Dale "Apollo" Cook • Highlight

[@sevenman9672]

Thank you so much for these tribute videos to kickboxing luminaries - I have tremendous respect for the Thai fighters, but the world deserves to be shown there is more to kickboxing than playing rock 'em sock 'em robots!

[@edwardsarhuda2595]

Yea these tkd and karate kicks are so underated these days

[@paulrexlan1307]

My karate instructor, friend and mentor. Great man and great fighter.

[@Loui_Siana]

Dale Cook just entered my top 20 favorite fighters

[@Lexthebarbarian]

I was wrong about this man. I saw him in the "Choke" documentary. Thought first he was just your confident big mouth American. Boy, was I wrong. He is is legit. Bona Fide warrior. Now I like his confidence and attitude. An inspiration!

[@scarred10]

You mean you had never heard of cook in the early 90s?He was one of the best US strikers but knew nothing about mma.

[@TheNinjaOfThe906]

​@@scarred10 At that time, he knew more than many and less than a few notable experts at that time

[@TheNinjaOfThe906]

​@@scarred10You gotta remember he was a folkstyle wrestler as a youth, doing rather well! He also had a background in the traditional Martial arts like Karate and Judo, and Japanese Jujutsu in addition to his Kickboxing, Boxing and Muay Thai experience. He fought in mixed rules fights known as shootboxing in Japan in the 80s as well

[@TheNinjaOfThe906]

His limited understanding of Gracie Jiu Jitsu was definitely telling, especially at that time when most knew little about it

[@markmiller5253]

​@@TheNinjaOfThe906 Why would he? Stand up kicking and punching was about all there was. He Dale, fought karate/TKD tournaments, PkA, WkA, shute boxing, boxing and excelled successfully in all of them. These sports were young and it was pioneers like Cook who paved the way for MMA.

[@mariorodriguezjunior]

100 fights? Bravo sir. People need to realise kickboxing is as different to Muay Thai as boxing is to kickboxing, not many can go 12x2 rounds under these rules, it's brutal.

[@jefferysteen1041]

Cook vs Rick Roufus!Would have been a great fight!

[@HexenStar]

One of the most spectacular champions ever to grace the ring.

[@edwardfarmer4230]

He was Great . Very good kicks and punches.

[@macyoda2887]

i saw this guy in RICKSON GRACIES,,CHOKE DOCUMENTARY and i thought who is dale cook,,,now i know,,great fighter

[@fuckyourfezes]

hahhahahaha me too

[@genshin5288]

He is a Taekwondo black belt.

[@joeycortez9798]

Mr dale apollo cook is a legend much respect from joey

[@salvatorebuffo1488]

how much was beautiful the old Kickboxing and Karate Full Contanct?Was Very very beatiful better than the mma,this was a legendary and beatiful sport

[@kylefields3951]

It's so interesting to really *See* the influences of style between martial artists. I know where Randy "Boom Boom" Blake got all the spinning back thrust kicks from. I feel privileged to share in this legacy somewhat. I never knew Mr. Cook, but I was taught martial arts by a someone who did.

[@billyshead1339]

Straight beast!!!!!

[@vancedelab8939]

With music it's awesome🦁🦁

[@WorldWarThree]

Dale was on a cable news show the other day handicapping Biden vs. Trump like it was a boxing match. He was great. It's been a long time since I've seen someone do political humor and you couldn't tell which side they were on.

[@eliotquintana9802]

Dale cook american kickboxer

[@Norseman311]

Dale kicks ass that is all.

[@edsoncrispin7163]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@arindambanerjee3326]

If I am not wrong,he was the lead actor in American kickboxer 2

[@WhoarangTKD]

Así es. El otro actor (Evan Lurie) es ahora músico profesional.

[@LuisramonTopeteMartinez-mc1rt]

Hermosas patadas

[@HomelessNinjaKennedy]

That punch at about 2:00 looked like something from a movie

[@arindambanerjee3326]

He is a an actor also

[@PrideDragon1]

Amazing.

[@Mani-kt6qb]

WHAT A FIGHTER GREAT

[@MegaBeitar]

He was good both in full contact and kick boxing with low kicks ( International rules in the USA)! Not so Easy to fight in this Two rulesets!

[@4thdimensiontravels855]

Dale is my mothers 2nd cousin.

[@knky98bouba82]

Good....

[@angelscrisis8864]

@BAM TV What's the song you put in the video? Me and other people are curious, also, great highlights dude! Love the 80s aesthetic you put to every kickboxing video, it makes me feel like I'm watching a movie!

