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Post by K1power on Jul 25, 2016 3:20:03 GMT 1
Something fun popped up on YouTube via MixFight member and collector 'Glen' ( Original Thread) To all fans of K-1, kickboxing history and trivia buffs, enjoy! |
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Post by themagi on Jul 25, 2016 14:11:40 GMT 1
Just finished watching it and it is seventeen different shades of awesome.
The things that I took from it:
Aerts was stupidly over with the fans, even back then. As soon as he steps off the fighter's bus upon arrival he's greeted with chants of "Aerts-oh!"
Pretty much clears up once and for all the theory (which I think started with Dave Meltzer) that Andy Hug was in the tank for the QF with Patrick Smith. The warm up that Andy goes through is lengthy and intense (and amazing to watch), and there's no way he would go through all of that if he was going down early in the first.
Business picks up when Mr.Ishii powers through the corridors. In the K-1 and Kyokushin Encyclopaedia (the author of which was also featured in the vid a lot, as an official) it describes Ishii and Hug's relationship as akin to a father-son, and that's plain to see when Ishii consoles an absolutely crestfallen Hug backstage.
Branko Cikatic telling the officials that if any fighter uses their head against him, then he will gladly counter with a trusty old elbow, and then signing off with an "Osu!"
A fair few of the people featured are no longer with us.
Andre Manneart is a jolly fellow. Even after his loss to Cikatic he was fooling around for the camera and was usually quick with a grin.
The atmosphere in the arena when the lights go out, and the fans are tossing those glo-whatever-they-ares around the venue, was amazing and one hell of a visual. Incredible how it once was and sadly, will probably never be again.
Cheers for posting this, Power.
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Post by K1power on Jul 25, 2016 20:58:21 GMT 1
Cheers, I thought you might like it.
I was just doing my usual 'rounds' on the internet when I stumbled upon it.
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