Changpuek Kiatsongrit vs. Dale Cook

AJKF: Inspiring Wars Heat 630
Tokyo, Japan
June 30, 1990

[@asheriko26]

1990....WHAT A CLASSIC. THE WORLD WAS MUCH MORE SIMPLE BACK THEN....

[@hansolo1935]

It's the thought that counts. Dale thought he could do it.

[@Florentinogarcia88]

Yep. Well said

[@TheGreatArchitect777]

Lmao

[@Luis-xk5lr]

xD

[@grumpysquid]

Lmao

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

Wow what the hell that was unexpected. A KO with his punches from Kiatsongrit. I guess he learned from the Roufus fight, after all the low kicks you can take him out with punches to the head.

[@antonkooshnir3837]

VCthaGOATdunker Changpuek wasn't that bad of a puncher, he KO'd Orlando Wiet with a beautifully timed punch

[@adofonconi9753]

VCthaGOATdunker low kicks are good in many ways, the opponent loses a lot of power in punches cause he can't push properly.

[@SandaBoxing]

@@adofonconi9753 no shit?

[@laodamns8433]

The first knocked down, Dale gave a gay smirk, the second knocked down wiped it off, and the third knocked down just took him in the the reality. He finally realized that he was wrong to agree to the fight. The Japanese created rules to restrict Changpuek's MuayThai natural styles, yet he manage to give Dale a complete beating. He was lucky that those were punches, not full elbow strikes.

[@eeouk]

Lao Damns lol, he smiled like he slipped on a slippery wet floor. lmao. got whooped.

[@BillLayton]

On the positive side Cook showed lots of respect to Kiatsongrit after the fight. He definitely didn't know what he was up against, or that Kiatsongrit wasn't going to show all his moves in round 1!

[@slacker2586]

nothing better than seeing a humble thai kick a cocky westerner's ass!!

[@slacker2586]

well i'm actually a westerner myself from 'straya (australia) & yes us aussies can be a bit racist at times

[@GTRNR]

agreed

[@robertgranados2120]

I di't think he was that cocky. I think Connor McGregor set the standard for me I suppose.

[@RoninTXBR549]

Did Kook not learn from seeing Rick Roufus get pounded by Kiatsongrit?

[@TheKickeur]

kook are good kickboxer, but thai have best lowkick in the world Kiatsongrit can hurt Rob kaman and Hoost.

[@JeezVince]

Couldn't found someone the same level to spare and learn. At this time it was still new to see this quality and amount of low kick being thrown.

[@adofonconi9753]

Conditioning canìt be learnt in a short time...A thai will always go for low kicks if fighting a non thai, and will add more low kicks to american kickboxers (no low kicks), boxers, grapplers and side stance based martial arts...

[@Florentinogarcia88]

Maybe, he believed he could win, despite changpuek's awesomeness. Cook is cool for trying.

[@8limbedwarriornakmuay175]

@@Florentinogarcia88 Cook is a legend , it doesn't matter if he got destroyed by Changpuek his place in striking history is sealed .

[@NaesK1]

changpuek the low kick master

[@my2009Babies1]

Kiatsongrit is one of my favorite Thai fighters

[@saviorJay51]

What a treat to watch thanks!!!

[@chasejohnson3060]

Damn. This is the first fight of Dale’s that I’ve seen. This is the first fight I’ve seen after the fight against Rick Roufus. Seems like his game plan was air tight and I even had to keep rewinding one combo he threw where he immediately checked Changpuek’s kick. It was so fluid it almost looked choreographed. What neither him nor I expected was Changpuek to start throwing punches. You gotta give it to changpuek for adapting. Gonna go watch more of his fights now. Hope anyone who reads this has a good day/night

[@Cybertronnify]

TO FIGHT WITH CHANPUEK SONGRIT MAKE SURE YOUR LEG DONT BROKEN

[@jefferysteen1041]

Wow!That guy has stopped both Rick Roufus and Dale Cook!!

