Remember Jerry GOLDEN BOY Trimbel? That guy could kick. Lots of highlights of him on youtube. I miss the PKA and WKA fights. BAD BRAD HEFTON! Tommy "THE TORNADO" Williams with his patented spinning back kicks. I always remember him doing left and right spinning backkicks on people he cornered (The Tornado).
@@ElMamutChiquitito-n9e You got that PKA had greatest, Don the dragon Wilson, Dennis Alexio, Benny the jet uriqiez, super foot bill Wallace, Joe lewis. This was when PKA was at the top, then came in WKA you can do low kicks
Great fight. I scored Roufus with a win too, but Theriault always posed a great threat right through the fight. Personally, I loved this format of 'strike fighting' above other brands and above mma also. Two great kickboxers.
Yeh, I watched this on ppv as well. In fact I have several in the Karatemania series still on DVD, which I converted from old VHS tapes which everyone was using back then. I'm now trying to convert all them to MP4's.
very good video... glad i got to spar with JYT!!!!! there is no lose or win... these are great fighters... all around.. love you both... thanks for being pioneers of kickboxing.. i did 5 years of that... plus a seminar with JY... so cool so swesome...
Kickboxing takes serious cardio, every kick is the equivalent of many punches, a big high kick might take require the same energy as 20 punches. You see boxers do shadow boxing where they throw a lot of quick punches, doing that with kicks is practically impossible....doing back to back kicks for even a minute is exhausting
@Jean-Ian Simard u gotta be outta ur mind. Urquidez never EVER fought the kind of competition that came along during the K1 golden years. He never fought any of the great thai champions like Buakaw. Great yes, greatest ever...hell no.
@@sylvainlaurence1554 nobody talking about that here? The one whom I was speaking to deleted their comment. And it was about kickboxing. Know what ur taking about before commenting. Learn some proper English while ur at it.
@@melvinbutchhoot im practice m’y english with guys like you,mais je peux te dire,je croyais Buakaw était un combattant muai thaï,qui est différent du kikboxing
Gotta say Rufus boxing was superb - truly pro boxing level in my books to be able to do what he did with his hands and movement for 12 rds. In fact, you rarely ever see a kickboxer with such boxing finesse especially at this magnitude. His kicks were good and spectacular but he could have done more damage with his linear kicking, less commitment with those round kicks and less jumping as the fight is 12rds and this takes energy and distance to travel. Nevertheless, one of the best unpredictability technical kickboxers ever under full contact rules.
Bill Superfoot Wallace speaks on this. People who don't prefer the front kick tend to stay away from him because of broken toes. I'm all front kicks and spinning back or donkey kicks that always get under the elbows (angles). Some people hate the best kick in the game, the front kick, also known by a few as the longest jab.
Shortly and I mean VERY shortly after this the Jet got on the juice and got ripped to go fight bigger guys in K-1. The muscle really took away from his movements and speed. But he still had good career because of that left hand he had that changed fights really fast .But I remember seeing how much smaller he was compared to those big heavyweights In K-1 LA Banner was like 6.4 235lbs Rick was 5,10 180 off juice and 202 on juice. He almost had labanner beat. He had labanner hurt bad but those leg kicks took the jet out
I think he should have instead competed as middleweight with no extra muscle fighting guys like Holzken and Roosmalen after obviously serious training for knees and leg kicks but if I am not mistaken they didn't have that smaller division on k-1 back then or did he or maybe more money was with heavyweights or he though he could beat big boys easily with speed and movement.
I trained for yrs in Karate.....on this night, me and my karate friends went to a downtown bar to watch this fight, live. One thug came up to our table and asked if we were cops. We laughed and said no.......the crowd in the bar thinned out, they believed were cops, we practically had the bar to ourselves. LOL
I Wanted So Bad To Watch This Fight!!!!!!! But I Was Celebrating My Birthday..... Took Me 3️⃣0️⃣ Years To Watch This Fight. And I Forgot There Names. I Just Remembered a Fighter Called "The Iceman" I Remember Thinking I Wanted To See The Winner Fight Royce Gracie In The UFC !!
i knew the dude that sold equipoise to the roufus boys around the time of this fight and also when they had no drug tests. the jet was on a jet fuel steroid made for horses like he was most of his career.
