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Hey... u know... Zulu was technically past-his-physical-prime by the time he fought Rickson in 1980... so quoting this
2000 fight against Dourado (or the one vs Prof.) doesnt make sense.
Rei Zulu was born in 1947, perhaps even earlier.
U claim u´ve formed ur opinion after watchin 15 of his fights?
U know... ol´school dudes like him would fight several times per months.
So u actually saw nuthin.
Waldemar Santana was actually a different case, he was technically an adopted Gracie (probably a bastard), lived in the Big city,
had A LEGIT MANAGER (and that´s the main difference btw someone like him and a countryside dude like Zulu).
Remember: the Gracies accused Waldemar´s manager to be the reason of the feud btw the 2 sides.
Concerning Pereira, Ivan had a victory over him, but remember 2 things:
Pereira was much lighter than him, and back in the days, Vale Tudo fights could only end via KO or sub, that´s why these fighters
had many draws and not losses via judges.
Moreover, he did beat Carlson, but that was not "uncontested" as u said since
Carlson himself always contested it, since, for this special fight, there was a decision via judges, and Carlson contested it.
The Kimura vs Helio fight was under limited rules,so...
The Zulu fights I posted prove just what I set out to prove: That he was involved in fake fights. The two performances I linked to are obviously, unambiguously and uncontestably fake fights. And pretty poorly faked, too. Being out of your prime causes you to be slower, weaker, and gas easier. It does not cause you to forget how to punch, fake takedown attempts, be unable to walk in a straight line, or pretend to be knocked unconscious after making yourself tumble through the ropes of a ring - which is exactly what the videos I linked to show.
Being out of your prime also does not cause you to hold an ice pack to the wrong part of your head while being filmed by a cameraman inside an ambulance on the way to a hospital.
And Zulu's "opponents" who are obviously fit young men in the rosy primes of their lives, also go to great lengths not to hit him in the head, just as he does too.
My entire argument is: Vale Tudo legends were extensively involved in fake fights; as examples I have cited:
1. Euclides Hatem: Proven by posting pictures of him engaging in fake wrestling matches and performing fake wrestling moves on compliant partners.
2. Ivan Gomes: Proven by his participation in Pro Wrestling fights for the Pro Wrestling Organization called "New Japan Pro Wrestling" in 1975
3. Masahiko Kimura: Proven by him founding a Pro Wrestling Organization called IWPF (International Pro Wrestling Force) and forming a pro wrestling "tag team" with Rikidozan, the "father of Japanese Pro Wrestling". Further proven by him being on record in a written interview explaining that he originally expected the Helio Gracie fight to be fake.
4. Zulu: Proven by showing his fake fights on video.