Gary Goodridge | All Kickboxing Knockouts (2002-2006)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- A chronological highlight of all KOs and TKOs from Gary Goodridge's kickboxing career.
Featured opponents: Mike Bernardo, Paul Kingi (AKA Toa), Samy Atia, Cyril Abidi, Sean O'Haire, Scott Lighty, Wesley Correira, Carter Williams, Yusuke Fujimoto and Kengo Watanabe.
Photo - Ronen Zilberman | Associated Press | bleacherreport...
Goodridge was a naturally talented fighter that put in a lot of hard work to be a very dangerous Kickboxer, I believe all he had really done combat wise was amateur Boxing when he first went into UFC.
In spite of all the technical issues that Goodridge had, he managed to become a really good kicker. It is a shame that he could not transfer that to MMA (appart from the Frye knockout)...those Low Kicks were brutal
He couldn't reset fast enough to feel safe defending double legs that's why he never used them much I think. It takes a long time to feel safe throwing kicks in mma especially when your opponents are much more experienced
@@monarch1651 agreed...but you have to take into account that he is a Heavyweight and fought in a time in which everything wasn't as evolved as it is right now.
For me the main issue was that he did not had the right training partners and place. He trained in MMA with Coleman most of the times and for K-1 he trained with Mo Smith but only when he had a scheduled fight, if not he was doing nothing and hopped to a plane to fight in short notice.
Him being a beast of a fighter, plus a character led to him being paid a TON of money regardless of the results, which led to him at points pretty much not caring about training (his words, not mine).
Great video
Thanks!
Uw
At 3:38 you see why gary has the issues he has today, absolutely no fear walking straight into shots he knows are coming because he believes he can tank them
He had a pretty good sense of when he could afford to do that. He'd let Scott Lighty and Dewey Cooper hit him with everything they had, with no hesitation, but he knew better than to try that with Le Banner or Choi.
Goodridge would have been a great test for a professional boxer that wanted to try K-1 due to Gary not fighting like most Kickboxers, im surprised theu never had Goodridge and Francois Botha fight.
Who do you think would have won that match?
@@houseofmouseboxer490 I really can't tell! Botha obviously has the better boxing skills but if Gary mixed up with his kicks with his punches I could definitely see him taking it. I would have loved to have seen Botha fight against some of the freak show fighters of K-1 like Toa, Hongman Choi and Akebono. I think he'd beat Akebono and Toa but not Choi.
These are two fights I'd love to have seen too:
Sylvester Terkay vs Sean O'Haire
Gary Goodridge vs Bob Sapp
I see the appeal of those matches!
Gary seemed intimidated by top-rated opponents. We all know he took the fight to Bernardo, but he was uncharacteristically cautious with guys like Le Banner, Hunt, Choi, etc. I like to think he and Sapp would have a slugfest of epic proportions, but do you think Goodridge would be able to give it his all?
@@houseofmouseboxer490 I definitely think Goodridge would have stopped Sapp.