Denis Kang

Denis Kang is a Canadian raised French-Korean fighter based out of Vancouver. He has fought for Spirit MC in Korea, Pride FC in Japan and most recently made his debut in the UFC. Kang fought a bunch of shows in various places until he signed a contract with Spirit MC in South Korea. He went 5-0 and was picked up by Pride FC. He made his debut at Pride Bushido 6, defeating some Japanese guy by armbar. He racked together an impressive series of wins against Murilo "Ninja" Rua (back when that meant something), Akihiro Gono before losing to Misaki Kazuo in the Welterweight Grand Prix final. He won one then dropped two straight to Chu Sung-hoon and Gegard Mousasi. He beat some guy and Marvin Eastman (lol) before making his debut in the UFC against Alan Belcher. Kang decided it was a great idea to dive into a guillotine and was choked out in round 2. Not the best start for Kang. Kang's next opponent is Xavier Foupa-Pokam at UFC 97 in 2 weeks. If he doesn't fight like a big dummy he should win that pretty easily.

My analysis: Kang had a great run in that WWGP but his some pretty serious competition and has faded a lot since. Misaki, Akiyama and Mousasi are all good competition, but he seems to have just lost focus. If I recall correctly, his wife died not too long ago and I'm sure that's seriously added to his lack of focus. Kang has become somewhat of a middling fighter, I mean he just lost to Alan fucking Belcher. I'm not sure if he's ever going to crack the upper half of the UFC middleweight division, but he's much more suited for a middling UFC run than busting cans in Spirit MC.