September 8, 2009, at 9:28 pm
Sometimes Anthony you annoy me. Yes, I have an unnatural love of fighters coming over from Japan. Yes, many of them have let me down. But, to say that Dennis Kang is not on Micahel Bispings level is just uneducated.
Kangs MMA career has been an interesting one to follow. In his first 15 fights Kang was 7-7 with one no contest. At the crossroads of his career a light-bulb seemed to go off in Kangs head. From April of 2003 to November of 2006 Kang would go on a run of epic proportions. Kang would rattle of 21 Wins and no loses. And it wasn’t like he was beating up on cans. Notable wins during Kangs run include: KO’s over British striker Mark Weir and Maurlio Ninja Rua, a submission win over Amar Suloev and a decision victory over Aki Gono.
Since that magic run Kangs record has been less then stellar, 4-4, but that record is deceiving. He’s only lost to top flight competition: a split decision loss to Kazuo Misaki, a tough opponent who holds a win over Dan Henderson, a KO by top 10 middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama, a submission loss to phenom Gegard Mousasi and his first UFC loss to Alan Belcher.
To knock Kang is easy, he’s 1-1 in the UFC and hasn’t won a fight of any consequence in three years.
Yes, he lost to Belcher but he was dominating that fight and got caught in a guillotine. A rookie mistake for a veteran fighter but isn’t there a lot of truth to the curse of the UFC first fight jitters? By the way Alan Belecher is no joke of a fighter and Kang had an injured ankle in the fight.
Yes Anthony, his lone UFC win was against Xavier “Professor X” Foupa-Pokam who he should have destroyed and didn’t…but, he still won. To say Kang isn’t on Bispings level is just flat out silly. In fact it’s the total opposite…Bisping is a far inferior fighter to Kang.
I don’t get everyone’s love affair with Bisping…who has he EVER fought. Bisping’s 17-2 record is inflated by wins over scrubs, bums and homeless people. His one legit victory is a split decision over Matt Hamil in a fight many, myself include, thought he lost. I just don’t get what makes Bisping a top level fighter. He’s an above average striker with average wrestling and mediocre ju-jitsu.
It made me angry when people thought he could beat Henderson, P.S. I was right, and it makes me angry that people think he can destroy Kang. In fact I’m so angry I might just go to Britain and start lighting things on fire.
I know it’s early but Kang, Arm-Bar round 2.
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