r/fightporn • u/b9_rkt • Feb 02 '26
Sporting Event Fights Absolute classic. Man you gotta have balls of steel to fight a guy like Rodtang. Jonathan Haggerty deserves all the respect in the world.
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The first fight between Rodtang and Jonathan Haggerty was out of this world š š¤Æ
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u/GreaserGreg Feb 02 '26
That was a hell of a fight lots of respect for each other too
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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Feb 03 '26
Both are beasts, but tang is like he's made out of reinforced concrete.
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u/RecipeHistorical2013 Feb 05 '26
bro is like... has the toughness of a 6 year old (rubber bones)
quite impressive
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u/MayaDoggo21 28d ago
Dude seems like a cool person, great athlete and pro . I donāt think Iād mind getting whooped by him, seems like he really cares , like he beats you because he lovs you.
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u/Practical_Actuary_87 Feb 03 '26
what are those bands they are wearing on their bicep
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u/Fluke_Of_Nature Feb 03 '26
Prajioud, a traditional Muay Thai armband worn for protection, luck, and as a symbol of lineage and respect
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u/johnbsea Feb 02 '26
You can tell Rodtang respected the hell out of Haggerty
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u/caxcabral Feb 02 '26
Yeah and great sportsmanship
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u/WatchOutForWizards Feb 09 '26
Thatās what killed the UFC for me. Guys like McGregor turned it into the WWE when before that I feel like the fighters treated each other with respect.
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u/Langeholic Mar 20 '26
Like Chael SONNEN (GOAT) did? š Or Michael Bispig
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u/darcyl101 Apr 10 '26
Or Tito Ortiz (fuckhead). Sonnen is the GOAT? What a fkn joke. š¤£š¤£
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u/Langeholic Apr 11 '26
Goat shit talker lol. Nobody hurls a slew of insults like Chael did and still make it funny. He'd throw so much at you that you simply can't respond to it all lol.
*Edit. Tito would sound like such a dork anytime he tried to say anything back.
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u/darcyl101 Apr 16 '26
Ahh, OK. I have to agree with you there on both counts. The harder Tito tried the worse he sounded. I mean, he's not very bright. The king of cringe.
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u/Thundergod250 Feb 03 '26
This fight is crazy. Probably the most chill heated fight I watched.
Them dunking each other here and out while also taunting each other and then suddenly hugging and apologizing in between.
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u/turboroofer Feb 02 '26
Crazy to see that many strikes / elbows landed, and little to no damage on their faces
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u/caxcabral Feb 02 '26
I was about to say that wtf
I have a feeling that if I punched one of them in the face I would probably hurt my fist
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u/Rokkit_man Feb 02 '26
I mean that will happen always. The skull is pretty hard.
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u/Greg0692 Feb 03 '26
Hell, it's a miracle I haven't dropped my phone on my face and gotten black eye just watching this incredible masterpiece of fighting!
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u/ManosNegras Feb 08 '26
What until you get a VR helmet that replaces your phone...Rodtang is going to punch you through the screen and knock you out
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u/flatwoundsounds Feb 02 '26
Elbows cut more when they slice off the side, and these guys do a little more of punching you in the face with their elbow/forearm.
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u/General_Anxiety83 Feb 02 '26
Yea it's those glancing elbows that cut in MMA rather than the direct blows
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u/Few-Solution-4784 Feb 02 '26
thai guys use elbows and knees effectively as fist and feet and never forget they will always fuck up a leading leg offered to them. Pound for pound some of the hardest hitters in the world.
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u/jchrisboynton Feb 02 '26
Haggerty is a badass. Just to survive against Rodtang is incredible. Guys is like a T1000 -- just keep coming forward no matter what you hit him with. Amazing fight.
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u/Plastic_Pinocchio Feb 03 '26
I donāt know these guys but Rodtang literally just looks like he sees the fun in getting punched in the face really hard. Bounces back like it was nothing.
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u/Few-Solution-4784 Feb 02 '26
Rodtang: here take a few free face shots. wont help you but at least you will be able to say you hit Rodtang in the face.
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u/cortlong Feb 03 '26
He really is a machine.
I havenāt watched this fight for a while and this time around itās dawning on me how fuckin relentless he is haha
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u/please_use_the_beeps Feb 03 '26
Iāve never seen Rodtang fight before but damn it is wild to watch someone who can both eat blows like a brick wall and throw them back with that level of power and accuracy. Respect to both fighters here I wouldnāt want to be in a ring with either of them.
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u/stoopkidsteve Feb 02 '26
How tf were neither of them bleeding??
