@@Anonymous-rz6vq You can same the same thing for grapplers with no striking experience. Quite a few grapplers where outright just knocked out like Ronda. But I agree always best to be well rounded.
finally i see a thai with muscle mass, i know they're the best strikers on the planet but it takes hybrid grappling/striking rule set for the thais to actually lift and put on mass. nice to see.
@@jovanleon7 hahahahah he is the reason i started fighting, i watch him before each training session. bragging and exaggerating aside just the facts so far ive broken 3 heavy bags, the metal frame broke too from the roundhouse impacts. He is that much of an inspiration. All 5 of my brothers were inspired by Buakaw as well. We all fight. Buakaw is one exception, but the reality is even buakaw is little compared to me. With clothes on you cannot tell he lifts. Thais generally look at too much muscle mass as detrimental to the art. at least the old school golden era thais do coupled with the fact that genetically, thais, like most asians, are extremely small but indeed aesthetically Buakaw is one of, if not the most built thai fighters of all time. Certainly the most popular, no doubt.
I'm most impressed with how coachable he is. He could've been submitted easily but he he was listening and DOING what he was told during that whole scramble. Well done.
During the first grappling exchange there were a few moments where the kickboxer just couldn't manipulate the bjj fella because he was stronger and more practiced. I'm glad he fought his way out of it and learned how to nullify most takedowns after that.
Some Muay Thai lingo for those who might be interested: the low kick is called เจาะยาง (joh yaang, literally to pierce a tyre) and once the opponent goes limp, that state is called ยางแตก (yaang taek, literally popped tyre). That's exactly what happened in this match.
Not much skill needed in street to defend from BJJ. Just a head move backwards would break the nose of the grapler (among many other options forbidden in MMA). BJJ is good for MMA, it would get you killed on the street.
@@ricsouza5011 The process is straight forward, but the technical elements are huge difference between average TTD who would get mauled by top level grapplers, and ppl like izzy who almost never stay down
Brutal leg kicks, no fear throwing them into Alex shin, no hesitation to smash it in there. 2 absolute warriors at the top of their games and the biggest shows, nothing but respect to them both.
He wasn't throwing to the calf so no risk of shin checks. Muay Tai fighters usually kick the thigh which is why it took so damned long lol. The better MMA Muay Tai fighters know better and just start chopping the calf against this type of opponent. Fight should have been over a round or so sooner.
@@marcellogenovese199 it came out a far better performance because of the way it went dictated by those exact leg kicks. Amazing performance, hard as nails.
@@marcellogenovese199 yes, lead leg teeps to the thigh to stop the moving forward and striking the body or face with it. They suit a certain style fighter of another, more so those focused on range management and countering rather than aggressive, when well used anyways.
@@marcellogenovese199 You must have never taken a clean kick to the thigh... Plus the higher you kick in the leg the more likely their check will be with a fatter part of the tibia which makes it higher risk for the kicker.
I'm impressed how Yodkaikaew easily modified his Muay Thai stance to better defend against Alex's grappling attempts. This shows how effectively Muay Thai can be adapted to MMA.
@@user-cn7wy7xx5k Exactly. It’s mainly the fact he was smart enough to use that specific stance in this aspect compared to others. I really want to see Y2K vs Buakaw though. See who has more power🫡
@@noproblem9792 Muay Thai has many stances. And this is one o them, this wide stance is an offensive Muay thai stance generally used for punching combination and as you can see, it works perfectly in mma
I THINK in this fight but in the fight rodtang vs johnson muay thai vs mma won mma, but the Muay thai fighter was superior in striking, that fight finished in submission of the mma fighter
i gotta give credit to the other guy. HE TOOK A BEATING and kept coming back even though his legs were done. his mentality deserves all the respect in the world. hats off to that man.
He TKO him with a low kick while on the ground..one of the rarest tkos I've ever seen...just the accumulation was something to behold..absolutely amazing.
There was one time that Thai fighter did worse with low kick search muay thai vs kick boxing low kick u should find that match. The cocky american had to be carried to the hospital due to low kick.
Respect to both of these guys. Most people have no idea the feeling of being in pain and completely gased out and then hearing "2 minutes left". Thats a lifetime under these conditions
I'm literally in tears every time dude yells Aaang! then blast his legs, Aaang! Aang Aaang.... then the coach is screaming make him stand up, but the dude doesn't want to stand up cause them (Aaangs) are brutal, he doesn't want to get Aaang'd into Oblivion 🤣🤣🤣 All I envision is Apollo creeds corner screaming thrown in the damn towel. Make him stand up so he can get some more of these Aaangs homie !
This might be the best coach yet. Calm, reacts impressed when appropriate, loud and crystal clear, never a moment he does not direct a way out clearly from his perspective. Feels like this coach is always right next to his fighter observing every move and knowing what should come next.
The coach is ridiculous. It's way ott. It ruins the fight. Why doesn't the coach get in there and fight himself so? It's so crappy to listen to. The fighter isn't fighting at all. He's like a remote control object for the coach. Where is THE MAN fighting and not his nanny coach? It's absurd.
@@Sionnach1601 It's hard to be in the moment and have focus all around. It's the same with volleyball. The coach has a perspective, and is able to see where the faults are, and weak points in the opponent.
@@Sionnach1601bruh what he could've got subbed if it wasn't for his coaches calls. The coach reminded him of the game plan when Y2K tried grappling with Alex.
@@davidnguyen6823 You're just proving my point. The coach is the player: the player is a RC bot. The credit goes to neither. It's not what I would pay good money to go and see. Awful stuff.
@@Rammsteinfanboy2 The coach isn't just 'reminding him of the game plan': he's got his hand up the player's backside like a ventriloquist. It's terrible sh to watch a man so controlled.
I beat people like this in UFC3, I keep doing leg kicks until they start falling down and cant take any more leg kicks then referee calls the fight. This is my strategy it call it "The Lumberjack"
@@Trgn Depends on muay thai style. There is so many. Dieselnoi is the best clinchfighter ever to have ever lived. He was so good that he was asked to retire to give the other fellas a chance.
Physically exhausting to watch, muay thai guy has learned well to deal with the take downs. BJJ was very competitive but, simply outclassed by a more conditioned better striker. Props to both guys.
@@juanhoffmann4096 He was fine. He just gassed from trying to submit the first time and it effected his takedowns afterwards. Stamina was the difference so those leg kicks took it’s toll. “BJJ” actually escaped a choke and took his opponents back to put himself in a position to get a submission. Then his opponent defended it well. I was impressed by both fighters in the beginning.
I don't know whats more brutal, their leg kicks or their cardio level. They seem to be on a different planet when it comes to both. Also is their capacity to deliver and take pain.
When we fight, we think differently than other martial artist. We have a more violent mind and we are constantly thinking to destroy the legs, and catch the opponent’s
I see various comments about pain tolerance... The pain is the training, when fight night rolls around it's not a factor unless they suffer a failure of conditioning, game plan etc. Throwing the legs like çhopping wood..... All day
Most Thai's start training at 6 and by the time they are 18 they have 100 or so fights in the ring. Their kicks are insane as are their elbows, knees and clinching. They know how to throw around an opponent. Most are quite adaptable and can be taught new techniques.
@@angelmaldonado5657 I just started Muay Thai and BJJ both at the same time as a fat lazy 35 yr old. Just for the self defense plus to break the laziness and lose the weight. At 18 you’re perfect! Especially if you get into it now and not gain 50 lbs to have to work hard to lose in your 30s. Good luck! They’re both fun to train in
@@archlinuxsys I’d say just got for it. For me, running, treadmill, etc are all boring as hell but martial arts is fun, engaging, and makes you think more. Every class I walk out feeling good like a full body workout, and also new knowledge gained and new friends made. You can’t not make friends with the people you’re trading friendly jabs with, or trying to strangle on the ground. It’s pretty cool. You’ll lose the weight by training.
@@Ai-Ex-Music convincing legs to move after taking a beating like that is hard to do. By the time he was getting knocked over, I doubt he could move very fast.
Hes got heart but brain is lacking. Going forward to go for an attempt for a scramble no longer was working so attempting it over and over again will only result into his legs getting worked on. Cant all be heart in fights.