[@sitthapromwasphornsaran5736]

Dale is a good dancer though, look at all those beautiful footworks, and who the heck fooled him to this fight? What's the hurry ref, let him have some more of those left hooks, sheeeeeettt !!!

[@barristanselmy2758]

I don;t even think you'd be safe with metal plates on your legs.

[@crashstitches79]

Apollo Cook, wow. Didn't know he fought Changpuek.

[@shammaboy]

dale cook looks like lex luther from smallville

[@morrink]

Im a little bit ashamed. I thought Dale was all talk when I saw him in the "Choke" documentary. He his a bona fide American gladiator that talked the talk and walked the walk, he fought anyone anywhere anytime. A true champ and warrior. His record is great.

[@ephasm]

not really. I mean fair play to the guy, he was a serious full contact fighter... but at the same time other americans were travelling to japan and south america and already starting the trend that would result in modern MMA. the western kickboxing styles were shown by styles like muay thai, sanshou, lethwei, kyokushin karate etc to be weak - primarily because their western scoring criteria emphasised volume of shots, rather than effect.

[@laodamns8433]

He was a choke. In this fight, the rules were created by the Japanese promoters to create a disadvantage to the MuayThai fighters. Dale knew it, that's why he took the fight. He thought he had a chance. Imagine if it had been under full MuayThai rules where clinch, knees and elbow strikes are allowed, he would have been carried out on a stretcher. Yet, given the restrictions and the disadvantage Changpuek had to deal with, he still gave Dale a thorough beating.

[@xchargerOUx]

Rules are there to keep the competition fair. If you feel butt hurt over Muay Thai fighters having to fight with the rules then that's your fault. Michael Thompson beat Kiatsongrit, and Masato beat Buakaw along with others, so lets not act like this is something of a disadvantage.

[@bishamon7409]

Ur Momma all fighting styles have their own rule . . under Japanese KB rule he got KOed 3 times. Imagine what would happen under thai boxing rule? not 3 KO but 1 and never get up.

[@TheDharuma]

No idea why Cook wanted more of the beating.

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Raw target dale cook. Great line from that movie was" what is this nap time"

[@shakilaelvitigala]

Did Dale Cook give away this fight?

[@cooleyjenn]

I believe this is the only loss Apollo has to a Thai. He's an American kickboxing legend. Too bad this isn't as popular as other sports because Apollo is definitely George Foreman status in KB.

[@MrChrisgabber]

+cooleyjenn maybe because it was his only Muay Thai trip against a Thai from that caliber?4 sure he would have even more losses against such Thais-But he was a superior Kickboxer.

[@laodamns8433]

He did not dare to fight other real MuayThai fighters. This was in Japan where they've been trying for 40 years to create rules which disadvantage MuayThai natural fighting styles. No matter what they tried, the results were the same, the MuayThai fighters gave thorough ass kicking every time. Now, imagine if Cook agreed to fight Changpuek under full MuayThai rules where knees, elbows, throws, clinches would be allowed. He would have been carried out of the ring on a stretcher, and he knew that. His trainers knew it.

[@Gofex1337]

That's literally the intro of Van Dammes movie "Kickboxer"

[@grumpysquid]

@@Gofex1337 lmao

[@takaryo1970]

This commentator is Toshio Fujiwara.

[@user-ss3zg4fl2h]

チャンプア日本初見参の試合 左の蹴りの早さにびっくりした

[@Previalegend]

Life time of training and 300 fights vs the guy who decided he wants to fight 5 ysars earlier.

[@my2009Babies1]

Rick Rufus part two!

[@sebastiansavarinosalazar2154]

Fucking found it finally

[@flavio6981]

Es muy parecido a Buakaw

[@NDSiXL]

yeaa 6:34

[@HardstyleBulgaria]

lol

[@adofonconi9753]

NDSiXL name of the song!!!!

[@jokorudianto7259]

wasit guanggu tok

[@Ed666Kemper]

🐘

[@auggie1924]

WTF is wrong with the referee keep getting so close to the fighters for?

