He actually had a nervous breakdown b4 the Wand fight, allegedly cried in the locker room, accordin´to Sergio Batarelli... Pressure... Wand´s reputation ?...
The Heath fight is perhaps the most difficult one to assess in Pride, due to that [complex] Org.´s Scorin´System...
> One legit answer here: Amar Suloev.
A natural LW/WW, he somehow managed to go up to LHW & challenge someone like Chuck in UFC...
> Another one: Karimula Barkalaev, for the obvious reasons...
> Murad Chunkaiev: Pride probably gave up too soon on him...
> Pelé didnt really settle anywhere...
ok, at least you acknowledge it, all propz.
A Shields win in that fight was the least realistic outcome. It iz what it iz.
Meanwhile, he won vs Kampmann [was a SD but could/should have been scored a UD] (a fight that got him the TS), but... he could really thank Kamp on this one, for a very...
Short-sighted & simplistic assessment.
In modern MMA [>1997], the undersized opponent is realistically not supposed to be that competitive @ OW.
Legacy-wise, a Draw [& the way he performed in that fight] is truly a quality performance.
yeahhh... Pride´s Scorin´System would have favoured Busta´s activity on the ground, tho...
@ MW/LHW, Busta had perhaps the quickest armbar set-up, could have surprised Handy... Meanwhile, he had legit boxin´& could have scored on the feet too...
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