I beat people like this in UFC3, I keep doing leg kicks until they start falling down and cant take any more leg kicks then referee calls the fight. This is my strategy it call it "The Lumberjack"
I'm honestly impressed by how the bjj guy endured a tons those deadly kicks, seriously man muay Thai is so powerful because of their 8 point striking system: hands, feet, knees and elbows, and he didn't even use the 8 point striking system, he used 4 point striking system like kickboxing (which I have learned before) and that's just to prove how hard they train to enhance each of their capabilities to get so powerful
Yeah, I was waiting for some muai thai and we only maybe got one knee strike. The rest was basically kickboxing with some muai thai thigh targeting. All he needed.
Thai low kicks are absolutely devastating. Seeing his reaction to them at around 11:00 really put it into perspective. Any normal person would be bawling after around 3 of them. Props to him and the other guy for holding on.
It’s great to see a striker actually follow the game plan and his corners advice by forcing the other dude to get up instead of trying to grapple or GNP. Props to the Bjj dude for enduring for as long as he did.
@@Xpistos510 honestly man. Gastelum vs Izzy, stipe vs werdum and rousey vs holm come to mind. Different situations but same principal of playing to your advantages and keeping a level head. Perhaps some fighters are dead tired and are looking to “play it safe” by securing a round and not risk gassing but all to often fighters find themselves with a golden opportunity and seemingly reject it or, in the case of grapplers turned “world champ strikers”, choose to ignore their clear advantages in favor of extremely risky striking. All in all it’s the fighters fight and their choices so respect to that I guess.
The corner should've stopped that fight after the lead led was compromised (at the very least when the back leg was starting to get messed up). That BJJ guy was not going to win. You gotta save your fighter to be able to fight another day.
I am Thai. I love that YKK didn’t brutally fight when BJ was down. He always called him up to fight. (Not because standing position is easily kicked as many MMA fans here thought.) And after his victory dance he went to “WAI” (thai respect gesture) his opponent. TRUE MUAY THAI SPIRIT!👍🙏🇹🇭
love the energy but coach kept telling Alex to make him stand up because its dangerous for YKK to grapple with Alex on the floor. if he tried a ground and pound he would get submitted
@@AirLancer what are you talking about? i said the reason YKK didnt go to the ground with Alex was because it's safer for him to fight on his feet, not out of "good sportsmanship" or whatever the commenter said, i dont know if you understood what i was saying
What I loved the most, towards the end, any time Alex was on the ground and got stood up, Yodkaikaew just leg kicks him right from the opening, no setup, no faint, just takes a massive swing and slams his legs lol. Awesome fight.
Shows how important grappling is in fights like these. The other guy could’ve easily won earlier, like everyone else, I was surprised to see how good his ground game was. It’s weird to see Muay Thai fighters so good at reversals…but once he took the other guys legs with those thigh strikes…😬
Wow that Thai guy is a furious beast in that ring. I was super impressed by the backflip roll while the guy was on his back. You don’t see that in fights normally
Alex may be primarily a BJJ fighter but he’s also a coach at Tiger Muay Thai so it’s not as if he has zero striking which just makes this even more impressive
There are good strikers in mma but none of them is even close to the top level "specialists". I think Mayweather vs McGregor was staged, Mayweather was fighting in a very unusual way. It really shouldn't have lasted that long.
This is why I love Muay Thai. The diversity of it's techniques. I trained for at least a year, did sparring with some good students. Absolutely love it!
@@wildshark9248 well i train since 10 years and i still learn new things. It may be not as diverse as other fight styles but still enough to not be able to learn it all in a lifetime.
That leg kick & 7:54 really hurt him. You can see his knee buckle. He wasn’t the same after that, he couldn’t even stand up. Poor dudes gunna be hearing, “Ang! Ang! Ang!” in his nightmares for the rest of his life!
i've been waiting to see someone apply this kind of strategy against bjj. very satisfying seeing an expert kicker decimate someone's legs when they take a defensive posture on the ground and try to invite punches. i imagine we'll be seeing more of this approach against bjj in the future
I think he just couldn't get up, because his legs were done and non-functional. Brutal kicks to the shins and thighs. Perhaps he felt that he couldn't move around whatsoever, and prefered to lie on his back instead of standing on those broken sticks.
It's a good strategy if you can avoid the takedowns, and honestly this guys takedowns weren't good. I think he was too cautious. If you threw a high belt BJJ guy with a wrestling background in there with him, I think it would be a different story. Not that the outcome would necessarily be different, but I think a lot more of the fight would be spent on the ground.
This guy is a beast standing up especially his leg kicks. His ground work is getting there. I imagine he'll keep working on his ground game to improve it. Excellent sprawling though. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of those kicks. You could see the tremendous amount of pain in Alex's face in the second round from those kicks taking their toll on him. As soon as I saw the Muy Thai guy starting getting comfortable and attacking those legs, I knew it was game over.
That’s not the ufc where wrestler have more opportunities because the rule is mostly for their advantages and he doesn’t going to fall in the wrestling gaming and I’m a wrestler so don’t try to teach me also I’m a kickboxer
10:58 finishing sequence is brutal, multiple savage kicks to the thigh. Look at the pain on Alex's face. Ref doing a good job, realised enough is enough.
In a MMA scenario i realized that the leg kicks serve the dual purpose of weakening a persons legs. This fight was over after the pain started to set in from the leg kicks. His advantage of grappling got severely harder.
That was because the Thai girl give him chance many times to get up and "fight lik real man". If the first time the bjj guy fall, and he just kuck him crazilyh then this will end in less than 4 minutes.
it all boils down to the individual - who is more aggressive, who has better technique etc. The style vs style debate was settled long ago when grapplers tossed strikers onto the mat and destroyed them (e.g. Dan Severn vs Anthony Macias). Now it's about who is more complete. Who is more adaptable. Know your enemy and know your enemy's style. The old adage still holds true: strike against a grappler and grapple against a striker. Could a pure striker get away with it against a pure grappler, it can happen and it has happened before. Those are the exceptions and not necessarily the rule. As a striker, in order to succeed in MMA, you have to know how to at least thwart the takedown attempts in order to get back up. For the grappler, you have to know how to at least strike or defend them in order to bring your opponent into your grappling range.
When you watch enough Muay Thai fighters, there is usually a clear moment when you can see in the opponent fighter's eyes when he realizes that those low kicks are going to be troublesome. Like at about 7:50 mark. Unfortunately, the front heavy stance of Alex Schild made his exposed leg too easy of a target. Regardless, Schild took those kicks like a champion, and I belive the fight would have gone the other way if he managed to keep Yod more on the ground. Huge respect to both fighters!
Muay Thai guy was extremely impressive in getting himself out of that jam on the floor. Props to BJJ dude tho - he took a beat in the last stages of the fight and stuck with it. His legs must of been basically numb by the end, they took so much abuse. Great showing for winner, brave effort by the loser.
Musta been like a dream brutally chopping his opponent down time and time again til the TKO. I can’t see the loser making it much further in ONE after that performance.
I just got trained to take the lower kick hit today, the coach didn't even use 1/3 of his power on it, and my thighs are so sore and hurt now I can barely walk. I can only imaging how Alex feels when he took so many powerful kicks. Mad respect to the fighters for not giving up.
I remember joining the BJJ/MMA gym about 5 years ago. Loved everything about MMA except Muay Thai. The pain from the legs kicks is unlike anything an athlete experiences. After about 8-9 months trying to get my Muay Thai game up, I quit. Mentally just couldn’t deal with giving or receiving those shin strikes.
Man that guy was getting killed with those leg kicks props to him for getting up and continue to fight most guys would have tapped out after the 3rd or 4th kick
So I have done mma and Muay Thai professionally and- no judgement here buddy. Being leg kicked in a pro bout (by some one who trains Muay Thai EVERY day for years) is akin to be tortured. It’s just like being kicked in the nuts again and again and again it’s SO horrible. The only thing you can really do in that situation is throw MORE leg kicks then ur opponent…and obviously try to check them. 🤷🏽♂️ great match
I actually love moments like the one at 10:16, where fighters set aside going after each others head for a second and tap gloves in acknowledgment and respect
Nah, he just preferred to give the attendees a better show by having him get back up for a few more minutes of fighting, rather than just kick him 4-5 times while he lays on the ground, like he did at the end.