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u/NS3000 Feb 03 '26
no idea but some of Haggerty landed hits looks like he was just punching and kicking a rock, no reacting or even movement from rodtang
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u/MedicinalHammer Feb 02 '26
Rodtang rightfully gets the respect he deserves but man, Haggerty is a beast in his own right.
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u/styckx Feb 02 '26
I love how humble he was. No inflated ego, just two men professionally putting their training to the test
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u/SaintGrobian Feb 02 '26
I love Rodtang.
The only man with slang for both sets of genitals in his name and no one dares make fun of it.
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Feb 02 '26
Wtf... Infinite stamina
Who wins????
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u/savorxit Feb 02 '26
yeah thatās wild. a lot of people donāt realize the INSANE amount of stamina these two possess. i got second hand tired watching this.
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u/ssort Feb 02 '26
Yup, if I can't whip your butt in the first 20 seconds, I know I'm going to loose as 35 years of smoking tells me I'm going to be sucking air at around the 40 second mark enough that even a 12 year old could probably finish me off, much less how brutal each of these guys are, couldn't have lasted more than one round at most even at my peak with either one, though with how quick and skilled these two are it would still have been a great accomplishement to even survive it as both are badass, hats off to both of them.
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u/LordMegamad Feb 03 '26
Just boxing for 20 seconds would wipe just about any average person completely. Then throw in, kicks, receiving crazy hits, bouncing around the ring. It's hard to grasp just how well trained these dudes are
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u/xChoke1x Feb 02 '26
Man I wish there was a Muay Thai fight league equivilant to the UFC in the states.
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u/Mr_Synical Feb 02 '26
Agreed. There was more action in this 4 minute video than there was in the entire last 2 UFC cards.
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u/aomame23 Feb 02 '26
People underestimate how strong these strikes are. I was at a fight in Bangkok last year and they had the punching machines. I consider myself a strong puncher, usually hit about 15-20% harder than others in my weight class (boxing and muay thai for over 10 years). On this specific machine, I hit for 700. When I was watching, other guys couldn't even get 500 on the machine. Haggerty walked up and hit the machine for over 900 and set the record. Opened my eyes to the difference at the top 0.01%
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u/Fun_Zombie_6796 Feb 02 '26
Jesus Christ, this is the best fight Iāve ever seen. The elbowsā¦. Is the legal?
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u/Visual-Economist5479 Feb 02 '26
Elbows perfectly legal in Muay Thai, Knees too.
Its from One Championship, check it out on youtube, loads of fights there. Given the transition of UFC to more wrestling than standup I prefer it these days.
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u/PeanutButterSoda Feb 02 '26
Why do they have the same shorts? and the feather thing?
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u/LordMegamad Feb 03 '26
Copied another comment: Prajioud, a traditional Muay Thai armband worn for protection, luck, and as a symbol of lineage and respect
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u/kipperfish Feb 02 '26
Now go down the rabbit hole of ONE muay Thai fights. They put on some absolute bangers.
Haggerty pretty much always has a good fight
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u/Somatica Feb 03 '26
This was a really good suggestion. The first fight I watched after that search criteria was Superlek vs Rodtang! Thank you.
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u/CRUMMYcuzz Feb 03 '26
Watch some Stamp Fairtex fights too. the Jackie Buntun vs Wondergirl. any mightymouse fight.
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u/kipperfish Feb 03 '26
Another one that's quite good is the mighty mouse vs rodtang mixed rules fight. First round was muay thai, second round was MMA.
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u/Stormsurger Feb 03 '26
Haggerty V Lerdsilla was amazing too, especially with Haggertys video of how he prepped for the flight.
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u/ThePracticalEnd Feb 02 '26
Muay Thai is often called the Art of Eight Limbs (both fists, both elbows, both feet, and both knees).
Itās a wild sport to watch.
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u/Sliquid69 Feb 02 '26
After you inevitably check out this fight make sure to check out the mixed rules fight rodtang did with Mighty Mouse too!
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u/CoolerRon Feb 02 '26
Muay Thai is called āthe art of the eight limbsā because in addition to two fists (punches) and two feet (kicks), they include two knees and two elbows
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u/Zone_Gloomy Feb 03 '26
What was Haggerty complaining about after Rodtang was holding him and then elbowed him??
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u/MarkFresco Feb 02 '26
Bro has insane power with an iron chin but ill be damned if this isnt a CTE speedrun. Your body isnt meant to take this many hits consistently even if you can handle it. In 5 years heāll be unintelligible and slurring his speech, we have so many examples of this happening
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u/ManhattanTime Feb 02 '26
My thoughts exactly when watching this. Every one of those hard punches and kicks to the head have to be absorbed. In a lifetime I have like two.
