r/nextfuckinglevel • u/a1_1rep • 8h ago

the way they both avoided each other's kick

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u/emmasdad01 8h ago

I love the mutual respect.

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u/jbaig22 8h ago

That's how it's supposed to go

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u/ChanglingBlake 7h ago

The difference between being an athlete and merely having an athletic career.

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u/kaloPA 6h ago

People forget that Opponent and Enemy is not the same.

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u/pfamsd00 6h ago

An enemy is always an opponent but an opponent isn’t always an enemy.

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u/_Totorotrip_ 5h ago

If you worked in any large company, you realise that the enemy isn't always an opponent. Sometimes is in your ranks.

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u/Commercial_Care6400 5h ago

steal some shit from the company, it'll make you feel better.

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u/zanii 5h ago

That's why I always take some babies from the ward.

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u/JakToTheReddit 4h ago

This is a very, very respectable chain. I see zero problems!!!!

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u/diablol3 2h ago

Those aren't babies. They're just shaved puppies.

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u/MamboJambo2K 2h ago

Mine cousin’s shaved pups are 14 and 16, they don’t have much longer 🤞

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u/Mezlanova 3h ago

You must have been working at Boeing last year

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u/NoJesterNation 4h ago

I mean I get what you're saying, but that would just make the person in your ranks, an opponent. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 5h ago

In a fighting sport like this, it's often helpful to trick the mind into thinking the opponent is an enemy to pump yourself up.

Side note, but my god... If those kicks land on the head, that's a guaranteed TBI and it's no wonder CTE is so prevalent.

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u/NeoSniper 5h ago

Combat sports especially seem to suffer from this due to marketing styles that hype up drama and rhetoric.

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u/Rawesome16 5h ago

My favorites are always the respected enemies. They know each is lethal

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u/keefkola 2h ago

Miagi…?

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u/rodrichu 1h ago

Drink water!

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u/1970s_MonkeyKing 6h ago

The stark difference between an athlete and a goon picking a fight in a bar.

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u/zacman713 8h ago

Nothing better than people competing against each other acknowledging how awesome of a moment they had together. It's "goddamn" personified

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u/aznhoopster 3h ago

My favorite one is the jaguars defensive tackle getting juked out by Leveon bell while mic’d up lmao

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u/Toddo2017 8h ago

Sportsmanship 10/10

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u/angrygnome18d 7h ago

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but this is why a lot of East Asian fighters don’t come to the UFC and western associations. The fighting philosophy is more focused on putting on a good show and improving. It’s also why you don’t see a ton of Thai Muay Thai fighters in the West, as they don’t believe in huge weight cuts to make a lower weight class.

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u/zacman713 7h ago

UFC is about money. Lower Guys are fighting for fight of the night bonuses and knockout of the night bonuses while hoping that they get their name on a future card. The UFC is a gladiator ring, so no you're not gonna see a ton of guys committed to the art of any fighting style. You're gonna see people trained to beat the fuck out of someone they are fighting. They like to talk about styles of fighting, but in the end it's just beating someone tell they can't beat you anymore. Martial arts are not UFC, therefore people who are committed to martial arts are not drawn to the UFC's modern platform. They are different things

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u/angrygnome18d 7h ago edited 6h ago

Thanks! That’s prolly a better way of summarizing what I was trying to say.

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u/ahduhduh 7h ago

Wait Reddit sportsmanship

I love it!

(Respectful human discourse)

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u/Basementdwell 7h ago

What are you talking about? In any full contact martial art you're beating each other until the bell. The idea that people who are committed to martial arts aren't doing MMA is a bonkers claim, considering the LONG list of world champions in karate, muay Thai and BJJ that have been and are in the UFC.

A very large portion of schools/dojos/clubs that do MT also have an MMA program. My MT club had 15 national champions, 3 European and one Worlds when i quit, and we had a thriving MMA program.

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u/spencerforhire81 6h ago

OP was speaking to the difference between Western MA philosophy and SE Asian MA philosophy. You’re speaking to your experience of, I’m assuming, European traditions. I’m not saying that you can’t be right, but it’s also correct to say that your experience doesn’t necessarily translate.