@@EtherFox It's to give him better opportunities for his kick. While Alex is on the ground, he can only really kick his calfs and thighs. Since there's no weight on them, the kicks aren't gonna hurt as much when they connect. Letting his opponent get up was just a good strategy. He'd already defended a choke and defended multiple take downs, and Alex was hurt even more now than he was at the beginning. There's a low chance at the end of the fight Alex had the energy left to actually score a takedown and grapple. Meanwhile, while their both on their feet, Yodkaikaew can go for kicks to the body, kicks to the ribs, kicks to the thighs/calfs WHILE the opponent is standing up and putting weight on them, and he can even try a kick to the head for a knockout. He has much greater potential to do damage to a standing opponent with his kicks than an opponent lying down. It's not about the show, it's a sound strategy for finishing off an injured opponent while exploiting his own strengths. The ref also knows this, and decided to call the TKO once it's clear Alex was too injured to realistically put up a fight.
legs is the only body parts that connects to the ground that allows you to move, main role to avoid punches and kicks, when you legs is in pain and cant move, you are as good as a sitting duck.
I wondering bjj can be used for offensive attack. It kinda for self defense. And, under continuous offensive muay thai kick, he kinda getting in deep pain without doing much return attack.
@@HayashiShirou They can.... Normal person dont expect how fast BJJ fighter to grab opponent because they train same techniquea every day. It is all about training and muscle memory.
The BJJ fighter is tough as hell enduring those kicks. So much power from the Thai fighter, the hip turn and follow through were unreal. The thai fighter did a great job avoiding being neutralized by the grappling.
Yodka's got some serious ground defense skills 👏 Whoever was cornering Alex and encouraging him to stand toe to toe and bang when clearly outclassed should rethink career choices.
Yodka was not gonna go down to fight Alex on the ground. If he didn't get up, he would just kept getting his thigh kicked until his leg become completely useless. That laying on your back tactic might have work on other fighter, but against a Muay Thai fighter whose main weapon are their low kicks, that's just giving them free shot to his thigh.
I'm honestly impressed with the coach. This strategy they implemented was brutal. Getting up after getting knocked down like that over and over would be draining both physically and mentally.
Muay Thai guy had to learn take down defense & submission defense. When BJJ couldn't do anything on the ground, it was pretty much over. Gassed and a kicking bag at that point.
Beautiful sprawl by the Muay Thai guy at :37, 5:21, and 10:45, and high fight IQ not getting sucked into grappling at 6:15. The key to his success was he was able to use his forte because he also had some really solid fundamentals in defensive grappling at several points in the fight, including working his way out after his back was taken with a bodylock.
Being someone who has done BJJ since I was a kid, and now someone who has been taking mua thai for I while, I feel these two martial arts suite each other so much. People underestimate the grappling in muay thai.
Muay Thai indeed includes an unusual focus (for a striking art) on grappling, specifically due to how important the clinch is to Muay Thai. As far as I know, Muay Thai practitioners practice clinching more than any other aspect of the sport, and the good ones end up transitioning (if they go to MMA) well into grappling defense.
This is like in a fighting game where one person spams a single move and you can't do anything about it because you don't know the match up. Respect for getting back up tho, those kicks are LETHAL
@@natsudragneel-ir7sr i understand that but he could have kicked him everytime when he was laying on the ground, like he did at the end of the fight, also lot of fighters throw punches until the revery stops them
@@RoensmusicHe can kick the guys legs on the ground yes, but it doesn't do as much damage as kicking him when standing up, so the muay thai guys coach kept yelling 'stand back let him up!' so that the muay thai guy can do as much damage as possible each round. Also even just kicking a skilled grapplers legs when they are on the ground can be dangerous, because if they hook a leg from a kick, they can get a takedown/leglock with it. So the muay thai guy was really keeping his distance and being cautious. Also.. when on the feet the muay thai guy can kick the head for a KO. And since the BJJ guy had poor takedowns and weak striking, it made much more sense to keep the fight standing for as much of the round as possible.
@@natsudragneel-ir7sr No, you don’t understand Yodkaikarw mindset. The OP understood it correctly. He was trained in Muay Thai and our muay thai teachers teach us the rule of thumb of RESPECT YOUR OPPONENTS. No fighting when your opponents are down. It is dishonored to do that.
Like any art/style of fighting skills... If u have no work to it. Killa force in trajectory... Ur useless. No matter what belt u hold... Canelo? Uppercut
I see The UFC as a higher fighting class. I never seen a One Champion fighter win Gold in the UFC. I have seen UFC fighters come to One Champion and won Gold... One Champion is just not at the same fighting level as The UFC....
This is what I like to see in MMA. A combination of all styles, grappling and striking alike. You can tell that the BJJ guy was no stranger to striking, and he held his own during stand up. I’m glad to see the striker win, seeing as I’m a striker, and I hope strikers make a comeback soon enough
It Morally and Physically depletes the Body. 1 One feels defeated and him letting the Other Cat up makes Him use the battered leg muscles. Also the kicking power of a Tai Fighter is stronger than an MMA’S simply because They train in that regard and Their fights are standing not wrestling. He chopped Dude down like a tree. He was good at wrestling but didn’t have to kicking or boxing skills to compete. Interesting how the Tai boxer not only attacked the shin and calf muscles, but He beat the thighs too. If You can’t move You become a spitting duck or in this case a kicking bag. Thanks for the video.
If he went to the ground with the jiu jitsu guy that would be fatal. He choosed chopping his legs like they were dry tree branches before going to the ground and probably lose the fight. The jiu jitsu guy never stood a chance in a standing fight.
This was the only smart choice. Had nothing to do with anything else. The Muai Thai fighter is inferior on the ground so obviously wants the stand-up fight.
@@LS-zq3td hey, as a judo man for many years. Of what I experienced in a brief time in aikido classes, I just don't see aikido beating judo in a fight. However I believe they are too different things. Aikido is very precise for a precise attack. But I would love to continue aikido.
@@Life1233_ it's easy to judge on this side. He's a beast. But there is always someone better. Im guessing You're either skinny fat or 240 with nothing better waiting for you at home other than beer. No reason to downgrade these guys with words, when you couldn't do half of it.
The same people that say, “strikers only ever win because they know some grappling as well” never acknowledge the fact that every grappler in mma also trains in striking.
Salute to that Alex... he fought with heart. Didn't back down even though he was pummeled by Yodka left leg. As for Yodka... he's brutal. And as a striker he didn't get caught up in a grappling match. That left round house is dangerous.
Aside from the physical pain of those leg kicks, that’s also mentally breaking him down. And then he’s forced to stand back up with that pain, over and over again until he gives in.
Schild really took a beating here man. Almost felt bad for him past a certain point. Definitely a warrior for staying in there when he knew he was outmatched. Imo, he seems to need a trainer that will get him reps with southpaws. This man looked like he didn't know how to deal with one at all. I mean, you can see him willfully and actively choosing to step to the inside of Yodkaikaew's lead foot. You're just asking for your legs to get chopped down.
4:56 as a thai he actually made gun sounds........ MACHINE! also that "เตะเจาะยาง" (a kick so powerful it can make opponent's leg paralyzed) was so cool
The devastating muay Tai low kick. You can see it getting more and more effective by seeing how the BJJ opponent reacts to the kicks. At the later half of the fight he loses his balance more often or seems afraid of the kicks.
Absolutely ferocious kicks 🦵 them leg kicks are so so effective… trained Muay Thai for ten years.. sadly a hip replacement stopped it. But those Thais are so powerful and fast
Alex, looked like he wanted to give up after those brutal lead leg and power kicks. He wanted to work on the ground. But y2k corner kept saying "make him standup"🤣😂
As much as I feel bad for the bjj guy, I'm really glad because finally a high level striker isn't easily nullified by a grapler.
Doesn’t nullify the fact that almost all of the time, the grappler will beat the striker, if the striker doesn’t train grappling as well.