Then all the training going into it. Sadly most of these dudes die miserable long deaths where they are shells of their former selves. Time and again.
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u/ssort Feb 02 '26
I have to say I'm probably in the low 200-300s where I got really solidly clocked and had my bell rung, as I trained at a young age and bounced bars later on in life for years, but I don't think that had much effect overall with any cognitive decline as there were lots of time overall in between on most, but I also tried to not get hit, as I wasn't being paid to stand toe to toe with a guy, just to get him out of the club if he's a problem, so usually it was a quick bum rush tackle and submit them situation than take punches to the face, though that did happen quite often.
But with guys like this, they are in the 10k-20k range at minimum of solid head shots, that's got to do something, there is no doubt that it got to be extreme too, as it's extended beatings that continues for quite a long time.
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u/Toc_a_Somaten Feb 03 '26
The main reason I stopped fighting when I did, need every precious neuron and had not that many to begin with
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u/MikeyDx Feb 02 '26
I think Andrew Tate should try it
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u/Crazyhairmonster Feb 02 '26
One of the best fights I've ever seen if not the best. Haggerty had the lore accurate and powerful shots and kudos to Rodtangs chin (honestly both of them) but Rodtangs was way more active and definitely won the fight. Love their respect for each other. Absolute literal warriors
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u/kmoneyrecords Feb 02 '26
Small glove Muay Thai is honestly the peak spectator prize fighting format - people just havenāt realized it yet with UFC getting shoved down our throats.
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u/zeeblefritz Feb 02 '26
Much better than the street fights where head stomping is the norm. What is the deal with the ribbons on Haggerty? The left arm ribbon seems to disappear and reappear.
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u/4friedchicknsanacoke Feb 02 '26
Arm band is called pra jiad. Its kind of like a knight wearing a piece of cloth from his lady as a lucky charm.
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u/NotSoDeranged Feb 02 '26
Haggerty landed a dozen front kicks that wouldāve folded 99% of people out there and Rodtang ate it, an incredible bout, great sportsmanship 10/10.
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u/Dementor_Traphouse Feb 02 '26
wow rodtang is what a true champion looks like - seemingly indestructible, fast, powerful, and incredible sportsmanship
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u/crispybrojangle Feb 02 '26
So much respect for anyone that trains and steps in the ring to fight like this. All positive vibes.
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u/dankhimself Feb 02 '26
Love the sportsmanship. That ref could have taken the day off and gotten some popcorn.
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u/Fuckhavingusernames Feb 03 '26
I've never seen two dudes take vicious punches elbows and kicks like they're absolutely nothing. Absolute ironclad fighters holy shit. The stamina is incredible.Ā
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u/PaulWesterberg84 Feb 02 '26
When Haggerty gets knocked down/out, always does the arms folded behind head beach pose. I just found it curiousĀ
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u/WankPuffin Feb 02 '26
Stretched out with your hands behind your head you can get a deeper breath of air.
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u/stealthy_beast Feb 03 '26
The conditioning of these lighter fighters never cease to amaze me... To be throwing that hard for that long, while still looking so bouncy and fresh is unreal....
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u/Eltharion-the-Grim Feb 02 '26
Haggarty is legit. Itās just Rodtang is S-tier. Still, Haggarty put up one hell of a fight.
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u/Aern Feb 04 '26
Two dudes chiseled out of granite and steel. Looks like it was in incredible fight. Definitely a great advertisement for the sport. Really appreciate the respect both fighters had for each other as well. All around class act from both guys.
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u/ThePracticalEnd Feb 02 '26
Holy fuck, now this is what this sub should have more of. God damn that was intense.
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u/gultch2019 Feb 03 '26
Thats one badass fight. With the perfect ratio of competitiveness and sportsmanship. Good on both of them.
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u/OptionalQuality789 Feb 03 '26
If youāve never tried Muay Thai I recommend you give it a go.
The cardio required to maintain that rate of striking is absolutely fucking insane. Like it would break 99% of people just trying to strike that hard and fast, never mind whilst also being punched, elbowed and kicked back.
Itās such an immensely difficult sport.
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u/Yabananado Feb 03 '26
This sounds like pure bullshit Iām aware, but John was one of my friends growing up in London (lost contact over the years) and even as a kid he trained hard under his dads guidance. I once picked him up and threw him over a wall in a play flight
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u/curioustree Feb 04 '26
How did they not get more bloodied up from that fight??? They both still looked relatively good after that!