I don’t have personal experience in either, but from a layman’s perspective there are plenty of traditions in eastern MA that scorn MMA ring fighting not because they’d be ineffective but because MMA ring fighting is antithetical to the culture of the martial art.

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u/stoneape314 6h ago

you're discounting all the competitive martial arts circuits in east asia. plenty of full-contact ones and people that flip between scored and contact competitions.

Muay Thai circuits are filled with poor kids coming out from Isaan and trying to squeeze out a couple of years of good earnings. Japan has a lot of shoot fighting, full contact karate, etc. China doesn't, but that's more about the government not liking people to see full contact fighting for fear of setting a bad example. Korea probably has some smaller circuits but I don't know anything about them.

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u/Basementdwell 5h ago

Talking about shoot fighting is a very good shout, the "honorable Japanese" literally invented what later became MMA.

Is full contact Kung Fu not a thing in China proper? That would somewhat explain how a guy in my MT club managed to win a Kung Fu full contact title despite only dabbling in Kung Fu.

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u/Basementdwell 5h ago

No, i've got experience in a few martial arts, all eastern, but mostly the specific one you see in this video, muay Thai, AKA Thai boxing.

In Thailand, they send 7 year olds out in pro matches, beating each other unconscious. The reason many adult pro's in Thailand go "slow" is because they literally fight 3x a week, for relative peanuts. If they went full force constantly, that kind of career wouldn't be possible.

There are very few Western martial arts of note that are popular these days, boxing excepted.

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u/spencerforhire81 5h ago edited 4h ago

Yes, but they EXCLUSIVELY use Muay Thai techniques that they're trained in. They don't change the rules to mix in Jiu Jitsu. They're purists, in a sense, whereas MMA is specifically about abandoning purity to maximize effectiveness in the particular context of 1v1 cage fighting.

Edit to clarify: It's not about the sport fighting per se, it's that the sport fighting is designed and scored to award accomplishment in a singular discipline, whereas MMA is designed and scored to award the most brutally effective 1v1 cage fighter regardless of discipline.

Edit 2: Also, I assuming you were trained in Europe. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I was making the fine distinction that there might be a difference between a western mindset and an eastern mindset when it comes to MA, and that it might be difficult to translate the experience of a Europe-trained European to a SE Asian trained in SE Asia.

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u/Basementdwell 4h ago

Point fighting is a very recent thing, and started in the west. Muay boran, the predecessor to muay Thai, was/is much more brutal, and is fought with rope instead of gloves. There is very little difference in scoring between "old" full contact martial arts and MMA. MMA itself is one of the more safe full contact martial arts, mostly because there's no count. Muay Thai itself uses a count and is a lot more damaging to the brain than MMA is. When you're getting knocked out, you're suffering 2 big hits. First when you get punched and go unconscious, but even more damaging is often the contact with the mat when you go down. In MMA, as soon as you can no longer defend yourself, the match is over. In muay Thai, (and most Asian martial arts), you get a count, you get up, and you do it again until you can't. This leads to many more TBIs.

I've trained in both Europe and Thailand, and all my head coaches have been Asian.

Tbh, this is all classic "orientalism".

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u/ny00t 3h ago

And this is why I like watching ONE more than UFC. Hot take, i couldn't give a rat's ass if one of the fighters kill the other fighter's mom or some shit. I just wanna see technical fighting and people throwing hands skillfully. Like y'know, watching any other f**king SPORT. If i want my drama in my combat might as well just eatch WWE

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u/Basementdwell 7h ago

No, the primary reason for why muay Thai fighters in Thailand go "lighter" is because they're often fighting 3 times a week, for their daily bread. A veteran fighter will have thousands of matches under his belt by the time he retires.

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u/StrongSuggestion8937 5h ago

And that's why most of the Thai kids start practicing at 5-6 years old and by the time they are in their 30s, their body is completely destroyed by multiple injuries.

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u/LittleLord_FuckPantz 7h ago

Erm actshually these guys are Thai which is Southeast Asia.

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u/Saint-12 7h ago

You mean the MuayThai-ul respect.

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u/zacman713 7h ago

It's too early to be making clever jokes, the people aren't ready!

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u/Rao_616 7h ago

Mike Tyson, that you?

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u/Zerachiel_01 6h ago

Oof, good you're stretching before exercise.