@@Anonymous-rz6vq You can same the same thing for grapplers with no striking experience. Quite a few grapplers where outright just knocked out like Ronda. But I agree always best to be well rounded.
finally i see a thai with muscle mass, i know they're the best strikers on the planet but it takes hybrid grappling/striking rule set for the thais to actually lift and put on mass. nice to see.
@@rastabg23 What?? you never saw Buakaw in your life??
@@jovanleon7 hahahahah he is the reason i started fighting, i watch him before each training session. bragging and exaggerating aside just the facts so far ive broken 3 heavy bags, the metal frame broke too from the roundhouse impacts. He is that much of an inspiration. All 5 of my brothers were inspired by Buakaw as well. We all fight.
Buakaw is one exception, but the reality is even buakaw is little compared to me. With clothes on you cannot tell he lifts. Thais generally look at too much muscle mass as detrimental to the art. at least the old school golden era thais do coupled with the fact that genetically, thais, like most asians, are extremely small but indeed aesthetically Buakaw is one of, if not the most built thai fighters of all time. Certainly the most popular, no doubt.
I'm most impressed with how coachable he is. He could've been submitted easily but he he was listening and DOING what he was told during that whole scramble. Well done.
Great composure
@@spiralinglight for real.
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@@maduroholdings narrator voice "he actually did not let go of that arm"
They have a culture of building competitive fighting machines. It's beautiful, if you think about It...
Was really impressed with the Thai's defensive grappling and physical strength in those situations. On the feet, we all knew what would happen.
The end! Of blk. toppin J! LG... J! High level. Destroys S. SJG
Very skilled and promising career coming for this guy
During the first grappling exchange there were a few moments where the kickboxer just couldn't manipulate the bjj fella because he was stronger and more practiced. I'm glad he fought his way out of it and learned how to nullify most takedowns after that.
The BJJ guy probably used so much energy to get him down and keep him down. Good ground defence from Muay Thai nullified advantage he had on ground
Muay Thai has clench grappling so of course he can defend takedowns
Some Muay Thai lingo for those who might be interested: the low kick is called เจาะยาง (joh yaang, literally to pierce a tyre) and once the opponent goes limp, that state is called ยางแตก (yaang taek, literally popped tyre).
That's exactly what happened in this match.
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That’s dope thanks for spreading the knowledge
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Shot out his wheels
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Without the coaching I would've never known how much skill is involved in just defending from a grapple. Thanks, appreciate the video
Not much skill needed in street to defend from BJJ. Just a head move backwards would break the nose of the grapler (among many other options forbidden in MMA). BJJ is good for MMA, it would get you killed on the street.
There's alot more complicated than this they kinda just telling him to keep working and get up
@@oba_reese1611 Fr you don’t realize how much detail there is to moves until you do them
nah its kinda obvious if you give the techniques and principles some thought, its not as magical as average ppl tend to believe
@@ricsouza5011 The process is straight forward, but the technical elements are huge difference between average TTD who would get mauled by top level grapplers, and ppl like izzy who almost never stay down
Brutal leg kicks, no fear throwing them into Alex shin, no hesitation to smash it in there. 2 absolute warriors at the top of their games and the biggest shows, nothing but respect to them both.
He wasn't throwing to the calf so no risk of shin checks. Muay Tai fighters usually kick the thigh which is why it took so damned long lol. The better MMA Muay Tai fighters know better and just start chopping the calf against this type of opponent. Fight should have been over a round or so sooner.
@@marcellogenovese199 it came out a far better performance because of the way it went dictated by those exact leg kicks. Amazing performance, hard as nails.
@@OmegaChoad For sure, legs kicks are so devastating if done properly. Teep kicks are underused IMHO as well.
@@marcellogenovese199 yes, lead leg teeps to the thigh to stop the moving forward and striking the body or face with it. They suit a certain style fighter of another, more so those focused on range management and countering rather than aggressive, when well used anyways.
@@marcellogenovese199 You must have never taken a clean kick to the thigh... Plus the higher you kick in the leg the more likely their check will be with a fatter part of the tibia which makes it higher risk for the kicker.
What a beating to his legs, incredible. A very, very tough guy. Must have been hard to walk for a week afterwards. Much respect.
Maybe for 2 weeks.
@@innosanto Maybe for 4 weeks 🤔
@@colinmckeon3010 3 weeks, take it or leave it 🗿💰
Seriously, his legs were just getting demolished!
@@meatballman9745If it was me that get kicked? At least a year lol
I'm impressed how Yodkaikaew easily modified his Muay Thai stance to better defend against Alex's grappling attempts. This shows how effectively Muay Thai can be adapted to MMA.
That stance is a Muay Thai stance.
He didn't learn a new stance to compete in MMA, every nak Muay knows how to use that stance
@@user-cn7wy7xx5k Exactly. It’s mainly the fact he was smart enough to use that specific stance in this aspect compared to others. I really want to see Y2K vs Buakaw though. See who has more power🫡
@@user-cn7wy7xx5k That definately isn't the tradition muay thai stance. It doesn't work in mma so they have to modify it.
@@noproblem9792 Muay Thai has many stances. And this is one o them, this wide stance is an offensive Muay thai stance generally used for punching combination and as you can see, it works perfectly in mma
I THINK in this fight but in the fight rodtang vs johnson muay thai vs mma won mma, but the Muay thai fighter was superior in striking, that fight finished in submission of the mma fighter
i gotta give credit to the other guy. HE TOOK A BEATING and kept coming back even though his legs were done. his mentality deserves all the respect in the world. hats off to that man.
????
I was shocked he came back for that final round
He wasnt defeated mentally
@@Kowalth those thigh strikes hurt man
@@AsymmetricalAce i receive leg kicks and give. I can confirm it hurts if you dont know how to check
Both fighters deserve huge respect..one for not giving up and one for being respectful….🙏🏽
that's the point
He TKO him with a low kick while on the ground..one of the rarest tkos I've ever seen...just the accumulation was something to behold..absolutely amazing.
There was one time that Thai fighter did worse with low kick search muay thai vs kick boxing low kick u should find that match. The cocky american had to be carried to the hospital due to low kick.
Those legs were already damaged, the last kick to the legs sealed his fate.
That BJJ guy is already done on round 2 , he should have quitted when you can't even walk properly.
@@Llucius1 precisely, no point in soaking up the damage. Better walk out to fight another day.
check out pat barry, early mma monster kicker
Respect to both of these guys. Most people have no idea the feeling of being in pain and completely gased out and then hearing "2 minutes left". Thats a lifetime under these conditions
Does kickboxing help in street fights
@@truthhurts6327 krav maga does
@@uziboozy4540 i heard that Krav Maga was no good for street fights
@@uziboozy4540 have you got in to a street fight using Krav Maga?
@@truthhurts6327 Krav Maga is probably the deadliest and most effective form of self-defense in the world
How do you know you are fighting a real muay thai fighter? Their kicks are actually submission attempts.
😅😅😅
😂Right. Evidence to support this statement is the tap out at the end after those last two kicks.
Great cuote
This the one lol
Damn lol. True
I'm literally in tears every time dude yells Aaang! then blast his legs, Aaang! Aang Aaang.... then the coach is screaming make him stand up, but the dude doesn't want to stand up cause them (Aaangs) are brutal, he doesn't want to get Aaang'd into Oblivion 🤣🤣🤣
All I envision is Apollo creeds corner screaming thrown in the damn towel.
Make him stand up so he can get some more of these Aaangs homie !
😂😂😂😂😂 comment of the night
This is literally gold 😂😂 🗣AAANG!
💯💯YEP!!!
When he got that Triple AAANG it was over
Aaang
It basically became a normal heavy bag session for Yodkaikaew: just drilling leg kicks without fear of getting checked or countered 😅
I'm.w75 and old spank both
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Bug it would have e to be in eec
That's right
He was getting checked, but Yod’s leg didn’t care
This might be the best coach yet. Calm, reacts impressed when appropriate, loud and crystal clear, never a moment he does not direct a way out clearly from his perspective. Feels like this coach is always right next to his fighter observing every move and knowing what should come next.
The coach is ridiculous. It's way ott. It ruins the fight. Why doesn't the coach get in there and fight himself so?
