Why do you think Sakuraba allowed Royce to survive for 90 minutes?
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now it is correctwhat do you mean, dude? he was so obviously on the gear he didn't have to do another test
I agree. I remember at the time the Gracie faithful tried to claim Saku tapped from the guillotine.He wanted to make him quit and he did. After Royler he saw how the "I never actually tapped" narratives came up and said F that.
Only problem is he never should've been there because Guy Mezger had whipped him pillar to post and would have advanced, but Ken pulled him.
It was a robbery but Ken was a moron (shocking, I know) for doing that. All I've ever seen is people praise him 'making a stand' but what did he achieve other than hurt Mezger's career? How is walking away from a fight you are winning and completely fucking yourself a smart decision?He wanted to make him quit and he did. After Royler he saw how the "I never actually tapped" narratives came up and said F that.
Only problem is he never should've been there because Guy Mezger had whipped him pillar to post and would have advanced, but Ken pulled him.
In hindsight, it definitely looks like Ken screwed up big time and hurt Guy's career, but if you consider it at the time, it's not so crazy.It was a robbery but Ken was a moron (shocking, I know) for doing that. All I've ever seen is people praise him 'making a stand' but what did he achieve other than hurt Mezger's career? How is walking away from a fight you are winning and completely fucking yourself a smart decision?
One thing I used to remember about K1 was that there was always fuckery to declare a draw so they could get the extra round, but usually they called that extra round fairly straight down the line.
The fact a draw was declared in Sak-Guy, rather than just handing the robbery straight to him, by itself hows there was some limit to how far they would go to fuck Mezger.
If Guy had come out and soundly beaten Sak in that extra round, Pride would have relented.
that was the saku rematch. iirc held in california. not much of a fight. sak dropped him beginning of r1. nothing much else happenedIsn't this the fight Roy tested 25 times over the limit for roids?
It's bizarre that so many fans got their panties twisted about this. Sak fought in Pride. He fought guys like Wanderlei and Arona in their juiced up primes.Isn't this the fight Roy tested 25 times over the limit for roids?
well apparantly saku did notIt's bizarre that so many fans got their panties twisted about this. Sak fought in Pride. He fought guys like Wanderlei and Arona in their juiced up primes.
41-year-old Royce being on the juice is hardly some unspeakable crime in MMA. It's just what everyone did.