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I won all by KO. But one of them kinda flash KO'd me in the clinch with a elbow. I woke up when the next hit me. Did not go down.
Yeah.....them Burmese tuk tuk drivers.....
I won all by KO. But one of them kinda flash KO'd me in the clinch with a elbow. I woke up when the next hit me. Did not go down.
I won all by KO. But one of them kinda flash KO'd me in the clinch with a elbow. I woke up when the next hit me. Did not go down.
KO's with punches? Or other strikes?
Don't know about revived, but from the vids I saw, they are definitely allowed a lot of time to get back up. Also, apparently you either win by KO or the fight is ruled a draw no matter what. It's like the toughness of Kyokushin combined with the strikes of Muay Thai, with added headbutts.They get revived after a KO and can continue? how does that work how much time do you have after a ko? Any video on this?
They get revived after a KO and can continue? how does that work how much time do you have after a ko? Any video on this?
Don't know about revived, but from the vids I saw, they are definitely allowed a lot of time to get back up. Also, apparently you either win by KO or the fight is ruled a draw no matter what. It's like the toughness of Kyokushin combined with the strikes of Muay Thai, with added headbutts.
Crazy sport.
At the same time, it does seem like they let themselves fall a little more, because of the unlimited amount of knockdown rule.
Their corner can ask for a break any time. If their fighter gets ko'd they can call for a break and get their fighter ready to fight again. I can't remember how long the break is but I think it's something like 3 or 5 minutes. It depends on where the fight is organised, and sometimes they're allowed to call for more than 1 break in the fight which they usually use when their fighter is done and they need to sort him out so he can continue again.
Also they're not allowed to avoid the fight such as moving around the ring to escape their opponent or they automatically lose the fight. You have to keep fighting constantly.
There is no judges or decision. It's either one fighter can't continue and the other wins, or one fighter gives up which pretty much never happens, or one fighter gets disqualified after several warnings if he's avoiding the fight or resorting to clinging too much, which is also very rare... It's usually one of the fighters is finished or it's a draw.
This is so exploitable. beside scoring if the sport will at any time become bigger they need to do away with the unlimited knockdowns. i imagine what prevents obvious flops is their pride and whatever but at some point any sport becomes big enough that winning at any cost is what 99% of all fighters will do
I like watching Lethwei I like the style but I wish it would become a legit sport/style like MT or K-1 without these ridiculous rules
This is so exploitable. beside scoring if the sport will at any time become bigger they need to do away with the unlimited knockdowns. i imagine what prevents obvious flops is their pride and whatever but at some point any sport becomes big enough that winning at any cost is what 99% of all fighters will do
I like watching Lethwei I like the style but I wish it would become a legit sport/style like MT or K-1 without these ridiculous rules
They're actually trying to regulate it a bit more by introducing gloves for examples.
Also:
http://www.myanmar-diaries.com/myanmar-traditional-sport-lethwei/
Not sure gloves are the right thing though. No gloves are basically what sets it apart from MT. It should stay bareknuckle just introduce scoring and do away with breaks.