He deserves respect for being a pioneer though.

He was a lanky 170lb dude with seemingly not a hint of muscle, and he was fighting guys much bigger than him with kung fu/karate/judo/pro boxing/wrestling backgrounds and winning.

Art Jimmerson was a 29-5 pro boxer. Ken Shamrock was a huge 230lb + roid monkey with catch wrestling and kickboxing pedigrees. Gordeau was a 6'6'', 230lb Dutch kickboxer. Remco Pardoel was a 240-250lb judo blackbelt. Pat Smith was a solid 230lbs with an extensive kickboxing and submission fighting background, who nearly killed a guy in 30 seconds in his first UFC fight. Kimo was another 240lb roid-monkey with BJJ background. Dan Severn, a 250-260lb greco roman wrestler.

These were some serious dudes to fight for a little 170lb guy