Full-Contact - Roufus vs Kaman (05/02/1994)

[@Fdygreg3]

J ai boxé à cette soirée, j avais 17 ans. MERCI Mrs Dida MERCI MRS Kebchi. Que de souvenirs.

[@Liquidcadmus]

great to see these fights uploaded for posterity. the staredown before the fight made me smile. kamen was trying to look like a mean badass but roufus had an expression of total indifference. fantastic

[@laurentboismare2364]

Super technique de Full Contact , quel gâchis qui soit aller en kick boxing , qu’il est changé temps de catégorie , si il je serais resté dans sa catégorie et dans sa discipline il aurait été invaincu , et il aurait pu faire des stages dans le monde entier plus tard , dommage il n’a pas su gérer sa carrière .

[@Chatlovequinn]

Putain.... l'orthographe et vous, ça fait deux....

[@NemoNemoNemo.]

It’s a shame that Muay Thai has overshadowed American full contact. This crafty style with side kicks, boxing footwork, question mark kicks and an emphasis on speed over power is all but lost in the US. It’s a beautiful and technical display of the effectiveness of the fusion of Karate and Boxing.

[@chitownmo]

I agree. It can be more aesthetically pleasing to watch than a pure Muay Thai match.

[@flowrepins6663]

@@chitownmo muay thai is ugly... but it is more effective. thye got 8 weapons while kickboxing uses 4..the low kick it self changes the game a lot

[@chitownmo]

@@flowrepins6663 I am aware.

[@exen3980]

Ikr everytime there is a kickboxing match now, Its like watching Muay thai with no elbows

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

aside from Roufous (who made extensive modifications and adaptations to his style after the kitsongrit fight) American Full Contact "kickboxing" bouts were really just 2 men engaging in full contact karate/tkd matches. This style was not well rounded as evidenced by roufous complete dismantling at the hands of kitsongrit. the European styles featured strong use of leg kicks too which was anathema to traditional karate and TKD styles.

[@bimbanboulor]

Bon sang !!! la grande époque du KICK. Je l'avais vu en direct sur canal+.

[@thomas_4263]

Full contact

[@Jaf1304]

J’y étais 🙏 Et jamais j’ai oublié cette revanche puisque j’ai tout fait après avoir vu à Bercy leur 1ere rencontre 3 ans auparavant. J’avais 21 ans lors du premier et 24 ans lors de ce combat revanche. Roufus? C’est bien simple, j’ai 55 ans aujourd’hui et jamais je ne l’oublierai. Battre le « Viking » ( c’était pour lui que je suis venus la 1ere fois, je ne connaissais pas Roufus honnêtement) 2 fois…wow! Respect ✊🏻 D’ailleurs ils étaient encore amis avant la mort de la Légende Kaman ( avril dernier )…RIP « the deutch man », « the viking », un des plus grands champions de tout les temps 🙏

[@childerico1426]

And nowadays this style It is almost disapeard and It is very beautiful fighting style in my city some years ago there were plenty full Contact teacher and practitioners nowadays there are no gyms that teach full contact. It is a Pity i wish full Contact recovered his popularity.

[@childerico1426]

@Jhon Sepulvedo GOOD FOR YOU I CANT DO THAT

[@nomodere4804]

Rip Rob Kaman. Rest in peace Champ. ❤️🙏❤️

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

the jet was busy in 1994 he fought hoost too and lost 7 months after this fight and go look just how much more built and slower he was 7 months later I mean you can really tell he was juiced up. He looked so much better and faster in this fight and then 7 months later was way more built and had no bounce and slow kicks.

[@Liquidcadmus]

Jason Voorhees he didnt have a bodybuilders body. you can get that bulky from natural weight and power training without steroids

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Liquidcadmus are you trying to speak to a master ?

[@jiboo6850]

i saw that and i was shocked that it was the same year. doubled his size almost. insane.

[@jiboo6850]

@@Liquidcadmus you don't gain that much muscles in such short time without juice. FACT.

[@808v1]

wow...didnt realize roufus was this good..like Kaman, but dispatched him.

[@ariari4133]

in his dreams no low kicks vs mr lowe kick,who looked verry sick

[@pietjepuk5183]

With low kicks allowed, the American would have had no chance.

[@808v1]

@@pietjepuk5183 dang I didnt realize that - yeah mr low kick would have been mr low kick!

[@casablanka4194]

La belle époque

[@alexandaryu]

Roufus used side kicks and roundhouse kicks to effectively prevent Kaman from getting close to land low blows. He successfully ended actions with punches. He successfully applied the fighting style characteristic of American full contact.

[@vinceleretrogameur6298]

C'étais le bon temps ^^

[@fred0364]

Que de souvenirs ce combat. Vraiment fort the jet.

[@やま501]

コメント欄を見るとかつてのアメリカンスタイルのキックボクシングがムエタイからの敗北で現在は失われてしまったのですね。一人の格闘技ファンとしては残念です。

[@patrickmahieu9243]

Moi j'y étais avec 2 potes, c'était le grand soir de Diafa Dida contre Ramón Deckers

[@jonolemon]

2:34 "Alors .... qu'est-ce-qu'on peut attendre ?" - "La fin des Hymnes nationaux d'abord ..." Bravo le journaleux c ça la base, le respect des règles ^-^

[@pietjepuk5183]

If low kicks were allowed Kaman would have won. The American was asked to fight the style of Kaman, but he never tried

[@mikeanon432]

Rick Roufus is the GOAT of American style kickboxing

[@snd7622]

Benny Urquidez is Number One.