Its because you are uncapable to understand this is american full contact based on karate mostly & taekwondo therefore k1 is japanese kickboxing based on muay thai style
Roufus made a lot of mistakes. He was a lucky man that night. Very close to loosing this fight. He learned; not the Goat, but 2nd to Theriault. Rick, where's that knockout in the 1st? Youth over skill, No doubt.
The good old days of fight sport,miss that now a days respectful athlete's.. now a days less respectful to each other all that trash talks and behaviour childish. ✌🤝💪
rick roufus est un super champion la il fuit le combat face a la puissance de son adversaire ces plus prudent et quelle condition phisique deux grand du full
both great fighters but if you look at Theriault fight record, he did not leave Canada much to fight...most of his career was fought in Canada. Just seems weird, that he made contenders come to him to fight. again tough tough guy, but most champs do not do that.
I watch this when it was broadcasted, and I hated this fight greatly. Never seen anyone move like Roufus. The complete opposite of his fight with Ernesto Hoost.
In my opinion, even as a Taekwondo fighter, it has to go to Theriault, because, he knocked Rufus for 6, it would have been fight over, if that had happened 15 seconds earlier, Rufus was too dazed, he wouldn't have recovered enough even after a standing count . Otherwise it was a close fight overall, The younger man coming strong in the last few rounds, but Theriault was more accurate for most of the fight and his straight ahead aggression pushing Rufus back for most of the fight counts too.
les combattants sont tellement bien entrainés que ta l'impression qu ils ne reçoivent pas de coup au visage ni au corps . C est fou comment Roufus sait se servir de ses 2 jambes comme si c était ses poings . Je ne comprends pas comment se fait il que Theriault est pu perdre se combat puisque c est lui qui a forcé le combat a tous les ronds normalement les juges sont plus en faveur de celui qui fonce sur l autre . A mon avis ce combat aurait du etre nul car les 2 ont vraiment livré un beau combat et il y a eu du respect tout le long du combat
I have nothing against Theriault, I know him personally, I was a kickboxer as well, but why is he blowing his nose every 20 seconds, does not his trainer see that he is not performing because he is doing it all the time? What kind of bad habit is that? That is ridiculous.
I love Rick Rufus ..I'm an American ..but he almost got his ass knocked the fuck out !Bell saved his ass !!!I'm my opinion which don't mean shit anyway I would have given the fight to the old man !!!
Don Wilson ruined watching this fight for me . He was so one sided for Theriault . He couldn't hide his man love for him . All the judges called it a clear victory for Roufus . Wilson said his heart With Theriault and had him winning .🤔😕
If you think that's one sided commentating, you should see the MMA bout between Mirko CroCop and King Mo. Joe Warren was so pro King Mo that he was talking about how Mirko couldn't match w/ Mo. He even exclaimed "oh no" when CroCop KO'd King Mo and tried to backtrack on his previous comments.
never been knocked down before until this fight? Bullshit! In 1988 you were lying flat on the canvas several times when a muay thai fighter destroyed your legs (you can be picky and say a fall due to a leg kick doesn't count as a knockdown...that doesn't take away the fact that a mediocre muay thai fighter belted the shit out of you). Don't come up with this 'never been knocked down before' crap.
Most def! Roufus was badly beaten by Changpuek and knocked down several times, maybe 7 times? Rick has incredible heart for sure, but stick to the facts Rick. (Memory is reality I guess but, 7 times Rick!)
@@HexenStar No you're right, I should not have used the word "mediocre". What I meant was that Kiatsongrit was "too heavy", and competition in Thailand was more intense in the lighter weight divisions, so he had to fight abroad rather that pursue Lumpinee and Radja glory. So coming into the fight against Rick he was really an unknown quantity. It also shows that in 1988 you could have easily picked twenty or thirty Muay Thai fighters (regardless of weight) that would have belted the shit out of the best kickboxer of that era being Rick Roufus.
