Muay Thai vs Kickboxing. The fight that changed history (Video)

Aren't american kickboxers legs conditioned to be able to withstand leg kicks?

It's a bit strange how instructor level/fighter Taekwondo black belts manage leg kicks seeminglessly, while kickboxers apparently don't

 

Evidence of this can be found here between a rather medicore, slow Taekwondo black belt opposite a fairly strong thai fighter.

Leg kicks don't affect the TKD fighter at all, despite getting his butt kicked.

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To be fair Ive seen American fighters take leg kicks the same as the TKD guy did here,some people are naturally tough eh,actually there are 3 main strategies in MT one is to stop someone walking(ie hit the legs) another is to stop him breathing,and the third to stop him thinking(here is where high kicks come in) Ive found over the years that some people can take all sorts of punishment to the head for example but cant take body shots and others take body shots well but not hits to the legs hence the 3 main strategies

 

Do you think the TKD fighter seemed affected by leg kicks in that match? There was no indication. And he was a poor fighter. The kickboxer in the video discussed was like the best of the best.

 

This is just silly. You can read anything into a situation.

There is no clear limpering of any sort or hurt expressed. The one thing he does incredibly well is standing up to leg kicks. His own kicking frequencys was slow and attrocious from the start. I don't think the leg kicks impacted him conciderably, but that's my assement.

 

Having watched the fight that changed history i have a new found respect for low Thai kicks so much so im looking for Thai gym in my area to supplement my TKD. My reasoning is that Thai fighters know that to win you take the legs away. Being an ITF practitioner myself i can honestly say that against that low kick i wouldn't know how to defend against it properly.

As mich said the tkd felt it in the legs alright and we can say this because the Thai fighter is trained to take these tools away.

Baza

 

As a full contact fighter I can testify to this.

 

The TKD-stylists movements were not hindered. He sucked from beginning to end. Nevermind if he was in pain or not. It doesn't really matter so forget I wrote that.

Kickboxing- Muay Thai clip, the kickboxer impressed me more from a technical standpoint. He dominated the Thai fighter early on. I wouldn't switch to Thai boxing based on that fight. And I have great respect for Muay Thai.

 

I want to discuss one thing here. The allowance of low kicks is really to the Thai fighters advantage. People say he was handicapped more, but that's not really true if you think about it.

American kickboxers do not include low kicks - none, zero...

 

Which point do you want me to comment on? The fight that changed history or the TKD- Muay Thai one?

I had hoped that debate was settled. I have watched it more than once and I found no indications outside of possibly being tired. So no, not really. Low kicks did not determine the outcome of that match at all.

 

I am saying he handled it so well that it's hard to say differentiate how much is fatigue, compared to the actual fact of not being trained for low kicks.

This is hindered movements from low kicks and it's not even comparable:

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