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from Sherdog.com

“ashad Evans-Zangief

At first glance, the quicksilver, fast-twitch style of Rashad Evans doesn’t exactly jive with the lumbering titan that is Zangief. Besides a shared wrestling background — though Evans wrestled humans in college while Zangief preferred the challenge of bears — the similarities are about as abundant as my reserve of patience for Glenn Beck’s tear tantrums. However, anyone who had the misfortune of underestimating Zangief as some dim-witted clod was soon greeted with the “Street Fighter” equivalent of an Evans’ right hook — the spinning piledriver.

That is what makes these two a perfect match. Both appear relatively harmless, what with Evans’ baby-face smile and Zangief’s leaden movement, but give either of them a chance and you’re on the bullet train to pain. Whereas most mixed martial artists thrive on creating offense from the opening bell, Evans is oddly zen, near standing narcolepsy. The skillful Zangief veteran knows he need only let his opponent chase after him before turning the tables and unleashing an arsenal of moves that would have the entire WWE roster jealous.

Underestimated and underappreciated, that is the common thread in Evans’ career as a fighter and Zangief’s less significant run as a 2-D sprite. Either way, the fans who stuck with Evans and the players who did the same with Zangief look like geniuses right about now. “

Now I don’t particularly like Rashad Evans. I don’t think he’s a bad fighter, I don’t hate him like I hate Suck Liddell, but I don’t like him very much in general (except when he was fighting Chuck).

But I am a Zangief user, and Zangief is the greatest character….EVER.