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Envy and Condemnation

Kenny Florian from USA Today

Takanori Gomi lost by rear naked choke to Kenny Florian on Spike TV last night.  I wanted to see him fight, although I knew he was somewhat past his prime.  I didn’t realize exactly how past his prime he was.

I always get filled with envy when I watch Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean fighters go at it.  Guys of Chinese descent haven’t had a championship level fighter since Bruce.  Meanwhile, fighters like Penn, Machida, Cung Le, Pacquiao, Hakuho, etc are tearing it up in all fighting sports.  To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a Chinese male world champion fighter in MMA, boxing, judo, jujitsu, Muay Thai, wrestling, or sumo–basically all the fighting sports that matter.

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