Kim Dong-hyun. "Stun Gun" Kim is a 24 year old fighter with a Judo background that started his career in small Korean orgs until he gained more prominence in Deep in Japan. He fights at welterweight (and is a huge welterweight too). He currently fights in the UFC and holds a record of 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 No Contest. He's interesting for a few reasons. When he entered the UFC, he immediately drew a huge salary for a debut fighter, $40,000 to show. Why? He basically secured a big Korean tv deal for the UFC along with his signing. Koreans love to watch other Koreans compete internationally. Great deal for Kim, interesting little factoid for everyone else. He's also a big part of the reason why I get to watch UFC for free all the time here in Korea (so basically I love you Stun Gun). Kim made his waves in his UFC debut when he beat the ass out of Jason Tan, but has since failed to live up to the hype. He won a close split-decision fight over Matt Brown (but in Kim's defense, Brown has become a much, much better fighter than his days on The Ultimate Fighter reality show) and dropped a decision to Karo "PANIC ATTACKS BRO" Parisyan. Parisyan, however, was drug tested post fight and three banned substances (Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone and Oxymorphone) were found in his system. The result was overturned to a No Contest. Records are records, but let's be real - Kim still lost. And it was a shit fight. His next opponent is Jonathon Goulet, who he'll clash with at UFC 100, which is a fight he SHOULD win. We will see.
My analysis: Another good fighter, but he just completely lacks cardio. He's a wrecking ball in the first, but every subsequent round he just gets shittier and shittier. Great elbows, awesome judo and he's pretty physically imposing for a welterweight at 6'1. He's been successful in the UFC on paper, but if you watch his fights you can definitely tell he's lacking in some very important areas. Hope he can improve those things because I like watching him fight.
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