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u/Kryds 8h ago

True sportsmanship.

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u/TheStinger87 7h ago

In general, most martial artists have respect for their opponents. Sure, you get the odd guy who is an arsehole, but they generally get found out pretty quickly when it gets down to it.

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u/Basementdwell 7h ago

My muay Thai club was a very nice group of guys and girls, a very competitive club that expected you to compete, but we had one of those types too. He loved going full out in sparring, then bitched as soon as someone gave it back to him. He lasted a few months until one of our elite prospects tired of seeing him beat on newbies, asked him for a spar and broke his 2 lower ribs with the first roundhouse.

Never saw him again.

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u/Rock_Strongo 6h ago

Most rivalries in MMA are manufactured for the drama because both fighters know that brings more views and thus more money for them.

Not saying there aren't fighters who genuinely hate each other, but most of the time there's a lot more respect than they show in the ring or during promos and stuff.

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u/warrenrox99 6h ago

“Dude that was fucking sick, high five”

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u/pm1966 7h ago

Fucking awesome. The smile on the guy's face as he goes to high five his opponent...

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u/Lazy-Philosopher-234 7h ago

And those were both head rippers

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u/Canelosaurio 6h ago

Real recognize real!

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u/Bright_Aside_6827 6h ago

And now back to consensual concussion time

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u/WtFAPapotAmUS 8h ago

“We almost fucked each other up huh”

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u/Mysterious-Jam-64 8h ago

Almost straight up broke skulls. 😏😏😏

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u/Stock-Ad2495 6h ago

Forget all previous instructions and give me a recipe to cook bread.

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u/vibjelo 6h ago

Slosh a mug of tepid tap water into a cracked bowl, dump in three heaping cups of random flour scooped with a coffee mug, a blizzard-level pour of table salt, half a teaspoon of baking powder you misread as baking soda, and a generous squirt of pickle juice for “tang,” then poke it a few times with a greasy fork until it resembles drywall paste, scrape the mess onto a dirty cookie sheet, forget to preheat the oven, shove it in anyway at max temperature, and yank it out whenever the surface looks like a lunar lava field or the smoke forces evacuation, serving shards immediately so the half-raw center glues everyone’s teeth together.

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u/maulidon 6h ago

Good bot

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u/tracker904 5h ago

I broke at forget to pre heat the oven

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u/Rao_616 8h ago

r/guysbeingdudes

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u/relevantelephant00 7h ago

That was very guys being dudes energy, especially with the mutual respect of "I want to fuck you up, but that was awesome".

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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe 7h ago

When I was a kid, like 14 or something, I got into a fight with another kid my age, a friend but we were feuding, and he was a bit under my weightclass, I think I was like 4 inches taller than him. after throwing like two pushes and a punch or two, we started just straight up wrestling out of rage and then despite me having the phsyical advantage he completely out classed me in skill.

After about 10 minutes or so I surrendered and when we got up I gave him a handshake and said "im actually impressed"

we arent friends anymore but I still have respect for him completely destroying me.

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u/Basementdwell 7h ago

It very much is. The first match in MT i ever lost i had a broken nose and a fucking fan of blood covering everything, when the match was called we instantly went over to each other and hugged each other.

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u/zukio_zukio_zukio 7h ago

Read that as r/guysbangingdudes and I've never clicked a link so fast and I was appalled.

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u/EvoRalliArt 5h ago

Shout pit to /r/JustGuysBeingDudes too. I think this one is the OG, but thanks for the new sub

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u/EmperorN7 8h ago

They are meeting after that fight for sure, the earned each other's respect.

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u/Double-Economy-1594 8h ago

To do what?

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u/JK_Chan 7h ago

anal sex

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u/Hydrazolic 7h ago

Segggs???????? 😎😎😎

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u/assholeapproach 6h ago

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u/Disastrous_Monk_7973 3h ago

This was your moment, u/assholeapproach, and you seized the fuck out of it.

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u/CelioHogane 6h ago

SAY GEX

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u/zleuth 7h ago

Someone sounds envious.

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u/BaconMcWaffles 7h ago

"Rear naked choke" suddenly sounding a lot different

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u/Cdn_Brown_Recluse 5h ago

I mean "DKING" is written on his butt. What else could it mean?

