Randleman: "I have officially signed with Global Fighting LLC and World Victory Road"

Good to hear his back. His on borrowed time though. Would have been great to see him at 205 in the UFC. He`d still be a handful for most people with his insane intensity.

 

He's a bit crazy when he gets in the ring. If you ever saw that suplex he did on Fedor, I saw him do the same thing in highschool. I beat a dude in highschool who wrestled Randleman for third and fourth at state in the big schools division. Top 4 in Ohio DI is very respectable. Randleman (only a sophmore at the time) did the same thing to a kid who was certainly no slouch to say the least. Let's just say they took the dude off on a stretcher. :tired It was a judgment call whether or not it was an illegal slam, but it was not called that way so Randleman won 3rd by DQ. He was that intense in highschool.....:shock:

 

In my opinion the suplex as awesome as it looked surely was an illegal spike. What if Fedor had landed on his head? Oh well i guess you argue he didnt and he subbed Randleman with a Kimura moments later.

Kevin is immensely talented but his heart rules his head. He gets so hyped that he just loses concentration altogether. His sub against Shogun was disappointing as he literally was so high that he rushed into the ring and got knee-barred in no time. You have to love his fighting spirit. His awesome to watch.

 

I agree he gets too amped up at least in MMA. But it also makes for really intense MMA fights.... I do know that Dan Gable said when Randleman was in college and won NCAA 2x something to the effect of and this is paraphrasing, I wish I had the talent that Kevin Randleman had. Even if it's a bit of exageration it tells you the pure wrestling talent Randleman was. I don't think he ever tried out for the Olympic team, too bad because I think he'd have been one of the best U.S. freestylers or Greco whatever he'd have wanted to do....

 

I am sure that Dan was refering to the raw talent that Kevin has. He actually won his second NCAA title with a dislocated jaw that he suffered earlier in the tournament.

 

Also, he has absolutely no skills on the floor at all - he actually spun INTO that kneebaratsch

RAndleman was/is a talented athlete with great explosive takedown; thats about it - he literally has not improved an iota in over a decade. I think he's just been g'n'p-ing a heavy bag and lifting weights his whole career.

 

Kevins traininig regime consists of steroids, lifting weights, wrestling and lifting some more weights. His stand up isnt that great and his ground game is totally useless. Has he ever submitted anyone?

 

Of course that's what he meant....he did not say I wish I had accomplished what Kevin has....I think he was referencing Randleman's explosive abilities and quickness.....

 

well that's not the Hammer House's specialty ....Coleman, Kerr, and Randleman....Randleman did have the best standup out of those three but that's not exactly a compliment. He did knock Cro Cop the F/O...so he has a big punch....

 

that's some funny sh%$ there, true and funny:rofl

 

Not that they ever would have fought but I would have liked to see Coleman v. Kerr. in their primes....

That would have been interesting....

 

Who ever got guard 1st would have been destroyed brutally. Both fought in Vale Tudo tourneys and both were animals to deal with.

 

I don't see Kerr beating Coleman. Coleman is a MUCH better wrestler, and that is all that it would have come down to. Mark Coleman actually beat Kurt Angle in a wrestling match... that is something that a lot of people don't know.

 

To counteract that, I think peak for peak Kerr was a bigger and stronger man.