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Man the excitement on Takeru's face when he gets hit is so cool. He's like Lawler but fueled by joy instead of blood-rage.
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I absolutely hate K-1 rules. Let people clinch and grab kicks. That poo poo is cool as gently caress.
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Jun 25, 2016 00:34
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Clinching is incredibly boring most of the time
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vainman posted:Clinching is incredibly boring most of the time I disagree.
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vainman posted:Clinching is incredibly boring most of the time they banned the clinch because buakaw beat masato into a giant bruise, not because it's boring. clinch fighting is awesome, and it makes grabbing and holding to defend very risky.
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Foul Fowl posted:they banned the clinch because buakaw beat masato into a giant bruise, not because it's boring. clinch fighting is awesome, and it makes grabbing and holding to defend very risky. And also because Schilt was killing people in the clinch.
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It's mostly Schilt, Masato was popular yes, but MAX was not as popular as the actual K-1 WGP and Fuji paid more money than TBS. There was also lots of boring TV politics proxy war stuff because Dynamite aired on Fuji but often wanted MAX/HERO'S guys on their channel so they could big brother TBS. But anyway, Schilt wasn't very TV friendly and was also very easy to cheer against, so they did everything to make it harder for him and stop him loving up the guys they wanted to sell, up to and including paying Semmy Schilt to pull out of a fight with Bob Sapp due to a "bowling injury". Honestly I can see both sides. When there's excessive clinching KB/MT fights can be a real slog, and TV people very definitely know what they want, which is for everybody to be Takeru. Personally I liked the poorly communicated one strike in the clinch/one handed clinch rule, it was different enough to delineate kickboxing from MT without making the clinch useless. Round 2 of this fight shows what I'm talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Sfl6q9ufY
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I also remember K-1 adjusting the clinch rules due to Overeem kneeing the ever living poo poo out of people. It was that or it was super close to around that time. Shame it didn't save Zimmerman from death by knees though.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjK3KzSgtY&t=95s
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GLORY 31 is pretty good so far. If you have Fightpass the superfight series was great and Murthel Groenhart is looking sharp again in the Welterweight tournament
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Unfunny Poster posted:I also remember K-1 adjusting the clinch rules due to Overeem kneeing the ever living poo poo out of people. It was that or it was super close to around that time. Shame it didn't save Zimmerman from death by knees though. That's Teixeira, but he certainly died yes
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Biafraid posted:That's Teixeira, but he certainly died yes That's right. My bad.
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Congrats to Sittichai. Never thought a Dutch kickboxing champion would lose a decision to a Thai in Amsterdam.
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Glory on right now, and despite underwhelming star power it's been a great card so far.
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I almost went to that card but I pushed back my trip to Norfolk to next weekend
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https://twitter.com/LiverKickdotcom/status/756912217463803904 if I placed any money on this it would be on the fight not happening via Badr incarceration edit: apparently it is not for the belt
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Rico told Glory he wasn't going to fight for them again unless he got Badr, good that they can both finally fight someone worthwhile again but I also don't care much at this point. Badr is a shell of his former self.
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It has been quite a while since we've heard about a savage waiter beating
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badr now faces the toughest fight of his life: not getting arrested or imprisoned until the end of the year
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Why is the double forearm guard/bending to cover your core so popular as a defensive tool in k1?
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Eat Bum Zen posted:Why is the double forearm guard/bending to cover your core so popular as a defensive tool in k1? It works well enough defensively and doesn't take away your kicking base and range as much as some kinds of head movement would.
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kimbo305 posted:It works well enough defensively and doesn't take away your kicking base and range as much as some kinds of head movement would. Also, you're still in position to check a leg kick when you're doing it, which isn't the case with most types of defensively responsible head movement.
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fatherdog posted:Also, you're still in position to check a leg kick when you're doing it, which isn't the case with most types of defensively responsible head movement. Oh yeah. In that sense, I guess it's a degenerate case of the Thai shield where you correctly assume your opponent will lead with hands and might throw a kick.
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Triticum Guzzler posted:Bad: Hong Man Choi has signed to fight a 155lber in China i'm unhappy that china and japan have chosen to utilise dangerous freakshow fights in order to secure a feeling of respect and understanding. i will probably watch this. Triticum Guzzler posted:Also for those who haven't seen Kyshenko since the K-1 MAX days, he looks like GSP now and has quietly made a pretty good name for himself on Chinese TV. Most of his fights are with Kunlun now and they're doing very well for themselves. he had a bit of trouble establishing his range in that clip but his adjustments and power were very good.
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everyone else remember the badr documentary like six years back where he went back to Morocco to get his poo poo together? probably time for a sequel
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spoiler alert badr didn't get his poo poo together
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Rico seems like the kind of kickboxer Badr easily handled during his prime but maybe I still have the memory of that awful Zimmerman fight in my head and its clouding my perception of him. It shouldn't matter either way though.
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Badr's definitely exactly the kind of guy that's hosed Rico's world up in the past (ie Zimmerman, 300lb man with a bowl cut JBS) but to say he's lost a step is an understatement. I've got Rico just because he's actually been fighting, but it would be no surprise whatsoever to see Rico flail his arms at incoming punches and slump to the floor. His chin can't take what Badr's got, or at least what Badr should have after 4 months of steroids and HGH
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I'm still surprised some right-wing dutch politico hasn't used Badr Hari was a warning tale against immigration.
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coconono posted:I'm still surprised some right-wing dutch politico hasn't used Badr Hari was a warning tale against immigration. Geert Wilders has already said Hari should have his Dutch nationality stripped and be deported to Morocco
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Dan Didio posted:And make himself a target of Badr Hari? Lol
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Triticum Guzzler posted:Geert Wilders has already said Hari should have his Dutch nationality stripped and be deported to Morocco ah, Geert Wilders another bad politician with lovely hair. Seems to be a theme.
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karate made it into the 2020 olympics, presumably chest punching rules. we did it.
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I think it's wkf rules which has head punches afaict the proposal included a kata event too I hope that made it in
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Yeah it's WKF, which means lots of nothing strikes to score points and "hi-yaa" ing. Disappointing.
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