I feel bad for Horiguchi. Lost two of his mentors within a year of each other.
Quote for respectKid was an idol of mine
He was real pioneer all the lightweight fighters owe him a bit gratitude he pretty much forced himself in to main stage of mma
K-1 created a show centered around him because he was that talented and charismatic around the time the ufc had got rid of the lightweights and pride was showing Bushido on tape delay Sunday afternoon like it’s version of zuffa era wec
There was kid driving lambos being the biggest rockstar in all of mma
I still get my haircut like his 2002-2003ish era literally went to my barber about six or so years ago with a picture I screen capped and told them I want my taper like this
Holy shit I can’t even believe it. I remember hearing a month ago he was fighting it sad to hear he didn’t make it.
Kid was the original SWAG GOD of mixfight.
He really was. The threads, the cuts, the SWAGGER.
You can say he wasnt the greatest fighter of all time in mma, but he was definitely the COOLEST of all time.