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Originally Posted by LowelltheHammer
Shogun excuses do need to stop, but so does blind bashing of fighters.
In case you weren't aware, Shogun beat Rampage, Nogueira, Overeem and Arona in less than a year. That doesn't happen without some measure of skill, and for you to completely ignore that is ridiculous.
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Rampage had a broken rib BEFORE entering the ring, overeem is like, the most overrated fighter ever, lil nog gets a lot of hype because of being big nog's brother (although he is a solid fighter), and arona is a purely one dimensional fighter.
That being said, i'm not saying shogun sucks. i'm saying, he's overrated on SHERDOG.
people act like he's the undisputed king of 205- chuck would kill him, wandy would beat him, tito could probably take him, machida could take him, i bet rampage could take him now.
he must change his training routine if he wants to CONTINUE his success, which he definately achieved early in his careere (at that time, MMA wasn't as evolved as it is today).
he was ahead of the game at one point- the game evolved, and he didn't.
and no, shogun did not look any different than he ever did. that first round, he fought just as well as he did against anybody else in mma, but name me one fighter he's fought who'se as well rounded as forrest, as large as forrest, and has as good cardio as forrest does