Vicious Muay Thai Transitioning to MMA 

Samuel Bark, dubbed by the Thai media to be "Sammon Dekkers" due to his ferocious style like Ramon Dekkers, is transitioning into MMA. After being trained by the legendary Sangtiennoi, he is one of the few foreigners to make a solid run against the top of Thailand. At only 26 years old, he is now coached by Ensoe Inoue in Japan for MMA. Don't blink when you watch his fights, and make sure yo follow his journey @SamuelBark on IG. Music: Enzo Persson "Credo Beats" Highlight / Producer: Tom Gathercole - "The Sentimental Bear" If you are interested in legendary striking and interested in supporting my work, consider checking out my upcoming book (60 pages free): www.legendarystriking.com

What an honor to be nick-named "Sammon Dekkers".

i actually thought he was ramon dekkers son,hahaha.

Oh, you gotta be a beast if they are making Dekkers comparisons

Shout out to the referee in the last fight. Safety of the fighter was his main priority. Great to see👊🏻

Deceptively rangy and powerful left hook. Don't want to be caught on the end of that one. Might have to get your jaw mailed back via the postal service.

I trained with him when he was training at Supafight Gym under Don Millar in Melbourne, Australia. Trained HARD. He is a Beast with a capital "B". He fought the best in Australia and won vast majority of his fights. Awesome guy outside of the ring too. Sam! Luv ya bro! Max the Russian :)

His real name is Samuel Bark and I used to watch his amateur fight when he started in Sweden. This guy sets the fucking standard for Swedish muay thai and, along with the Teymur brothers, should be considered the standard for muay thai in sweden. Hope he transfers successfully into mma

Thai refs clownin. Literally could die in the ring and theyll still give you a count

I trained at Halmstad Muai Thai for a while, in Southern Sweden, where Samuel got his start. Very good school, hard training and friendly people.

Great video as always Lawrence! You do some phenomenal work. Bark's stance is always very grounded I noticed. Must help him load up on some of those power shots.

Looks very promising. I hope he hooks up with a better more modern camp than Enson.

Glad you highlighted Sam Bark, followed a lot of his MT career and watching him wrestle on Instagram for MMA he’ll be a problem no doubt. Good work as always bro

The artistry in the savagery is beautiful...

Thanks for the pointer, I'll keep an eye on the guy.

His hand skills are not that clean but his power erase the flaws let's see what his transition into mma can be top level successful. mma is a different beast

Vicious brutal berserker son of a viking

🤔 I wouldn't say he's similar to Ramon Dekkers in skills. He just looks wild with his strikes. Ramon was much more vicious and explosive imo. But he's got my attention. Good shit.

Anyone else check their smoke alarm?

O.o ! I love it. The knees after the punches closing distance just to pull your head into his flying knee.

He is a very energic, fast and powerful striker. I'm not seeing his opponents moving around, feinting or avoiding damage because Muay Thai style is very stationary. In MMA, fighters are constantly moving, feinting, faking, etc...which will deny most of this guy explosive style. We will see. Thanks Mr. Kenshin for the video, high quality as always.

5:48 OMG THAT GUY WITH THE GOLD CROWN LOLLLLLLLLLL

Love that you're highlighting new gen. I sometimes go back and watch a fight from every decade (i was alive in, lol), and the progression of every gen is pretty neat and insane to watch. And then sometimes watching those fights from like the early 90's makes me feel sometimes that i'm really ADD, because of how much quicker pace the game feels now.

Now it is my favorite !! Classical Striker !

I think his elbow strikes are fantastic. his punches lack finesse though, swinging and from a great distance. a queensbury rules boxer would have no problems avoiding them, but he is interesting to watch.

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I noticed a distinct lack of floppy fish kicks 🐟

Damn, that's some serious skills right here! Can't wait to see him evolve in MMA! Once again, great video Kenshin! Cheerz!

Samuel is super humble and a great guy! Definetly one to keep an eye on

A beast, can't wait to see him compete in mma.

What’s his weight and height?

Dude's face in the get-up in the background at 5:50.

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought he was kin to Ramon Deckers Muay Thai for the win it's two three one if my favorite martial arts I think will be fun to watch in MMA well as a striker anyway

He'll have to change up his offensive and defensive style to be successfull in the big leagues of MMA. But he seems to have everything he needs to to get far!!!

dutch style

This guy's a beast. Looking forward to seeing more of him

One thing is for sure, if this guy ever goes to prison he ain't gonna be no prison beotch 😳

This dude's punches look like hes trying to break his enemies bones. He's scary.

Got that stand up, now he needs to work on his ground game and he should do well.

Hope he elbows the mess out of some dudes in mma. If he’s used to fighting elbow specialists that’ll be a huge strength fighting these other guys with less extensive striking experience.

Don’t do mma, unless you want to be part of USA wwe bullshit

Excellent puncher, just like Ramon

Exciting style

Shit vad bra! Lycka till mate! So proud I fought you in you early career! You are a beast!

The next Israel Adesanya?

He is master class muaythai

dude has a mean swing

Ramon incarnate!

LAWLERENCE....I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BIGGER GUYS IN KICKBOXING...YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER KAOKLAI VIDEOOOO.....WHEREEEEEEEE

Beast 💪🏼

Good luck

He's a great fighter and a great person. I'm lucky enough to have been to 2 separate muay thai seminars with this guy.

as always, fantastic breakdown. I have a question: When he sets up the big left and right hooks, his stance widens quite considerably. I know he's already within his striking range and clearly applying a ton of pressure, but wouldn't this open him up for some very very hard kicks from the right opponent? Would love to see a breakdown of someone countering a more boxing heavy style like this by exploiting its stance openings.

Afterward he should go to brazil for training camp or something

wow he should fight in Cage Muay Thai. Maybe he can fight me :)

Good to see some Rebellion footage 👊 Real Muay Thai in Melbourne

That’s gotta be the most ferocious set of unrelenting hooks I’ve ever seen.

I wonder what promotion he wants to fight in.

What took U so long Lawrence? 😁

yes. finally. please bring thai to mmgay

Will need a lot of wreslting nas BJJ...

Great music. who is the first part?

good luck to you, keep you head safe

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He ran like a cheetah for flying knee.

Better get a good ground game for MMA.

Has he ever fought buakaw and what's his record?

Another great video

I wonder how well he does against teeps or fighters like buakaw?

HAwtt

how do you think he compares to isreal skill wise? also who would you say are the top three strikers in mma

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Is it just me or does this guy only ever throw hooks ?

Unfortunately you can't do anything anymore in pro MMA unless you are at least purple belt in BJJ and have had years of wrestling training

Be has poor boxing form, now where at a Dekkers level. And where the kicks at, yo? Knees, sweeps and slugging alone ain’t going to get you far in MMA. Also, he’s Swedish so... eww. I’m Danish, I had to say that.

Had a seminar with Sam, he’s such a light hearted, humble, and knowledgeable man