^^^ That. 9-5 isn't a great record and against good fighters he failed hard. Look at the guys he did beat, they have a combined record of 29-53-3(1) (ie 29 wins, 53 losses, 3 draws, 1 no contest) with the majority of those wins coming from 2 guys Kohler (12-15) and Watanabe (8-13-3(1))
Yeah its good that he fought in an MMA ring and hats off to him for that but its not like he beat against any top guys or even any mid range guys.
Dos Caras was on the Mexican national greco-roman team and he was third at the World Junior Championships in 1997.
He also won the Central American and Caribbean Games in his weight division three times and won a medal at the Pan American Games. Rodríguez was on track to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but due to a lack of funding and support, Mexico did not send a wrestling team that year.
He trained for MMA with the famous Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas. The UFC 7 Tournament Champion considered one of the earliest examples of the complete mixed martial artist, highly skilled in both striking and grappling.
Del Rio's MMA stats are average, but still positive : 9 wins and 5 losses and a lot of wins by submission (7).
I find them quite impressive due to the fact he wasn't a professional and had the guts to fight. I would pay to watch HHH fighting in MMA and I am not sure he would win any fights.
Procop was a killer during this time, Del Rio I salute you.
No matter what his record was it is pretty cool that he had those fights.
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