"Kid" Yamamoto Continues to Struggle
Last night at Dynamite!! 2009 Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto's disappointing slide into irrelevancy continued with an unanimous loss to Masanori Kanehara.
This marks Yamamoto second straight loss in two fights since returning to the ring from a seventeen month layoff. "Kid" was widely considered to be one of the top featherweights in the world but his long lay-off has created some serious layers of rust. In Yamamoto's return bout he lost to MMA newcomer Joe Warren who was 1-0 at the time.
Whether or not "Kid" is done as a serious force within the featherweight division is yet to be seen but his stock is in a serious free fall and he needs a rebound victory badly.
Well, if we get to see more pictures of his concerned wife (update: who is now his ex-wife, damn it!) this might not be such a bad thing after all.
SBN coverage of Dynamite!! 2009
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I’m not 100% sure, but I thought Kid and his wife were divorcing….which might explain his recent struggles.
Probably should have included this in the previous post.
http://www.fightlinker.com/no-reconciliation-for-kid-yamamoto-and-wife.mma
Not that this has ANYTHING to do with this story….but I am too slow to figure out how to send a PM.
I just saw over on the UG that Jens Pulver posted this on a thread titled Best Gyms/Camps.
“anytime you all just outside Boise ID, more than welcome to check out my new Gym, DrivenTC.com No comments On MFS, I just wanted to get out of there. leave it at that. happy new years to you all by the way”
That comment seems a little telling, and it always struck me as odd that a TON of the MFS guys have been leaving with the actual reasons never being explored. I can’t really think of too many guys that train out of there anymore besides like Tim Sylvia and Mike Ciesnolevic.
It might be an interesting story to pursue.
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I have a heard a lot of things about this too. Unfortunately the ppl I have talked to don’t want to go on the record.
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Wow! Very weird. Anytime someone relatively good switches gyms or leaves there is atleast a little bit on news relating to it. When guys leave MFS, there is nothing. No one wants to make any disparaging comments towards the gym, but everyone alludes to it. I’ll keep digging.
After some more quick digging it seems. Pat might have been going bankrupt and selling the gym. As a preemptive strike Spencer opened a gym just up the road, obviously pissing Pat off.
The continuing saga of problems for the very troubled MFS (Miletich Fighting Systems) Camp and Pat Miletich himself seems to have no relief in sight. Just since the time of our last report only weeks ago, the Pat Miletich implosion has continued its downward spiral and path of self-destruction with the following problems:
- Escalation of the war with crosstown rival Spencer Fisher, to the point that Pat Miletich has now stated that ‘he will kick Mr. Fisher’s ass on the street when he sees him’. Apparently Miletich is not happy with the results of his slanderous Smear Campaign against Mr. Fisher, who has basically taken most of the MFS Camp students and fighters over to his camp.
- A complete falling out with former MFS Camp fighter, Drew McFedries. After the quite revealing UFC after-fight interview, where Drew did his part to validate the 3 year trend of failed support of the MFS fighters by Pat Miletich, Drew actually attempted to meet Miletich’s ridiculous demands of making a public apology for Drew’s accurate comments in the UFC interview, which everyone knows were well-deserved. In spite of this, Miletich threw Drew out of the Camp anyways, once and for all. Obviously Miletich is having difficulty living in his own “doo-doo” by having a guy present in the gym who he clearly let down.
- With Tim Sylvia being one of the few “significant” fighters left in the MFS Camp, the term “significant” now becomes the operative word. We all only needed 10 seconds in the Ray Mercer fight to see the standard of Boxing Coaching and Conditioning currently being administered by Coach Pat Miletich.
- The Carlson Gracie Team and renowned Black Belt BJJ Instructor, Jeff Neal, have arrived in the Bettendorf, Iowa area to pick up the remaining pieces \ members of the fallen MFS Camp and Gym.
- The MFS Affiliate School Program now drops to only 9 member locations, from the 62 members just 2.5 years ago. The revealing McFedries UFC interview certainly informs us as to why these school numbers have dropped so rapidly. Rumor has it that 2 more locations are scheduled to leave in the next 45 days.
- A complete falling out with the WAMMA organization, after less than a year of running time with Pat Miletich as its Vice-President. Miletich’s quote from his interview on the subject, “…….it’s time to move on…….”, seems to be the slogan for literally every business relationship this man has ever had. Can we think of any MMA celebrity with more failed partnerships?
- Yet the next edition in the 6 year war with Dana White. This most recent Dana White video interview on the subject of Pat Miletich is again yet another strong validation of the difficulties in business dealings and relationships with Pat Miletich.
But now, have we reached the defining moment? A bomb has as its destiny its ultimate explosion. An unexploded bomb has not fulfilled its mission. Clearly there is a time bomb ticking inside Pat Miletich. Perhaps it has actually gone off now. On June 11th, a District Court Judge slapped a Restraining Order on the 5 Time UFC Champion for his Criminal HARASSMENT of an 80 YEAR OLD WOMAN. Hello, Earth to Pat, come in please. Is there anybody at home in that 1300 cc brain? For more on this story see the LINK below:
http://miletichlawsuit.zoomshare.com…rder_Print.pdf

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