not be a good idea.
I got to see him fight in the MFC tournament in Atlantic City
He was a relative unknown at that time and his aura made the others in the tournament take note of him
One of my early favorites
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Struggling with speech from brain trauma?
Really hoping not trauma. That would be a bummer.
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He’s only got 3 ko losses.
Unless he had a bunch of gym wars I would assume it’s not from fighting
Edit: apparently he had a stroke in 2016 and that’s why he retired
What an awesome fight. Man I wish mma still looked like this.
I was just minding my own business reading about Jews when I scrolled past this thread. Had to double take. I reckon in another ten years whatever is left after skynet won’t know who these fighters are. Damn shame.