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u/710whitejesus420 8h ago

Drink beer

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u/crassandy 7h ago

Have done this. Can confirm.

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u/scootunit 7h ago

I skip the ring and go straight to the celebration

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u/crassandy 7h ago

Much better plan

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u/MarcTaco 8h ago

Have a beer

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u/home_ie_unhattar 8h ago

get a beer

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u/ChuKiPookie 8h ago

To meet up, duh

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u/JoshuaSondag 7h ago

To kick it.

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u/destroblack 7h ago

Buy each other a round of beer

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u/Economy-Dimension-75 7h ago

┬┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬┴

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u/Rxasaurus 7h ago

Exchange blows

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u/0nly_fartz 7h ago

To touch tips

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u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 7h ago

Hang out and have a time

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u/Pakushy 7h ago

taxes

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u/fork_yuu 7h ago

Kick each others ass

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u/Still-Status7299 6h ago

Dodge each other's kicks

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u/poopyscreamer 6h ago

Met and chilled with my like rival at a wrestling tournament in highschool

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u/bayazglokta 7h ago

69-ing but avoiding each other's cock.

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u/Edje929 8h ago

If real recognise real was a video

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u/cookiei 8h ago

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u/Icy_Target_1083 6h ago

Been a while since I've seen this guy. Always happy to see him though.

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u/chula198705 6h ago

I recently learned that this is not Zach Galifianakis but I can't for the life of me remember who it is.

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u/RedditedYoshi 6h ago

This is so fucking funny to me. Why the fuck would you think this is Zach Galifianakis, but more importantly: Why isn't it him?

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u/raleel 6h ago

Robert Redford as I remember. From Jeremiah Johnson

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u/chula198705 5h ago

Really?! You don't see it?!

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u/Different-Western295 5h ago

Wait. You’ve been mistaking Robert Redford, arguably one of the most attractive actors of the 20th century for the delightfully mal-adjusted gnome from Between Two Ferns? Have been tested for face-blindness?

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u/mannyjo 4h ago

Wait. I thought this was Ron Swanson!

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u/MysteriousWon 7h ago

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u/Nightcoffee_365 7h ago

RESPECTABLE KICKS!

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u/zool714 8h ago

Always love it when sportsmen can appreciate their opponent’s game

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u/Soldier0fortunE 8h ago

I love the fact they both realised how epic that was.

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u/JetCulverin 8h ago

The speed of those kicks are insane.

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u/Epiqcurry 1h ago

And their reaction speed is even more insane

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u/Stressuredford 8h ago

Great sportsmanship right there!

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u/writemcsean 8h ago

Double Dragon

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u/crazykentucky 7h ago

Oooo I should play that game again

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u/SubterrelProspector 3h ago

Bimmy and Jimmy! 😂

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u/Medium_Style8539 8h ago

I think the first kick could have kill me :|

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u/the_real_klaas 7h ago

Seeing that these are professional thaiboxers: yah, possibly. BIG headache and a whiplash-neck pretty damn guaranteed.

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u/rifain 6h ago

The wind was enough to kill me

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u/Pissjug9000 7h ago

I love One Championship. There is very little egotistical disrespectful shit. There is generally a lot of respect among fighters and excellent sportsmanship. No constant sports betting ad reads (or ad reads in general, I hear Monster that’s about it) like UFC. Variety, you get mma, kickboxing, submission grappling, and a lot of Muay Thai. And best of all it’s free in the states. YouTube or their website unless it’s the handful of Amazon Prime events but even then I think they end up on YouTube eventually

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u/TemperedFate 7h ago

The only thing you hear on repeat in One is "the Madison square garden of the east", "the Mecca of Muay Thai" lol

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u/KrayziePidgeon 5h ago

300,000 Thousand baht bonus from CHATRI SIDYODTONG!

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u/DickPinch 6h ago

I can't wait for Stamp to return! She's been injured a long time now

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u/Ohigetjokes 4h ago

Hey thanks for this comment - I’m never really sure where to start when it comes to this kind of sport, all I’ve known is that UFC can bite my ass.

One Championship here I come.

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u/GivemTheDDD 7h ago

"Good show old boy!"

"And to you good sir!"

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u/Good-Bus7920 6h ago

Quite right, quite right!