It's so crappy to listen to. The fighter isn't fighting at all. He's like a remote control object for the coach. Where is THE MAN fighting and not his nanny coach?
It's absurd.
@@Sionnach1601 It's hard to be in the moment and have focus all around. It's the same with volleyball. The coach has a perspective, and is able to see where the faults are, and weak points in the opponent.
@@Sionnach1601bruh what he could've got subbed if it wasn't for his coaches calls. The coach reminded him of the game plan when Y2K tried grappling with Alex.
@@davidnguyen6823 You're just proving my point.
The coach is the player: the player is a RC bot.
The credit goes to neither. It's not what I would pay good money to go and see. Awful stuff.
@@Rammsteinfanboy2 The coach isn't just 'reminding him of the game plan': he's got his hand up the player's backside like a ventriloquist.
It's terrible sh to watch a man so controlled.
The beauty of the leg kick. Once they start landing, you're done
I beat people like this in UFC3, I keep doing leg kicks until they start falling down and cant take any more leg kicks then referee calls the fight. This is my strategy it call it "The Lumberjack"
@@milijanovcic4479 in Thai we call "jor yang" or in English is "tire pierce kick" it's like when you pierce the tire a car will be staggering
Muay thai has even deadlier knee and elbow moves.
@@Trgn Depends on muay thai style. There is so many. Dieselnoi is the best clinchfighter ever to have ever lived. He was so good that he was asked to retire to give the other fellas a chance.
this is how the way i play on ufc 4. no knock oits, just pure fvck em up in the legs. i hate those bjj styles.
Physically exhausting to watch, muay thai guy has learned well to deal with the take downs. BJJ was very competitive but, simply outclassed by a more conditioned better striker. Props to both guys.
I was going to say, that whole thing was an impressive display of stamina.
The jiu-jitsu guy didn’t do the best jiu jitsu
@@juanhoffmann4096 Exactly !!!
@@juanhoffmann4096 He was fine. He just gassed from trying to submit the first time and it effected his takedowns afterwards. Stamina was the difference so those leg kicks took it’s toll. “BJJ” actually escaped a choke and took his opponents back to put himself in a position to get a submission. Then his opponent defended it well. I was impressed by both fighters in the beginning.
Knock knock you about to get shell shocked 2:00
That was brutal. He got crippled by those leg kicks 😱. What a strategy!
Man the Muay Thai fighters have the deadliest kicks ever. Literally
I don't know whats more brutal, their leg kicks or their cardio level. They seem to be on a different planet when it comes to both. Also is their capacity to deliver and take pain.
When we fight, we think differently than other martial artist. We have a more violent mind and we are constantly thinking to destroy the legs, and catch the opponent’s
@Sathapana Rongthong นักมวยไทยไม่มีใครเตะก้านกล้วย🍌น่ะครับ
@@fabrizioroma-mote3059 he's been watching too much JCVD movies ie Kickboxer
I see various comments about pain tolerance... The pain is the training, when fight night rolls around it's not a factor unless they suffer a failure of conditioning, game plan etc. Throwing the legs like çhopping wood..... All day
Most Thai's start training at 6 and by the time they are 18 they have 100 or so fights in the ring. Their kicks are insane as are their elbows, knees and clinching. They know how to throw around an opponent. Most are quite adaptable and can be taught new techniques.
Is this for professionals? Because I’m 18 but I just wanna start just to defend my self and not do it as my career
@@angelmaldonado5657 Im in my 50's and started Kickboxing and Boxing at 18 and Muay Thai at 21, so 18 is a great age to start for sure.
@@angelmaldonado5657 I just started Muay Thai and BJJ both at the same time as a fat lazy 35 yr old. Just for the self defense plus to break the laziness and lose the weight. At 18 you’re perfect! Especially if you get into it now and not gain 50 lbs to have to work hard to lose in your 30s. Good luck! They’re both fun to train in
@@dhwrd87 which do you recommend, getting into shape first or just train right away? I'm having a hard time to decide. I'm 26, 247 lbs.
@@archlinuxsys I’d say just got for it. For me, running, treadmill, etc are all boring as hell but martial arts is fun, engaging, and makes you think more. Every class I walk out feeling good like a full body workout, and also new knowledge gained and new friends made. You can’t not make friends with the people you’re trading friendly jabs with, or trying to strangle on the ground. It’s pretty cool. You’ll lose the weight by training.
The guy keeps moving forward knowing his legs are at risk, deserves to be recognized for his fighter heart
if you know you don't have an answer for those leg kicks it's time to rush in there and stay in the pocket, make it a dog fight.
And his legs made of meat paste
@@Ai-Ex-Music convincing legs to move after taking a beating like that is hard to do. By the time he was getting knocked over, I doubt he could move very fast.
Hes got heart but brain is lacking. Going forward to go for an attempt for a scramble no longer was working so attempting it over and over again will only result into his legs getting worked on.
Cant all be heart in fights.
Brutal!!! The man's leg was done and he did not give up until he could move no more. Respect. Hard way to make a living.
I beat people like this in UFC3, I keep doing leg kicks until they start falling down and cant take any more leg kicks then referee calls the fight. This is my strategy it call it "The Lumberjack"
@@milijanovcic4479 sounds pretty accurate lmao
I don't think these kind of people make a living by fighting - they make a living so they can fund their fighting lifestyle.
Yes, Stipe Miocic kept his job even when champion. Connor McGregor on the other hand....Has nearly what Dana is worth. So it's a mixed bag.
I'm honestly impressed by how the bjj guy endured a tons those deadly kicks, seriously man muay Thai is so powerful because of their 8 point striking system: hands, feet, knees and elbows, and he didn't even use the 8 point striking system, he used 4 point striking system like kickboxing (which I have learned before) and that's just to prove how hard they train to enhance each of their capabilities to get so powerful
Yeah, I was waiting for some muai thai and we only maybe got one knee strike. The rest was basically kickboxing with some muai thai thigh targeting. All he needed.
kickboxing for cucks
How did he handled them ? He fell and laid on the ground all the time
@@vitalcoreenterprise4246 What he means is that he stood up repeatedly. Just that is already hard
@@vitalcoreenterprise4246 He's a BJJ grappler so his falls could've been feints to try and get Yodkaikaew into his guard.
Had him stand up back to back to keep the punishing going. Great coach
Thai low kicks are absolutely devastating. Seeing his reaction to them at around 11:00 really put it into perspective. Any normal person would be bawling after around 3 of them. Props to him and the other guy for holding on.
So low kicks are only a Thai thing?
@@DoubtingThomas333 No, I didn't say that but I am specifically talking about Thai low kicks
@@jmaar7089 it isn't specific to Thai muay Thai though, at all.
@@DoubtingThomas333 Didn't say it was though?
@@DoubtingThomas333 he never said that
It’s great to see a striker actually follow the game plan and his corners advice by forcing the other dude to get up instead of trying to grapple or GNP. Props to the Bjj dude for enduring for as long as he did.
Exactly. Never meet your opponent where they are strong.
@@Xpistos510 honestly man. Gastelum vs Izzy, stipe vs werdum and rousey vs holm come to mind. Different situations but same principal of playing to your advantages and keeping a level head. Perhaps some fighters are dead tired and are looking to “play it safe” by securing a round and not risk gassing but all to often fighters find themselves with a golden opportunity and seemingly reject it or, in the case of grapplers turned “world champ strikers”, choose to ignore their clear advantages in favor of extremely risky striking. All in all it’s the fighters fight and their choices so respect to that I guess.
The corner should've stopped that fight after the lead led was compromised (at the very least when the back leg was starting to get messed up). That BJJ guy was not going to win. You gotta save your fighter to be able to fight another day.
I agree smh
I was thinking the exact same thing! His corner is terrible! The ref could have stopped the fight so he's just as bad if you ask me.
@@damonclark5742 yeah the ref sucked
Agree
The corners job, typical yanks too much pride not enough brains stick to the UFC
I am Thai. I love that YKK didn’t brutally fight when BJ was down. He always called him up to fight. (Not because standing position is easily kicked as many MMA fans here thought.)
