Muay Thai Champion Challenges Karate Black Belt, You Won't Believe What Happens Next 

Keep in mind that we are not only witnessing different styles but the relative ability and mindset of two individuals. And luck always plays a part in every fight.

Karate has many styles. Not all Karate is the same. Example Kyokushin is very different from Shotokan.

Full Thai rules in my opinion is more dominant when Muay Thai is fought with clinch, knees,.elbows and standard strikes and kicks. I trained many years in TKD and then spent 15 years training in Muay Thai. Elbows and knees do so much damage with other Muay Thai combos. Granted, Karate guys like Thompson and TKD Uriah are great UFC fighters, but if you're gonna add a stand up martial art to your MMA arsenal, Muay Thai is first go to.

It's not about the style it's about the fighter

A Muay Thai fighter will kick your legs until you can't stand up.

A kyokushin karate master without gloves, is extremely dangerous.

In my personal opinion Karate shines more in an mma style ruleset for the following reasons. 1. A low guard which many karate fighters use makes countering takedowns easier. Bigger gloves also make a high guard more effective. You see more combos in kickboxing because I might have to tee off on your gloves to open up a body shot. In MMA the gloves are smaller making it harder to hide behind them. You see less shelling, less combos, and more 1-2 knockouts. I personally feel the Karate philosophy works better here. 2. The Karate stance is often a wide bladed stance, or a wide front stance. This works really well to quickly move in and out, as well as making it easier to defend takedowns. The downside is it leaves you open for leg kicks. There are other ways to defend leg kicks, but overall it's more of a danger in thai style competition. If use a karate stance I have to be well aware of the leg kicks. 3. Power and conservation of energy. You can generate a lot more power with a low guard. By throwing a cross from your hips you can generate torque and fire from strange angles giving you devastating knock out blows. Look at where Conor McGregor fires from. His hips. But often in boxing with bigger gloves the defense of having your hands up can outweigh the offensive benefits of having your hands down. Keeping your hands down also requires less tension and less energy. That little bit adds up over multiple rounds.

Never ever click on a video with text like "you won't believe what happen next". They are all uninteresting clickbait

Karate is not designed for competition, it's designed for self defense. It encompasses a wide array of strikes such as finger jabs to eyes and throat, palm heel strikes, throws, takedowns, & attacking the vital organs of the body. Wrapping your hands and stepping in the ring against a kickboxer is not a wise move by a Karate fighter.

It's not about style,it's the effectiveness of the individual to use their style

I see Andy Hug there a kyokushin guy, you dont mess with him, he was a thrue fighter!

Many here has excused person's lack of expertise on losing Karate fighters in this video. Let's be honest, I don't see any of them who look inexperienced. They all seem mastered their arts. All are renown champions if not ones of the respected masters.

Credit to all the fighters but many of the Karate guys who won seemed to use very little karate techniques

The most aggressive is the voice of the speaker. It is overflowing with testosteron. The actual fighting is - compared to this - childs play. The voice can even make a monk becoming aggressive.

Karate vs muay Thai comes with restriction that inhibit the Thai fighter from using knees , elbows, throws and attacks to the head, his main weapons, not a true or fare competition.

Karate in the Ryukyu Islands originated from China. As Karate developed in the Ryukyu Islands, it was influenced by Chinese martial arts, particularly forms such as the Hokkien Shaolin Boxing and White Crane Boxing from Fujian Province. The martial arts traditions of the Ryukyu Islands are closely related to the development of Chinese martial arts. Later, these techniques were integrated into the local culture and traditions of the Ryukyu Islands, forming the basis of modern karate

To explain the differences here, allow me to use an analogy: Imagine a comparison between fast food and French cuisine. Fast food quickly satisfies hunger but is insignificant as a culinary experience, while French cuisine provides an unparalleled experience but doesn’t necessarily fill you up. The same applies to fighting styles. Each style has different goals, and not all are suitable for competition. Anyone who understands martial arts knows what I’m talking about. And as someone already mentioned above, it's the fighter, not the style, that matters.

All martial arts are equal, it all depends on how much that person train and prepare for the competition

the first fight was supposed to be as per kyokushin karate rules (no punches, elbos or any hand strikes to the head allowed). the mua tai guy clearly violated that rule with his left hook to the head. It wasn't the left high kick that has been blocked by the karate fighter. just look at the video.

Do you understand that getting a black belt in a real style of Okinawan Karate takes 6 to 10 years even if you are your Sensei's best student? In Isshinryu karate, it's 3 months per belt for the first 4 promotions, then 4 months per belt for the next 2 promotions, then 1 year per belt for the next 4 promotions. Add that up is 5 years 8 months at a bare minimum if you are training 3 hours per day 5 days per week in the dojo. These "black belts" are not even old enough to have earned a real Okinawan karate black belt if their senseis were following the minimum teaching standards requirements.

Muai Thai fighters are insanely durable. They'll break you in half if you try to match their toughness.

