Prior to this fight along with his previous few fights Hallman made claim he was going to use his new unstoppable Karate on his opponents but by some strange twist of fate he’s been finishing off fighters with submissions. Hallman explained why this is so,
“My Karate is so devastating if I use it they’ll make it illegal. I have to save that for an emergency. I’m going to have to bust it out only if I’m in real trouble, which I’m never in, so you never know when you’ll get to see it.”
It is pretty obvious that Hallman is a joker and he isnt serious about Karate. Look back at his past interviews and you will see he is joking about a lot of things and his karate joke is just that. He might have lost to Frank Trigg but he is still one of the best pound for pound fighters of our time.
Hallman never really gets mentioned in the P4P debate(s)...but he's cut to 155 and lost a decision to the UFC LW Champ...he has two wins over the most dominate WW EVER...and now he's cleaning house as a MW (3 wins in a total of just 4:07).
Think about it for a while. Until BJ Penn started jumping weight classes, Hallman was the only fighter to EVER have been ranked in the top ten in 3 diffrent weight classes...and that was BEFORE he fought Pulver at 155.
As for his karate...dont knock it until you've seen it. He doesn't use his karate in the UFC because someone might steal his 'secret techniques'.
He was on the MMAWeakly radio show before the Reno Sport Fight and challenged Trigg to a fight at 185...Trigg declined saying it would be an embarassment to fight Hallman again.
Dennis is most dangerous where he's comfortable, and he's comfortable at 185...using his karate skills.
Hallman doesn't have to break bricks with his karate...they see him coming and break themselves.
Dennis practices a hybrid style of karate known as
"Yelm-can-do."
It usually involves spitting Copenhagen into a dude's face and then kicking him in the nuts with some cowboy boots. If done correctly, cannot be blocked.....
I was at the last rumble on the rock when dennis fought Ross.. ross had agreed to fight Dennis at 180 when he fights at 170 and probly walks around at 178-180.. In the fight dennis did look a lot bigger than Ross. Dennis looked to be at 190+ at fight night. Does that tell you something about Ross.. When Trigg declined to fight dennis at 185.. trigg is a top fighter and so is Dennis.. But Why would Ross fight dennis at 180 He had Balls!!!