And after his victory dance he went to “WAI” (thai respect gesture) his opponent. TRUE MUAY THAI SPIRIT!👍🙏🇹🇭
love the energy but coach kept telling Alex to make him stand up because its dangerous for YKK to grapple with Alex on the floor. if he tried a ground and pound he would get submitted
@@SlammyWammy1 It's just smart strategy. He's already dominating on the feet, and each one of those leg kicks just pushes him closer to victory.
@@AirLancer what are you talking about? i said the reason YKK didnt go to the ground with Alex was because it's safer for him to fight on his feet, not out of "good sportsmanship" or whatever the commenter said, i dont know if you understood what i was saying
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That second round was BRUTAL lol thought the BJJ guy’s leg was gonna fall off
It did
Few hours after the fight
Gone black and felt off😀
What I loved the most, towards the end, any time Alex was on the ground and got stood up, Yodkaikaew just leg kicks him right from the opening, no setup, no faint, just takes a massive swing and slams his legs lol. Awesome fight.
Dude he wouldn’t get off his leg lol. He was locked on to it like a missile
Shows how important grappling is in fights like these. The other guy could’ve easily won earlier, like everyone else, I was surprised to see how good his ground game was. It’s weird to see Muay Thai fighters so good at reversals…but once he took the other guys legs with those thigh strikes…😬
bcs the muai thai guy is stronger so he won the grappling also 😅
@Al Chandeck Chen Don't be delusional strength and technique are equally useful.
Strength had a lot to do with it.
@Al Chandeck Chen great corner
Goes to also show that grapling won't get you very far if you're up against a quick striker.
Wow that Thai guy is a furious beast in that ring. I was super impressed by the backflip roll while the guy was on his back. You don’t see that in fights normally
Front flip brother!
Back flip is an option and you get a greater impact. However, it was a front flip.
just watch a lerdsilla fight
Anyone else been arm barred and just flexed out of it an started slamming em 0.o.. ?
People dont do it cus its very dangerous. If it lands incorrectly, the BJJ guy would break his neck. Idk how that was even a legal move lol
this has that "kicking a tree 10 thousand times a day energy". this man is a literal beast
จริงๆแล้ว เตะวันละ1000ครั้ง ทุกๆวันต่างหากเรื่องปรกติเด็กผู้ชายที่ใหนก็ทำกัน
@@ครูยอดอร่อยทุกอย่าง idk about 1000 times a day, thats a little much lol
@@svenlk เราไม่ได้ฝึกแค่เตะ
@@svenlk1,000ครั้งต่อวัน คือเรื่องปกติ
Alex may be primarily a BJJ fighter but he’s also a coach at Tiger Muay Thai so it’s not as if he has zero striking which just makes this even more impressive
Yeah. Alex has full set of skills. Tiger is high level striking camp. I rolled with him at Tiger. Such a nice guy.
Those first legs kicks he took were crazy
That might be true but their striking skills are on different levels.
Instructor? This bout ruined him. Like Cyp. blk.topin me... Jt
There are good strikers in mma but none of them is even close to the top level "specialists". I think Mayweather vs McGregor was staged, Mayweather was fighting in a very unusual way. It really shouldn't have lasted that long.
Ain't no one gonna mention that forward roll slam! That totally changed the momentum of the grappling .
That look so cool doesn't it.
What time in the vid is it? Im a noob lol
@@CarloTheImmortal 1:55 onward maybe?
2:02
oh yeah makes sense, noticed that, that was awesome. for whatever reason the words didn't sync up in my mind to remind me of that sequence haha
This is why I love Muay Thai. The diversity of it's techniques. I trained for at least a year, did sparring with some good students. Absolutely love it!
It’s actually not that diverse. It’s a pretty straight forward style
@@wildshark9248 well i train since 10 years and i still learn new things. It may be not as diverse as other fight styles but still enough to not be able to learn it all in a lifetime.
@@kevinzvizdic5274 you can definitely learn Muay Thai in full within a lifetime
@@OliHandy2008 so you say kenshin has a muay thai style. Seems u know alot about it.
@@wildshark9248 did you do it and speak out of experience? Ask any muaythai pro or trainer. They wont agree.
That leg kick & 7:54 really hurt him. You can see his knee buckle. He wasn’t the same after that, he couldn’t even stand up. Poor dudes gunna be hearing, “Ang! Ang! Ang!” in his nightmares for the rest of his life!
Man i know it hurts pretty bad but can't stop laughing at the nightmare's sound XD
😂😂😂😂
Pung
i've been waiting to see someone apply this kind of strategy against bjj. very satisfying seeing an expert kicker decimate someone's legs when they take a defensive posture on the ground and try to invite punches. i imagine we'll be seeing more of this approach against bjj in the future
I think he just couldn't get up, because his legs were done and non-functional. Brutal kicks to the shins and thighs. Perhaps he felt that he couldn't move around whatsoever, and prefered to lie on his back instead of standing on those broken sticks.
Wish strikers in UFC like McGregor and Masvidal would use this too instead of getting submitted all the time
It's a good strategy if you can avoid the takedowns, and honestly this guys takedowns weren't good. I think he was too cautious. If you threw a high belt BJJ guy with a wrestling background in there with him, I think it would be a different story. Not that the outcome would necessarily be different, but I think a lot more of the fight would be spent on the ground.
Lol you need to watch Sakuraba.
@@lambsauce9544 Well said. Sakuraba is a killer to bjj founder group Gracie.
This guy is a beast standing up especially his leg kicks. His ground work is getting there. I imagine he'll keep working on his ground game to improve it. Excellent sprawling though. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of those kicks. You could see the tremendous amount of pain in Alex's face in the second round from those kicks taking their toll on him. As soon as I saw the Muy Thai guy starting getting comfortable and attacking those legs, I knew it was game over.
He will follow francis ngannou’s path fr
Needs to work on ground and also his striking as he will have to change stance when he faces a good wrestler -
That’s not the ufc where wrestler have more opportunities because the rule is mostly for their advantages and he doesn’t going to fall in the wrestling gaming and I’m a wrestler so don’t try to teach me also I’m a kickboxer
@@abbisgm3453 your probably superman in your dreams aswell. Clown
Wrestling and Judo ALWAYS beat BJJ if two opponents are physically similar.
10:58 finishing sequence is brutal, multiple savage kicks to the thigh. Look at the pain on Alex's face. Ref doing a good job, realised enough is enough.
I’d say there was a good 3 minutes of enough is enough lol
Dude was helpless and just taking punishment
He was kicking him across the mat 😂
I hope he let it continues 😊, until those thighs are purple
@@eugeneflores6153 😐
In a MMA scenario i realized that the leg kicks serve the dual purpose of weakening a persons legs. This fight was over after the pain started to set in from the leg kicks. His advantage of grappling got severely harder.
Major props to the man taking all those kicks and getting back up!!! Massive heart there!
Couldn't believe either, there should have been a stoppage way earlier in my opinion. It was just a beating not a fight at the end
Agree
he s the stupidest fighter in history
That was because the Thai girl give him chance many times to get up and "fight lik real man". If the first time the bjj guy fall, and he just kuck him crazilyh then this will end in less than 4 minutes.
3:37
That kick is so brutal it sounds like it broke the air barrier
🤟
I like how the Muay Thai fighter forced an MMA fight to become Muay Thai by basically refusing to attack the other fighter on the ground.
Cu BJJ doesnt work. He "COULD" keep kicking the BJJ guy when he's on the ground lol
@@iROChakri you are joking right? BJJ does work or else the Muay Thai guy would have been submitted. You don't just do reversals like that on a whim
@@marcovazquez-ou2pv Thats not the case we see here lol
Best way . Just walk away and make them stand them . Just don't play there game at all .
it all boils down to the individual - who is more aggressive, who has better technique etc. The style vs style debate was settled long ago when grapplers tossed strikers onto the mat and destroyed them (e.g. Dan Severn vs Anthony Macias). Now it's about who is more complete. Who is more adaptable. Know your enemy and know your enemy's style. The old adage still holds true: strike against a grappler and grapple against a striker. Could a pure striker get away with it against a pure grappler, it can happen and it has happened before. Those are the exceptions and not necessarily the rule. As a striker, in order to succeed in MMA, you have to know how to at least thwart the takedown attempts in order to get back up. For the grappler, you have to know how to at least strike or defend them in order to bring your opponent into your grappling range.
