LAS VEGAS -- Kazushi Sakuraba has done it all in his Hall of Fame career. The mixed martial arts O.G. went 90 minutes with Royce Gracie in PRIDE, won a UFC tournament, and has carried on from the sport’s beginnings all the way to the big corporate era.
Throw in a start as a standout collegiate wrestler and a lengthy history in professional wrestling, and there’s nothing Sakuraba hasn’t done or seen.
So when the ageless wonder has something to say about the state of a particular aspect of the combat sports game, his words carry weight.