300 IQ Muay Thai Fighter: First Thai Olympic Gold Medalist
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Somrak Khamsing is a Thai superstar, a true once in a life time athlete with special gifts.
He is considered the best Muay Thai fighter to not capture a stadium belt despite beating all the champions in his weight classes.
Due to the politics he experienced, he went to boxing and grabbed an Olympic gold medal.
As the first Thai athlete to ever grab a gold medal in the Olympics, he became an instant superstar.
His record in Muay Thai stands at around 300W-12L, and boxing 150-50.
As a stylist, he is both a "Muay Mat and Muay Fimeu," which means he's a puncher who is an artistic technician.
He put together many tactics in boxing and combined it with Muay Thai. Perhaps his most spectacular fusion is his evasion and use of head movement in order to slip punches and elbows.
You may be interested to find out that Somrak is indeed the one who discovered and mentored the pound for pound great Saenchai.
In this feature, we also explore multiple techniques that Somrak specialized in.
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Somrak Khamsing is a genius Muay Thai superstar, a true once in a life time athlete with special gifts.
He is considered the best Muay Thai fighter to not capture a stadium belt despite beating all the champions in his weight classes.
Due to the politics he experienced, he went to boxing and grabbed an Olympic gold medal.
As the first Thai athlete to ever grab a gold medal in the Olympics, he became an instant superstar.
His record in Muay Thai stands at around 300W-12L, and boxing 150-50.
As a stylist, he is both a "Muay Mat and Muay Fimeu," which means he's a puncher who is an artistic technician.
He put together many tactics in boxing and combined it with Muay Thai. Perhaps his most spectacular fusion is his evasion and use of head movement in order to slip punches and elbows.
You may be interested to find out that Somrak is indeed the one who discovered and mentored the pound for pound great Saenchai.
In this feature, we also explore multiple techniques that Somrak specialized in.
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this guy is my favourite striker!!!!
who would be ur dream match to see somrak fight?
Slipping and head movement is useful. Look at MMA fighters they used it a lot. If your coach tells you to stop using it well, fuck that
@The Godless dnt know about Ramon Dekkers, i mean i love the guy his the mike tyson of the muythai world but iv found him not very good againts counter fighters like gilbert ballitine, his combo's dnt become effective againts someone who doesnt want to get combos.... But it def has to someone aggressive
What an awesome fighter! Thanks for the great vid. What I'd like to know: 150-50 seems to be his amateur boxing record. Did he fight professionally in boxing too? If so, I'm unable to find his record...
Good Video, just the title is misleading ;-)
"Fight IQ" my ass, it's obvious he has a time machine and just travels back every time he gets hit
hahahaha
lol
Lolol he has a "save game" power
The reason Somrak was not giving a title shot is all about business, His promotor is Big Eung Sahasompot Shisomvong who run a muaythai competition in channel 7 tv, Big Eung did not have any title belt in any weight class (due to that time most belts was under Songchai Rattanasuban the most famous promotor) And in thailand no rule to force the promotor to give the title shot to other promotor's fighters. SO most of the time the title match between the champ and the challenger will be the fighters of the same promotor. So even though Somrak is so good he cannot have the title chance.
this is interesting can you provide the proof from multiple sources NOT directly related to each other?
@@omegasquad868 It is hard to find evidence but you can observe that due to Somrak hundreds of fights why it was so rare for him to face the big name muaythai fighters, that becoz most of the big name fighters was fight under promotor Songchai.
@@-magna-manoban7171 I read somrak story from muay siam magazine , he also won namkabuan and chamuak petch ( that day somrak have 2 fight in 1 day , in afternoon 16.00 p.m. he fight 3 round for thailand boxing medal then at night 21.00 p.m. he go to rajadamnern stadium to fight chamuak petch in main event 5 round yeah and he won ,but after round 5 somrak faint. this is very interesting record 1 man 2 stadium 2 victory 2 rules 8 round in 4 hour amazing!!!
there is somrak vs boxing man and chamuak petch vdo highlight
th-cam.com/video/JomgKJkqIuk/w-d-xo.html
@@natdanaisaowapa7262 The match against Namkabuan is an exhibition match which i can remember Somrak talking about it at twilight show(if i'm not wrong). He siad he didnt train much but focus more about how to counter Namkabuan's signature move "Tai Na". And after spending many nights he finally figured it out and that help him beat Namkabuan. And yeah that 2 match in a days is a legendary tale that i believe it first release from the sport commentator Pitchsanu Nilgrad.
only you would make a video about muay thai fighters using defense to win fights. you should have millions of subs. great content.
thank you. it's not about the numbers for me, but it would certainly help everything that I try to do. Thank you for the support
Win: 300+
Lose: 12
BEAST!