10:18 Love the sportmanship, credit to both
When you watch enough Muay Thai fighters, there is usually a clear moment when you can see in the opponent fighter's eyes when he realizes that those low kicks are going to be troublesome. Like at about 7:50 mark. Unfortunately, the front heavy stance of Alex Schild made his exposed leg too easy of a target. Regardless, Schild took those kicks like a champion, and I belive the fight would have gone the other way if he managed to keep Yod more on the ground. Huge respect to both fighters!
He knew it mush earlier.
That was a point when it was behind the knee and pain
Muay Thai guy was extremely impressive in getting himself out of that jam on the floor. Props to BJJ dude tho - he took a beat in the last stages of the fight and stuck with it. His legs must of been basically numb by the end, they took so much abuse. Great showing for winner, brave effort by the loser.
I'm impressed with the precision of the kicks. Never once hit him in the groin and chopped him down like a tree every time
Musta been like a dream brutally chopping his opponent down time and time again til the TKO. I can’t see the loser making it much further in ONE after that performance.
I just got trained to take the lower kick hit today, the coach didn't even use 1/3 of his power on it, and my thighs are so sore and hurt now I can barely walk. I can only imaging how Alex feels when he took so many powerful kicks. Mad respect to the fighters for not giving up.
An absolutely clinic on the feet and what amazing take down defense. His ability to scramble and stay cool was very impressive.
Hi Mario. Thai's can be amazingly talented athletes. BJJ's supposed magic martial potion didn't apply. 😑
You have to love the dedication of the coach voicing instructions during the entire fight, strictly none ever listened to by his fighter
I remember joining the BJJ/MMA gym about 5 years ago. Loved everything about MMA except Muay Thai. The pain from the legs kicks is unlike anything an athlete experiences. After about 8-9 months trying to get my Muay Thai game up, I quit. Mentally just couldn’t deal with giving or receiving those shin strikes.
Man that guy was getting killed with those leg kicks props to him for getting up and continue to fight most guys would have tapped out after the 3rd or 4th kick
It’s crippling. Those who’ve never receive a proper leg kicks will never understand. Kudos brother.
@@Kenny-bj2zq *1st
I hear that
So I have done mma and Muay Thai professionally and- no judgement here buddy. Being leg kicked in a pro bout (by some one who trains Muay Thai EVERY day for years) is akin to be tortured. It’s just like being kicked in the nuts again and again and again it’s SO horrible. The only thing you can really do in that situation is throw MORE leg kicks then ur opponent…and obviously try to check them. 🤷🏽♂️ great match
I actually love moments like the one at 10:16, where fighters set aside going after each others head for a second and tap gloves in acknowledgment and respect
At 8:51 "Make him stand up" meanwhile poor Alex was probably thinking "that fall actually wasn't intentional" lol
Yodkaikaew coach: its a trap
Nah, he just preferred to give the attendees a better show by having him get back up for a few more minutes of fighting, rather than just kick him 4-5 times while he lays on the ground, like he did at the end.
@@EtherFox It's to give him better opportunities for his kick. While Alex is on the ground, he can only really kick his calfs and thighs. Since there's no weight on them, the kicks aren't gonna hurt as much when they connect. Letting his opponent get up was just a good strategy. He'd already defended a choke and defended multiple take downs, and Alex was hurt even more now than he was at the beginning. There's a low chance at the end of the fight Alex had the energy left to actually score a takedown and grapple. Meanwhile, while their both on their feet, Yodkaikaew can go for kicks to the body, kicks to the ribs, kicks to the thighs/calfs WHILE the opponent is standing up and putting weight on them, and he can even try a kick to the head for a knockout. He has much greater potential to do damage to a standing opponent with his kicks than an opponent lying down. It's not about the show, it's a sound strategy for finishing off an injured opponent while exploiting his own strengths. The ref also knows this, and decided to call the TKO once it's clear Alex was too injured to realistically put up a fight.
legs is the only body parts that connects to the ground that allows you to move, main role to avoid punches and kicks, when you legs is in pain and cant move, you are as good as a sitting duck.
A wingless and legless sitting duck
A lying on the ground duck...
A shitting duck
@@vitamingummies7472 all the while hearing a predator crying "Aaaang!! Aaaang!"
Feel sorry for Alex .. just imagine the pain he must be going through. Respect..
i wonder how long he spent healing his legs. that mustve been PAIN for weeks on end
I wondering bjj can be used for offensive attack. It kinda for self defense. And, under continuous offensive muay thai kick, he kinda getting in deep pain without doing much return attack.
@@HayashiShirou They can.... Normal person dont expect how fast BJJ fighter to grab opponent because they train same techniquea every day. It is all about training and muscle memory.
He should train muay thai to become a better fighter
@@de_sodavibe9822 if you drop your hands and a high kick comes in you're done
The BJJ fighter is tough as hell enduring those kicks. So much power from the Thai fighter, the hip turn and follow through were unreal. The thai fighter did a great job avoiding being neutralized by the grappling.
Yodka's got some serious ground defense skills 👏 Whoever was cornering Alex and encouraging him to stand toe to toe and bang when clearly outclassed should rethink career choices.
Yodka was not gonna go down to fight Alex on the ground. If he didn't get up, he would just kept getting his thigh kicked until his leg become completely useless. That laying on your back tactic might have work on other fighter, but against a Muay Thai fighter whose main weapon are their low kicks, that's just giving them free shot to his thigh.
If Alex didnt stand up, Yodka could continue kicking Alex ... for free ... what? LOL. Striking > Grappling. Period.
You can see the pain in his face every time he goes down yet he still gets back up.
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The bjj dude has heart but those legs were done by 8:10. Much respect to these guys 🙏
Fight was done when the BJJ fighter somehow gave up a full back mount and a RNC in the first couple minutes...
I'm honestly impressed with the coach. This strategy they implemented was brutal. Getting up after getting knocked down like that over and over would be draining both physically and mentally.
Muay Thai guy had to learn take down defense & submission defense. When BJJ couldn't do anything on the ground, it was pretty much over. Gassed and a kicking bag at that point.
A fight is a fight, the best always wins
@ho11ywood in asia they expirementing how to destroy legs and arms of opponent who trying to do submission.
Thought bjj was be all end all of fighting I'm shocked
@@channi58 I am not shocked.
Adesanya proved that point.
I think the key is being aware of its danger.
@@kogaryu5558 it's very very limited.
Beautiful sprawl by the Muay Thai guy at :37, 5:21, and 10:45, and high fight IQ not getting sucked into grappling at 6:15. The key to his success was he was able to use his forte because he also had some really solid fundamentals in defensive grappling at several points in the fight, including working his way out after his back was taken with a bodylock.
The Muay Thai sprawl can nullify damn near any grappler if done right and Yodkaikaew is perfect at it
@@NoCoBandit did not know that there was such a thing as a muay thai sprawl. Looks like a wrestling sprawl common to MMA that was very well executed
A really breathtaking fight.
Alex was tenacious ,to say the least .
It was pure adrenaline,no music,no blabber of commentary,no nothing.
PURE.
Respect to Alex for staying in there once his legs were gone. Can't imagine how much pain he was in. Maybe still is in.
After a while during a fight, you can feel the pain from the leg kicks even before your opponent throws it
Being someone who has done BJJ since I was a kid, and now someone who has been taking mua thai for I while, I feel these two martial arts suite each other so much. People underestimate the grappling in muay thai.
Charles Oliveira mix up))
Wish they could use knees and elbows.
Muay Thai indeed includes an unusual focus (for a striking art) on grappling, specifically due to how important the clinch is to Muay Thai. As far as I know, Muay Thai practitioners practice clinching more than any other aspect of the sport, and the good ones end up transitioning (if they go to MMA) well into grappling defense.
stop telling lies pleas
Thank You 4 ur comment mate...tumbs up
This is like in a fighting game where one person spams a single move and you can't do anything about it because you don't know the match up. Respect for getting back up tho, those kicks are LETHAL
Every Thai Boxer - smiles after an exchange. Love that about them.