[@jimmycoup6552]

RIP ROB KAMAN

[@geronimovelden]

Kaman could not use his lowkicks here...its a shame

[@Ricardo-t6t]

Need Full dvd song track

[@guillaumesougnez2689]

Plein la gueule ! Bravo, monsieur roufus. Le hollandais a pris la raclée de sa vie!

[@joshuapacia6316]

American Full Contact maybe adapted in some repertoire of modern kickboxing with mixture of Muay Thai and other styles of kickboxing.

[@Earthsamurai]

Why did you walk into that left hook Robby? Why didn't you move in and out as you usually did in all of your fights? You are a true champion rregardless ! Thank you for inspiring me during all of this years! OUSS!

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

he was hurt by the 1st weaker left when he walked into the finishing left. He actually did the right thing in the moment. he was too close to back out and evade Roufous chasing him down with strikes after the 1st left do the correct boxing move then is to quickly dash in thus stifling any flurries of punches Roufous might be throwing and try to get a clinch on him until he stops seeing stars. but Roufous has been in a few fights and was able to instantly see that he hurt rob with the first one thus he was able to quickly decide to slip robs clinch using the slip to load up the finishing left, and it worked.

[@NadiaTeddy-cy6rz]

👍

[@bloodfurypk666]

Full-Contact but no low kick lolol

[@ariari4133]

roufes no chance whit low kicks

[@flowrepins6663]

original full contact had no low kicks until it got crushed by muay thai. old american kickboxing still very more good looking than modern kickboxing/muay thai it was much more pretty, looked like a fighting dance.

[@biboubem7998]

Ça c'était des guerriers

[@TshepoKotelo]

Is Rob Kaman a Kyokushin fighter?

[@WhoarangTKD]

No

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

No but his trainer at the time was a Kyokushin black belt.

[@Chounubis]

Proof that, in spite of his defeat to Chamgpuek - which so many KZbin Thai fanboys love to turn to - Roufus was a beast. Beat Kaman, of all people, who was notorious for beating the Thais.

[@yannickdesmarest2967]

Kaman sans low kick...ca c est du canal plus

[@Communewslw-z7s]

Rip kamanRob 2024

[@chezrenes]

Wtf was er hier met Rob K aan de hand? Veel dreiging maar niks meer dan dat. Hele rare partij dit.

[@juliocesarapazachura4256]

Mucha suerte la de roufus

[@WASHETCHOI]

Kaman tactic proper.

[@ekramer1552]

Yes, i guarantee it would have been a completely different outcome with muaythai rules, low kicks, knees, etc...sorry i know this is another discipline but it just doesnt look complete with a lot of the arsenal in full contact fighting taken away.

[@danhardy9246]

У Руфуса отличный бокс и футворк.

[@abdojeadi1593]

مبارة روعة تبارك الله في المستوى

[@sevenman9672]

No, you can't blow up the fighters.

[@rightwing8690]

Why American Kickboxing can't adapt to low kicks?

[@stephencox8723]

It’s because of its boxing routes. No attacks below belt line. This is a mix of western boxing and karate. Cool blend but a lil odd.

[@Wisstihrwas]

One indicator of taking steroids is losing hair. If you look at 10:55 both fighters tend to not have a full hairline. However, i'm not saying they roided up for sure, but there are some thin hints

[@Wisstihrwas]

Waylon Norris what ever you think buddy. I'm just using my right of free speech. Further on i read scientifique essays, books and so on about the dark figure of steroid abuse in sport. This gets supportet by the fact that back in the time there were less drug testings. However i said, it's justs hints...

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Wisstihrwas rick just started juicing at this time

[@dondonaldth]

De la boxe pieds poings sans low kicks 🤔

[@paolosmaldone8347]

fullcontact karate:its a shame disapperead in favor of muay thai and boring mma.

[@ThePremel]

Learn to boxe kaman

[@yuwptuwbp1591]

All these kaman fan boys. Lol.

[@geraldzappa5403]

Kaman !! ✊✊🍹

[@jeffreyrusselljr7713]

What do you think of Peter (the huricane) Smit?

[@siliasvencr0v942]

Kaman is much better maybe just a bad technical style

[@waylonnorris7499]

bruce took metobolic steriods

[@sevenman9672]

Shame Roufus is most known for the loss to Kiatsongrit when here he utterly clowns on Kaman of all people. No low kicks doesn't excuse a champ looking like a chump.

[@ibrahimk.o.9054]

Rob Kaman would kill him with lowkicks (rules)

[@snd7622]

But he's Christian 😎 He could destroy any bearded Middle East ,,fighter''.

[@crnaruka3359]

Roufus est bon dans cette discipline mais en kick c'est une brêle pour pas dire un navet...en plus qu'est-ce qu'il se la pète !

[@CR1T1KaL714]

Roufus beat him twice

[@PREFISSO089]

2 grandi atleti