@@joehillary6981 Handball and water polo have a lot of similarities - yet are two different sport disciplines. Handball player wins - as long as they're playing handball. Water polo player wins - when they're playing water polo. This should be remembered. Handball team VS soccer team...soccer team wins, when soccer rules apply. But if handball rules apply - then it is unlikely. All the conclusions should derive from this equation. Rick Roufus losing does not "show" anything. As the other "Jet" demonstrated the exact opposite. The only conclusion that we can draw from that fight is, - that the technical skill and "fight IQ" that Rick possessed at the time - were insufficient to make up for the hole in defense against otherwise a reasonably matched fighter, that Kiatsongrit indeed was. Otherwise, either both play soccer - or both play handball. In the former option - the handball player will either have to focus on soccer skills, - or definitely lose against an equally skilled soccer player. Or in the later variant - a soccer player will have to learn handball techniques, - or definitely lose against an equally skilled handball athlete. Same goes for all sports disciplines that are allegedly similar, (ALLEGEDLY!), while in reality they are nothing alike.
@@HexenStar From a broad-spectrum, apples and oranges angle what you’re saying isn’t wrong. A kickboxer fighting a boxer under boxing rules - the boxer should win no doubt. However, in some sports that have a lot of similarities, it isn’t as cut and dried to conclude that one team/individual will win provided that only rules of their sport are followed. Muay Thai vs Kickboxing is one. Rugby League vs Rugby Union is one. Even though Muay Thai always gets the short end of the stick when it comes to compromising rules to follow when fighting a kickboxer, there are instinctive variables and an irreplaceable toughness which come into play hence the Muay Thai fighter wins the fight more often than not. A rugby league player switching to rugby union isn’t as straightforward at the outset as he would need to familiarize with the technical differences re positional play and whatnot. However his rugby league background/instincts makes him a much more formidable rugby union player in a relatively small amount of time (as opposed to the other way around, i.e. from rugby union to rugby league, may take longer to become successful).
What is lame about it? It is a different combat sport to Muay Thai. Does Greco make Freestyle look lame? or do they coexist and compliment one another.
Miss this kind of kickboxing ! Loved PKA/PKC.
K1 worldchams all Dutch and Muay Thai also that Thai 30% weightdiffrentce
It would be very cool if there is a market for this once again!; an alternative to the highly entertaining MMA.
I can’t believe the cream Hru Le latte wii
Me too! Full contact is the best!
Remember Jerry GOLDEN BOY Trimbel? That guy could kick. Lots of highlights of him on youtube. I miss the PKA and WKA fights. BAD BRAD HEFTON! Tommy "THE TORNADO" Williams with his patented spinning back kicks. I always remember him doing left and right spinning backkicks on people he cornered (The Tornado).
This kickboxing is different from todays. Back then lot more strikes and punches. This is far better then todays MMA
because leg kicks were illegal, lmao its so easy to defeat this style of kickboxing, that's why it fell out of the map
@@ElMamutChiquitito-n9e You got that PKA had greatest, Don the dragon Wilson, Dennis Alexio, Benny the jet uriqiez, super foot bill Wallace, Joe lewis. This was when PKA was at the top, then came in WKA you can do low kicks
@@ElMamutChiquitito-n9e I did PKA, than WKA I did well, I didnt have a problem with low kicks
Thank you for sharing this. This is more entertaining to me than most of the current stuff. 🙏
I remember this ppv show. Ordered it, like I did all Kickboxing back then, still have it today.
Me too. My favorite was the one they did outside. Main event was Alexio vs jerry Rhome I think
Me too
HOLY SHIT!!! I saw this live on PPV when I was a kid. Awesome!
Thank you for posting this!
This channel rocks!
Me too. I'm from New Brunswick Canada, like Theriault, so obviously I was rooting for him.
