>>15251541He didn't like having to wear the huge gloves for takedowns, and probably thought it probably was too risky to pursue for the sake of his reputation. He thought the set up was kind of stupid and not worth it for him basically
Watch his fight with Godfather and he barely scrapes by. Godfather almost takes his head off and he was sprawling well against Dan's take down attempts.
https://youtu.be/2GbUbBT39CA?si=lJ3zKfRX6KXoTXWdGodfather was probably one of the most talented fighters in there, overall, but he was just lazy and I think he hurt himself in the Bart fight. Godfather looked pretty solid and clearly had some boxing fundamentals, and knew how to defend takedowns. "Kamala (or whatever)" The Fighting Machine gimmick he had was probably a shoot and he was legit trained. Don't know what happened in the Bart fight. He hit Bart with a flurry of punches in the corner (probably gassing himself), then did a weird step back like he rolled his ankle and got KO'ed right after. It was a very even fight before that
Blackman would have easily won though if he didn't injured himself in the first round. He was far more agile, far more composed than everybody else in there. He fought Marc Mero and even boxed with him a couple of times and traded shots. Cornette is dumb as fuck if he thought Dr Death would have beaten Blackman or Severn. Marc Mero could have probably even walloped his fat head because Dr Death had zero idea how to box