But his boxing was 50 losses
@@ronki23 with 150 wins, your point is?
Euan Weddell lost 1 in 4 boxing fights so obviously a kicker. Kudos to him winning an Olympic and Asian Gold though.
@@ronki23 What's your professional record?
You should take a Closer look into his Boxing record, especially since 150-50 not only is a mark, that usually NO western boxer ever gets close to, not even mexicans.
Besides that, look at HOW he won those 150 and then realize, how he lost the 50, or in other words, look at the k.o. rate ….
Any more bitching will just make you look even more stupid.
Woo, finally some recognition! Somrak is my favourite!
Nerales there’re a lot of vids from Lawrence on him actually
He was my introduction to Muay Thai. Without a doubt one of the best ever.
such greatness
I haven't visited this channel in about 3 years now but after watching this video, the editing was amazing and the content was incredible. Definitely watching every thing i missed.
thank you bro, it means a lot to me
Yes I love this chanal.
that is some sexy animation over those clips, you went up a level
My dad have fought Somrak before I remember my mom telling me my dad lost to him in the thai Olympic trial in the finals so that puts my dad as the back up contender
Damn that's cool
Thank you so much for introducing us to Somrak. Really appreciated your work!
thank you for the watch!
Hey Lawrence is there any way you can do a breakdown video about Japanese kickboxers? Like Masato or Satoshi Kobayashi and how they dominated mainly with their boxing skills
I know my day is made when I receive the notification that a new video has been uploaded 😁
This one is particularly phenomenal. Khamsing should be nicknamed 'Einstein'
einstein would be a fitting name! thanks a lot for the support!
Best striking channel on TH-cam
thank you bor
We got to get you sponsored, the level of quality and insight os astounding.
haha that would be lovely
I’ve seen his video on Muay Thai scholars page a million times, love the way he fights
These lightning animations are so nice, they help realizing how quick and powerful are the strikes and timings!
man you are editing like a boss
Wow only just realised how many followers you have now 👀 been subbed for between 4 to 5 years it's nice to see you getting the recognition you deserve well done bro.
On to the video now yet again another very informative breakdown and analysis best TH-camr for any budding striking athletes to follow or anyone for that fact who wants to increase their repertoire of tools to use.
thanks so much for the support bro it means a lot to me
Somrak is an AMAZING athlete as his gold medal in the Olympics proves… Top notch fighter & true legend !!
top notch for sure!
Thanks for another great clip
thank you for watching
Too think we could of had Mayweather vs Somluck in the Olympics if Mayweather won.
I think so but Mayweather he was cheated in that year
Mayweather got robbed, it would've happened and it would've been a legendary olympic event looking back. Obviously, floyd was still a relatively unknown amateur boxer at the time
I know only one fighter who is good as him - Oley Kiatoneway
ole is great
That's Somluck Kamsing, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics boxing featherweight champion ( Gold medalist ). 😊
Love the explosive graphics in the beginning!
thanks for supporting!
This does put a smile on my face ; )
500 fights. insane
haha yeah, super insane
Somrak said his greatest victory was "Against the man of 9 titles; Chamuekpet" (Had 4 lumpini titles, and 5 radjadern titles)
This shows how good Somrak was, 300W to 12L - he was able to outpoint Chamuekpet who was a very strong forward fighter who utilized Knee's and striking (he was very good at both so was able to get both Lumpini and Radja titles which was very difficult as they were scored on different criteria)
If Mayweather didn't get bronze that olympic he would have fought Somrak for the silver / gold. I wish that happened!
Somrak also fights similar to Oley Kiatoneway (if you don't know him - Look at his highlights NOW). I believe Somrak Beat Oley though when they fought.
From what I have heard, Samart(Prime) and Chamuekpet also fought three times. I didn't know who won the most though.
Do you have any links to those fights? I'd love to see them.
I would like to see a fighter like this UFC.
who wouldnt!!
Israel adesanya?