Great fight. I scored Roufus with a win too, but Theriault always posed a great threat right through the fight. Personally, I loved this format of 'strike fighting' above other brands and above mma also. Two great kickboxers.
The Iceman has 39 years old in this fight.
I was there ! The first time i saw a professional figth live. I remember the sound of the kicks.....
Great fight! Thanks for the upload!
Yeh, I watched this on ppv as well. In fact I have several in the Karatemania series still on DVD, which I converted from old VHS tapes which everyone was using back then. I'm now trying to convert all them to MP4's.
Like buy your DVD
how much want for DVD
@@jamesvaughn1090 There's a lot on youtube now. Look up JERRY "THE GOLDEN BOY" Trimbel.
JEAN YVES THIRIAULT. THE GOAT
very good video... glad i got to spar with JYT!!!!! there is no lose or win... these are great fighters... all around.. love you both... thanks for being pioneers of kickboxing.. i did 5 years of that... plus a seminar with JY... so cool so swesome...
Pffft
Kickboxing takes serious cardio, every kick is the equivalent of many punches, a big high kick might take require the same energy as 20 punches. You see boxers do shadow boxing where they throw a lot of quick punches, doing that with kicks is practically impossible....doing back to back kicks for even a minute is exhausting
In his book, Jean teaches that the man in the best condition will win 90% of the time.
I like that after the third round Jean-Yves trainer tell him to be careful and not get hit.........good advices...:)
Jean Yves had like 11 or 12 years on Roufus. He's still the GOAT.
@Jean-Ian Simard u gotta be outta ur mind. Urquidez never EVER fought the kind of competition that came along during the K1 golden years. He never fought any of the great thai champions like Buakaw. Great yes, greatest ever...hell no.
@@melvinbutchhoot nobody talk about thaïe here,its about kikboxing
@@sylvainlaurence1554 nobody talking about that here? The one whom I was speaking to deleted their comment. And it was about kickboxing. Know what ur taking about before commenting. Learn some proper English while ur at it.
@@melvinbutchhoot im practice m’y english with guys like you,mais je peux te dire,je croyais Buakaw était un combattant muai thaï,qui est différent du kikboxing
@@sylvainlaurence1554 ras banyas rochie beena foochay to u 2.
cool with pre figth video. Awesome
That was a little classless throwing ice on one of the most respectful fighters in the sport.
It was a stupid move, too bad he didn't get knocked out.
Fight starts @28:30
Gotta say Rufus boxing was superb - truly pro boxing level in my books to be able to do what he did with his hands and movement for 12 rds. In fact, you rarely ever see a kickboxer with such boxing finesse especially at this magnitude. His kicks were good and spectacular but he could have done more damage with his linear kicking, less commitment with those round kicks and less jumping as the fight is 12rds and this takes energy and distance to travel. Nevertheless, one of the best unpredictability technical kickboxers ever under full contact rules.
The iceman has 39 years old in this fight...
Bill Superfoot Wallace speaks on this. People who don't prefer the front kick tend to stay away from him because of broken toes. I'm all front kicks and spinning back or donkey kicks that always get under the elbows (angles). Some people hate the best kick in the game, the front kick, also known by a few as the longest jab.
Both great fighters!
On remarque que les sponsors n etaient pas au goût du jours. Aucuns sponsors sur les pantalons maintenant tu en aurais 3 ou 4 marques.
The Great Roufus!
I miss the old fights pre Internet.
Shortly and I mean VERY shortly after this the Jet got on the juice and got ripped to go fight bigger guys in K-1. The muscle really took away from his movements and speed. But he still had good career because of that left hand he had that changed fights really fast .But I remember seeing how much smaller he was compared to those big heavyweights In K-1 LA Banner was like 6.4 235lbs Rick was 5,10 180 off juice and 202 on juice. He almost had labanner beat. He had labanner hurt bad but those leg kicks took the jet out
2second i See Rick look against the Thai
I think he should have instead competed as middleweight with no extra muscle fighting guys like Holzken and Roosmalen after obviously serious training for knees and leg kicks but if I am not mistaken they didn't have that smaller division on k-1 back then or did he or maybe more money was with heavyweights or he though he could beat big boys easily with speed and movement.
