What's going on with him? He was considered as the next big thing but now that INoue is making noise, he seems to be forgotten.. His last loss was pretty bogus imo.. How do you rate him?
I rate him very highly. His wins over Oleydong and Yaegashi at 105 are among the best the whole division has seen over the last decade. And he is always in very exciting fights as even his slightly lesser opposition at 108 when he moved up were getting knocked out in solid fashion. After his career took the fast lane and hit a bump, it might be the best thing to slow down a bit after that. I hope he picks back up the pace and fights three times again in 2015. His fight with Ruenroeng could have gone either way. But no real shame in losing that fight as Ruenroeng has shown to be much more than your typical "Thai fighter who scoops up a vacant belt," as many viewed him at the time.
At Flyweight he looks...a bit...well...weak. At 105 he was sensational. I think the only reason he left 108 was so that Ryo Miyazaki (best friend and stable mate) wouldn't kill himself to make 105 though both of them could have had solid runs at 108.