Very difficult to do in UFC unless the striker has really great takedown defense. The threat of high level wrestling and grappling fighters will not allow such striking flow to happen. Khabib, GSP, Damien Maia, Woodley, Askren, Usman etc pressure opponents with the take downs.
Even the high level stadiums in Thailand have more forward clinch heavy fighters who are more dominant. Even Saenchai's losses have come from opponents who disregard his technical striking and just clinch the hell out of him.
ถ้านักสู้ UFC ที่เก่งสไตร์ยืนสู้กลัามาลองชกกับนักมวยไทยที่เก่งๆ ในกติกามวยไทยคงจะเป็นสิ่งที่น่าลุ้นมาก แต่อย่างว่าค่าตัวเค้าสูงคงไม่มืทางเกิดขึ้นได้หรอกสำหรับนักสู้ UFC. เพราะได้ไม่คุ้มเสีย ไม่เหมือนชกกับเมเวทเทอร์
PRSer the clinchers are more dominant because the rules in Lumpinee favors clinching
A truly exceptional video. Thank you for turning me on to the above. Well made.
Very pertinent selection of information to incorporate in such a short video as well.
Thank you bro
Somrak, the "Sweet Pea" of Muay Thai.
I Love His Style of Fighting and The Weaving Elbows Wow !!!
yeah the weaving is ridiculous
Awesome video, really liked how you introduce muai thai and explain how crazy those techniques are in the same time. Cheers brother
I don't know much about Muay Thai but from what I know the best fighters are:
1. Sagat,
2. Samart,
3. Saenchai,
4. Namsaknoi,
5. Dieselnoi
My first kickboxing club was really inconsistent; they vilified Muay Thai and the instructors claimed how they defeated Muay Thai fighters and we barely did grappling- we'd do it less than once a month. It was a Pointfighting club that also did light continuos. Unfortunately the 3rd kickboxing club I trained at also thought this way. I trained at the second and third kickboxing clubs at the same time and the second club also did low kick training and no Pointfighting.
What a clean move, it's like he already know the attack come from.
super clean
@@LawrenceKenshin Is it a real time reading or prearranged chess move / i.e. is Somrak reading the physical field of emerging oponnent behaviour which is due to setup by Somrak moves and thus leading opponents into traps? Or is it just real-time seeing oponent emergent moves and reflexively doing countermoves?
high quality content, as always! joy to watch, thanx
thank you bro!
Lawrence Kenshin your Videos are awesome! I love the content, and the way it is presented. The knowledge you provided in this video is very useful. Please, never stop with what your doing!
No kidding at his prime he is absolutely genius at boxing who add a contribution to muaythai , but unfortunatly after that he grows old and struggle with his business to make it afloat that shine is gone.
never heard of him, thanks for exposing him he deserve this recognition from this side of the planet.
cheers, he deserves the recognition
Your videos are best described as Educational Art!
One of Somrak hilight ability is the way he like to use therobe to showboat his evasive defence talent, to show that in the most dangerous situation his opponent still cannot harm him.
therobe???
@@LawrenceKenshin the rope. Sorry for the misspelled.
I would be very interested to see a more in depth history of the various gyms from the golden era. Like for example Jocky gym which produced such amazing technicians. Who were the trainers behind those fighters?
that'd be cool!
It would be great to see a video on the way different country's fighters use Muay Thai, Dutch v Thai v US v Australia etc...
that'd be a cool video indeed!
@@LawrenceKenshin Thanks. You'd be the best person to do it!
@@LawrenceKenshin And please mention Jon Jones in it. He may be a jerk but his MMA Muay Thai is awesome.
Its strange why no one interviews him to workout how his thinking differs from the norm,how his training differs from the norm and so on.Maybe its Lawrence's next project, ie inside the mind of Somrak.Possibly epigenetics.Definitely what Prof Carol Dweck calls growth mindset.
Definitely a lot of light relaxed sparring.Probably has instinctively many things Dr K. Anders Ericsson mentions in his book PEAK.
Darren Lovell Indeed, those are some great observations and I agree with you!
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Wow the way you break down fighter 's technique is just amazing!!!
thank you bro! i really appreciate your support!
The miss/hit graphics are fuckn aqesome!!
Where did you find that music in the first part I keep listening to it 😂😂
The song is The Menace by Hill
@@puki_gonzalez you sir are a bloody legend ☝️☝️
Would you say that it could be possible by studying evasive fighters like somrak we could find ways to make effective head movement work in muay Thai, or was he such an outlier that really only he and a select few could make head movement like that work in muay thai?
