Real Life Joe Higashi. This era was out of an Anime/Movie/ Video Game. Badr Hari, Masato, Buakaw, Souwer, Bonjasky and so much more! K-1 was truly a masterpiece.
I agree ! I always felt they need to recreate a K1 video game or some type of animation or documentary, highlighting this golden era of K1. These guys were literally the scariest strikers on the planet and they created history with their epic bouts.
Absolutely. When I first saw Masatos walkouts I thought to myself Man, that guy has such an ego. I then realised he can back it up. If he says 1st round KO at press conference he means it.
Petrosyan was great but he came in at the right time when the golden Era K1 max fighters weren no longer in their prime. Masato would have been beaten petrosyan
@@solitarium01728 What is this? You cannot be legend you say? and this is your proof? What about floyd who lost to many and maidana, but the judges gave him the win. Still everyone accepts he is the king
3:28 Right here, when his hairstyle was like this I remember he came to train at the same Thai boxing gym as me that’s in Bangkok right off of Khaosan Road. I met him and knew who he was but I didn’t want to seem like a fanboy so I just asked him a dumb question. “Training Muay Thai?” Lol. I could speak Japanese at the time too because I was living in Japan but trained in Thailand. The gym has had many famous K-1 fighters who trained there too. I was surprised to see how short he was IRL. I’m tall though but this guy was always my favorite to watch.
I saw his matches against Mike Zambidis, and he lost both. Blatant robberies in both matches which were clear wins for Mike Zambidis. Anyone with any real fighting knowledge and who can count knows this. Makes you wonder how many more battles were rigged in Masato's favor ?!?!? For context.. Masoto got a knockout score for hitting his gloves, and since mike moved back he went on his backend. That is not a real knockout. LOL..... count all hits in all rounds and it is so obvious!
