I'm surprised Joe has never discussed Giorgio Petrosyan. He's widely regarded as the greatest kickboxer of all time and easily one of the most impressive records of any fighter. If kickboxing was as big in the west, he'd be up there in fame with the likes of Anderson Silva and Manny Pacquiao
@@unholylemonpledge9730 Judging from your comments, your takes are awful🤣🤣 you’re coping over the fact that Muay Thai may not have good footwork but it’s still the best striking martial arts LOL. Seethe more
The other part about training Muay Thai in Thailand; they don't spar hard, or at least they never had me do so. Just light and working on technique. If you're just drilling and training a lot, with super light sparring, that inherently lets you just fight more often.
+mixalis It seems like a damn good way to do things. You get to drill so much more, and truly internalize the technique. Meanwhile, you're fresh for an actual fight that can advance your career, instead of being beat up during training.
@Idiris Shekh, Fredrika Bremergymnasiet SA19b elev, In traditional muay thai people fight 2 times a week sumtimes and have hundreds of fights in a career. When you fight this often hard sparring is not nesesscary because you get ur experience in the ring.
they're talking about MUAY THAI, not kickboxing. change the video title please. It is far different in origin, intricacy, and style compared to kickboxing which has erroneously become an umbrella term. American kicking boxing is a derivative of Karate and Western Boxing. Japanese style kickboxing being more influenced by Karate and Muay Thai. Muay Thai dates back to the mid 16th century and utilizes 8 points of striking. It's important to distinguish this imo.
Thankyou for pointing this out. People dont realise that Muay Thai and Kickboxing are different sports and arts. Kickboxing in itself is an umbrella term for various iterations of the art form. P.s. cant forget the dutch style kickboxing which is derived from western boxing and muay thai
There are so many great fighters in Muai Thai and it is a shame that it is not given a bigger platform in the US. Luckily for me I live in the UK it is more popular here, and I have seen alot of Liam's fights now. He is an absolute beast, and his kicks destroy fighters.
Would be super nice to have it in the US also! I think MMA is fantastic but also think Muai Thai or Kickboxing is awesome also. Would love to see more. Thanks for this clip!
Have a search on yokkao Shaw v superlek, Harrison v bennoui, Kris Addis v lofthouse are a good start but most fights on the show are good. Amy pirnie is worth a watch too
Muay Thai or rather how it’s practiced today is no isolated to Thailand alone. That style of fighting belongs to literally all of Southeast Asia, and Thailand certainly didn’t originate it
Joe is right boxing & kickboxing are great, but nowhere as entertaining as a solid muay thai fight. But all the traditional aspects of muay thai need to be cut out for the martial art to really take off in Europe & the US.
I don't get why muay thai doesn't catch on, most UFC fans find the ground game boring, so why don't they watch a combat sport that has everything except ground fighting?
I love muay thai, I always root for the thais when they compete against other fighters but it's not just the traditional stuff that makes it a little boring to some. When you watch an actual full rules muay thai fight the clinching can get boring too, especially if it's two thai fighters from thailand then almost the whole fight ends up being a clinch fest and a lot of people don't want to see that.
Here's the difference. Anyone can box, not anyone can kick. Boxing is more entertaining for your average individual because it's more accessible. For me personally, I prefer boxing because of how intensly different all the different styles are. Of course this is true of every martial art, but boxing allows more odd styles that haven't worked in anything else (think Philly shell or peekaboo). But of course I love kickboxing and mma as well and watch all 3 every week
Doing the wai kru dance is a part of the muay thai culture and tradition. I think all mauy thai practitioners should honour whether they love it or hate.
One of my all time favourite things to watch is Women's kickboxing. It's a small league so they all know each other..... and HATE each other, hahahahaha! So much more fun to watch when you see people really try to destroy their opponent.
I agree with Joe Rogan Baseball is boring an so is basketball an football. Combat sports are more entertaining plus the fighting skills may come in handy outside the ring. Can't say the same for football basketball an baseball.
Muay Thai is like a Mixed Martial Art in itself. Kickboxing with the clench. I am no MMA expert so am I wrong? Or does someone who is involved in MMA agree?
I can honestly say I’m not a fan of the wai kru in the western promotions. Most of us are not Buddhist’s. In Thailand I’m fine with it, it’s their country and their culture but I just prefer to get on with the fight.
Jean-Yves Thériault Best Canadian Kickboxer of all time. 1995 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion 1992 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion 1988 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion I.S.K.A. Full Contact Super Middleweight World Champion P.K.C. Super Middleweight Full Contact World Champion 1980-1995 P.K.A. Full Contact Middleweight World Champion 1978 Canadian Full Contact Middleweight Kickboxing Champion
So Jean Claude Van Damme get's no mention, like WHaaat!? Iconic movies such as Bloodsport and Kickboxer, and I'm pretty sure he was a pro/highly ranked Kickboxer in his day, I was extremely surprised they did not mention his name to compete against the best Muay Thai fighters back in the day etc.
Muay Thai is too specific. Kickboxing is already a good thing, we need more of it. Way better than UFC. They could have different styles etc... It'd be awesome You want an underestimated sport: shuai jiao
Neo Gaming Channel there's more differences from MT to K1 than that. Just saying you can expand the audience by including french styles, sanda, etc... Make it generic but brutally interesting. Like Bwanka (sp) vs yilong. Now that was a fight.
Just watch Liams latest epic vs the legend Muangthai Pk Saenchai. Gets flattened by head kick after one minute, gets back up gets flattened agin straight away, gets back up and sparks Muangthai. Absolute beast. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fgii3fL32S8.html
These Thai fighters have a different upbringing. Way harder life than anywhere in America. U also have to remember that Americans nowadays all rely on guns so they are getting physically weaker each day
Probably because of all the kicks to the body, kicks score more than punches. And they don’t spar hard, you’ll never see Thai boxers sparring in headgear, it’s light, controlled and technique focused
Let's be honest. Kickboxing would beat muay Thai any day if it weren't for ONE THING and that thing is leg kicks. But since that's not the case, muay thai is superior.
