I miss this type of shit from early ufc days... Like they used to just put muy Thai vs karate masters and it was interesting as hell to see. I get why it happened but now it's all mma vs mma... Not as fun imo.
Edit- I'm remembering seeing a few sumo dudes too. I'm thinking this was the 90s
Wasn't there a fight between an american boxer and a japanese sumo wrestler? and it was just the most epic fucking thing I'd ever witnessed. now it's all domestic abusers with a BJJ hobby
Yeah I remember as a teenager I rented VHS of UFC 4, 5, 6 and 7 and it was the best thing I ever watched. I was trying to find the first 3, but it was hard to do in early 90s
Pretty sure they are free on YouTube. This was a Pride event though, Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama.
I dono this might be too interesting to be a shitpost
Looks at first the boxer had the judo(ist?), but once the judo(ist?) finally got grappling he took him down! I was surprised he won!
All fights end up on the ground. Judo excels at getting them there faster and BJJ at ending it once horizontal.
Yea judoka had no striking game and boxer had no wrestling game. Under these conditions the grappler could just wait out the striker until catching a grapple, then win. This is why the Gracie family pushed UFC in the 90s, because karate-and-boxing-obsessed US audiences were constantly surprised by these matches, and it led to more people signing up for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!
Things literally turned around at the halfway mark where the boxer attempted to throw the judoka and he somehow ends up on top of him.
Motherfucker pulled a UNO reverse card lol
*Judoka.
How is this a shitpost?
Yeah any of these fighting styles without a "fighting on the floor" component just lose once the other guy brings them on the floor.
That was wacky
I don't think the Thai boxer is very good at his art. Looks like a street brawler to me.
