Okay, it's a pity because he was a very very talented kickboxer and moved up his weight for K1 right when K1 went bankrupt. I saw him on the TUF show as a coach but haven't heard from him since... at his old weight (around 80-85 kg) and with a good TDD he could be a threath to anyone...S
Spong is 2-0 with 1 dec and 1 ko, fought for WSOF in 12/13 and never fought since
Also, Changpuek Kiatsongrit at 155 or 170. A lightweight/welterweight who holds 3 wins over Rob Kaman and has the balls to fight Ernesto Hoost, Andy Hug and Branko Cikatic.
Whaoooooo way to show me your knowledge...And Shilt fucked him up...something that happened in kickboxing often,but Shilt wins most of the time,in my opinion,and most people's.
Except there really wasn't any "no holds barred" events,besides pre 90's,there was always no eye gouging,no fish hoooking etc.Just labelled "no holds barred" cause it sells.Plus iirc seeing the fighters meeting in backstage footage discussing the "rules" etc.The guy just fought like a scumbag,don't try to juice his karma numbers
Indeed, Souwer likes to box from a close distance which is not smart in MMA. Aldo actually used to come over to the Netherlands to train with Souwer!I still like watching Souwer but his style isn't best suited for mma. Still a fun style, good technique.
Prime Ignashov is one of the GOATS kick box.
Props on the extensive K1 knowledge. 90s K1 is some of the most entertaining combat in the history of Sports.
The wars, the storylines, the personalities, the production value and the stadiums filled with 60k plus fans.
Legendary stuff and its nice to see posters with knowledge on it.
Hespect.
Honestly I think Semmy is someone who we never really got to see the best of in MMA due to match making. His background and body type ment he was never going to have great takedown defence but he was actually pretty good on the ground by the time the 00's rolled around. The problem was he ended up against a lot of really dangerous sub grapplers(Fedor, Nog, Barnett, Sergei) who were also not easy to finish standing, you match him up with strikers or indeed grapplers with less sub game or more hittable opponents standing generally and I think he could have picked up some good wins.
This. The best tactical mind in combat sports ever. Andy beat Branco before he'd ever propperly transitioned to pure kickboxing from Seidokaikan, but was able to read a monster like Branko on the spot, and to outpoint him.Andy Hug
Why so many people in this thread talk about Semmy like he actually hadn't more than forty MMA fights? It's super weird.Semmy Schilt with proper take down defense training. Nobody in the world can stand with the guy.
With an iron axe kick*Andy Hug.
prime Hoost vs Anderson would have been sickErnesto Hoost, aka Mister Perfect for me .
An axe kick finish in mma would be so epicAndy Hug.