Japanese MMA fighter Norifumi ‘Kid’ Yamamoto dies at 41
UFC star Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto dies at 41 after losing cancer battle https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/mma/norifumi-kid-yamamoto-dead-ufc-13263878 …pic.twitter.com/lSqqO02nt2
‘Kid’ Yamamoto has died at the age of 41 READ: https://bit.ly/2PFM0d4 pic.twitter.com/WNnNWIdKxm
Rip 
grew up watching this guy. Thanks for all the entertainment always fun to watch 
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“Me? I’m no legend. I never feel legend ... If I feel legend, I’m finished, you know. I always think I’m bottom." - Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto, 2013.
Photo - taken by me the same year - of a wall in his Krazy Bee gym.
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The combat sports world has lost a true legend. A world class kickboxer, wrestler and mixed martial artist. RIP Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
Earlier in the year, I went to Japan for the first time and was really trying to see if I could get a chance train with Kid Yamamoto Schedules didn’t line up, but it’s still sad and shocking to go from trying to train with a legend, to hearing and writing about his passing today
Kid Yamamoto was one of those legendary fighters you’d scramble to watch compete no matter what hour of the day or night he was competing. It’s a sad day as a great is gone far, far too soon.https://twitter.com/kb_official/status/1041891659896639488 …
Just head about Kid Yamamoto. Tragic loss. He was a pioneer of the lighter weight classes and an unbelievable fighter that went largely unseen by American fans when he was in his prime. Rest easy.
Norifumi Yamamoto was a pillar of not merely Japanese MMA or the kakutogi boom, but for a moment in time, the elite of MMA itself. Athletic swagger oozing from every pore. Highlight reel machine. Aggressive and efficient. He is impossible to understand by his UFC run alone.
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