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Originally Posted by murray1
Pudzianowski does train, pretty much full time now by what I have seen. He was also an amateur boxer back in the day and has a green belt in Kyokushin Karate(same kind as GSP and Bas Rutten) which he has practiced in since he was young.
Cardio will be a problem for him if he goes guns blazing like he did in his first fight and can't finish it. He will need to learn to pace himself if he is going to be a good MMA fighter.
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With Kyokushin as your only real skill you will get smashed. The only reason kyokushin works for those you mentioned is because they have many other skills that they can use along with karate. St.Pierre has great striking, but he also has a really good ground game, AMAZING WRESTLING, and insane strength for his size.
As for those who have mentioned how big Pudzianowski is, being big and muscular is not much of a benefit if you have very few skills. Too much muscle will almost always cause you to gas out, your muscles just require so much oxygen....
Example;
Bob Sapp 6'4 weighing in at a slim 340 lbs. The video below he is fighting Minowa, who is about 5'9 and 200 lbs, where he proceeds to lose. Fight starts about 4:45 in, and ends around 5:55
