Yoon Dong-sik (윤동식)

Yoon Dong-Sik. Oh Donger, the most depressing of all Korean fighters. Yoon is another Korean Judoka that made the switch to MMA. He holds a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, but believe me when I tell you he's much better than his record. He's pretty much just depressing to watch fight because he's just got shit luck. He made his debut against Sakuraba Kazushi, which is just fucking mean. He dropped four in a row to the aforementioned Sakuraba, then took Makoto Takimoto, Murilo Bustamante and former UFC Light-Heavyweight champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson to decisions. He lost all three by unanimous decision, but that is one tough motherfucker. If you don't know much about MMA, those are horribly stilted, difficult fights for an MMA amateur. He then racked up four wins in a row against Melvin Manhoef, Zelg Galesic, Shungo Oyama and Fabio Silva, three of which came by armbar (which MMA fans have lovingly dubbed the Dongbar). Things were starting to look up for our depressing little friend until he ran into Gegard Mousasi during the Dream Middleweight GP. Donger put up a great fight, but ended up losing by unanimous decision in the end. He was also the only person to take Mousasi to a decision during Mousasi's impressive MWGP run. Most recently he dropped another fight to Andrews Nakahara. He was scheduled to fight Murilo "Ninja" Rua at Dream 8 last weekend, but dropped out last minute due to injury. And the way that Ninja fought last weekend (shitty) he would have won, too.

My analysis: This guy can't catch a break, and at 36 years old, i don't know if he ever will. It's a shame too because he is a tough, tough motherfucker. Fighting tough veterans like Sakuraba, Bustamante and Rampage your first 4 fights is just plain mean. He racked up some good wins there before hitting Mousasi, but to be fair Mousasi has been on a ridiculous win streak lately. Nakahara proved to be more than just a fluke last weekend too. I hope he can come back because I really do like the Donger, but I don't know how much more he'll be able to do in his short career. I mean he's literally lost to only good fighters (Takimoto being the exception, and Nakahara being a bit untested at this point). Hopefully he can finish with a winning record, at least.