[@XX-eh2ke]

Couldn't beat the best, but was good against the rest.

[@xOTSx918x]

Apollo' karate himself

[@eternalfist5001]

Super!

[@OldSchoolCombat]

Ну и гангстер.

[@garesh8353]

Сделай видео за Дейла,как и за других легенд которых не мало, что ты упёрся только в гангстерские нокауты,а нам очень интересно будет посмотреть,ну и тебе в зачёт!!!!

[@Boiadeee]

in those days the problem was that you could play 50 matches and meet at most a couple of strong opponents... the average level was low, that's how they did exceptional numbers, in any case they were exceptional times for these disciplines, they were still shrouded in mystery and the imagination flew, also giving rise to various films with which I grew up dreaming of becoming like these warriors

[@lane_positive_vibesbodybui7927]

Bullshit brother. Look at the top boxers rn and khabib? Records are still phony to this day not because of weak competition either. The level was so low- some guy

[@lane_positive_vibesbodybui7927]

Go back to your rdr 2 content you have better commentary and knew what you were talking about there.🤡

[@italianduded1161]

pls put songs names

[@александрфилимонов-ц4ъ]

Есть классный фильм где он играл главную роль "Кровавый ринг" 👍

[@arindambanerjee3326]

He acted in 8 movies

[@Clymax01]

❤🥋🥊

[@sebastiansmiaowski6303]

Poezja

[@danielcarrera8749]

What's nomber music

[@zamestitel42]

Четкий боец

[@almirsamurai2374]

Black in taekwondo.

[@oliverbustoshuanca1838]

Con ese talento por que no peleo en el ufc.

[@salesa9733]

How did he fall for that one 1:28

[@elvedincatak9557]

Song?

[@renopereira1434]

Ignition.. sung

[@gustavjohansen9535]

Evey style depends who you meet

[@stuartbond2280]

Or watch ??

[@mmareviewer.2372]

cokaine's a hell of a drug!

[@nightofshanghai]

When he fought Changpuek Kiatsongrit in Japan, his physical condition was so bad that he requested to abstain, but he was forced to fight by Yakuza.

[@isaiaherasmo4320]

3:47

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

What is this ? Nap time... RAW Target

[@omegasquad868]

Dale Cook fought mainly oklahoma truck drivers but fight but lost to Steve Shepard Billy Jackson John Moncayo and Changpark Kitsongrit he did beat the smaller David Humphries Ernie Hart jr and Gene McComb but rarely fought outside of OKC

[@oldschoolfighter]

You're from Texas?

[@oldschoolfighter]

Why are you so mean. If you are from Texas, I can say the same about Billy Jackson, he lost to David Humphries by TKO, and defeated the same a truck drivers, his only victory top fighter was over Benny Urquidez, and his weight was in a different category, during the fight they announced 146 lbs, Benny fought in weight to 142 lbs (and Benny's title was up to 142 lbs). Let's be more respectful to kickers of that era. Dale beat fighters from Thailand and Japan, not many of the American kickers can boast of this

[@omegasquad868]

@@oldschoolfighter lol im not trying to be mean sir just stating the truth especially when it comes to Kickboxing especially american i try to make sure the truth is known its really disappointing to know that current kickboxer(the few that there are) have NO clue of its history and sure Cook fought some good fighters but again in his own backyard its hard to beat the hometown boy hell just didnt have to get KOd but was KOd nearly everytime against the elite fighters of his division and he NEVER fought Rick Roufas, Jean Yves Theriault, Rob Kaman, Ernesto Hoost i mean come on sir lets be truthful here seeing that you made the video and as far as Benny Uruidez is concerned his first ever title was at 155lbs then 145lbs then the 142lbs then 147lbs the fight with Billye jackson was a non title fight contracted at 147lbs Benny had over 40 fights compared to Jackson 12 fights at the time come on lets be honest and respectful to all especially if your going to make a video about it.

[@oldschoolfighter]

@@omegasquad868 Your knowledge is very doubtful to me. You say that Billy Jackson's record is 32-2, but I have information from Mr. Jackson's daughter (Michelle) that his record is 22-2

[@omegasquad868]

@@oldschoolfighter the info comes straight Mr. Jackson himself and Billy also beat Dale Cook that was verifiable by Steve Armstrong(kickboxing historian, promoter, ref, and licensed judge this info is correct again not trying to be mean by stating the truth

[@jimboslice9472]

1 of the most underrated losers of all time

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Lol who remembers his movie ? “ raw target “

[@arindambanerjee3326]

He acted in 9 films and was in lead roles in 7