First thai k-1 champ!
 

I really miss that I never picked up martial arts in my life!!! I stayed 8 years with a friend who was a black belt (some high degree) and all I could do was to see him practising from my half open eyes every morning, almost every day. I realise there is a major difference in attitude between solo sports and games. I am pretty happy & ok with the latter. But I never managed to run, do athletics or martial arts because we have to be alone when practising!! Only now, I exercise alone but it always require my mind to really really avoid suggesting a host of other alternatives.

I love Por Pramuk's style! http://www.thailandguidebook.com/iB_...icons/cool.gif

Last year I watched a fight between him and another Thai fighter in Rachadamnern Stadium and that is when I became a fan of his fighting style.

Kraus, Masato and Por Pramuk definitely are my favourite K-1 MAX fighters.

BTW for the ones who didn't see the K-1 MAX events of 2002 and 2003. Here you can download the highlights of both events...

K-1 MAX 2002

http://www.mcdojo.com/videos/K1MaxGP2002.zip

Duration: 8:54 mins
Format: Mpg
Size:85.3 MB
Music: MegaDeth "Crush Em" ; Ramstein "Sehnsucht"

Fight list:
Masato vs Duane Ludwig
Albert Kraus vs Shane Chapman
Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs Marino Deflorin
Kaolan Kaovitchit vs Jiapo Zhang

Masato vs Albert Kraus
Kaolan Kaovitchit vs Takayuki Kohiruimaki

K-1 MAX 2003

http://www.bullshido.net/modules....&lid=62

Duration: 9:10 mins
Format: Mpg
Size:86.3 MB
Music: Offspring "Come out and Play" ; Blue Man Group "What is Rock" ; X-Japan "X/1999"

Fight list:
Masato vs Mike Zambidis
Albert Kraus vs Andy Sower
Duane Ludwig vs Kozo Takeda
Sakeddaw Kiatputon vs Marfio Canoletti

Masato vs Sakeddaw Kiatputon
Duane Ludwig vs Albert Kraus

Albert Kraus vs Masato

Enjoy! They are definitely worth downloading http://www.thailandguidebook.com/iB_...cons/smile.gif

I'll post the link to the highlight of the 2004 event as soon as it's finished.

All 3 events included a Thai fighter.

i got too excited and did not read the dates on your post. I am sure I will see K1- 2004 at some point, but probably not for awhile.

I hope the 2004 highlight will be as good as the two previous highlights.

Keep you posted!

BTW Por Pramuk made his K-1 debute about 2 months ago against Jordan Thai who is trained by Ray Sefo, a K-1 fighter from New Sealand.

Jordan Thai didn't have the slightest chance although Por Pramuk had to decrease his techniques, since clinching and elbowing isn't allowed in K-1 (MAX).

The fight has been broadcasted several times by Eurosport.

He is becoming more popular in Holland. About a month ago Hoost was on a Dutch TV-show called 'The Weakest Link', which is a gameshow in which you have to outvote your opponents. Very tough questions, but Hoost won the game! IMO another example that Hoost isn't just one of the best if not the best K-1 fighter of all times, but also a very smart person.

Furthermore Hoost's record speaks for itself:

ERNESTO HOOST
Holland / Vos Gym / Kickboxing

COUNTRY : Holland
DATE OF BIRTH : July 11, 1965
HEIGHT :189 cm
WEIGHT : 106.0 kg

*TITLES*
I.K.B.F. World Lightheavyweight Champion
I.S.K.A. World Lightheavyweight Champion
K-2 GRAND PRIX '93 Champion
K-1 WORLD GP '97 & '99 & 2000 & 2002 Champion
K-1 World GP 2001 in Melbourne Champion

*RECORDS*
110 Fights 93 Wins 16 Losses 1 Draw 61 KOs

*LAST 30 FIGHT*
03 Oct. 1999 W XHAVIT BAJRAMI Decision
05 Dec. W ANDY HUG Decision
W JEROME LE BANNER 2R KO
W MIRKO CRO COP 3R KO
23 Apr. 2000 W SAM GRECO 3R TKO
28 May. W RANI BERBACHI 3R TKO
30 Jul. W PARIS VASILIKOS 3R KO
W LLOYD VAN DAMS Decision
L JEROME LE BANNER 1R TKO
10 Dec. W MIRKO CRO COP Decision
W FRANCISCO FILHO Decision
W RAY SEFO Decision
18 May. 2001 W XHAVIT BAJRAMI Decision
15 Apr. W MUSASHI Decision
16 Jun. W SERGEI GUR 1R TKO
W MARK HUNT Decision
W MATT SKELTON Decision
08 Dec. W STEFAN"BLITZ" LEKO Decision
21 Apr. 2002 W TSUYOSHI NAKASAKO 1R KO
25 May. W STEFAN"BLITZ" LEKO 1R KO
17 Aug. W JAN "THE GIANT" NORTJE 3R KO
28 E SEMMY SCHILT Draw
05 Oct. L BOB SAPP 1R TKO
07 Dec. L BOB SAPP 2R KO
W RAY SEFO 1R KO
W JEROME LE BANNER 3R KO
30 Mar. W JEFFERSON "TANK" SILVA 1R KO
14 Jun. W MARTIN HOLM Decision
13 Jul. W CIRIL ABIDI 2R Decision

In september I'm probably going to train at Vos Gym, where Hoost teaches every thursday http://www.thailandguidebook.com/iB_...cons/smile.gif

Yes, I can http://www.thailandguidebook.com/iB_...cons/smile.gif

K-1 is a mix of different martial arts of which most styles start with the character 'K', including Kickboxing, Karate, Kenpo, Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do.

Since kickboxing has shown to be the most effective fighting style in K-1 (most good K-1 fighters have a kickboxing origin), you could say that K-1 is based on kickboxing with some slight influences of other fighting styles.

Therefore the main difference between K-1 and Muay Thai is quite similar to the difference between Kickboxing and Muay Thai, which is the fact that elbowing and kneeing aren't allowed in kickboxing.

Delawang, here you can download a fast video clip of all Pramuk's fights.

The highlight video of the complete tournament will be available very soon.

About the elbow techniques I gotta agree. However, they used to throw more elbows in a fight. Ramon Dekkers is a good example, Oh I loved his devastating elbow combos. BTW another record that speaks for itself: 175 - 24 - 1 (over 90 Ko's)

That's right, you could say Prumak's fights are only constituted of kicks. Imagine how good he will be if he's able to increase his hand techniques.

And those front kicks... I've never seen someone frontkicking that fast and so well timed at the same time. The fight against Masato is a good example of his superb technique. Masato was teeped to death!

I hope he will fight in BKK in a couple of weeks. I'll be there that's for sure http://www.thailandguidebook.com/iB_...cons/smile.gif