Gokhan Saki looked like he had never faced a southpaw in his life

[Rebel_LioN]

I honestly hadn’t followed him until he signed with the UFC, so based off the hype I went to look him up.

100+ fights into your professional career and you don’t know how to deal with a left handed fighter, I don’t understand it. It almost looked amateur considering he’s 20 years into the game.

 

[RickyN7]

Real stand up fighter

Lol

Kickboxer hide behind their big gloves. They have little to no footwork and shit boxing defense. Guys like Manhoef and Saki have been punished by lesser wrestle-boxers in MMA, and guys like Dillashaw clown top kickboxer like Takeru all the time, simply because they are more mobile and don't stand and bang like those bums.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, in MMA its 80% hands and in and out footwork and 20% kicks, with no place for a high shield guard.

 

[Apegod]

Saki is a bum who was exposed

 

[Kinger85]

he looked like a one dimensional MMA fighter in 2018.

 

[Magx951]

he's had over 100 fights you fucking idiot

maybe he's not in his prime anymore

 

[Dozer .]

MMA striking > K-1 striking

 

[Sir Punchalot]

"He's trying to stand up and I'm a real stand up figher."

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[podsox]

Fair or not it made kickboxing look so bad

 

[Bend NvR Break]

with no place for a high shield guard.

Yep. Get your body turned into a heavy bag or get double legged

 

[Yodsanan]

guys like Dillashaw clown top kickboxer like Takeru all the time, simply because they are more mobile and don't stand and bang like those bums.

that's why he flew in Takeru for a second time and said he's a amazing fighter.


edit: Oh wait, you're get idiot that got banned for trolling. nice new account.

 

[PIИKBLIИK]

His hands looked trash. Most KB fighters I look at have terrible hands.

 

[MikalP]

The guy has had over 100 professional kickboxing fights and is trying out a new combat sport after already being KO'd 6 times in kickboxing (and losing 12 times). He hasn't been an active kickboxer since 2012 (2 fights in 2013 if you wanna call it 2013). Ever think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, he's aged, out of his comfort zone in the octagon, not used to different sized gloves because of 100 fights with bigger ones, and green participating in a whole new sport?

All that is a great recipe for him getting caught, and he obviously had no instinct on what to do when he was rocked and on the ground - that's inexperience. That's putting a guy with 2 MMA fights on a UFC card.

To everyone acting like kickboxing isn't effective; fuck off lmao. There are a shitload of successful MMA fighters that come from kickboxing backgrounds. You don't just get to erase their background and pretend they all "trained t3h MMA!11" exclusively once they do well, just like you don't get to shit on kickboxing every time a kickboxer doesn't. If a kickboxer does well in MMA, y'all call give credit to "MMA striking." If he loses, y'all try and say K-1 sucks. It's the fight game. Shit happens.

And if you don't like K-1, fuck you.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Thank god. I was getting tired of people sucking his dick.

 

[Rea_ctor]

Fair or not it made kickboxing look so bad

How? Overeem gets beat, crocop got beat, shit happens, all MMA guys train striking daily, just because you're a kick boxing champ doesn't mean you're automatically a level above everyone else in a different sport.

 

[podsox]

How? Overeem gets beat, crocop got beat, shit happens, all MMA guys train striking daily, just because you're a kick boxing champ doesn't mean you're automatically a level above everyone else in a different sport.

Because he lost a straight standup fight to a pretty average fighter. The guys you mentioned were fighting killers in the sport.

 

[Rea_ctor]

Because he lost a straight standup fight to a pretty average fighter. The guys you mentioned were fighting killers in the sport.

Roy nelson, Brendan Schaub, Travis Browne, Big foot? Come on man. This is simply a different sport with smaller gloves therefor a smaller margin for error.

Oh and JDS was a relative nobody when he beat cro cop too, that was supposed to be mirkos big entrance.

 

[Danis_champ]

He looked very soft in there. I wonder if he did cut any weight at all. He is the size of a MW.

 

[Dingus Papi]

Dude got exposed, bad. Kickboxers should stick to kick boxing.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

I honestly hadn’t followed him until he signed with the UFC, so based off the hype I went to look him up.

100+ fights into your professional career and you don’t know how to deal with a left handed fighter, I don’t understand it. It almost looked amateur considering he’s 20 years into the game.

I feel like the fight wasn't long enough to make those claims. Roundtree was moving well. Saki switched stances a few times, seemed like he was thrown off by the movement and trying to settle in. Then Roundtree blasted him.

Anyone can get caught cold. If it had been a 3 round domination you might have more of a case.

 

[JayE]

It's not as shocking seeing Saki get KO'd as a lot of people are making it out to be. He's a guy who is well passed it physically, and he heavily relied on his hand speed and reflexes throughout his kickboxing career. Furthermore, the whole take turns flurrying mentality that seems to exist among Dutch-style kickboxers isn't well suited to MMA. He's a guy who has often relied on his hands in kickboxing with some pretty wild flurries which open him up to be countered, and that's exactly what happened in this fight. Having said that, a different approach and more time to adjust his skillset would still probably see him being an extremely dangerous striker in MMA even if he is physically shot, as he still has relatively fast hands and genuine power.