Older MMA Fans, did Crazy Horse Bennett have potential to be a threat in the UFC?

[Valhoven]

Something about him I liked was you never knew what he was going to do. The curse (and blessing) that was is that he also didn't know what he was going to do, lol.

 

[Portland8242]

He was remarkably powerful, fast, and strong in his early day, freakish almost. As far as natural talent goes - wasn't really there, and that's compounded by the fact that he never took training seriously.

In an alternate universe where Krazy horse could be off the drugs, and laser focused on training and being the best fighter - I'm certain he could have gone pretty far, not champ, but pretty far.

 

[CasualBot]

Early 2000's he either got subbed
or KO'd people... so yes.

Doubt it?

Remember Mr International?
Serra beat GSP for a UFC title.

Can't even make this shit up.

 

[johny ringo]

Haha I was there from 2012-mid 2014 jay and monson I think was the other town were rural as hell .LA lower Alabama. The county yard we worked out of was in little Baghdad.

Damn I haven’t heard about Monson in a long time. It’s only known for the swimming holes. LA sums it up pretty good. There’s some good old boys living in those woods. lol

 

[johny ringo]

Haha I was there from 2012-mid 2014 jay and monson I think was the other town were rural as hell .LA lower Alabama. The county yard we worked out of was in little Baghdad.

Do you remember officer Pinkham?

 

[pick999]

would of been another jim miller

 

[FEDORFAN44]

Do you remember officer Pinkham?

Doesn't sound familiar. My boss was a guy named moss.i was at the annex he could have been on the main unti or other side of annex

 

[johny ringo]

Doesn't sound familiar. My boss was a guy named moss.i was at the annex he could have been on the main unti or other side of annex

Gotcha. He had just started at the time Charles was there then moved to the Jail in crestview.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

He definitely had the physical attributes to be a threat if he had the discipline and skill to go along with it which unfortunately he did not. He had potential, sucks that he's stuck losing for pay checks now. If only he had more guidance early on in his career it might have turned out differently.

 

[mjfan23]

“

Older MMA Fans, did Crazy Horse Bennett have potential to be a threat in the UFC?”​

That’s literally why he did time in jail

 

[gotBooched]

Physically yes

Mentally no


So no.

 

[Luckyme]

Crazy Horse is tailor made for BKFC but ended up fighting MMA because he was born in the wrong era.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Dave Herman was another. He was kind of a freak athlete who made the Indiana D-1 wrestling team without ever wrestling in high school. He mostly trained in his garage and was 21-2 when he came to the UFC. (One loss a DQ against Sokoudjou in a fight he was winning and another loss in a fight he was dominating but totally gassed--a sign of his lack of serious training). There was a video of him outrunning an NFL running back in foot race on the streets of Nashville. But he was a headcase who never learned very basic boxing and striking defense, preferring instead to make up his own kung fu movie kicks (see his fight with Ron Waterman). The fancy/unorthodox stuff would've been a good addition if he was more grounded in fundamentals.

Come to think of it, Sokoudjou may have been another--KO power in his hands and feet and good judo, but not much else. He had the athletic ability and potential to be really good with more well-rounded training. I'm not sure if he or his training schools or both were at fault. He never evolved from the guy who KO'd prime Arona and Lil Nog but then got exposed by Machida.

I'd also add Tank Abbott as he was very strong when he started (watch him in 1995, not 2005), had an All-American juco wrestling background and at least a little boxing training with Roy Nelson-like KO power. That was a good combo for the early days of NHB. Like Herman, though, he liked to brag about how little he trained and how he'd come straight off barstools for a fight.

MAN was I hyped about Dave Herman. Guy comes into the UFC with his recent wins being an omoplata and a grounded axe kick KO. As you said, total headcase, and a lot of potential that was just gone in the wind.