It's obvious, that the Muay Thai fighters were not allowed to use elbows and knee strikes. In this case it would be over very fast.

Faiuls to mention that Muatai places great emphasis on adaptation and anticipation. Karate is more rigid and tends to repetition.

Sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about at 3:14, the kick was blocked but the Muay Thai fighter followed it up with a punch to the face that was against the rules of the match.

This reminds me of the real matches of USA boxing vs. martial arts. The boxer almost always annailated the martial arts dude.

Amazing how so many "Karate Masters" fight just like boxers.

Yeah, Hug was easily +20kg, checking their weight. At high level, we know that even 2kg make a difference.

The thing with karaté is, the skills you learn work only in movies.

Cherry picked fights by a Muay Thay fanatic.

Japanese kickboxers and Dutch kickboxers are knocking out Thai men since the 60's by Face Punching and using Kyokushin low kick.

muy thai is more practical style if any thing it is missing good throws and ground fighting.

It is not a full-contact tournament. Elbow and knees were not allowed for this type of tournament. To know the true value of fighting styles against each other, all the deadly strikes should be allowed.

The best MMA's karate ever was Lyoto Machida.

You're comparing fighters that do this professionally (Muah Thai) vs typical 9-to-5 karate master who never stepped in a ring before.

The worst thing you can do as a karate practitioner is restrict your hands with padding, but this is sport, so I suppose there's no avoiding it.

Most of the time, Muay Thai wins without doubt. Even a normal Muay Thai fighter can beat the Karate Master.

Muay Thai is bad ass. I practiced Kung Fu and Ok Kenpo. A lot of the arts have ridiculous katas, not sure if Muay Thai does katas. Proficiency is the individual not the style. I would say for survival Judo would be the best art.

Le montage vidéo est super lourding !

I want to see one of these kings go against Steven Seagal 💀

Andy Hug has almost 20kg more than the Thai boxer. This is not fair. Matches should be in same weight class to compare. For me Thai boxing is superior. Thai boxer rarely exposes his back to the oponent.

Only bare hands can determined the true best fighter! With gloves, there will be misses and sometimes powerless!

In the first the karate Black belt goes down not because of the kick, but because he g’ets punched in his face, witch is not allowed in kyokushin karate.

At this level the results clearly depend on the fighter and his trainer, not on the style of any kind of martial arts! For example, Semmy Schilt learnt originally Ashihara karate and ruled K1 for years.

I'm ex military. I was never taught to compete. I was taught to kill and destroy. I have no interest in competitive fighting. If I must fight, I'm going in for the kill. Anyway possible. No rules. Anything goes. It's over when the target is down and likely dead. Yes, sounds tough and macho. I have no use for tough or macho.

Muay Thai fighters spend a ton of time conditioning their bodies to take blows. It makes all the difference not fearing being hurt to tactically put your self in a better postion.

ช้างเผือกและบัวขาวเหมือนกันคือ พวกเค้าได้รับชื่อเสียงนอกประเทศ ไม่ใช่ในประเทศไทยพวกเขาไม่โดดเด่น โด่งดัง

Shotokan will have the advantage in punches and hand attacks, muay thai has in knee strikes and kicks.

Tenshin’s staff coaches are Muay Thai

The silly edge blur filter ruined this video

Muay thai has it all... defense etc etc

Once they put the boxing gloves on guys that probably never wore them then become a disadvantage to those that never wore them and relied on their empty hand style….

This channel and the rest of you people on this comment section knows nothing. Let a Muay Thai fighter challenge a Kyokushinkai Karate fighter and you'll see what will be the outcome.

of course style is important, try aikido in the ring vs these fighters.

Take out the legs , you’ve won.

People want to fight Muay Thai Fighter (Nak Muay) but not in Muay Thai rules. Half of these video are not even fight in the rule of Muay Thai or even equal.

Karate dojo in Thailand probably have a lot of these challenges and their experience w muay Thai?

After olimpiad when knocked out person became the winner karate is done, finita

Also, you use the term "karate master" too loosely, because you are not permitted to be called a "Master" in most styles until 7th Degree Black Belt. Most of these guys are JUNIOR black belts and are not even middle tier black belts.

Stop using the term "master". A karateka only gets beyond beginner when they achieve Sandan (3rd Dan). This should take about 8-10 years (or more) from starting Karate as an adult. Proper associations make junior black belts (under 16 years old) re-grade when they reach 16, often with them being demoted to 3rd or 2nd Kyu, or 1st Kyu if lucky.

I don t believe in those martial arts any more cuz they have beaten in ufc all the time theirs techniques have no efficiency front of ordinary street fighters in the cadge , so boxing and judu or jujitsu techniques are more likely to be efficient in competitions 🙏🏿

Karate with no comparison That's depends on who going to fight with the time of favour Anyway all martial arts very good in the life style

we havent seen her do interviews.... what policies?

One more Muay Thai funboy.

kind off fun that the satrt off video shows Shotokan, not a real contact sport anymore!

Why so many repeats?

