Masato vs Mike Zambidis | Breakdown and Scoring

Masato is definitely one of my favourite fighters but I remember this fight being very close. Join me as I rewatched the fight and score it round by round.
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[jgarcia]

Watched at .25x speed. After the knee, Zambidis stepped back and looked at his right foot. He blocked the knee as Masato jumped in and as he spun out of the corner Masato pushed him down. It shouldn't have been ruled a knockdown.

I would like to see a "5 Things That Make Zambidis So Good" video!

[josemucarselsacoto]

I don't think they were fair, zambo got robbed big time. Great review champ, keep up the good work!

[gyorgysimon]

Thank you for your analysis. It was great to hear your thoughts about the fight.
The result was split decision: 29-28 Masato, 28-29 Zambidis, 29-28 Masato.

[godsofwar]

We do enjoy a breakdown of Old Fights. Thank you.

[matthew-jyjp]

We are going make your channel blow up champ. 😊👊

[MarkPernaMusic]

I thought Zambidis won. The “knockdown” looked more like a push to me and he clearly won the last two rounds. That said, judging is so bad in all of the promotions that I can’t say it was favoritism. I’ve seen worse decisions in UFC many many times.

[hll]

Thank you for introducing me mike zambini on your previous video. Awesome fighter! Can you do a break down how zambini does his Superman punch?

[victorhigaki]

for the judges scoring from the original video:
29 - 28 Masato
28 - 29 Zambidis
29 - 28 Masato

29 - NiJuu Kyu
28 - NiJuu Hachi

I think Zambidis win even with that acting in round 1

[bahakaleli]

bro this was a great analyse, subbed to your channel

[nathanhastelow]

Awesome breakdown really enjoying your channel you have an incredible fight iq 👏

[leoc.]

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[acelover]

I'd score this one a draw too. Unfortunately K1 used to play favourites with japanese fighters on many occasions, like Musashi for example. At some point I even started to dislike japanese fighters, because those unfair decisions kept piling up, which was unfair to them because they weren't the ones who made those calls.

Great channel Gabriel btw, I'm newly subbed. And those old K1 fights bring back memories... :)

[LuCa_]

Love the old K1 Fight reviews, I love masato being one of the beet K1 fighters of his day but I think he lost this one. Keep up the good work:

[loser]

Wow, so useful to watch like this! Thank you.

[xvouts]

Greetings from Greece, Zampidis's homeland.

[GabrielVargaOfficial]

What's your scorecard for this fight? Do you agree with the judges or me?

[ted]

What do you think about zambidis generaly gabriel?

[epr]

That knee definitely looked like it hit the liver and had an effect. It's so weird that Mike shook out his leg in the corner, but if you go down like that, you can't really complain about getting an 8-count. The second round is a toss-up. I would score this one a draw, based on Mike's good punching, but the second round is super close.

What I'm asking myself is why Masato abandoned the low kicks in the last round. They worked so well in the second and Mike's leg was showing obvious damage. I noticed a few checks where Masato ran into shin-on-shin contact, but he didn't seem to be fazed by it. Still, no low kicks of any note in the last round. Weird.

[micahasher]

Gabe, pls review iron Mike and buakaw! Not so much a robbery but an incredible display of defense by mike, and distance, pressure, and trips/sweeps by buakaw

[peteypablo]

Didn’t watch the video to see Gabriel’s opinion yet but I remember being in high school or college thinking that Zambidis got robbed like crazy haha. Maybe I would think differently now that I have more experience. Haven’t watched in awhile