@@pietjepuk7910 .
should've worn shin protectors under his red silk pants against the Thai champ who smashed his legs to pieces !!
@@pietjepuk7910 he almost koed that thai
@@konpoy just don’t think he could of made the money he made fighting at middleweight. He needed names Americans knew about and would buy a ppv for .
Wow, Terrio is one heck of a compose fighter. He’s so relaxed in there.
45:29 Rick finally pays a bit of
respect to Jean Yves, the glove tap;
''yeah, you're good'' .
Two Legends
Damn! Therriot was still fighting in 94? He fought Thunder Thurman in what 80 something?
The fight starts at 28:31
C est Don Wilson au debut de la vidéo ?? Je m en souvenais même plus de lui, moment de nostalgie. 😢😢
Fucking HELL they fought 12 rounds😳
I trained for yrs in Karate.....on this night, me and my karate friends went to a downtown bar to watch this fight, live. One thug came up to our table and asked if we were cops. We laughed and said no.......the crowd in the bar thinned out, they believed were cops, we practically had the bar to ourselves. LOL
Roufus was moving well the whole fight, great conditioning. Good decision at the end.
I barely remember him but knew of him I was to young I guess. But he was my favourite cause he’s Canadian, support our own.
Rufus looks a lot older then 27 more like 37.
Great fight of both of them ,have to give...amazing at the age of 40 in this shape ,condition ! i like K1 but this is technical better
I had it 115-112 for Roufus winning rounds: 1 through 3, and 8 through 12. I gave Theriault a 10-8 in round 4 and had him winning 5,6, and 7 10-9.
Thanks for that breakdown mate, cheers!
great video
I Wanted So Bad To Watch This Fight!!!!!!! But I Was Celebrating My Birthday..... Took Me 3️⃣0️⃣ Years To Watch This Fight. And I Forgot There Names. I Just Remembered a Fighter Called "The Iceman" I Remember Thinking I Wanted To See The Winner Fight Royce Gracie In The UFC !!
i knew the dude that sold equipoise to the roufus boys around the time of this fight and also when they had no drug tests. the jet was on a jet fuel steroid made for horses like he was most of his career.
do have Jean Yves therlault last fighter.
This was my favorite style of kickboxing. I didn’t like the K-1 era .
Its because you are uncapable to understand this is american full contact based on karate mostly & taekwondo therefore k1 is japanese kickboxing based on muay thai style
Classic 🤘🏻
This combat isn't kickboxing, this is full contact.
That is a form of kickboxing
3:30 Bobby Czyz? The only thing more ridiculous than that name is that goofy beard!
Roufus made a lot of mistakes. He was a lucky man that night. Very close to loosing this fight. He learned; not the Goat, but 2nd to Theriault.
Rick, where's that knockout in the 1st?
Youth over skill, No doubt.
I went into this fight as Roufus being my favorite fighter and came out of it Jean-Yves taking that spot. I thought Rick fought cowardly that night.
@@infiad1275 omg dude, I wanna pass this on to Theriault! (although,of course he's made peace with this fight, years ago)
@@johnburns2940 Theriault was such an inspiration for his fighting skill and his sportsmanship. I would choose to be Jean-Yves every time.
The good old days of fight sport,miss that now a days respectful athlete's.. now a days less respectful to each other all that trash talks and behaviour childish. ✌🤝💪
What is the difference between PKA and PKC?
PKA is the promoter here. PKC is the sanctioning organization.
Awesome video
I saw a lot of kicks from both fighters thrown with no power in them, seemed like Theriault was hesitant to throw punches.
I really need to know their conditionings, 12 rounds of punching + Kicking? That's gotta be extremely exhausting.
