Muay Thai vs. Kickboxing. The fight that changed the world of MMA

until the eighties for people who had never visited Thailand when at that time it was a completely unknown martial art while in Brazil jiu-jitsu was developed and according to residents they claimed to be the best battle system in the

world

in America it was believed that

kickboxing

and karate had no equal but it is very difficult to prove it since the UFC had not yet been invented but in 1988 there was a very significant event for the entire

world

of martial arts, the young high-level kickboxer Rick Rufus whose record was now twenty-eight and She was considered one of the best

fight

ers of that time.

She decided to show that American

kickboxing

was superior to Thai boxing and the Thai would not have a chance with a

fight

er like him. Her rival was Kit from Chiang Hawaii, so Gretchen, who was one of the first to decided to travel outside Thailand to show Thai boxing to the world in the fight with Rufus the Thai arsenal of punches was limited to the maximum the rules prohibited elbows, holds and the clinch immediately broke out, that is, the Thais went to the battle of According to the rules of American kickboxing and blows below the waist were also prohibited, but in this fight he was allowed to deliver a long kick.

This fight was called the kickboxing clash in Thai boxing, although Arsenal's time was very limited and most importantly, this fight was shown on television. For a large audience around the world, they will now be dreaming of a little break, so in the first round, an aggressive start from Rick, who is very fast, throws a series of punches and instantly leaves the line of fire despite of the tie. hits a low kick there which I guarantee right now left by Rufus Rufus moving very well as we can see Chang's pain works in the left stance which means Rufus' right leg is in great danger Ric inflicts a lot of punches and fights and changes seems to have made a big bet on the fact that the American will finish the first knockdown with a low kick but the dance gets to his feet and immediately flies towards the second fall it seems that Rick decided to finish the opponent in the first round but Chang managed survive and the fight moves into the second segment of the second round and Chang's low kicks continued a crash to the right leg of an American who seems to be starting to realize how much it hurts halfway through the second round.

It is noticeable that for Rufus the blow with low kicks becomes a real problem, he does not even understand how to escape from them, but Chang successfully uses his plan for the fight which was to destroy Rufus, it is a lifetime and here is the fall from Chang, who performed a rather dirty step on a reclining American after the knockdown at the end of the round. Rick didn't hit the Thai guy badly, but this didn't stop the flow of low kicks from him from the intended moment to the American and then the kids on reddit. young man, if he is fighting on the right side in the third round and it could be seen that the tie has a chance of winning, change his shoes, rip and continue breaking the kicker's foot with his worthless punches if we are talking about a potential world champion in the fourth round, his brick frankly runs away from the tide because he can no longer withstand the hanging blows that fly towards his leg and cause him a lot of pain after the fight, but the doctors provide him with assistance.

Rick says that the leg injury was very serious and his brother Duke Rufus gives an interview about what he underestimates at the time when Erik says that it doesn't take much skill to apply these blows to the legs there, refusing to acknowledge the strength of Thai boxing and low kicks in particular, although right before your eyes. but I defeated all kickboxing in one blow and destroyed the best fighter of that era. This fight became a great popularization of the new eliminator throughout the world and gave a powerful boost to its development and Duke Rufus himself later also brought new elements to his arsenal and admitted that he had

changed

his mind a lot regarding the low kicks and in the future became a first-class trainer in striking technique and is considered one of the best Muay Thai trainers outside of Thailand.

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