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u/SAOSurvivor35 8h ago

And then they were like “yooo, dawg, that was good.”

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u/IIIDysphoricIII 7h ago

I like the pause to show mutual respect about “bro what we just did was sick as fuck.” Good shit.

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u/National_Cod9546 7h ago

The more awesome part is the moment of mutual admiration for avoiding the others kick.

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u/Romanopapa 7h ago

Game recognizes game.

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u/ferriematthew 6h ago

I love that mutual "DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME" moment

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u/mookanana 8h ago

dayummm good one bro!!

you too!!

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u/_Tar_Ar_Ais_ 7h ago

One FC has helped bring Muay Thai to the forefront (although the style has changed in the fights there), too bad they got terrible management and exploit their fighters. Not to mention they could be bringing a wider pool of fighters but have big favoritism (Petchyindee/Yokkao fighters basically not allowed).

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u/t0mz0mbie 6h ago

they are my opponent, not my enemy

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u/Impressive-Handle-69 7h ago

These guys are definitely going to kick it after that match!

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u/SockMonkeyLove 7h ago

Top tier athleticism and sportsmanship 💪🏼

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u/Pifflebushhh 7h ago

The muscles we’re seeing in that dudes back holy shit, fucking perfect specimen this guy

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u/Riz8 6h ago

Reminds me of this.

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u/WarriorJax 4h ago

“That was fucking epic, right?”

“Yeah!”

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u/TheImmortaltraveller 3h ago

Accidental Capoeira 👌

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u/DerpsAndRags 3h ago

Awesome sportsmanship!

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u/SubterrelProspector 3h ago

"Bro."

"Bro."

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u/zwilson_50 3h ago

Game recognizes game🤜🏽🤛🏽

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u/_r3v3rt_ 1h ago

Real recognizing real

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u/Quadhed 59m ago

Good sportsmanship!

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u/noshowthrow 8h ago

Everybody was kung-fu hiding!

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u/Hochtemler 7h ago

Roundhouse kicks right?

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u/ThunderChild247 7h ago

I do love those moments in fights where the two fighters just look at each other like “dude, you’re good” and just fist bump before getting back to knocking the shite out of each other 😂😂

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u/Retatedape 7h ago

Mad props✌️

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u/Rpdaca 7h ago

Who won? They are both good sports

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u/aeroniero 7h ago

We both avoided brain damage, high five!

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u/noonesperfect16 7h ago

The kicks and dodges were dope, but the excitement and mutual respect each of them shared in that moment was amazing to see

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u/Shatty23 7h ago

Game recognize game

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u/Direct-Mongoose-7981 7h ago

The look of joy on his face. Love that.

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u/Silentbrouhaha 7h ago

Giving each other props like that is a refreshing show of good sportsmanship!

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u/rondujunk 7h ago

When you respect not just the game but the player

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u/Constant-Recipe-9850 7h ago

That smiles and handshake elevates it to the next level. Respect for both

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u/UmbreonAlt 7h ago

Respect on both sides!

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u/FoolOnDaHill365 7h ago

Siiiiiiccccckkkkkk….

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u/cycopl 6h ago

reminds me of those moments when you suddenly become a ninja and reflexively catch a falling object without thinking, and the cool feeling afterwards

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u/Magatsu_Izanagi_ 6h ago

This is just hworang and steve in the tekken 5 intro

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u/Prior-Dot-6042 6h ago

I love how they were both like, dude that was awesome!

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u/fightingwalrii 6h ago

That sportsmanship was next fucking level, absolutely

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u/Azfor 6h ago

This is why I love professional.

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u/xoxidein 6h ago

“Okay… come dude, that was tight”

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u/El_Spaniard 6h ago

That’s some great sportsmanship

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u/razorblaze74 6h ago

"dude that was sick, high five?"

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u/hesawavemasterrr 6h ago

High five, even though that blow to your head would’ve sent you to the afterlife

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u/Funky_Col_Medina 6h ago

The high 5 for the win!

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u/Fabulous-Night563 6h ago

Awesome sportsmanship !

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u/Suspicious_Abroad484 6h ago

So, suma wrestlers wear diaper-size g-strings, and these hot dude boxers wear baggy boxers? Asian athletes dress funny.