Kickboxing in 2018

[Yodsanan]

May actually work on some “Kickboxing in 2018” HL video this year.

What are your favorite KO’s this year? Your favorite fighters, fights and storylines? Every input is appreciated.

Any additional fight / behind the scene footage recommendation in the vein of “This was Glory...” and “RIZIN Confessions” is also very welcome.

 

[Tayski]

Some memorable ones that come to mind:
Holzken KO'ing Cosmo
Michael Duut KO'ing Bouzidi
Pereira KO'ing Belgaroui
Petch KO'ing Ezbiri
Doumbé KO'ing Tongchai

 

[Julius_Caesar]

Marat KO'ing Superbon in the first round was impressive. He's showed that he's improving a lot.

Petchpanomrung has looked good this year with that impressive KO over Ezbiri and dominating RvR.

Onefc have made some impressive moves and have signed some good fighters in kb so deserve big props.

Sittichai once again has showed impressive consistency and probably has the best win in kb this year against Marat.

Petrosyan has also looked impressive since signing to Onefc. Especially in his last fight against Sorgraw.

Alex Pereira KO over Yousri Belgaroui is probably the best KO but then against Petch KO over Ezbiri was something out of a martial arts movie. The fact that Ezbiri had his guard up and Petch kicked thru the guard whilst leaping in the air was pretty amazing.

 

[Tayski]

To join on what @Julius_Caesar was saying, there has been some impressive stuff by Onefc this year by having Petrosyan, Yodsanklai, Holzken, Sam-A etc to fight in there.

 

[Yodsanan]

I think I got most of what happened in Glory / K-1 / RIZIN / ONE covered.

may need some help with the Chinese (@Shadess) and European ( especially Enfusion, @Broadcast maybe? ) scene.

 

[Tayski]

may need some help with the European ( especially Enfusion, @Broadcast maybe? ) scene.

Romania dominated. The Stoica brothers are beast.

 

[Shadess]

Moiseev-Ben Moh
Kiria-Ben Moh

Kiria in general perhaps making a bit of a comeback from "mediocrity".

Marouan Toutouh with wins over, at least: Moiseev, Ayman, Pales, Baitar and van den Ent.
If/when one from Toutouh, Superbon or Semeleer wins the Enfusion tournament they'll have a pretty good year. Toutouh really has a chance of a lifetime to make his name in the next 2 months.

Mergen Bilyalov still killing it in China.

Yang Zhuo/Jomthong/Hasan Toy/Petchtanong I think are more or less the final 4 in the Wu Lin Feng league/tournament.

China still rolling on, but not that many highlights from the year tbh. Kunlun been more focusing on their 2nd tier stuff, GoH doing whatever random things and the privatization of Wu Lin Feng went to shit spectacularly and nobody really noticed.

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Big thumbs up for ONE how they came out of the gates
...with a big asterisk in that will they still be around in let's say 3 years.