Another great video
He reminds me of the great Samart Payakaroon!!!
He is a legend who can use all the martial arts of Muay Thai.
Amaaazinggg.
he truly is
@@LawrenceKenshin who's the best clinch work fighter ? I love clinch work domination. Interested.
check out Petchboonchu or Yodwicha. Petchmorakot too
amazing, thx for the great video
i like to correct you on a statemeant that thai instructor will tell you not to use headmovement,
well its partially true, they will tell you not to do it when u are just starting. because in order to use head movement in muay thai you first need to understand muay thai, and it's dangers
only when you are in high level you can implament it in sparring and fights, because unlike boxing in muay thai you can always move your head and you need to nitpick your evasions
My favourite Muay Thai fighter of all time. Everyone should know his career was corrupted because he was feared so much.
สุดยอดแห่งชั้นเชิงศิลป
แม่ไม้มวยไทยจริงๆสมรักษ์ คำสิงค์
It's a shame, that he never fought for the tittle. Even a blind man would see, that Somrak was something special.
a real shame, truly special
Did he fight May weather in 1996 Olympic?
Somrak vs Samart... Who wins?
He combined boxing and muay thai well
Thank for you this 🙏
cheers!!
What’s the song at the beginning?
The Menace by Hill
True legend right here thank Lawrence! 👍🏼👊🏼
thank you for watching !
It seems like he is one of the inspiration of Anderson Silva..
agreed
Ever going to do a breakdown on Nong Toom?
Despite he is one of the greatest muay thai fighter, now he's more like comedian on thai TV. His personality is fun as hell lol
How he can dodge all those attacks that was crazy.
I remember his fight against kemel jemel just after 7 years passed in western boxing... it was a rape...
Do a breakdown of javier mendes
Don’t agree with the head movement comments. I’ve never heard of a coach going against head movement and telling fighters to avoid doing it. I’d love your source for this one
KKK karate coaches. Mine always screamed at me to put my guard up, even when i was well out of striking distances. But he is a dickhead. Most of them are.
Super
Jocky gym. Excellent technicians.
none better
@@LawrenceKenshin love the documentaries. Especially about the gyms and the gyms owned by legends. Hopefully one day, a documentary about FA group. Best clinch gym i heard. .
amazing!
Espetacular!
wow i can see saenchai movement right there
Saenchai trained under him that why
He’s absolutely The Mayweather of Muay Thai.
Love the animation, it reminds me of street fighter or something like it.
So beautiful..
Did Silapathai teach Somrak?
he was certainly influenced in some way. They were training partners. Silapathai probably wasn't coaching him tho.
*0:33* the disrespect
man , i'll be honest .... Thailand native names its soooooo haaaaard to read and mostly memorize !!!!! besides Buakaw, Saenchai and Sagat " i can't record any name ! i'm Brazilian , leave in Japan over 29 years " japanese names EASY " but Thai ...wow wow wow !
Henry Cejudo wants to know your location
haha
That is bad ass
He still strong and still teaching muaythai even he is smoker
Great video somarak is the last men 💪 to 🥊😎 win floyd
cheers !
txsir
Thai Neo! what was the politics behind? why they didn't give him Lumpini title shot?
some promoter plays :(
😍😍😍
Who was the last man to defeat Floyd Mayweather?
5:48 Look at his legs movement. Like Michael Jordan : ]
🎬💪🏿
Isn't a game dude!!!! To put flames and sparks......
DUDE, I AM NOT GOING TO READ ALL THIS SHIT!
Anybody else remember when JCVD wanted to "fight" Somrak??lmao
hahah yes
He'd have been destroyed
Buakaw is d best d legend
Someone send this to Tony Ferguson
hahah similar build
@@LawrenceKenshin unreal video by the way !!! thanks for the amazing content and knowledge :)
thanks a lot for tuning in! means a lot to me!
Got to appreciate hackers, master the techniques, destroy the techniques.
That was awesome, thank you again for dropping all this goodness to us filthy casuals
he's truly amazing, thank you for tuning in
Jesus Christ over 500 fights
hahaha yes
This guy looks amazing thanks man. But to be fair the Olympics is an Amateur event.
The best amateurs in the world tho
Your fx is too much anyway I'm laughing 😂