Andy Hug ! Legend 👍🫡

No bowing before creation

That is not Bruce Lee Karate. Those are the real guys. It isn't as effective as Muay Thai. Muay Thai and BJJ has been the two necessary martial arts for MMA. It is good to start with Karate and move to Wrestling and BJJ. You should train Muay Thai Kickboxing. It is the most effective martial art.

But it depends on the rules, and most times, it's only the karate, kickboxing rules that put the thai boxer at a disadvantage. Trained and taught in both so I know this to be true.

Depends on karate style not all long especially okinawan

Ur angle is for the kickboxer. From the start. So

And how about Kiokushin !

@ 3:15 It wasn't a kick to the head, it was a punch to the face. Against the rules they set.

None of this makes sense. A true Karate master ends a fight in less than 30 seconds. This is slap fighting and without technique. Not a fan.

They are so powerful

I am not a fighter and am only using logic and what I have seen in many fights which is when it comes to martial arts or any fighting style it mostly about the body type and then the proper training for things like Muay thai a smaller person benefits more then say someone thats 6" tall, shorter legs mean getting in close multiple kicks in a short time when a taller person when ther are as are longer the close in range is tricky against a mauy thai because they can kick low and those are hard to block if blocked or checked at all. that all said it dosent mean that one martial art of fighting sytle is better than another its about where fighting and the rules if any of fighting a martial artist going into a boxing ring using boxing rules ifs probably going to get beat pretty fast it doesnt mean the martial art is bad its the rules same goes for a boxer entering a mma even they may hold for a while but will probably get beat pretty quick because of the rules .

True Muay Thai, which is not a sport, can kill . But when it is a sport, the killing moves are cut out. In the past, during wartime, Muay Thai would be used to kill people when the sword or knife slipped out of the hand and had to fight more than one enemy.

Ok it is Andy hug a thrue warrior so best man win, R.i.P Andy!

If you take away everything that makes Isshinryu karate better than Muay Thai fighting, you're left with...Muay Thai fighting. Why people think Thai fighters are more skilled than Okinawan Karate fighters is probably because they keep matching thai fighters against poorly trained, paper black belts who are used to points sparring instead of full contact sparring.

The karate guy was poked in the eye just after the kick.. get your facts right please

No one karate & Kung Fu stand in front of Muay Thai... Not even theakwandow ... There is only one style Wich is kyokushion..maso yama..but Japan don't own kyokushion karate 🥋.. because it's founder is from Korean..

Are all these professional Karate fighters? If not, there isn't fair matches. I know the Muay Thai ones are!

good

How much did Andy outweigh him 40lbs

Right!✌🏼

Think that muay thai fighters are simply better trained. You can see their muscles, and they can take a punch. Muay thai is designed for fighting in the ring. Karate, kung fu or whatelse is not.

Kyokushin is the way

karate guy be like "wait! you're wrong! you're supposed to punch me like *this* and then wait motionless with your arm still extended while i do my karate move on you"

I do kyokushin and muay thai. 🙂 OSU

Original muay thai do Not know boxing, That's why Rick Roufus broke the Jaw of Changpuek and knocked out Changpuek 2 times by Punching Changpuek in the Face.

3:17 you can clearly see the kyokushin fighter block the kick then take a left hook to the face. This is often over looked in this video.

I think the most devastating style by far is Sum Dum Fuk

I do not know man.. Thailand might fake it. I mean the Chuck Norris TKD and Karate clan of Jean Claude did show up and challenge king Thai body guards- all are master of Muay Thai and they said, I have not seen personally, suffered beat down? Ask chuckle the Coke karate master guy?😅

Original Kyokushin has face punching, that's why Original kyokushin are knocking out Thai men since the 60's by Face Punching and using Kyokushin low kick.

The problem with this UN-pro fight taht you dont have weigt, skills etc, like in boxing!

what rubbish...no way karate is more brutal than muay thai they are in a ring with rules...muay thai is precise....

The martial art is only as good as the guy doing it!

Only Bruce Lee Kung Fu jet Kun do can beat them all

Thai kickboxing win all the way, every day! I am not a thai boxer or Asian, by the way, but a Dane, who has trained boxing a bit. What especially impress me, that several of the best Muay Thai fighters literally has competed for three or four decades and fought hundreds of fights, some of them fighting every weekend for long succession too. Try to find any martial art, where the fighters can match that! Muay Thai is the perfect balance, it seems, of effectiveness in battle and longevity for the fighters, which equals, that it is not too hard on the body in the same time. Meanwhile boxers, for instance, when they have won a belt, can hang on to it literally for years, without even admitting to a fight, and still many boxers retire early with debilitating physical damages. Even Muhammad Ali, arguably the most successful boxer of all times, suffered permanent brain damage and speech impairment. I value my physical abilities over money anyway, so this is, why the crown has to go to Muay Thai.

Chankpuek Was not allowed to use full thai boxing, the fight Was by karete rules which is a handicap for muay thai pfff 😂😂😂