Classic PKA Kickboxing.
rick roufus est un super champion la il fuit le combat face a la puissance de son adversaire ces plus prudent et quelle condition phisique deux grand du full
both great fighters but if you look at Theriault fight record, he did not leave Canada much to fight...most of his career was fought in Canada. Just seems weird, that he made contenders come to him to fight. again tough tough guy, but most champs do not do that.
The referee is a little too excited, saying that the fighters are holding when I actually that clinching, which is a legitimate boxing defense
I was there :) , still have my ticket
I watch this when it was broadcasted, and I hated this fight greatly. Never seen anyone move like Roufus. The complete opposite of his fight with Ernesto Hoost.
Karatemania must come back !
In my opinion, even as a Taekwondo fighter, it has to go to Theriault, because, he knocked Rufus for 6, it would have been fight over, if that had happened 15 seconds earlier, Rufus was too dazed, he wouldn't have recovered enough even after a standing count . Otherwise it was a close fight overall, The younger man coming strong in the last few rounds, but Theriault was more accurate for most of the fight and his straight ahead aggression pushing Rufus back for most of the fight counts too.
les combattants sont tellement bien entrainés que ta l'impression qu ils ne reçoivent pas de coup au visage ni au corps . C est fou comment Roufus sait se servir de ses 2 jambes comme si c était ses poings . Je ne comprends pas comment se fait il que Theriault est pu perdre se combat puisque c est lui qui a forcé le combat a tous les ronds normalement les juges sont plus en faveur de celui qui fonce sur l autre . A mon avis ce combat aurait du etre nul car les 2 ont vraiment livré un beau combat et il y a eu du respect tout le long du combat
I have nothing against Theriault, I know him personally, I was a kickboxer as well, but why is he blowing his nose every 20 seconds, does not his trainer see that he is not performing because he is doing it all the time? What kind of bad habit is that? That is ridiculous.
Eh Pierre - fourre-toi!
I love Rick Rufus ..I'm an American ..but he almost got his ass knocked the fuck out !Bell saved his ass !!!I'm my opinion which don't mean shit anyway I would have given the fight to the old man !!!
Jean-Yves a descendu au 4ème round la grosse star des mi-lourds à l'âge de 39 ans. Tu devrais avoir honte, roufus!
Vaya combatazo por parte de ambos!
Pero Thériault con 39 años menudos huevos para aguantar a uno de 27.
Ótima luta, Rick Roufus era o maior nome do K1 depois do Shihan Francisco Filho
Don Wilson ruined watching this fight for me . He was so one sided for Theriault . He couldn't hide his man love for him . All the judges called it a clear victory for Roufus . Wilson said his heart With Theriault and had him winning .🤔😕
If you think that's one sided commentating, you should see the MMA bout between Mirko CroCop and King Mo. Joe Warren was so pro King Mo that he was talking about how Mirko couldn't match w/ Mo. He even exclaimed "oh no" when CroCop KO'd King Mo and tried to backtrack on his previous comments.
17:45
32:50
idk i think that Don guy is a gangsta with his response hahha
What happens sam smith
I wish Roufus would've fought Dennis Alexio, i would've loved to see that even though i think Alexio would've won
Jean Yves 👍
Marek piotrowki full connact kick boxing
ROUFUS THE BEST !!!!!
u got Dennis aixo
James, I have a few of Dennis Alexio's fights, which ones did you want to see?
Went face dick Kilmer and Steve Rodger.
youtube bloked link , but I share with you figths Dennis Alexio vs. dick Kilmer and Don Wilson vs. ghalib Carmichael
@@SyzranetsVolodya why did they do that
@@jamesvaughn1090 I dont know that
Half way through just nothing but bs, J.Y.T. didn't even get massaged like Rufous !!
Disagree totally because Thereault was more aggressive
The Jet 🇺🇸
Like get that magazine
🐅👍🥊
That thai.fighter put.a real hurt.on rickey
Rick is not a good person.
you mean that he is a prick?
@@TAROTAI No, I don't think he's a jerk. He's just a man who disrespects and shames others. Therefore, he is not a good person for me.
