Erik Paulson on Instagram: "This was some grappling highlights from my title fight with Kawaguchi 6x
335 likes, 18 comments - erikpaulson on March 9, 2024: "This was some grappling highlights from my title fight with Kawaguchi 6x world Shooto Champion. He was a full blown Slugger/hooker and was great at the diveroll kneebar and leg attacks. This fight went three rounds. Tokyo, Japan in 1996. The funny thing is I was training Jiujitsu at the time and I was a full-time bartender and I would leave for the week and people in class would ask where I got the black guy from? I would say Japan, I was fighting and they would say in what karate and then I would say no...Vale Tudo. They had no idea, i would travel to Japan to fight in epic fights every 2 to 3 months making History.
* I was the first American to go to Japan and fight in shooto along with my training partner Chad stahelski and my coach Yori Nakamura. We founded the US team before the UFC.
#shooto #mma #bjj #boxing #kickboxing #wrestling #sambo #judo #jkd #silat #kali #mauythai #savate #karate #kendo #tkd #kung #catch #sava
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