Shooto Clinch Drills for Fighting MMA 

That will do

Him along with Matt Hume, Javier, Travis, Cordeiro etc

I personally feel because Erik Paulson was fighting, it was in the lesser known Shooto (which in my opinion was pro mma back when Brazilian Vale Tudo and early UFC was brawling in cages), the Gracies refused to let him compete in the UFC and at the time, he didn't have the right connections to talk to Pancrase and fight there, would be the main reason he doesn't have as many followers as he shoud. This forced Erik to be held down in lesser known promotions, some of which had really kooky rules. In the WCC, the Gracies denied Erik Paulson to compete unless he was willing to fight in the "strikers" division, as Renzo was competing at that event in the submissions area. Erik had to fight without submissions in the heavyweight division, where he was undersized. He also had to have a ponytail, as he had a job as a stuntman and it was required for the job. He beat the first guy and in the second fight, the opponent grabbed the wall to prevent takedowns, which was allowed and was the only thing that prevented Erik from ground and pounding him. Tragically, those two fights are on RU-vid, along with his loss in Japan Vale Tudo to legendary fighter Carlos Newton and more commonly showed than his various victories in Shooto. Erik arguably fought some of the toughest competition in Shooto and if I recall correctly, was the first American to win a Shooto championship. Even his loss to Matt Hume (again, posted more frequently) was due to a very controversial head cut that didn't seem to hurt or faze Erik and Erik had been dominating Matt Hume until that point. So in short, Erik is a humble and quiet guy that pretty much got blocked from nearly everything but Shooto and in Shooto (more well known in Japan than anywhere else), he did exceptionally well but the promotion wasn't the best at promoting it's sport, even though they had great athletes and professional fighters.

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Thank you!

Thank you Robin!!

Thank you sir 🙏

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