Muay Thai vs Kickboxing - The Fight That Revolutionized MMA

Rick Roufus, renowned for his powerful striking and proficient use of his hands, went up against the Thai legendary fighter Changpuek Kietsongrit, known for his incredible flexibility and devastating low kicks...

[TheWorldofBoxing]

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[jukijunk]

How can you claim one art is better than another, when you are fighting with rules that limit your opponent from using their art?

[anibaldk]

- So, you took care of it?
- Yes sir. Prohibit elbows, knees, clinching and throwing!
- And low kicks?
- Fuck!!

[usbankusa]

Thanks for sharing. As a Thai, I am glad that Muay Thai is accepted around the world as the art of boxing.

[BIGMGDELTA]

1. Thai fighters generally give the first round to their opponent in respect; warm up round.
2. If there were knees, elbows, and clinch it would've been over sooner
3. If there were no low kicks in this rule set Rufus would've won.
4. Both fighters were polished in their craft, conditioned, and experienced.
5. Hats off to both fighters utilizing modified rules and even more for Rufus to train in Thailand and becoming by a top coach!

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[s.z.]

And this was without the elbows and knees. I'd like to see what would have happened under Muay Thai rules.

[ramlangoddos]

I found it hilarious that Roufus' brother dismissed the Muay Thai boxer by saying it doesn't require much skills to kick the legs. Well, his brother Roufus had all the opportunities to unleash his skills at the Muay Thai boxer, while the latter was denied the use of knee kicks and elbow strikes. If the Muay Thai kickboxer was allowed to use ALL his arsenals, Roufus could very well be in a much worse situation. For the first time, the Americans realized the strengths of Muay Thai exponents. It is never too downgrading to learn from others before announcing to the world that your kickboxing is the very best in the world. In one word: humility.

[Mr-J...]

This fight changed my life. I was doing kickboxing at the time and the sheer fact that Changpuek was only using a fraction of the art made me realise just how superior Muay Thai was.
I sought out a club and travelled 60 miles each week to attend. Still kept up Kickboxing in my home town, but ended up doing an extra 30 mins training at the end of each session on MT techniques. Limited with the same kickboxing restrictions in fights as in the video but so absorbed by it that I still (try to) practice to this day.

[shortrandoms]

Rufus before match: "what is muay thai?"
After match: "MY THIGH MY THIGH"

[robboscouse]

They should have scheduled two fights. One with American kickboxing rules and one with muay Thai rules.

[CarrinaCarrillo]

Low kicks to the legs are absolutely devastating. If you have little defense against them and cannot throw them as well as your opponent, there is a good chance you lost the fight before it began.
Had this Muay Thai fighter been allowed to use his entire arsenal, this fight would have been ended a lot sooner. Southeast Asia has many martial arts and fighting styles other than Muay Thai.

[scorpius]

The announcers went from ...this should be a cake walk for Roufus ...to is only an exhibition fight, they should stop this before Roufus gets really hurt!
I used lived in Thailand .... I saw how the Thai fighters train ...it's brutal! If CK was allowed his full arsenal the damage to Roufus would have been far worse!

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[bliaxiong]

Rufus got hurt so bad from Mauy Thai kicks that he had to learn everything about them... Lol

[loudenvier]

Changpuek Kiatsongrit suffered a broken jaw in the first round and still managed to outclass Roufus. Despite his brother downplaying this loss, afterwards they both seek training with Muay-thai masters. Humbling experiences like this makes you stronger.

[drjuancruz]

Low kicks are not fancy, flashy...but they do requiere skill: precision, speed and power.

[Vaejovis]

After denying the Muay Thai fighter several of his key techniques, the brother of the defeated ex-champion stated that the winner didn’t demonstrate much skill.

[MuaythaiKickboxingMMA]

This fight as revolutionized MMA and UFC forever. Muay thai is the king, Thai men are the warriors! <3

[timouellette]

For Rick’s brother Dick to not acknowledge the phenomenal talent level of the great Thai fighter is beyond absurd. Each time a low kick lands it’s like getting hit with a bat. And if you sit between rounds hematoma’s begin forming in your legs making you not only less mobile but under intense pain.👏 👏 to both fighters & this fight played a big role moving forward from this point as fighting evolved

[neerajgaur]

After watching it multiple times, i can whats underrated is the fact that thai was knocked down early in the fight twice. It would take out the spirit of most fighters but this guys was mentally very tough. And his body is built like iron

[adamgrofik]

Is no talking about how the music makes this compilation gangster? Mobb Deep and then Bizkit is wild