KC's Corner: Top 5 (Retired) Hall of Famers

Editorial by Kc Cooper

Hey all Tycoon fans, KC Cooper here (Deuce7 to those of you that read the forums). I'm back and I am taking a look at who I consider to be the Top 5 Retired Hall of Famers in Tycoon History. This will be a five part series in which I profile some of the greatest fighters we have ever seen. Two pieces of criteria for the articles is the fighter cannot have fought in the past 6 months or longer and must be in the Tycoon Hall of Fame. In this episode....................

Jigoro Kane

Record: 41-17

Notable Wins: Jesus Gonzalez, Jin Sen, Manu Okoro, Jeremy Tonal, Taj al Din, Lee Villa, Muhammed Muhammed

Notes: Syn Welterweight Champion (3 Title Defenses), Syn Light Heavyweight Champion (5 Title Defenses), Cage Wars Hilo Light Heavyweight Champion (3 Title Defenses)

Reason: Jigoro Kane is one of the most popular and polarizing fighters MMA Tycoon has ever seen. Having fought and defeated some of the most recognizable names in the Tycoon Universe, Kane was one of the longest (if not the longest) reigning #1 P4P fighters in history. Not many knew he actually started his fighting career as a welterweight, capturing the Synchronicity Welterweight title in just his 13th professional fight.

Fighting against top tier competition so early in his pro career only fueled the fire that burned inside of him as he came to the realization that he wanted a tougher challenge. Moving up not one but two weight classes (he actually did have one fight at Middleweight), Kane chose to dive head first in the proverbial “pool of sharks” by facing the best of the division right away and defeating Jesus Gonzalez in his 2nd fight at 205lbs to win the Syn Light Heavyweight title.

After a few title defenses against perennial top 20 fighters, the owners of Syn and Canadian Fighting Championship out of Montreal came together and struck a deal that not only benefitted their organzations, but the Tycoon community as a whole when they announced Jigoro Kane vs Manu Okoro. What will probably go down as one of the best and most entertaining trilogies that we will ever witness, it was only the beginning of Kane’s “super fight” journey. Traveling to the likes of Montreal, Helsinki and New York where, at Cult of Violence 129, MMA Tycoon fans wished they would have known what they know now when Jigoro Kane faced off against Jeremy Tonal.

Following the retirement of his manager, Jigoro reached a deal to become a client of the talented, yet controversial, Sonny Muchacho who in turn signed a one fight deal with Canadian Fighting Championship to finish the trilogy with Manu Okoro. Finally settling the rubber match with Okoro, Kane continued to travel the world and had a bit of an up and down ride while fighting in top level organizations such as IMMA, Syn Euro, Cage Wars and ONI while fighting fan favorites such as Taj al Din, Orville Redenbacher and Wahoo McDaniel.

His final hurrah saw Jigoro return to CFC for a few fights and trying to finish his career with a win. Unfortunately for Kane, he was unsuccessful in his attempts to “go out on top” losing by TKO in consecutive fights losing to two former CFC Light Heavyweight champions. After the loss, Jigoro and his manager discussed trying one last time for a W, but ultimately they agreed that the best thing to do is to hang up his gloves.

In conclusion, fight fans may never get to see Jigoro fight again, but they will always remember him as one of the most dominant forces the MMA world has ever seen.

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