ESB ATGs Muay Thai / KickBoxing fighters Thread

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

I still cannot understand how Bob Sapp beat Hoost twice, even with the Dutchman being past his best.

Any Remy Bonjasky fans in the house???

That was simply crazy ! No idea how Sapp did it as well.....

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by BobDigi5060

Can you tell me who were the greatest strikers to grace K1, and who was the most successful in the organization? I always thought Ernesto Hoost was the greatest striker in K1, but many say Peter Aerts.. A list of the top 3 or 5 will do

I have the 2010 HW GP on tape, and watch the 4 1/2 hours worth of combat on a regular basis.. Overeem v Spong, and Saki v Ghita were great matchups.. I had a K1 card that was on New Years Day, 2005 that I deleted, and wish I held onto.. My interest is peaking in world class striking.. This thread couldn't have come at a better time.

At HW I think it´s between Aerts(3 time champion), Hoost(3 time champion), Remy (3 time champion) and Schilt(4 time champion).....then you have Andy Hug, Branko Cikatic, Mike Bernardo, Francisco Filho, Glaube Feitosa, Mark Hunt, etc....

[The Spider]

Originally Posted by PIRA

Stan is great but there is only one ATG. Nai Khanomtom.

For full Thai rules best farang IMO are Dekkers then JWP. Those two stand as farang ATG's apart from everyone else.

I didn't initially take the thread to be looking for the ATG. But rather the ATGs.

Either way, Stan was fucking amazing, and won something like 8 world titles. I'll never forget him breaking Dennis Alxios's leg right at the start of their bout >>>

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu1lbRfdQfY[/ame]

[PIRA]

Originally Posted by The Spider

I didn't initially take the thread to be looking for the ATG. But rather the ATGs.

Either way, Stan was fucking amazing, and won something like 8 world titles. I'll never forget him breaking Dennis Alxios's leg right at the start of their bout >>>

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My bad attempt at an ATG joke.


I think I can see my head in that vid! I was sitting four rows back with Dennis' back to me when he dropped - was such a let down to the massive hype!

[ozziebattler]

Originally Posted by donnie

Fair enough mate Considerng how recent Thai Boxing has been in Austrailia, they have already surpassed Britain in terms of quality fighters.

I think it helps that we can fly over to thailand in only a few hours and train there...Have done so myself..Also muay thai..is pretty big here in oz compared to most other western countries..Our promoters can bring over the top thai fighters to fight our best regularly..

[ozziebattler]

Originally Posted by Flea Man

I still cannot understand how Bob Sapp beat Hoost twice, even with the Dutchman being past his best.

Any Remy Bonjasky fans in the house???

Mate Sapp was a unknown qauntity back then and prettymuch used his giant size and clubbing punches to swarm Hoost...

[Shogun Assassin]

Originally Posted by BobDigi5060

Can you tell me who were the greatest strikers to grace K1, and who was the most successful in the organization? I always thought Ernesto Hoost was the greatest striker in K1, but many say Peter Aerts.. A list of the top 3 or 5 will do

I have the 2010 HW GP on tape, and watch the 4 1/2 hours worth of combat on a regular basis.. Overeem v Spong, and Saki v Ghita were great matchups.. I had a K1 card that was on New Years Day, 2005 that I deleted, and wish I held onto.. My interest is peaking in world class striking.. This thread couldn't have come at a better time.

Hoost, Aerts and Semmy are pretty much locked in as the top 3, just depends on who you prefer really. From there you have guys like Bonjasky, Hug, Le Banner, Bernardo, Hari etc.

Also, check out the '99 GP if you haven't, best Grand Prix in my opinion, it's all on youtube.

[The Spider]

Originally Posted by PIRA

My bad attempt at an ATG joke.

I think I can see my head in that vid! I was sitting four rows back with Dennis' back to me when he dropped - was such a let down to the massive hype!

It was a much hyped fight, and to his credit Alexio tried to fight on. But his leg was absolutely buggered.

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGQZQ0_OCw[/ame]

[Shogun Assassin]

ATG fights

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcrPWC4hlc[/ame]


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qBRlrmShas[/ame]

[yaca you]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bng1DlLk2qM[/ame]


Put Lorlek vs Saensak Muangsurin
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-56xNmYZCMQ[/ame]


Put Lorlek (age 60) vs Sagat (age 55)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmqjQge59OQ&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

[The Spider]

Originally Posted by Shogun Assassin

ATG fights

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Hug v Hoost was KI's version of Hagler v Hearns, only someone forget to tell them there should be a KO ending. One of the best 2 man wars ever staged in a ring

[The Spider]

Have been re-watching, and also watching some for the first time, the Andy Hug vids on youtube. Hug was an absolute warrior, and is apparently the only K-1 fighter ever to be rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii.

[Shogun Assassin]

Originally Posted by The Spider

Hug v Hoost was KI's version of Hagler v Hearns, only someone forget to tell them there should be a KO ending. One of the best 2 man wars ever staged in a ring

The Hoost/Hug fights were definitely wars but maybe too technical to be called the "K-1 Hagler/Hearns", that title would be more fitting on crazy brawls like Zambidis/Chahid or the Hunt/Le Banner series .

[sugarngold]

I'm more familiar with full contact kickboxing which ironically only used kicks above the waist. However the fighters that crossed over well into oriental rules involving kicks to the legs were Benny the Jet Uriquidez, Rick the Jet Roufus, Maurice Smith,and Don The Dragon Wilson. With the exception of Mo Smith they all suffered losses to muay thai fighters before they learned to adapt properly to leg kicks. Maurice of course went on to win the UFC HEavyweight Championship in MMA.


Benny the Jet





Rick Roufus vs Rob Kamen



Don Wilson KO's first K1 Champion



Maurice Smith vs Stan the Man