Thanks for sharing. Rob Kaman was a a beast and massively influential not just on Kickboxing & Muy Thai but Combat Sports in general. The way he would methodically chop an opponent down with low kicks before delivering a powerful flurry to finish was beautiful. His fight strategy covered virtually every contingency. Looking forward to watching this.
I'm of the opinion that getting someone to quit because you delivered a liver kick that rattled their soul is often even more impressive than a brutal KO. As someone that has been kicked in the liver before it hurts like a mother fucker, but a professional fighter has trained to get used to that feeling, especially in Kickboxing. The fact that he did this to several different fighters in his career is very telling: you have literally taken away their will to fight. Of course he also delivered more than his fair share of brutal KOs too.
Fuck yeah bro! I was a huge Crocop fan back in the day, I will never forget his massive head kick KO on Igor Vovchanchyn in the glory days of Pride FC (also miss when the word pride only made me think of a based as fuck Japanese NHB fighting promotion instead of degenerates and buggery). Igor was something like 52-7 when they fought and still very much in his prime. He KOed Wanderlei Silva with a very similar head kick in their second fight (after fighting the Axe Murderer to a draw in their first fight when Silva was top of the Pride FC food chain).
Andy Hug was awesome too. We lost him way too soon.
I really miss the way the fight game was from the 80s to the mid 00s. I still train (originally Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling, and some Muy Thai back in the early aughts, since then incorporated some BJJ & Judo) but my enthusiasm for following the different promotions and styles has significantly diminished. Like many things the glory days are pretty far in the rear view now.
I'm of the opinion that getting someone to quit because you delivered a liver kick that rattled their soul is often even more impressive than a brutal KO. As someone that has been kicked in the liver before it hurts like a mother fucker, but a professional fighter has trained to get used to that feeling, especially in Kickboxing. The fact that he did this to several different fighters in his career is very telling: you have literally taken away their will to fight. Of course he also delivered more than his fair share of brutal KOs too.
RIP to a Legend and a symbol of White excellence.
Andy Hug was awesome too. We lost him way too soon.
I really miss the way the fight game was from the 80s to the mid 00s. I still train (originally Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling, and some Muy Thai back in the early aughts, since then incorporated some BJJ & Judo) but my enthusiasm for following the different promotions and styles has significantly diminished. Like many things the glory days are pretty far in the rear view now.
https://youtu.be/x6rsMPJLGrc?si=QgRirhedD-YZQAQc