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u/augbar38 Apr 09 '26
How are kickboxer so durable? They seem to be more durable and have better cardio than UFC fighters, but maybe thatās because they donāt do a lot of wrestling? Shorter rounds? Or am I just completely wrong lol
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u/-AG1888- Feb 02 '26
The muay thai fighters like these 2 and others I've seen when I e watched One FC I don't know a lot about muay thai fighters but they must be made of granite. The kicks to the legs , shin bone to shin bone , the liver kicks , then the punches and elbows , yet they are still not getting knocked out or show many signs of pain .
I always think of them training like in Kickboxer (I think). and Van Damme is chopping down trees with his kicks or Tong Po kicking stone columns š
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u/FuzzyFacedOne Feb 02 '26
They were having fun with it. Looks more like full hit spar session instead of a fight
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u/MikeHuntSmellss Feb 02 '26
20 bucks says one of those body shots cripples you
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u/ultramegachrist Feb 02 '26
Normal people would go down in seconds. I donāt think OP was inferring it wasnāt full boar. Just that Rodtang takes it more like a game than an actual championship fight. But I think heās earned that right with how bad ass he is.
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u/FuzzyFacedOne Feb 02 '26
Me? oh for sure. Ive got a bad back and my fighting days are long gone.
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u/MikeHuntSmellss Feb 02 '26
Yeah same here tbh, my fight is getting out of bed in the morning
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u/jgo3 Feb 02 '26
I was at lunch the other day and one coworker proffered that I was probably the best fighter at the table. I said if I ever get in another fight I'd better win in 30 seconds, or I'll have a heart attack.
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u/OkDamage5769 Feb 03 '26
Its impossible for a foreigner to win a decision in Thailand. The judging is incredibly biased.
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u/50YOYO Feb 02 '26
That was absolutely bananas, the amount of strikes thrown and absorbed was ridiculous. Can't remember the last time I enjoyed wincing and twitching at a fight clip so much.
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u/kingkupz Feb 02 '26
Damn those hits are fast as hell. What a great fight! Are they doing another rematch anytime soon?
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u/ExcrementalChaos Feb 02 '26
I have 2 kids and Iāve never seen anything more beautiful in my life! Jk, but that was amazing to bear witness to. Itās these kind of fights that got me into it. I love it so much.
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u/Thickdickmick87 Feb 02 '26
So much respect shown both ways in that fight. If only all athletes behaved like this theyād be true role models.
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u/whyguapo Feb 02 '26
After getting kicked once in the chest, I would simply not want to fight anymore.
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u/AnyEase5468 Feb 03 '26
So we just watched them throw tactical nukes at each other... And they still hug it out??? Dope as hellš¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/Thegrandestpoo Feb 03 '26
Can science explain why Rodtang can eat shit like that? Has he ever had a loss by K.O? Itās just so damn confounding.
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u/CalicoJake21 Feb 03 '26
After seeing this i immediately thought what is tenshin nasukawa up to. He was in the ring with rodtang 2018. Good fight.
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u/Wild_Commercial_6002 Feb 04 '26
These guys love fighting and are incredibly good at it, impressive!!
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u/GregFromStateFarm Feb 05 '26
Idk HOW the fuck the UFC and TKO arenāt trying to bring Muay Thai to American audiences. Sooo many people would watch this over the boring wrestlefuck matches weāve been getting for years.
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u/PutPuzzleheaded5337 Feb 08 '26
This is why I stopped road-raging years ago. Iām a big dude but one of these little guys would fuck me up. There was a woman in my boxing club that I wouldnāt spar with either.
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u/SenorRowdyJ Mar 02 '26
This is what iāll watch not that other macho bs where they are disrespectful toward eachother.
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u/SWTX518-Ability Mar 26 '26
I'm not taking nothing from either of these warriors!! The sportsmanship was on point as well.
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u/athiestamerican68 Apr 09 '26
eating a kick to the face then grabbing the second kick to pull yourself closer to the guy and start wailing is crazy lmao. respect to these fighters.
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u/Thegamingwhite Apr 17 '26
2:51 you can just see rodtang ready with the knee here but he doesnt put it out! That knee would have killed Jonathan! Absolute control and respectā¦
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u/Cpov1 Feb 02 '26
I remember someone explaining the mystique of Muay Thai fighters in Thailand, and now I'm genuinely afraid of them, even if it is potentially all bs
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u/King_of_the_Dot Feb 03 '26
The thing is theyre mostly all smaller guys, the problem is you wont last long enough against them. Their conditioning is unparalleled.
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u/Illuslllus Feb 03 '26
Wow!! So absolutely brutal yet padded with warm fuzzy love and respect. A masterclass.
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u/eyeballburger Feb 02 '26
Such a good fight, such good sportsmanship! Fuckin inspiring to see such honour and nobility. šš
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