K1 fighting?

[nwtogame]

I was watching this K1 fighting on ESPN last night and every match seemed to have different rules? Just curious about it? One thing that bothered me though (reminded me of pro boxing) was one of the guyz I thought clearly one the when it came to the descion he lost? I dunno if it was politics or what you know. This Cung lo or something though was fighting that guy impressed the hell outta me. He was fast and so accurate they had said he was one of the best at Sambo? Just trying to get some info on it? Opinions about it. Oh yeah when I say like boxing.......I'm a believer that boxing should be winner takes all not these predeterminned $$ deals......then you would see a real fight.

[nwtogame]

One more thing......the fight and descion I was talking about was Carter williams and dewey cooper. I thought cooper won that fight for sure. The amazing guy was Cung Le just wanted to clear that up.

[CKD]

Chung Le is an expert in Sanshou not sambo. Sanshou is a chinese kickboxing system which allows throws.

[nwtogame]

So whats the story with it, I mean the different fights were going by different rules? yeah I'll buy the CKD I'm not familiar with either to be honest I was just going n memory from last night. The guy I thought was good though anyhow, real good.

[wardancer]

I was watching this K1 fighting on ESPN last night and every match seemed to have different rules? Just curious about it? One thing that bothered me though (reminded me of pro boxing) was one of the guyz I thought clearly one the when it came to the descion he lost? I dunno if it was politics or what you know. This Cung lo or something though was fighting that guy impressed the hell outta me. He was fast and so accurate they had said he was one of the best at Sambo? Just trying to get some info on it? Opinions about it. Oh yeah when I say like boxing.......I'm a believer that boxing should be winner takes all not these predeterminned $$ deals......then you would see a real fight.

Well, I did not watch that fight but I read that K1 has two differnets events running at the time: the first one is the usual K1 (a la muy thai rules) , the second one is the MMA fight (al UFC/PRIDE rules).

[Jaguar Wong]

Whenever Cung Le is fighting at a K-1 event, it's a San Shou rules fight (not part of the actual K-1 tournaments or anything...just an exhibition). He's trying to promote the sport of San Shou (I mean Kung Fu guys are always looking for a good way to prove themselves, and I think that San Shou and Kuo Shou events are a great step...personally I feel MMA suits what Kung Fu tries to accomplish better, but not many TMAists enter them nowadays).

Cung Le is pretty much THE name in San Shou (yes there are plenty of other great San Shou guys, but Cung is the only fighter that people from outside of the sport really know of), so whenever you watch him fight, it's to bring more attention to his chosen sport. I think he said he's a fan of MMAs, but I believe he said he doesn't plan on competeing in any MMA events...I could be wrong though. I think it would be awesome if he at least gave it a shot. Win or lose, I'm sure it would be fun to watch.

[Tom Yum]

San Shou Fighters

SS fighters aren't very well known, even in the world of MMA.

Liu Hailong (185 lb??) is a well recognized name in SS. He's scoring more and more impressive wins against more and more well known Thai trained kickboxers. Of course he's lost too, but he's blazing trails.

Geriletu (160lb) is a somewhat recognized name in SS - He's a Mongolian with a wrestling background.

Cung Le made a challenge to Liu about a year ago. Nothing has happened; don't know why?? But it would be a great fight I'm sure.

[Mister]

Ive been wanting to watch K1, but they show it on ESPN? Is it a PPV event or do they just put in on every week or something? I know Im a little clueless... If they do show it, when do they show it? Please help.

[Jaguar Wong]

It's unfortunately one of those "space fillers" that you happen to stumble across on ESPN2 (along with those Karate breaking competitions with the big dudes sporting some serious mulletude). I saw it last weekend (they showed a couple of fights on Friday night and I think again on Saturday night (late night of course).

[Karate_is_cool]

Yeah I watched part of it and I think chung le was the thai guy.

whoa whoa lets get it straight here. cung le is vietnamese. yeah that's right, vietnamese!! us small asians that the americans trampled on!! you know, the people that were murdered for no good reason? lol im just kidding. but he is vietnamese. probably the closest we'll ever get to a sports celebrity (or any kind of celebrity for that matter) at the least the chinese got yao ming lol.

[alexjxaver]

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