[@sitthapromwasphornsaran5736]

That's what I hate about Thai refs, they seem to think they control the fight instead of being just a fight facilitator.

[@PS-qv7xv]

Both Dale and Dane Cook seem like bad people

[@jjmcwill1881]

You notice the thai fighter are constantly lifting that lead leg threating to check your kick. Eventually we will see this in MMA.

[@IlyuuJrry34]

Jose aldo and edson barboza do this at some points.

[@michaelway6768]

It's not as popular in MMA because you can fake a leg kick to draw out a check from your opponent and then shift forward into a takedown attempt and catch your opponent on one leg. It's pretty difficult to defend a takedown on one leg

[@GTRNR]

Be honest.... DID YOU NOT THINK THE THAI GUY WOULD WIN BY JUST KICKING THE LEGS?

[@horacegored3023]

Undoubtedly. After facing Rick Roufus (and we all know the end he met) I think Thais could kneecap all the no-lowkick practitioners with minimum effort. Maybe he didn't that for a sense of humanity, also being aware of the opponent's inferiority from a technical point of view..who knows

[@8limbedwarriornakmuay175]

@@horacegored3023 Yes its true , when a Thai see that his opponent is very inferior to him or that if he wanted could capitalize on its weaknesses to the point where the fight would be over he just stop . Coban when fighting Dida Diafat said that he stopped trying to beat his opponent after a certain round because it would look "rude" as their level were miles apart .

[@leeroman9244]

@goo turner the answer is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZrEZGidbdyKnM0

[@sitthapromwasphornsaran5736]

Damn it, I was counting how many low kicks Dale counld take to end the fight, and I was wrong!

[@SandaBoxing]

Ref still shouldn't have stopped it. This was a Pro fight.

[@GiullianoSS]

Japanese logic bro

[@Malamockq]

It was a foregone conclusion. No need to continue and let Cook suffer permanent brain damage.

[@SandaBoxing]

@@Malamockq haha Dr. KZbin, I didn't know you specialized in KZbin Neurology. High level Professional Fighting = permanent brain damage already, didn't you know?

[@Malamockq]

@@SandaBoxing Puerile ad hominem attacks are a sign of anger and frustration because you are too stupid to think of a cogent argument. Grow up.

[@Freeman-xm7ug]

The background play Thai music ? Should be neutral...

[@Junjuii]

Lol let us use all move. Smh

[@Freeman-xm7ug]

Dale cook physic not as good as the Thai....

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

I am sorry people can say what they want but Changpuck could have never stood with Alexio and ate his punches in the way he let Dale and Rofus land so many punches on him. Alexio would of put him cold and limp if he just stood and let Dennis fire on him like that. I know people will say well what about the leg kicks and I say to that. He would of never lasted to land those leg kicks. Dale and Roufus did not have the punching power alexio had.

[@kaox44]

...HA! I don't think so...

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

HAAAAAAA I know so. Leg kicks yes but no way he could of stood with Alexio. He would of got ICED. The guy gets dropped from punches over and over fight after fight and you think he could of took the kind of power dennis had?

[@ahkhomahkrem1492]

+Jason Voorhees Got to see it to believe it and beside I don't think he ever fought a Muy Thai fighter.

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

hey a punch is a punch a kicks a kick lol

[@bishamon7409]

Jason Voorhees no. . . u would see dejavu . . . 3 Knock downs

[@Paul-rf8xs]

Taekwondo was never meant for the ring. It's self-defense. Great for defending against thugs and staying in shape but professional fighters no way. Especially Muay Thai which is meant for the ring and they are referred to as warriors literally.

[@evilseedsgrownaturally1588]

you can easily apply many TKD techniques in the ring, but you have to be a fighter with great fight IQ.

[@IlyuuJrry34]

@@evilseedsgrownaturally1588 just look at mason gibson vs changpuek. Although mason gibson seemed timid in their second bout he still won both bouts against changpuek. 1 from decision the other from tko (spinning back kick to liver)

[@johndang8971]

I've only seen Thanh Le use taekwondo effectively but only as complement to other techniques