Danaaa me 🦶🏻
never been knocked down before until this fight? Bullshit! In 1988 you were lying flat on the canvas several times when a muay thai fighter destroyed your legs (you can be picky and say a fall due to a leg kick doesn't count as a knockdown...that doesn't take away the fact that a mediocre muay thai fighter belted the shit out of you). Don't come up with this 'never been knocked down before' crap.
Most def! Roufus was badly beaten by Changpuek and knocked down several times, maybe 7 times? Rick has incredible heart for sure, but stick to the facts Rick. (Memory is reality I guess but, 7 times Rick!)
Kiatsongrit was not a "mediocre muai thai fighter" as the dude above says.
He was a well known fighter at the time, one of the top ranked.
@@HexenStar No you're right, I should not have used the word "mediocre". What I meant was that Kiatsongrit was "too heavy", and competition in Thailand was more intense in the lighter weight divisions, so he had to fight abroad rather that pursue Lumpinee and Radja glory. So coming into the fight against Rick he was really an unknown quantity. It also shows that in 1988 you could have easily picked twenty or thirty Muay Thai fighters (regardless of weight) that would have belted the shit out of the best kickboxer of that era being Rick Roufus.
@@joehillary6981 Handball and water polo have a lot of similarities - yet are two
different sport disciplines. Handball player wins - as long as they're playing
handball. Water polo player wins - when they're playing water polo. This should
be remembered. Handball team VS soccer team...soccer team wins, when
soccer rules apply. But if handball rules apply - then it is unlikely. All the
conclusions should derive from this equation. Rick Roufus losing does
not "show" anything. As the other "Jet" demonstrated the exact opposite.
The only conclusion that we can draw from that fight is, - that the technical
skill and "fight IQ" that Rick possessed at the time - were insufficient to make
up for the hole in defense against otherwise a reasonably matched fighter,
that Kiatsongrit indeed was.
Otherwise, either both play soccer - or both play handball. In the former option -
the handball player will either have to focus on soccer skills, - or definitely lose
against an equally skilled soccer player. Or in the later variant - a soccer player
will have to learn handball techniques, - or definitely lose against an equally
skilled handball athlete. Same goes for all sports disciplines that are allegedly similar, (ALLEGEDLY!), while in reality they are nothing alike.
@@HexenStar From a broad-spectrum, apples and oranges angle what you’re saying isn’t wrong. A kickboxer fighting a boxer under boxing rules - the boxer should win no doubt. However, in some sports that have a lot of similarities, it isn’t as cut and dried to conclude that one team/individual will win provided that only rules of their sport are followed. Muay Thai vs Kickboxing is one. Rugby League vs Rugby Union is one. Even though Muay Thai always gets the short end of the stick when it comes to compromising rules to follow when fighting a kickboxer, there are instinctive variables and an irreplaceable toughness which come into play hence the Muay Thai fighter wins the fight more often than not. A rugby league player switching to rugby union isn’t as straightforward at the outset as he would need to familiarize with the technical differences re positional play and whatnot. However his rugby league background/instincts makes him a much more formidable rugby union player in a relatively small amount of time (as opposed to the other way around, i.e. from rugby union to rugby league, may take longer to become successful).
3/4th or the fight was a glorified sparring session.
Lol you should post some of your great fights
I remember this from when I was younger. Lame dancing , and jumping around. Glad Muay Thai came along lol.
What is lame about it? It is a different combat sport to Muay Thai. Does Greco make Freestyle look lame? or do they coexist and compliment one another.
Your right this shit is boring.these guys suck
Sam pepper I’d like to see you up against either Theriault or Rouffus , bet even to this day they can still kick your ass
M.T is lame . Best guy doesn’t win . It’s just whoever’s leg holds up. Lack of skill
@@jasonvoorhees6416 Ramon Dekkers was robbed at least 10 time, in Thailand...
What a boring fight!
What is this Savate no fight whatsoever 12 rounds
This fight sucked