“The Fight That Changed The World Of MMA” #joerogan #shortsfeed #mma

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[Viktor-giup]

"Thai Guy" is literally one of the men who made famous Muay Thai, Changpuek Kiatsongrit.

[xx_yolomcswagmuffins_xx]

If you go back and compare mma to before and after this fight it really shows too

[paulypaul]

And people forget what Benny the Jet brought to the martial arts world.

[henrysheasby]

This was the fight that introduced leg kicks

[sandorpalcso]

Also Rick Roufus knocked Kiatsongrit's tooth out and broke his jaw in 3 places in the first round. Let's not forget about that.

[Enforcer]

Fun fact, Sagat sas actually based on a real thai fighter and his name is Sagat.

[diegodiaz]

Check out Benny the Jet though, he also had a fight where he didnt know legkicks and he instinctively figured out how to check correctly mid fight.

[Mashamillions]

Thai boxers are different breed of fighter! They are dangerous!!!

[Gen_Kael]

Rick was a bad mofo and learned a lot from this fight and went on to become one of the greats.

[sadieedgerly]

Rick is a great guy sparred a lot of rounds with him in AZ

[matthewmaxcy]

And after he healed Rick went and trained in tai kickboxing.

[jacos.]

I think Rick broke the dudes jaw early in that fight too.

[ThunderLips]

Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman, to me, was the most important fight in MMA history.

[dutchdude]

Roufus broke his jaw in 3 places and Kiatsongrit messed up both his legs for quite some time. Amazing fight for sure huge heart on both athletes to keep on fighting.

[hypnoticskull]

And after this, Rick learned and understood the value of leg kicks

[jtaco]

Kickboxer w/ JCVD was a takeoff on this story

[guitarlover]

Rob Kaman saw this and was like, "One ticket to Thailand please"

[paulmaksimovic]

But the Thai's also had to re- evaluate what worked when the dutch fighters taught them the value of punches. Prior to this a punch was considered unskilled. K1 max grand prix taught them to adjust their style as they weren't allowed to clinch.

[slthjawagggghhjjjjjkkkk]

The kickboxer's corner was They said something like, i don't know how you call that fighting, kicking a guys legs like that. They were

[gianmartial]

And then he became one of the best American muay thay fighters