5:13 "You know it's coming Alex" 5:14 "And he can't stop you" LMAO
Proceeds to get discombobulated
Alex was my BJJ coach in Thailand, he showed big heart ❤.
This feels more like training then an actual match, but both guys are taking directions real well.
The coaches scream to the fighters in UFC too but you can’t hear them cause the noise of the crowd.
More impressive than the striking was his defense of every shot Alex made to grapple. Dude threw his hips back so well
That’s how you know Alex isn’t that legit in wrestling, he’s got heart but no fight IQ
@@deanweimer3555 I was waiting for the moment Alex would throw a raw Wrestling Shoot and eat a reactionary knee to face because of it.
His sprawl is excellent and his kicks are Super vicious.
never seen a fighter in these kind of rings letting his opponent stand up, thats real honor. respect.
That was for strategy, not for honor. A standing fight is his specialty. He makes the opponent stand so he can keep landing those inner low kicks
@@natsudragneel-ir7sr i understand that but he could have kicked him everytime when he was laying on the ground, like he did at the end of the fight, also lot of fighters throw punches until the revery stops them
ไม่เคยเห็นการนอนให้เตะเลย ทำไมไม่นอนที่บ้าน
@@RoensmusicHe can kick the guys legs on the ground yes, but it doesn't do as much damage as kicking him when standing up, so the muay thai guys coach kept yelling 'stand back let him up!' so that the muay thai guy can do as much damage as possible each round. Also even just kicking a skilled grapplers legs when they are on the ground can be dangerous, because if they hook a leg from a kick, they can get a takedown/leglock with it. So the muay thai guy was really keeping his distance and being cautious. Also.. when on the feet the muay thai guy can kick the head for a KO. And since the BJJ guy had poor takedowns and weak striking, it made much more sense to keep the fight standing for as much of the round as possible.
@@natsudragneel-ir7sr No, you don’t understand Yodkaikarw mindset. The OP understood it correctly. He was trained in Muay Thai and our muay thai teachers teach us the rule of thumb of RESPECT YOUR OPPONENTS. No fighting when your opponents are down. It is dishonored to do that.
Muay Thai for life.
Everyday is leg day
Like any art/style of fighting skills... If u have no work to it. Killa force in trajectory... Ur useless. No matter what belt u hold... Canelo? Uppercut
@@speedrob He is ruined... Schild... Jt
I see The UFC as a higher fighting class. I never seen a One Champion fighter win Gold in the UFC. I have seen UFC fighters come to One Champion and won Gold...
One Champion is just not at the same fighting level as The UFC....
Muay Thai is a very strong fighting style
This is what I like to see in MMA. A combination of all styles, grappling and striking alike. You can tell that the BJJ guy was no stranger to striking, and he held his own during stand up. I’m glad to see the striker win, seeing as I’m a striker, and I hope strikers make a comeback soon enough
i love the way how the muai thai guy letting his opponent get up and crushing him again
His cornerman kept telling him to let Alex get up
It Morally and Physically depletes the Body. 1 One feels defeated and him letting the Other Cat up makes Him use the battered leg muscles. Also the kicking power of a Tai Fighter is stronger than an MMA’S simply because They train in that regard and Their fights are standing not wrestling. He chopped Dude down like a tree. He was good at wrestling but didn’t have to kicking or boxing skills to compete. Interesting how the Tai boxer not only attacked the shin and calf muscles, but He beat the thighs too. If You can’t move You become a spitting duck or in this case a kicking bag. Thanks for the video.
Well he has to let him get up because he'd have lost if he battled on the ground more
If he went to the ground with the jiu jitsu guy that would be fatal. He choosed chopping his legs like they were dry tree branches before going to the ground and probably lose the fight. The jiu jitsu guy never stood a chance in a standing fight.
This was the only smart choice. Had nothing to do with anything else. The Muai Thai fighter is inferior on the ground so obviously wants the stand-up fight.
Sakuraba would definitely approve of those low kicks to the thighs of the bjj practitioner on his back. Big respect to both fighters. 😎👍👍🙏🙏
I sure miss those days man!!! Everybody talks about the Gracie's but Sakuraba was a straight killer. Pride was awesome
Sakuraba, the G.O.A.T.
@@LS-zq3td oh but bjj best fighting art there is best self defense blah blah haha
@@channi58 aikido is the best in my opinion. But most of it is illegal in mma
@@LS-zq3td hey, as a judo man for many years. Of what I experienced in a brief time in aikido classes, I just don't see aikido beating judo in a fight. However I believe they are too different things. Aikido is very precise for a precise attack. But I would love to continue aikido.
So much credit to Alex! I've seen him train at Tiger and he is an absolute beast. Difficult situation for him on the feet. Respect to both fighters!
When they keep pressing one button and beating you.
He’s definitely not a beast! The other guy is
@@Life1233_ Everybody gangsta till spam leg kicks
@@Life1233_ it's easy to judge on this side. He's a beast. But there is always someone better. Im guessing You're either skinny fat or 240 with nothing better waiting for you at home other than beer. No reason to downgrade these guys with words, when you couldn't do half of it.
@@raymondcarter9810 I’m actually 6’6 310
This just show that Muay Thai stances can be used in MMA without any problem.
Not against a high level MMA fighter
@@arturo8475 😂
@@arturo8475 you REALLY don’t know Alex Schilds background then. He’s about as high level as high level one can be.
tremendo peleador el thai, pero el otro peleador no hizo nada. Se paro a recibir
@@arturo8475 Very easy. Thing is, its just starting where Muay thai fighter are being trained to defend take downs.
Batman's been real quiet since Joker learned Muay-Thai.
Muay Thai is probably my favorite form of martial arts, but BJJ is such a close second. They both go so hard. Mad respect for both them.
What about kickboxing is that good for street fights
The same people that say, “strikers only ever win because they know some grappling as well” never acknowledge the fact that every grappler in mma also trains in striking.
He'll be in a wheel chair for two days at least😂🤣
May be one week
I was surprised to see him walking on his own at the end. Adrenaline perhaps
@@Jeremyramone
He didn’t want to show
his pain in front of public 🤫
I dunno how they can kick someone's shin with the top of their foot and it not hurt both people
@@boogiedownforever Thai do shin condition.
I can feel those kicks🥶
Salute to that Alex... he fought with heart. Didn't back down even though he was pummeled by Yodka left leg.
As for Yodka... he's brutal. And as a striker he didn't get caught up in a grappling match. That left round house is dangerous.
Aside from the physical pain of those leg kicks, that’s also mentally breaking him down. And then he’s forced to stand back up with that pain, over and over again until he gives in.
5:17 that reaction in almost no time
Once his legs were stiffened up from taking those kicks Schild was just a stationary target.
Schild really took a beating here man. Almost felt bad for him past a certain point. Definitely a warrior for staying in there when he knew he was outmatched.
Imo, he seems to need a trainer that will get him reps with southpaws. This man looked like he didn't know how to deal with one at all. I mean, you can see him willfully and actively choosing to step to the inside of Yodkaikaew's lead foot. You're just asking for your legs to get chopped down.
Y2K kicked S out of Schild
4:56 as a thai he actually made gun sounds........ MACHINE! also that "เตะเจาะยาง" (a kick so powerful it can make opponent's leg paralyzed) was so cool
That kick at 8:45 had the BJJ guy forget how to fight entirely, and just try to shield himself from more. Jeez.
I needed an ice bath after watching this. Excellent Muay Thai.
The devastating muay Tai low kick. You can see it getting more and more effective by seeing how the BJJ opponent reacts to the kicks. At the later half of the fight he loses his balance more often or seems afraid of the kicks.
To take those kicks and stand up every time takes fortitude. Congrats to both fighters, it was a fun watch.
The destroyer of legs!
When you play against that person who pushes the same button, and you still can’t seem to find an answer. 🤣
That leg training really kicked in for him
Absolutely ferocious kicks 🦵 them leg kicks are so so effective… trained Muay Thai for ten years.. sadly a hip replacement stopped it. But those Thais are so powerful and fast
Alex, looked like he wanted to give up after those brutal lead leg and power kicks. He wanted to work on the ground. But y2k corner kept saying "make him standup"🤣😂
I was hurting for Alex🤣😂