Yoshihiro Sato?

[wat]

Nooooo =(

[ichibang]

I want the Sato who knocked out Buakaw back T_T

[shinyAoki]

he's fighting Henri van Opstal in Shootboxing next.

[Snubnoze707]

Originally Posted by shinyAoki

he's fighting Henri van Opstal in Shootboxing next.

Good luck...

My bets on Van Opstal...

[whitesport]

I think he lost it after his fight against Armen.

[zapataxiv]

Originally Posted by baconCrunch

i would say his prime was 2 years before he joined k-1
when he was ranked #4 at lumpinee stadium
his style was much better suited as a muay thai fighter
i always found it hard for him to 'make an impression' with kicks
as k-1 scoring is mostly judged on punching

yea he is alot like kohi and naokick alot better fighter than his k-1 career portrayed him to be
not that his k-1 career was bad

[wat]

Originally Posted by shinyAoki

he's fighting Henri van Opstal in Shootboxing next.

when is this?

[Ben Zona]

Originally Posted by baconCrunch

thats a poor assessment of sato
he's hardly known for power
he had a reach advantage over most of his opponents, but he never had speed
or explosiveness
but made up for that with some of the best offensive timing and technique
his style is nothing like shilt
and was aggressively attacking all the time

i would say his prime was 2 years before he joined k-1
when he was ranked #4 at lumpinee stadium
his style was much better suited as a muay thai fighter
i always found it hard for him to 'make an impression' with kicks
as k-1 scoring is mostly judged on punching

I really was pissed when he stopped his Lumpinee title campaign for participating in K-1 MAX.

[wormed]

Masato flash knockdown'd Buakaw. Let's alllll get it right. Masato did beat Buakaw decisively due to this. However, and I've argued it before, I still give Buakaw both round 1 (if the KD wasn't counted, that is ;) ) and 2. Damn that flash KD. Ah well, Masato's legs paid for it and essentially made him lose that year.

[animalfan10]

Dahlbeck to his credit also has a nice win over Stevelmans and seems to be up and coming with a chance at being top level....But Sato does have some pretty odd/bad losses...