wanna talk about this cuz i'm autistic about combat sports:
tate's claim that he's a kickboxing 'world champion' is like if you win a local football tournament, and you start saying you won the world cup.
he fought for some group named 'enfusion', which as minor a bush league as it gets in kickboxing. let's look at the 2014 kickboxing rankings (when andrew was active). look for 'world champion' tate's name in it.
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notice alex pereira and israel adesanya there in the middleweight rankings? cute, i guess some things never change.
for reference, #1 Gokhan Saki beat #2 Spong and #4 Corbett in the
same night, and during this same week, Tate lost to someone who doesn't even have a wikipedia page. Tate was never a 'world champion'. if he'd ever fought Gokhan, the word murder wouldn't even begin to describe it.
at his peak tate wouldn't even be in the top 300 kickboxers. world champion my ass. only a couple steps above charlie z.
completely meaningless title.